AHB Starter Beer Making Kit - Bench Capper

The AHB Starter Kit with Bench Capper gives you a complete home brewing setup with quality bottling gear from day one. The Italian-made lever-action bench capper makes sealing 60 bottles faster and more consistent than a knock-on capper — a meaningful upgrade for anyone who plans to brew regularly. Choose your first recipe from the drop-down.

What's In The Kit

• 30L fermenter — food-grade plastic, screw-top barrel with tap, airlock and thermometer
• Hydrometer and test flask — to confirm fermentation is complete before bottling
• Bottling valve — attaches to fermenter tap for quick, clean bottle fills
• Carbonation drops — pre-measured sugar for consistent bottle conditioning
• Bench capper — Italian made, lever-action with adjustable height; suits all standard crown-seal bottle sizes
• Mixing spoon (39cm)
• Bottle brush
• No-rinse brew sanitiser and cleaner
• Step-by-step instructions
• Recipe kit of your choice: malt extract, hops, yeast and specialty grains where the style calls for them (20–21L batch)

Kit Specifications

Choose Your First Recipe

Every kit ships with a full recipe kit of your choice. Pick the beer you actually like drinking, that is the best predictor of a first batch you will finish and want to rebrew. Aussie Pub Draught is included in the price shown; the other six add $15 to $22. Each of those sells separately as a $64.50 to $73.50 recipe kit, so upgrading here is the cheap way to start on a bigger beer.

• Aussie Pub Draught (included): classic Australian bitter, clean balanced bitterness and a light golden amber pour. 4.4 to 4.6% ABV. The easiest first brew of the seven.
• Sticks & Stones Pacific Ale (+$15): Byron Bay style Pacific ale driven by Australian-grown Galaxy hops, passionfruit and citrus over a light wheat body. 4.5 to 5% ABV.
• Critters Pale Ale (+$15): our best-selling recipe kit, a golden Australian pale ale with herbal, spicy and grapefruit hop character and a crisp finish. 4.5 to 5% ABV.
• Chimay Blue (+$20): dark Belgian strong ale in the Trappist style, fruity and peppery with a deep copper pour. 5.8 to 6% ABV. One for patient brewers.
• Double Choc Porter (+$20): rich dark ale layering cocoa, espresso and caramel, with Fuggles hops keeping it from turning cloying. 4.7 to 5.2% ABV.
• The Famous Irish Stout (+$20): dry Irish stout with roasty coffee and chocolate character, smooth and medium bodied. 4.8% ABV.
• Fancy Pant Amber Ale (+$22): toffee amber malt body with tropical Galaxy and Ella hops over the top. Looks like an amber, drinks like a Pacific ale. 4.8 to 5.2% ABV.

Who Is This Kit For

The most popular starter kit at AHB. Recommended if you want to skip the entry-level capper from the start — once you have bottled a full 23-litre batch with a bench capper, you will understand why. Suits all standard glass crown-seal bottles.

Reviewed by the AHB Brewing Team — July 2026.