Cider Making Starter Kit – John Bull or Magnum Cider Kit, Brewing Sugar, 25L Fermenter & Equipment

The Cider Making Starter Kit has everything you need to make your first batch of proper apple cider at home: a cider kit, the brewing sugar it needs, a 25 litre fermenter with tap and all the essential equipment. All you add is water and bottles.

What's in the box

• 1 × cider kit of your choice: John Bull Country Cider or Magnum Apple Cider (yeast included)
• Brewco brewing sugar (dextrose) – 1kg with John Bull, 2kg with Magnum
• 1 × 25 litre fermenter with tap, lid and grommet
• 1 × bubbler airlock
• 1 × wine and beer hydrometer
• 1 × plastic hydrometer trial jar
• 1 × long plastic stirring spoon
• 1 × spring-loaded bottling wand that fits the tap for easy, mess-free bottling
• 1 × Brewco No Rinse Sanitiser 500g

Choose your cider

• John Bull Country Cider – a classic medium-dry sparkling country cider with a natural apple character. Makes 32 pints.
• Magnum Apple Cider – made from 100% apple concentrate for a clear, crisp, dry cider. Makes 40 pints.

How to make it

Sanitise everything, dissolve the cider concentrate and sugar in hot water in the fermenter, top up with cold water to the kit's volume, take a hydrometer reading and add the yeast. Fit the lid and airlock and ferment at about 18–24°C. When the hydrometer reading stays the same for two days, fill your bottles straight from the tap with the bottling wand, prime them for fizz and leave to condition. Always follow the kit's own instructions for exact quantities and times.

You'll also need

• Bottles – 500ml PET bottles or glass beer bottles with crown caps
• Carbonation drops to make it sparkling

A great first brew and an ideal gift for cider lovers. See all our home brew starter kits, and when it's time for your next batch, browse our cider kits.