Complete Mini Brewery Starter Kit, Basic 5 Gallon Barrel or Bottles

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Complete Mini Brewery Starter Kit with Basic 5 Gallon Barrel or Bottles
  • Complete Mini Brewery Starter Kit with Basic 5 Gallon Barrel or Bottles
  • Complete Mini Brewery Starter Kit with King Keg 5 Gallon Barrel

  • Complete Mini Brewery Starter Kit, Basic 5 Gallon Barrel or Bottles

  • This complete mini brewery starter kit contains everything you need (except water and sugar) to brew AND store your first batch of homemade beer, cider or lager. A Coopers Real Ale kit is included, but other kits can be chosen if preferred**
  • From £76.99
a Beer Kit for this starter kit:
a Barrel or Bottles for this kit (+£34.00):
Delivery option for all Fragile, Bulky or Heavy Items:

:  at  £76.99  each

2 in stock.

Brewing beer at home is easy and this complete mini brewery starter kit makes it even easier by providing everything you need, except water (and sugar where needed), to brew and store 40 pints of bitter, lager or cider.
 
A standard Coopers Real Ale kit and a basic 5 gallon barrel to store your homemade beer is included in the price, but you can also choose any of our other kits and the price will automatically be adjusted.
 
The standard 5 gallon barrel can also be replaced with two boxes of PET bottles or upgraded to a barrel fitted with a gas injection system to allow you to add extra gas if you manage to exhaust the gas produced during secondary fermentation.

Please be aware that any drinks designed to be served "Cold and Fizzy", such as lager or American style IPA and APA's are better off served in bottles as the barrels do not hold sufficient pressure to allow the beer to absorb the CO2 and become carbonated. Also, if you try to chill the beer in a barrel, it will reduce the pressure and make it difficult to serve. Barrels are more suited to beers that are drunk "Flat and at/just below room temperature" such as bitters, real ales, porters and stouts. Ciders, because they can be drunk either way depending on your personal preference, can be served in bottles or barrels.
 
Contents:
25 ltr Brewing Bin, complete with Bored Lid and an Airlock
Hydrometer -  for checking the progress of fermentation
Thermometer - for checking the temperature prior to adding the yeast
Syphon Tube  - for transferring beer to bottles* or pressure barrel*
Sterilising Solution  - to clean and sterilise all equipment
Slotted Brewing Paddle or Brewing Spoon
Beer Yeast Sachet
40 pint Coopers Real Ale Kit**
5 Gallon Basic Barrel for storing and dispensing the finished beer
Basic Instructions - though you may want ot view our "How to Brew" page and download our guide.
The basic vent barrel can be upgraded to include either a Pin Valve or S30 Valve lid. The different gas injection systems (and their benefits and drawbacks) are discussed in our FAQ section.
 
The "Barrel,Pin Valve,Bulb Holder and Gas Bulb" option available with the Basic Barrel, King Keg Bottom Tap and King Keg Top Tap barrels includes a box of 10 CO2 gas bulbs.

 
In order to keep their costs down, many brewing starter kits do not include a thermometer and often have a cheap, poor quality hydrometer and a basic syphon tube with no tap or rigid tube. Our starter kits all include a quality, Stevenson-Reeves hydrometer, a 10" glass thermometer and  a complete syphon system (including a tap and sediment trap) to make it easy for you to transfer your beer into your bottles or barrel.
 
Whilst not essential, you may find it useful to add some or all of the following to your kit to make the brewing process a little easier:
*You will need either beer bottles or a 5 gallon pressure barrel to store and dispense your beer. Please choose your preferred option from the list below.
 
**The kit is supplied with a Coopers Real Ale 1.5kg beer kit as standard. If you would prefer to try a different beer kit from our range, please select one from the options below and we will adjust the price accordingly. The single can Coopers kits will need 1kg of Granulated Sugar, Brewing Sugar or Beer Enhancer to provide the full complement of fermentable material. If you have upgraded to a "Two Can Kit", you will not need any additional material other than the priming sugar.

Items travelling on the Fragile service attract a surcharge per item in addition to the "normal" carriage charge for the order. They are packed considerably more "defensively" and  handled much more considerately than those travelling through the automated sorting systems. Despite this, damage sometimes occurs. In these circumstances, I am unable to claim any form of compensation or free carriage to provide replacement items. If damage occurs to your shipment, I will refund the cost of the damaged items within the shipment, but will not routinely issue a full replacement. All orders shipped using the "Fragile/Bulky/Heavy" service are only shipped on the understanding that you accept this condition of carriage.