Ramblings

Sensory Branding. Brands can forge emotional associations in the customers’ minds by appealing to their senses.

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!

Turn 12 oz. into 85 hours! Every time they light it up, they are reminded it’s time for a brew!

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!

Great Vendor, Distributor, Employee Gifts.

Brewery candles are different. Looks good, smells amazing. A tasty change from the usual brewery swag..

Man Cave Scent Decorating. Man Cave. 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!

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.

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.

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.

A “brewery candle” is still a very new concept in the world of candle scents. One of the most frequently asked questions we get is “What is as brewery candle?” If you are a craft beer lover, the idea of a candle smelling like your favorite brew probably sounds like an amazing idea. If beer isn’t really your thing, the thought of a beer candle might not be your first choice when looking for a great smelling candle. The best way we can describe a brewery candle is to introduce you to an actual craft beer menu.

Have you ever read a brewery’s craft beer menu?

That is the perfect way to start learning about the aroma of a Barley & Hops Craft Candle. Even if you are not a beer drinker, you can not deny that the descriptions below sound like they would taste delicious.

Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout

Brewed with well water (the original well, sunk in 1758, is still in use with the hard water is drawn from 85 feet underground), the gently roasted organic chocolate malt and real organic cocoa used in this ale impart a delicious, smooth and creamy character, with inviting deep flavours and a delightful finish – this is the perfect marriage of satisfying stout and luxurious chocolate that will lead to smiles and refills.

Samuel Smith’s brews in traditional coppers, uses stone ‘Yorkshire Squares’ for fermentation, and ships every bottle from the brewery with great pride.

Mark Twain Brewery’s Halley’s Blueberry Saison

Our version of this classic Belgian style is slightly sweet but ultimately thirst-quenching. The use of French Saison yeast adds hints of citrus fruit, Chardonnay grapes, cloves, and black pepper, giving balance to the biscuity, sweet flavors of the malt bill. To enhance the natural fruitiness of the style, we add fresh blueberries during primary fermentation.

A perfect homage to the spring and summer months.

Sounds amazing, huh? We think so too. We are in the process of getting this brewery waxed!

Boulevard Brewery’s Cranberry Orange Radler

Beautifully hazy and slightly pink in color, Cranberry Orange Radler will open with an aroma of sweet blood oranges and just a hint of cranberry. The blood orange character boldly manifests in the flavor giving way to cranberry tartness.

The base beer, Unfiltered Wheat Beer, contributes a slightly sweet bready flavor to the malt profile of the beer that shines with bright citrus flavor and a touch of acidity.

 

A Kansas City Tradition – The Nutcracker

If you claim Kansas City as your hometown, you have heard of the Nutcracker.

As a child, dressing up and attending the Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic “The Nutcracker” with my grandmother and mother, will forever be one of my most cherished and celebrated wintertime family traditions. As an adult, I continue this Kansas City tradition with my daughter and mother.

This year, I intend on shaking things up a bit. Before heading home after enjoying “The Nutcracker” at the Kauffman Center, we will stop by the all-new Boulevard tap room to enjoy anther Kansas City favorite, the Nutcracker Ale.

Boulevard Brewing Co, Nutcracker Ale

Boulevard Brewing Co. introduced this winter specialty beer back in 1998. Since then, Kansas Citians and beyond have been praising this hearty warming brew, calling it, “Quite a great holiday brew.”

This is what Boulevard has to say about their Winter Warmer.

“Nutcracker Ale is Boulevard’s holiday gift for real beer lovers. This hearty, warming brew is a classic winter ale, deep amber in color, with hints of molasses balanced by the spiciness of Chinook hops.”

The “Nutcracker Ale” Kansas City Brewery Candle

We here at Barley & Hops Craft Candles call it perfect brewery candle material. Perfectly timed with Boulevard’s November 1, 2016 Nutcracker Ale holiday launch, Boulevard will also be introducing their Nutcracker Ale brewery candle and artisan soap line made in collaboration with Barley & Hops Craft Candles.Rich

This holiday season, indulge in the rich aromas of maple, caramel malt, and sweet toffee with the warmth of toasted hazelnut. The Boulevard Brewing Co’s Nutcracker Ale artisan brewery candle is truly the ultimate Winter Warmer.

 

Best Candles for Fall

Pumpkin is on Tap

Tis’ the season for pumpkin everything. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pies, and the pumpkin candle! It’s time to cozy up your home with the nostalgic and comforting scents of fall.

Barley & Hops Craft Candles kicks off the fall season with two amazing and unique pumpkin scented candles.

1. “Orange is the New Jacked,” Double Pumpkin Spiced Latte Stout Candle.
   Fill your space with the warming and soothing aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla, coffee and brown sugar.  This is as fall candle that you can burn all year long. Spicy and sweet, but not too strong. The must-have fall candle.Get yours here.

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   Pumpkin Ginger Streusel Farmhouse Ale Candle.
   This pumpkin candle not only smells amazing, it is a gorgeous candle. It looks so incredible in the kitchen. The label has a very vintage feel, almost like the old fruit crates that granny had in her garage. Scent is a delectable blend of ginger, pumpkin, honey and vanilla. Have a friend that loves anything and everything pumpkin? This is the one.

   Get yours here.

Sudsing Up the Yeti

A Goat Milk Beer Soaping Story

This morning, I asked my husband to let me take some pictures of him in the shower.

He is always coaxing me to try out the whole “shower beer” craze. When I told him I finally was ready to give it a go, he was thrilled. I handed him a bar of soap and he scoffed.

“What is this?” he said.

“It is beer soap!” I said with a smile. “Now we can have a shower beer in the morning!”

“Not exactly what I was talking about but SWEET,” he exclaimed.

My husband LOVES artisan soaps. He is a pretty hairy guy. Lathering-up is always a treat for him. That body hair can create some serious bubbles!

I tossed him a bar of the Hazelnut Nectar Brown Ale beer soap. He took a sniff.

“I love this scent!” he said closing the door.

“Let me know when you are all lathered up, I need to get some shower beer pictures for the website!” I say.

“The website???” he exclaims. “You didn’t say anything about putting anything on the website!”

~ 5 minutes later ~

I knock. No answer. I knock again, still no answer. I sneak in. I peeked behind the curtain. His shower beer had turned into a beer bath! I saw what appeared to be an abdominal snowman. My yeti husband had turned into a very happy snow beast! At this point, he hears me and turns around (beard COVERED in suds.)

“Hey! Not yet!” he cried.

“But this is just what I wanted,” I exclaim.

I ignore his request and steal a couple of shots.