Customize your drinks in ways you never thought possible!
October 13, 2021
Introducing the newest member to the WineFactory’s fermented products! Hard Bubbles: Handcrafted fermented beverages, naturally!
Our customers have loved making their own wine for almost 30 years. What’s not to love about having fun and saving money!? Over the last year more and more customers have been making cider here too. So we started to think, what other beverages could our customers ferment here?
At the Wine Factory, innovation and creativity are in our DNA! A naturally fermented sparkling beverage that is uniquely you, was the obvious answer. We named it Hard Bubbles. Now you may have tried hard seltzers or canned cocktails in your local liquor store, but you likely haven’t seen any on-premise fermentation businesses (UVINs or UBREWs) with the option of making a seltzer – that’s because the Wine Factory is the first in BC to bring this DIY option to you! Using almost the same ingredients you would use to make wine: yeast, water, sugar, you then add your choice of flavourings to create a custom beverage according to your own taste preferences. A refreshing beverage, with a clean taste created by you!
Customize your DIY hard seltzer with flavours such as:
- Freshly squeezed juices, always available Lemon or Lime plus more being added
- Natural flavours such as Blood Orange, Cherry, Grapefruit, Green Apple, Mango, Peach, Raspberry, Watermelon and more!
- Herbal Infusions such as Strawberry Hibiscus Lemonade, Wildberry Hibiscus Lemonade, Hibiscus and more
Just like our winemaking stations, our easy to use seltzer making station allows you to create a sugar mixture to feed the yeast, add your flavours, carbonate, can or bottle, and label your beverage. Each batch makes a total of 23 Litres or about 48 tall cans (473ml) of hard seltzer. In just two weeks you will have your hard seltzer, your way! Fun fact: The sugar is nearly completely converted to alcohol and CO2 in the fermentation process.
Ok, we get that you are eager to know, how about the price? This is the best part (well, other than all the awesome flavors you can create!). Make your own hard bubbles for $110 per 23 litre batch – including supplies, taxes and our fees. Do the math and you’ll know that’s about 48 tall cans (473ml) of your self-crafted beverage and you’ll know you paid about $2.29 to make each of those cans!
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on in and build your bubbles!