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I must begin by saying the service from Hop Shop was fantastic. I decided I wanted to add extra bottles to the order and after a quick phone call to them, they sorted that out.
The order was placed late on Sunday night, dispatched Monday afternoon and delivered by Tuesday afternoon.. brilliant service and would recommend them to anyone looking to get into the Home Brew game.

The picture above is the main equipment received, along with another box of bottles which will allow me to get two batches on the go once I have tried and tested the initial batch.

The order I placed was as below -



1 X Cider Making Starter Equipment Pack for bottling
1 X Campden Tablets [Pack Size: 50]
1 X Hydrometer Trial Jar - Glass
1 X Brewmaker Deluxe Cider


Kit Contents:


A Large 25 Litre Food Grade Fermenting Bucket with lid An Air-lock. 
A 'Little Bottler' bottling device 
20 x 1 litre clear PET bottles with caps 
A Hydrometer 
A Thermometer 
A tub of Steriliser 
A 1 kg of Brewing Sugar 
A pack of Carbonation Drops 
A Mixing Paddle

This along with a few extras I picked up from Tesco which included a second Fermenting Bucket for pre-bottling fermentation, a Turkey Baster for taking out a sample of the brew to test the gravity of it, some Wizz Oxy Stain remover for cleaning, a syphoning hose and an extra tub of sterilizer.

On that note, the large Tesco store near us have a decent sized section dedicated for the Home Brew market and will be handy to pick up spares.

Total cost of everything I have purchased so far is around £90.

While this may seem a lot of money to spend on something that could all go terribly wrong, I see it as a worthwhile investment.
This cider kit I have got will make 40 pints at a time, and with me having enough equipment to make two batches at once now, the initial outlay will soon pay for itself as all that I will need to purchase in future is the cider kit and sugar which will cost around £15 for 40 pints which is under 40p per pint!

So now I had everything I needed to begin the process...