Barley & Hops Craft Candles

Man Candles that Women Love

Carrie Atkins

“Who Saved Who?” Charitable Candle Collection

The “Who Saved Who?” Challenge

The Power of 3

3 Pet Foundations

Barley & Hops Craft Candles has been a long time supporter of local Kansas City pet related foundations. Founder and owner of 5B&Co. Candlemakers and co-owner and candlemaker of Barley & Hops Craft Candles Marsha Flowers, is always coming up with fun and cooperative ways to help the KC pet population. This year will be no different. Together with partner Carrie Atkins, the B&H team will be pushing the Kansas City border.

In addition to the amazing KC Pet Project and Kansas City’s very own Wayside Waifs, Barley & Hops Craft Candles will be adding Ponte Vedra Beach, FL’s K9’s for Warriors to their “Who Saved Who” 3 months of giving.

After watching an extremely touching video found on Facebook, both Flowers and Atkins were inspired to move fast. You can watch this video below.

The Barley & Hops Craft Candle’s team firmly believes in the power of dedication, community, commitment and sharing. For the “Who Saved Who? project we have selected other like-minded partners who align with our purpose. 3 ridiculously talented artists have graciously donated artwork from their personal collections to help raise awareness and emphasis for the “Who Saved Who?” challenge. You can read more about them below.

3 Months of Fund Raising

Our goal is to raise $1000 dollars to split between KC Pet Project, Wayside Waifs and K9’s for Warriors. The challenge will begin August 30 and end November 24th. If we go over our goal, the remaining donations will be equally divided between the foundations.

3 Nationally Loved & Renowned Pet Artists

Meet the artists who graciously donated artwork for the “Who Saved Who?” candle collection.

DJ Rogers

Fresno, California watercolor artist specializing in pet portraits. Learn more about DJ or see his collection at his website, www.djrogersart.com.

Jessica Lindell

Jessica specializes in fine art giclee prints and custom portraits in watercolor of your dog, cat, horse, bird, or pet. See more of her work at her website, www.aquilawatercolor.com.

Melinda Dalke

Melinda Dalke of “Laughing Paws Art Studio creates whimsical and creative acrylic and watercolor paintings and mixed media art. See more of her work www.laughingpawsartstudio.com.

The 2016  “Who Saved Who?” Challenge Details

To help raise awareness, we have created a “Who Saved Who” candle collection. You can purchase your favorite version online or at the KC Pet Project Adoption Center or Wayside Waifs.

The 2016 “Who Saved Who?” donation recipients.

  1. Wayside Waifs
  2. KC Pet Project
  3. K9’s for Warriors

How we plan to reach our goal.

  1. Regular donations, with the help of our customers, from Barley & Hops Craft Candles.
  2. Candles from the “Who Saved Who” collection will be available for purchase at the KC Pet Project Adoption Center located in Zona Rosa of Town Center. Get directions.
  3. “Who Saved Who” pet walk  (date and time coming soon.)

How will we track and share ongoing “Who Saved Who” goal milestone?

  1. Barley & Hops Craft Candles Facebook and Twitter milestone updates.
  2. Barley & Hops Craft Candles “Craft Chat” blog.
  3. Final check presentations on November 28, 2016.

See our “WHO SAVED WHO” candle collection NOW! Help us reach our $1000 goal!

 

Top 10 Reasons Breweries LOVE our Custom Beer Candles

  1. Sensory Branding. Brands can forge emotional associations in the customers’ minds by appealing to their senses.
  2. Craft Chat. Can you think of a better way to start up a dazzling conversation about your favorite brewery? With a brew candle, it’s always 5:00!
  3. Turn 12 oz. into 85 hours! Every time they light it up, they are reminded it’s time for a brew!
  4. Chicks dig em. Still trying to convince the lady in your life to join you at pint night? One whiff and might just become your newest brew buddy!
  5. Brand loyalty.  Beer drinkers love their beer and their neighborhood brewery. If they love your brew, they will love your brew candle!
  6. Brewery candles are different. Looks good, smells amazing. A tasty change from the usual brewery swag.
  7. Man cave scent decorating (or scent covering.) Candles are one of the easiest things to decorate a room with. Even if you don’t light the candles, they look great in a room!
  8. More men are lighting up. So much so that someone has coined the phrase, “man-dle.” We promise never call our brewery candles, “brew-dles.” Totally lame.
  9. Impulse buy. Readily accessible and easy to buy.  Candles are a very common impulse buy. Candles are used in 7 out of 10 U.S. households.
  10. “Unique gift for the craft beer lover.” One of the many online search phrases people use when searching for gifts for their brew-loving babe.

The Executioners Blend: Whisky & Sweet Tobacco Candle

The Executioner’s Blend: Cast Strength Whisky & Sweet Tobacco Candle

Barley & Hops Craft Candles is amping up the oak, spiced vanilla, caramel, tobacco and whisky to create a remarkable new whisky / tobacco blend candle.

The Executioner’s Blend: Whisky & Sweet Tobacco Candle will warm the soul, relax the mind and indulge the senses.  Long and winding notes of caramel, oaky wood, toasted grains, vanilla and lingering notes of leather and toasted nuts that will explode across the room.

The creamy, apricot wax blend burns deeper, richer, rounder and more complex than any other Tobacco Candle you have ever experienced.

Cast Whisky + Complex Sweet Tobacco Aroma = A daily burn you won’t be able to resist. 

Get yours now!

The Art of Beer Tasting

The Basics of “Nosing”

"Nosing" a Barley & Hops Brew Candle
“Nosing” a Barley & Hops Brew Candle

We are often asked how we choose the brews we use to scent our amazing beer candles. Just like wine tasting, your nose plays a very important part of the tasting process. The flavor of a beer is closely tied to its aroma. Identifying or articulating how one interprets the aroma of a brew is commonly referred to as “nosing.”

Let’s get started!

Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beer-Holder

If you have ever been to a wine tasting event, this should all sound very familiar to you. Before you start the sniffing, take your glass and give it a good look. Notice the color, the clarity, and overall appearance. Next, give it a gentle swirl. Little beer bubbles should form and rise to the top.

Let’s Get Nosey

nosing-beerThe little beer bubbles carry the aroma to the surface. Put your nose to the top of the glass and breath in slowly. What do you smell? What does it remind you of?

Common Aroma’s Found in Craft Beer

  • Roasty
  • Coffee
  • Floral
  • Caramel
  • Herbal
  • Spicy
  • Piney
  • Buttery
  • Cloves
  • Fruity

Love of Beauty is Taste

The third and final step to beer tasting is, well – TASTING! The folks at Beerology have put together a killer beer evaluation sheet.  The worksheet walks you through the entire beer tasting process and will really teach you how to properly taste, look for, and articulate when tasting a new beer.

Put your Beer Tasting to the Test

Throw a Beer Tasting Party

Now that you have a good idea how to start tasting and evaluating a craft brew, share your newly found knowledge with some friends! Beer always tastes better when enjoyed with good friends and family!

This is how the makers at Barley & Hops Craft Candles decide which beer scents would make the best candles! I’m not going to lie to you, some brews really just don’t really smell that great but end up tasting amazing. These are the brews we leave for drinking. Either way, we don’t complain. When drinking beer becomes part of our job descriptions….ah, yeah – WINNING!

2016 Top 10 Beer Gifts for Beer Lovers

BEER PAWS - PEANUT BUTTER DOGGIE BISCUITS
BEER PAWS – PEANUT BUTTER DOGGIE BISCUITS

2016 Gift Guide for the Beer Enthusiast

Shopping for the beer lover in your life should be easy, right? Just get them beer! That is a great idea for the LOCAL beer lover, but what about those who don’t live around the corner? Shop our top 10 beer gifts for the beer lover.

Barley & Hops Craft Candle’s has comprised a list of 10 unique beer gifts ideas that the beer lover in your life will love! These beer gifts ideas are in no particular order but most of them DO come from MY city . . . KANSAS CITY!

  1. Beer Biscuits Peanut Butter Treats for Dogs by Beer Paws – Peanut buttery beer biscuits for dogs made with recycled barley grain from craft beer makers.
  2. Ceramic Beer Growler
    Ceramic Beer Growlers – Show Me Pottery

    Hand-Made Ceramic Growlers from Show Me Pottery – Designed using wheel-throwing techniques and re-engineered with 3D imaging software, our growlers are 64-ounce industry standard. Slip-cast in a mold, each growler is then assembled by hand. All glazes are food safe and non-toxic. What makes these Growers even cooler? Literally? The ceramic keeps your favorite brew cooler longer. These hand-made ceramic growlers are beautiful and functional but also look beautiful as home decor piece.   A ceramic growler  is the beer gift idea that keeps giving!

  3. 12 oz. Ceramic Beer Mug from Fiber & Clay Shop –  These stylish and handsome mugs look as good as they feel when filled with your favorite craft brew.  The story behind this bad boy will make you chuckle while you sip.
  4. Gift Certificate from Brew Lab KC – Although this place is located in KC and you might not want to send your beer lover to us in Kansas City for the holidays, a gift certificate to a brew lab near YOU is a crazy awesome beer gift for the beer lover in your life. If your neighborhood brew school is half as cool as OUR brew school….your beer lover will love the fact that he / she can learn to brew their own beer from the pros!
  5. KC Ale Trail from Pete Dulin – Just when you thought Kansas City couldn’t POSSIBLY get any cooler! Here are 20+established craft breweries in greater Kansas City, Springfield, Lawrence, Topeka, and Manhattan. NICE!
  6. Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine 😉 – 4x a year subscription to a magazine that is all about craft beer. Beer reviews, beer recipes, beer gadgets, beer, Beer, BEER!
  7. Spiced Amber Ale Beer Candle
    Son of a Sailor – Spiced Amber Ale Beer Candle

    Beer Candles by Barley & Hops Craft Candles – An artisan craft beer candle that men and women LOVE! These beautiful and unique candles are a beer lover’s idea of first-class home decor! Be careful where you light these babies….we have heard stories from beer lovers that swear their beer candles grow little beer candle legs and walk from room to room. (We think they are just being stolen by jealous family members…you be the judge.)

  8. Untapped App by Untapped – Not really a gift, just something that the beer lover in your life will LOVE! Untapped encourages beer lovers to log, track and share their craft beer and brewery experiences!
  9. Snake Bite Keychain Beer Opener by Snake Bite Co. – Stainless steel bottle opener not only easily opens bottles it also vents the back of aluminum cans for an amazing pour every time. Take our word for it….it is an amazing gift for the beer lover in your life!
  10. Wine Punts - Beer Gifts for the Beer Lover
    Wine Punts 4 Piece Set – $24

    Recycled Wine Bottle Glasses (Set of 4) by Wine Punts –  Barley & Hops Craft Candles (#7) uses these as their beer candle vessels! You can either buy the 4 piece set from Wine Punts for $24, or you can buy four 12 oz beer candles from Barley & Hops Craft Candles and get the whole set.