QUALITY WINE MAKING SINCE 1988

Since 1988, Beaverdale has empowered aspiring vintners to create premium-quality wines at home. Our passion is to bring the joy of winemaking into your home with a simple process, forming a lifelong hobby that is both cost-saving and highly rewarding. That’s why, for more than 35 years, we’ve never compromised on quality, giving you the peace of mind that you’ll love the wine you make, every time.

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FAQs

Where can I buy a Beaverdale Wine Kit?

Check out our list of stockists above. We don’t currently sell Beaverdale Wine Kits direct.

You don’t need any additional ingredients to make your wine, other than water. 

Some people like to play around with additional ingredients such as dried fruits, flowers, and spices. This is a great way to experiment with flavour profiles – just ensure there are no preservatives in any additional ingredients you’re adding. 

Everything you need is listed in the instructions (links below) and on the side of the kit, but as a guide you will need:

  • Primary fermenter with airlock
  • Secondary fermenter
  • Mixing paddle
  • Hydrometer and trial jar
  • Thermometer
  • Syphon
  • Wine bottles
  • Corks and a corker or screw caps

You will also need a suitable cleaner and sanitiser such as Handcraft Supplies Cleaner & Sanitiser to ensure your equipment is clean and sanitised, ready for use.

You can check the gravity of your wine using a hydrometer. Gravity is an indication of how much sugar is suspended in a solution, and as yeast consumes the sugars in your wine to produce alcohol and CO2, the gravity reading goes down.

At the end of the fermentation period, take a sample of your wine to check the gravity. If the reading is equal to or less than 0.996, fermentation is complete. To be absolutely sure, you can take another reading 24 hours later to ensure the gravity is stable.

If you don’t have a hydrometer, you can taste the wine to check it’s completely dry, however, this isn’t as accurate as using a hydrometer.

Our kits are carefully hand-packed on-site at our production facility, however, this can mean a sachet is missed on the rare occasion. We know how frustrating this is and we apologise for the mistake. Let us know what’s missing using the help button below and we’ll send the missing sachet out to you asap. Please include the kit’s batch number so we can report back to the assembly team.

There are a few reasons why your fermentation might not have started, but the most common reason is temperature control. Ensure your fermenter is kept at a constant temperature as indicated in your instructions and check the temperature at the start and end of each day. Fermentation will take a lot longer below 20°C.

If your kit is close to or after its Best Before End date (found on the back of the carton) then the yeast’s performance may have declined and may no longer work effectively.

Your wine should be clear after 7 days of adding the second finings sachet. If it takes longer then it’s likely the wine was not fully de-gassed (see instructions) or the wine had not finished fermenting in the bucket (yeast doesn’t drop out if sugars are still around). Be patient, it will eventually clear but could take up to four weeks.

Unfortunately not. All Beaverdale Wine Kits currently include crustaceans in the finings (Chitosan) which means they are not suitable for vegans or vegetarians. 

There are plant-based finings available from specialist homebrew/home winemaking retailers, if you wish to replace the finings in the kit. 

6 Bottle Instructions
30 Bottle Instructions