Want to brew your own beer at home, but have neither a brewing system nor a whole day to spare? With a Fresh Wort Kit, the brewery has already done the heavy lifting, so all you do is pour the wort into the fermenting bucket, add the yeast and wait. Here are the kits our customers buy most, and what you need to get started.
FRESH WORT KIT
Your own beer, without mashing or boiling
20 litres of ready-brewed wort from the brewery. Add the yeast, wait two weeks and you have beer for the whole gang.
In short
Our most popular Fresh Wort Kits are Match Pilsen, Bohemian Pilsner and Amundsen Ink & Dagger. A Fresh Wort Kit is 20 litres of ready-brewed wort that you ferment yourself. Brew day takes 10–20 minutes, and the beer is ready after about a month. You need a fermenting bucket with an airlock, sanitiser, a hydrometer and bottles or a keg.
What is a Fresh Wort Kit?
A Fresh Wort Kit is 20 litres of ready-brewed, water-adjusted wort, brewed by Austmann Bryggeri and Amundsen Bryggeri. The brewery has done the mashing, boiling and hopping, and you take care of the fermentation, with yeast and instructions included in the box.
The wort should not be diluted with water. The water has been adjusted at the brewery, so the beer turns out the same no matter what the water is like where you live.
Which Fresh Wort Kits are the most popular?
These are the eight kits our customers have bought most over the past year, a selection of the around 45 we stock.
Match PilsenCrisp, easy-drinking pilsnerSee the beer →
NO. 2
Bohemian PilsnerCzech pilsner, 5.3%See the beer →
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Amundsen Ink & DaggerIPA with citrus and tropical fruitSee the beer →
Summer KölschPale and crisp, fermented at about 18°CSee the beer →
Ægir IPACitra, Mosaic and CentennialSee the beer →
Ægir Rallar Amber AleCaramel, nuts and toffeeSee the beer →
Pilsner LiteLight, dry low-carb pilsner with kveikSee the beer →
Amundsen Helles Good LagerPale German lager, clean and drySee the beer →
Pilsner is by far the most popular, and Match Pilsen is the easiest place to start. If you like hops, Amundsen Ink & Dagger and Ægir IPA are safe choices. See them all in the Fresh Wort Kits collection.
How do you brew beer with a Fresh Wort Kit?
Take a hydrometer reading two days in a row before you bottle, and if the reading hasn't changed, fermentation is finished. It's a good idea to give the yeast a couple of extra days after that so it can clean up any off-flavours. Some kits have their own timings, for example for dry hopping the IPAs, so always follow the instructions in the box.
What do you need to get started?
The easiest option is a starter kit with all the equipment, and you choose the beer separately.
Recommended for beginners
Easy Brew – Home Brewing Starter Kit✓ 33-litre fermenting bucket with tap✓ Airlock, hydrometer and Chemipro San✓ Carbonation drops and 48 PET bottlesSee Easy Brew →
Easy with a keg
Simply Brew – Complete Starter Kit with Bohemian Pilsner✓ Bohemian Pilsner 20L Fresh Wort Kit✓ 20-litre Cornelius keg and CO₂ regulator✓ Beer line set, so you can pour straight from the kegSee Simply Brew →
Fresh Wort Kit, extract kit or all-grain beer kit?
| Fresh Wort Kit | Extract kit | All-grain beer kit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brew day | 10–20 minutes | Under an hour | 4–6 hours |
| Equipment | Fermenting bucket | Fermenting bucket and pot | Brewing system or pot |
| Mashing and boiling | Done at the brewery | Dissolved in hot water | You do everything yourself |
| Suits | Everyone, even first-timers | Those who just want beer | Those who want to make everything themselves |
A Fresh Wort Kit is the easiest route to good beer. Because you drink it fresh, it can turn out better than beer from the best breweries, which has often sat in the light on a shop shelf for months. Extract kits rarely taste as good, and usually need extra malt extract to get the right body and alcohol strength. If you want to learn the whole process, you can move on to an all-grain beer kit later. Read more in our introduction to beer brewing.
Get started
Ready for your first brew?
Choose a Fresh Wort Kit and a starter kit, and you will have your own beer in a month.
Not sure what goes together? Send an email to kundeservice@brewshop.no.
Home-brewed beer is for personal use only.
