FWK Creative IPA – Fresh Wort Kit for Your Own IPA Experiment
FWK Creative IPA is a fresh wort kit designed for brewers who want freedom, speed and creativity in one package. The wort is already brewed for you — now it is your turn to decide what happens next.
Brew it as an IPA, APA, IPL, hazy IPA, West Coast IPA or your own completely original hop-forward beer. Choose your yeast, dry hops and any extra additions you want to use. This kit is made for experimentation.
Please note: yeast and dry hops are not included and must be ordered separately.
Base Wort Profile
FWK Creative IPA is brewed with a clean and flexible malt base that gives you plenty of room to shape the final beer with your own hop and yeast choices.
- 90% pilsner malt
- 5% dextrin malt
- 5% wheat malt
- Mosaic and Citra used in the whirlpool
The result is a bright, hop-ready wort with citrus and tropical potential — perfect as a base for modern IPA styles.
Choose Your Batch Size
You can decide whether to dilute the wort with water depending on the beer you want to brew. The standard procedure for a Fresh Wort Kit is 20 litres, but you can also brew a stronger or lighter version.
| Final Volume | Water Addition | ABV | OG | FG* | IBU | EBC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 litres | No water added | 9% | 1.080 | 1.012 | 60 | 10 |
| 20 litres | Add 5 litres of water | 6.7% | 1.060 | 1.010 | 50 | 8 |
| 25 litres | Add 10 litres of water | 5.4% | 1.048 | 1.007 | 44 | 7 |
Creative Brewing Ideas
This kit is built for tinkering. Keep it clean and classic, push it tropical, ferment it sour, boost the strength or add something completely unexpected.
- Extra aroma: add your favourite dry hops.
- Tropical IPA: use hops such as Galaxy or Nectaron.
- Classic old-school IPA: try Columbus, Chinook or Centennial.
- Sour IPA: ferment with Philly Sour yeast.
- Low-carb version: add Amigase for more complete fermentation.
- Gluten-reduced beer: add Brewer’s Clarex.
- Stronger beer: skip the water addition or add extra fermentable sugar or malt extract.
- Smoother body: add lactose for sweetness and a softer mouthfeel.
- Extra character: experiment with oak, coffee, spices, orange peel, fruit purée or cocoa nibs.
Hop & Yeast Suggestions
FWK Creative IPA is ideal for testing hop combinations or using leftover hops from previous brews.
For an American IPA with fresh citrus aroma, we recommend:
- Dry hops: 100 g Citra after 5 days of fermentation
- Yeast: 2 packs LalBrew Verdant IPA
Want more tropical fruit? Try Galaxy or Nectaron. Prefer a more resinous, old-school IPA profile? Go with Columbus, Chinook or Centennial.
Carbonation Recommendation
For bottling, add approximately 6 g of sugar per litre of beer and allow the beer to carbonate at 20–28°C for around 14 days before storing it cold.
For kegging, aim for approximately 2.5 volumes of CO₂.
Important: Avoid Oxidation
Hoppy beers such as IPA, NEIPA and West Coast IPA are highly sensitive to oxygen exposure after fermentation has started. Oxidation can reduce aroma, shorten shelf life and create unwanted flavours.
To protect your beer, avoid oxygen contact after fermentation begins:
- Flush with CO₂ after dry hopping.
- Use a Hop Bong if fermenting in a FermZilla or Kegmenter.
- When fermenting under pressure, use a closed transfer setup.
- Kegging is recommended for the best results.
- Bottling is not recommended for heavily hopped beers because oxygen exposure is difficult to avoid.
Who Is This Kit For?
FWK Creative IPA is perfect for brewers who want to skip the mash and boil, but still keep full creative control over fermentation, dry hopping and final beer style.
Fast brew day. Real creative freedom. Serious IPA potential.