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Home Brew Beer Kit, Essentials: 30L fermenter + capper
Everything you need to brew beer at home, for under $100. The Essentials kit is the brewing gear only: a 30L fermenter, a twin-lever capper, crown seals and the bits that make bottling day go smoothly. You choose the beer, and it ships i...
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Home Brew Beer Kit, Essentials: 30L fermenter + capper
Sale price$89.90
The details
Everything you need to brew beer at home, for under $100. The Essentials kit is the brewing gear only: a 30L fermenter, a twin-lever capper, crown seals and the bits that make bottling day go smoothly. You choose the beer, and it ships in the same box.
That means you are not stuck with a generic tin. Pair the kit with any of our recipe kits, made with malt, hops and the highest grade ingredients, and your first batch is a beer you actually want to drink.
What's in the kit
- 30L fermenter - food-grade drum with grommet, airlock, stick-on thermometer strip and a sediment reducing tap. This is where your beer ferments.
- Twin-lever bottle capper - fits standard crown-seal glass bottles.
- 100 crown seals - the caps for your bottles.
- Bottling valve - clips onto the fermenter tap for quick, clean fills.
- Carbonation drops - pre-measured sugar that gives each bottle its fizz.
- No-rinse sanitiser - sanitise everything that touches the beer.
You'll also need: a recipe kit for your first beer, and about 55 x 375mL stubbies or 28 x 750mL long necks (crown-seal glass, not screw tops).
Worth adding: a hydrometer and test flask ($31.90). It measures the sugar in your beer, so you know when fermentation has finished and how strong it is.
Choose your first beer
Pick the beer you like drinking. Each recipe kit makes a 20 to 21 litre batch and comes with its own instructions:
- Aussie Pub Draught ($53.90) - classic Australian bitter, clean and balanced. The most forgiving first brew.
- Northern the Great ($48.50) - mid-strength summer lager, 3.9% ABV.
- Sticks & Stones Pacific Ale ($63.90) - Australian Galaxy hops, passionfruit and citrus over a light wheat body.
- Bolter XPA ($69.90) - extra pale ale with Citra, Amarillo and Centennial hops. 4.8% ABV.
- The Famous Irish Stout ($74.90) - dry Irish stout with roasty coffee and chocolate, smooth and medium bodied. 4.8% ABV.
- Chimay Blue ($74.50) - dark Belgian strong ale, fruity and peppery. 5.8 to 6% ABV.
- Buderim Ginger Beer Complete ($49.50) - alcoholic ginger beer made with real Buderim ginger, about 4% ABV.
Or browse all recipe kits.
Kit specifications
| Kit type | Home brewing starter kit, equipment only |
| Skill level | Beginner, no experience needed |
| Fermenter | 30L food-grade plastic |
| Batch volume | 20 to 21 litres with one of our recipe kits |
| Yield | About 55 x 375mL stubbies or 28 x 750mL long necks |
| Capper | Twin-lever hand capper |
| Ingredients | Not included, choose any recipe kit |
| Bottles | Sold separately, standard crown-seal glass |
Is this the right kit?
- A good choice if you want the lowest outlay and the freedom to pick your own beer.
- Choose the Deluxe instead if you want a hydrometer included and an Italian bench capper that makes bottling day much quicker.
A tip from the team
Start collecting crown-seal glass bottles now: rinse them straight after you finish them and they are ready on bottling day. Skip screw-top bottles, they won't hold a cap.
Need a hand?
The team at Australian Home Brewing has been helping Australians brew since 1968. If you get stuck on brew day, get in touch through the website and a brewer will get back to you.