In a busy everyday life, not everyone has the opportunity or interest to set aside several hours for brewing their own beer. And perhaps extract kits give a slight, unexplainable off-flavor that you can never quite get along with? Then our Fresh Wort Kits are a practical and incredibly simple solution!
What is a Fresh Wort Kit?
A fresh wort kit is a fantastically simple alternative to extract kits, and at the same time yields a much better result. The kits you get at Brewshop consist of 20 liters of finished wort in a bag-in-box, yeast, and any dry hops or other additions where they are part of the recipe.
Our Fresh Wort Kits are professionally brewed by Austmann and Amundsen Bryggeri, two of Norway's leading microbreweries. The wort does not need to be topped up with water, is precisely water-adjusted to provide favorable fermentation conditions and perfect flavors, and is completely ready to use. By not adding extra water at home, you avoid any deficiencies due to insufficient/incorrect water adjustment. You also avoid unnecessary risk of contamination of the beer.
Our kits are packed with a professional filling machine, where the wort is hot-filled into a vacuum-sealed bag, and then flushed with nitrogen to evacuate oxygen. This ensures you the best wort on the market, fresh and with a good shelf life.
In other words, this is pure wort brewed by some of the best in the industry, and by no means a concentrate that needs to be diluted with water.
What equipment do I need to brew a fresh wort kit?
A fresh wort kit is a very simple way to brew real craft beer, and initially requires very little equipment to get started.
Here's a very basic setup:
- 25-liter fermentation bucket with tap and bottle filler (for fermentation, and transferring to bottles after fermentation)
- Star San (sanitizer)
- Bottle capper, caps, and bottles
- Carbonation drops (dextrose in pre-dosed amounts for bottles)
- Hydrometer (to check that the beer has finished fermenting before bottling)
How to "brew" beer with a Fresh Wort Kit?
The included instructions in each kit are designed so that anyone can brew, regardless of prior experience with homebrewing beer. Here's the procedure in brief:
- Fermentation
- Fill the fermentation bucket with one liter of cold water, and add Star San sanitizer according to the dosage indicated on the bottle.
- Put on the lid and shake well.
- Empty the contents from the bucket; it is now sanitized and ready to use.
- Sanitize the tap on the bag-in-box and pour the wort into the fermentation bucket.
- Sprinkle in the included yeast.
- Securely place the lid on the fermentation bucket, attach the airlock, and fill it with water or Star San solution.
- Leave the fermentation bucket at the correct temperature for the number of days specified in the guide.
- Bottling
- Once the beer has finished fermenting, we can bottle it. Use the hydrometer to check if the beer has fully attenuated towards the end of the fermentation time. The guide will tell you what this should read when it's done (FG, Final Gravity).
- Mix the sanitizer, and immerse the bottles, caps, and bottle filler in it.
- Assemble the bottle filler, and fill the bottles.
- Place a carbonation drop in each bottle, and put on the cap. Use sanitized gloves to prevent the beer from being contaminated with bacteria from your hand.
- Let the bottles stand at room temperature for one or two weeks to carbonate, before chilling them, ready to be enjoyed.
If you want to make it even easier, we recommend transferring the beer to Cornelius kegs instead of bottles. Then, you can carbonate quickly and precisely with CO2, and tap directly from the keg. We have put together two simple starter packs that contain what you need, whether you want to use bottles or kegs:
Basic Starter Kit - an affordable starter kit for brewing with Fresh Wort Kit or extract kits.
Simply Brew - a complete starter kit with equipment for fermenting Fresh Wort Kits and keg carbonation. Our clear recommendation, as we guarantee that you'll quickly get tired of washing, filling, and capping bottles.
Click to see our selection of Fresh Wort Kits.
Some of our most popular fresh wort kits
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Here you can see how our Fresh Wort Kits are produced at Austmann Bryggeri.
