If you want to have a go at making your own cider, this Starter Cider Making Kit complete with a beginner's guide is for you. Makes up to 10 Litres / 20 Pints of Cider /2 gallons of cider. Makes up to 10 Litres / 20 Pints of Cider /2 gallons of cider. Simply add juice. You can re-use the equipment year after year. This kit includes all the equipment you will need, plus a sachet of cider yeast and instructions as follows: We have also included 6 reusable plastic corks which can be inserted into bottles by hand and don't need a corker. These do need to be pushed in hard and are only suitable for still cider. If you wish to make sparkling you will either need to use corks and cages like you would sparkling wine, flip top bottles or PET bottles with caps. Add up to 10 litres of apple juice. You can choose to bottle your cider in glass bottles if its still, or plastic/pet bottles with a teaspoon of sugar if you like it sparkling.
- 12.5 litre food grade fermentation bucket with handle and lid
- a bored hole fitted with a grommet
- a bubbler airlock which fits into the hole in the bucket lid
- a sachet of cider yeast
- a glass hydrometer stored in a plastic tube which doubles as a trial jar, with instructions for use
- a temperature stripe thermometer
- a syphon complete with tap and sediment trap for easy bottling
- a 2 litre plastic jug
- an 18 cm plastic funnel for easy bottling
- cleaner steriliser
- campden tablets to sterilise your juice before adding yeast
- 2 brown kraft tags to label your bucket and write notes/keep track of where you are in the cider making process
- our Almost Off Grid Beginner's Guide to making cider from your garden apples.