The ultimate starter kit for a budding homebrewer. This comprehensive kit by Almost Off Grid contains all the equipment you are likely to need to get started, and is the ideal gift for a brewing beginner. This Beginner's Wine Making Kit is designed for making up to 10 Litres / 20 Pints /2 gallons of wine in one bucket, or 5 litres / 10 pints / 2 gallons of wine in the other. Simply add the ingredients according to your chosen recipe. You can then re-use the equipment year after year for making still or sparkling wines, such as elderflower champagne. Included in the kit are yeasts suitable for both still and sparkling wines. The journal which is included contains 5 country wine recipes: strawberry, ginger, mixed fruit 'port', a quick rhubarb fizz made along the same lines as elderflower champagne, and a guide to making wine from garden grapes. This kit includes all the equipment you will need, plus a sachet of sparkling wine yeast and 2 small sachets of all purpose wine yeast (suitable for still wines) as follows: - 12.5 litre food grade fermentation bucket with handle and lid, and a bored hole fitted with a grommet - 5 litre food grade fermentation bucket with handle and lid, and a bored hole fitted with a grommet - a tub of cleaner steriliser - one 5g sachet of top quality sparkling wine yeast, suitable for treating up to 23 litres of sparkling wine - two smaller 2g sachets of wine yeast, each suitable for making up to 9 litres of still wine - 2 bubbler airlocks which fit into the holes in the bucket lids - a glass hydrometer stored in a plastic tube which can also be used as a trial jar, plus instructions for use inside the tube - 2 thermometers which can be fixed to the buckets to monitor the wine temperature whilst fermenting - a syphon with with flow control tap and sediment trap for easy racking and bottling - a long plastic spoon for stirring - a 2 litre food grade plastic jug - an 18 cm food grade plastic funnel for easy bottling - 2 brown kraft tags to label your bucket and write notes/keep track of where you are in the wine making process - 30 standard corks which fit into standard wine bottle necks (not suitable for screw cap bottles) - a simple 2-part corker - our Almost Off Grid Country Wine Making Journal. This includes an overview of the wine making process, hints and tips plus 5 recipes: strawberry, ginger, mixed fruit 'port' wine, quick rhubarb fizz plus a guide to making wine from garden grapes. The kit, as detailed above, includes both a large and small bucket. This means you can either strain from the larger bucket into the smaller one if you are using fruit or flowers after the first fermentation, or have two batches of wine fermenting at the same time. Please note: wine ingredients (other than the yeasts) and bottles are not included.