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Air Still Home Distillery Kit STARTER PACK

$599.00 $698.00

Delivery and Shipping

Free Shipping Australia Wide when you spend $300 or more, otherwise it's $14 flat rate.

We have four warehouses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Launceston. Your order might ship from any of these warehouse, or from a combination of these warehouses as different stock is located in different warehouses. For our free, flat-rate and Parcel Post deliveries, estimated time from dispatch based on working days from our main warehouse in Brisbane are as follows:

QLD Metro: 1 – 2 days 
QLD North: 2 – 4 days 
QLD Country: 2 – 6 days 
  
SA Metro: 3 – 5 days 
SA Country: 4 – 8 days 
  
NSW Metro: 2 – 3 days 
NSW Country: 2 – 7 days

ACT: 2 – 4 days

VIC Metro: 3 – 5 days 
VIC Country: 3 – 7 days 
  
TAS: 5 – 10 days 
  
NT Metro: 3 – 6 days 
NT Country: 5 – 10 days 
  
WA: 5 – 10 days

For our Express Post deliveries:

ALL Metro: 1 day
ALL Country: 2 – 3 days
  
Please note, these are estimated shipping times. Weather, human error and other unforeseen circumstances can slow down your order. You will get an online tracking link to follow the progress of your order. If you need your order urgently, we encourage you to select the Express Post option at checkout.

If you suspect any problems or your order has not arrived by the ETA date, please contact us so we can follow it up. If you would like some more clarity around dispatch times including ETAs of goods shipping from our Sydney, Melbourne or Launceston warehouses, please contact us.

With this kit, you can make 2L of 40% alcohol per batch. The yeast pack and essences are included in the kit got your first batch, and once you are up and running, all you need to make the next 2L is this $14 Air Still Fermentation Kit, plus 2.2kg of white sugar or dextrose.

That works out to be just over $4 per bottle of 40% neutral spirit.

Add to that an essence to that can flavour 2L of neutral spirit, which is $14 for the Top Shelf range.

You can have your very own rum, vodka, gin, brandy, bourbon - or whatever you like - for $9 per bottle.

This ultimate home distillery set-up is the ideal starting point for any budding distiller. The Air Still Complete Distillery Kit comes with a Still Spirits Air Still Table-Top Distillation System and all the necessary equipment and ingredients for making flavourful spirits with up to 60% ABV. Get started with a comprehensive collection of essentials, including everything you need to prepare and ferment your wash, collect and dilute the distillate, filter it, and add alluring Top Shelf Flavourings. What are you waiting for?

Equipment

  • Still Spirits Air Still with 3 Year Warranty
  • 12 L (3.2 US Gal) Fermenter with Stick-On Thermometer
  • Carbon Filter & Collection System
  • Mixing Spoon
  • Ceramic Boil Enhancers
  • Hydrometer
  • Alcometer and Test Tube

Wash Ingredients & Consumables

  • 1 x sachet Pure Turbo Yeast Nutrient (78g)
  • 1 x sachet Turbo Clear (65g)
  • 1 x sachet Turbo Carbon (54g)
  • 1 x sachet Pure Turbo Yeast (10g)
  • 2 x 1.2 kg Dextrose
  • 50 ml (1.7 US fl oz) Distilling Conditioner
  • 3 x 50 ml (1.7 US fl oz) Top Shelf Flavourings

Why not add the infusion basket? The latest product in the Air Still range, use this stainless steel basket to infuse vodka and gin with botanicals, lemon or orange peel, cinnamon sticks, chili or anything else you'd like to whack in. Simply clip it into the side of the Air Still lid and get creative! Suitable for new distillers, no experience required!

Check out these videos on how to use the Still Spirits Air Still Mini Distillery:

VIDEO ONE: Distilling with the Air Still - How to Make a Wash

VIDEO TWO: Distilling with the Air Still - Distillation

VIDEO THREE: Distilling with the Air Still - Filtering your Neutral Spirit 

 VIDEO FOUR: Still Spirits Flavourings & Essences

How do I distil essential oils?

Previously there has been a mention on the boxes and front of the instruction manuals of the Air Still stating that this unit should be used for distilling/extracting essential oils. This unit is not best used for distilling essential oils, this is best done using the Alembic Pot Still setup. However, it is possible to be done with the Air Still. This differs depending on the material you use. But a good guide is as follows: 

Rosemary - Use 300 g of rosemary leaves and 3.65 L of water (don't fill over the max amount). Turn the Air Still on, collect the distillate (preferable in fractions). We recommend collecting no more than 80% (3 L) otherwise it will boil dry and cook the rosemary.

You will collect 3 L of hydrosol (water/flavour) and a small amount of oil on top - the essential oils. Use a pipette to collect the essential oil. If you're going to make alcohol from this afterwards, boil 2-3 lots of water through it first otherwise your alcohol will smell like rosemary.


How do I distil water?

Before use, clean the inside of the still and fill it with clean water to the 4L line which is marked on the inside. Make sure that no water is spilt on the outside of the body and ensure that both electrical sockets are clean and dry.

  1. Fit the top cover of the still in place and plug the fan lead into the socket in the still body.
  2. Place a 4L collection jug under the outlet nozzle.
  3. Press the reset button on the base of the still.
  4. Connect the main power cord between the still and the mains power socket.
  5. Turn on the mains power socket switch.
  6. You will hear the fan in the top cover of the still start.
  7. It will take about 1½ hours for the water to heat up.
  8. Once distillation starts, water will begin to drip into the collection bottle.
  9. The still will take about 10 hours to distil off the 4 litres (1 US gallon) .
  10. The power supply reset switches off automatically when the distillation is completed.
  11. You will need to press the reset button on the base of the still before you next use it. After distillation the water needs to be polished. We recommend filtering the distilled water through a Still Spirits Air Still Carbon Filter.

Using the Infusion Basket

The Still Spirits Air Still has a hole under the lid where the vapour enters and condensers in the cooling coil before coming out as liquid alcohol. If botanicals get stuck within the cooling coil, this may cause unwanted pressure build up inside the unit.

To prevent this, when using the Air Still Infusion Basket, we suggest to:

  • Use a muslin cloth, hop bag or tea bag if using small plant materials such as dried herbs and spices.
  • Use plant materials that are larger than the hole under the lid (greater than 1cm).
  • Do not turn the top of the Air Still upside down when inserting the basket to ensure no plant material falls into the hole.

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Overall rating: 4.9375 / 5 from 80 reviews.

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The Air Still Home Distillery Kit Starter Pack allows users to create 2L of 40% alcohol per batch. Customers appreciate the kit's ease of use, quick delivery, and excellent service. The product delivers great results and is ideal for beginners.

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Review highlights

  • "Cheap price, fast shipping, easy to use and the end result tastes fantastic." — T. B.
  • "Great efficient service and delivery of great products." — David B.
  • "10/10, AAA++++++ Excellent Service, Fast Delivery, so glad I chose to buy it from Distillery King." — Graham W.

Reviews

Guarantee satisfaction

"Just what I need for my home brew and fermenting activities"

— Travis M. (5/5)

Air still

"Great product easy to use"

— Pamela D. (5/5)

Very easy to use and great results

"My wife wanted this for her birthday. Having tasted mate’s home made alcoholic concoctions in the past, I was sceptical about it, but it’s what she wanted so it’s what she got. Happy to say the results are actually much better than I anticipated. It’s a very straight forward process and the end product is actually quite nice. We’ve only made the spiced rum and a vodka so far, but they both turned out great."

— Jayson M. (5/5)

"Quick, easy and efficient. Great if you struggle with time and/or space. Very happy with mine"

— Andrew (4/5)

excellent

"exactly as described"

— Brendan H. (5/5)

Good product

"Great as advertised"

— Greg H. (5/5)

excellent 4 l kit

"Easy to order, quick delivery, contained everything needed, spirit came out of good quality, suggestion add in an alcoholmeter, very compact for our travelling needs. answered questions via e mail before i purchased, changed flavourings even after i put through order. so excellent 9.5"

— Bradley S. (5/5)

Started pack

"Very easy to use and end product of a good quality am very happy with my air still started pack"

— Terry B. (5/5)

Very happy

"Worked as stated, clear instructions, arrived promptly"

— Sandra A. (5/5)

Easy to use, makes great spirits

"This is so easy to use, and makes very good quality spirits. As a first time user, it was simple and straight forward."

— M H. (5/5)

Q&A

How much electricity does this still use? Does the energy usage change over the process and do you have any inforation on the total electricity used for once complete process?
Hi Kristy, the resistance of the heating element varies with the temperature change during heating. The power of the Air Still is 320W. The heating element resistance can be calculated based on the voltage value 120V, the result is 45 ohms, but considering the power consumption by the fan, the resistance value can be a bit higher than 45 ohms. AU - 230-240v, 50Hz, 340W The heating element resistance is around 115 ohms. Hope that helps :)
Can the product you produce with an air still be dangerous?
Hi Cathy, this is a great question. When using the Air Still with our Air Still Fermentation kits, it is not dangerous, you will always produce safe to drink alcohol. If you decide to ferment something else like fruits using bakers yeast, then yes it can be dangerous as you could unknowingly be producing methanol which is dangerous and deadly to drink. Therefore it is important to stick to proper distilling yeasts and always follow the instructions. Hope that helps, please let me know if you have anymore questions 😊
Do you still run the spirit through the carbon filter if you are using the botanical basket to make gin? Would the filter remove the flavour?
Hi Josh, the best way to do it is, first make the pure spirit the normal way, run it through the filter. Then do a second infusion run with the gin botanicals, and once that is distilled that is your final product, you are correct that you should not run the infused spirit through the carbon filter as that will remove some of the flavours.
Hi, are you able to do rum with this kit?
Hi James, yes you can, you make a pure spirit with this and use any rum essence we sell to make rum :)
Is the 10lt fermenter listed here the one with the carbon filter and tap? Or is that one only available in the companion pack? Does this kit contain everything that is in the air still plus companion pack?
Hi Will, yes this kit includes everything in the Air Still + Air Still Companion Pack + more. There is a 10L fermenter and a seperate carbon filtering system.