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New Belgium Tartastic Beer Candle - Man Candle
New Belgium “Tartastic” Beer Candle

If you thought candles were just for girls, you are absolutely mistaken. We completely understand why you might assume this to be so but we are here, on record to tell you – Barley & Hops Craft Candles are about to change this misconception.

How do we know this? Because we make craft beer candles. Our man candles are not made with craft beer. They do however borrow the aroma of some of the finest craft beers to ever leave the tap in many of your favorite craft breweries.

Craft Beer Candle 101: For the Non-Craft Beer Drinker

Craft Beer Candles - Beer Menu
1a. Example Craft Beer Menu – Barley & Hops Craft Beer Candle Research Material

Half of the craft beer candle experience is in the journey.

For those of you who already craft beer fans, you most certainly know how diversified in flavor and aroma this magical elixir can be. If you aren’t a craft beer fan and I have managed to peak your interest, might I suggest that you . . .

  1. Start your journey in your local tap house. Start by bringing along a designated driver or researching the cost of an Uber. I am not suggesting this because I assume you will find yourself sloppy drunk, but you can never be too safe. I do share this bit of advice because craft beer typically has higher ABV’s*.  (* Alcohol by volume – abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol – is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent).
  2. Pull up a bar stool. Think of the tap house bartender as your guide to the craft beer galaxy. They aren’t crafted “beer slinging” for nothing! They are most likely standing in front of you because they KNOW CRAFT BEER! For them, being called a “beer geek” comes as quite a compliment. Most tap house bartenders will be more than excited to break you into the craft beer scene, break your craft beer seal, or even pop your craft beer cherry.
  3. Get a FREE craft consultation.  Tell the bartender you are new to craft beer. He or she will most likely start by asking you what you usually drink. You can even check out this nifty“What kind of craft beer are you?”  quiz if your bartender is busy.
  4. Customized craft beer flight. After consulting with your bartender, ask if you can get a “craft beer flight” of beers he/she thinks you might like. This is a GREAT way to get started! You will be delivered 3-5 5oz glasses of craft beer samples. Your bartender should tell you what each beer is and tell you a little bit about the brewery it came from and the flavor profile of each beer.
  5. Read the craft beer menu. This is where craft beer 101 gets really cool AND where you might begin to understand why we make the ultimate man candles – craft beer candles! 1a.

A Man Candle Your Wife, Girlfriend, Or Even Mother Might Steal

Gift Ideas for Craft Beer Lover

Unique Gift Ideas for Craft Beer Lover

When shopping for the beer loving hipster, you’ve got to get those creative juices flowing. We have compiled a list of our favorite ideas, either borrowed from our customers, or something cool we stumbled upon while on our craft beer research journey.

If you have anything to add to our list, please help us by adding your idea to the comment section below.

Top 5 Gift Ideas for Craft Beer Lover

  1. Local Craft Brew Festival. (Father’s Day Beer Lover Adventure.) If you’re cool daddy’o enjoys trying new beers every time he visits the local watering hole or liquor store,  a craft beer festival is a must. For my bearded baby-daddy, I have planned a romantic weekend including a day and evening adventure of beer tasting & local cuisine sampling at Boulevardia, a Kansas City brewfest favorite. Afterwards, I have booked a hotel located just around the corner. Brilliant! 
  2. Craft Beer Growler + Craft Beer Candle. (Customer Idea.) While at our product launch party, we had a woman purchase one of our wooden crate 2-Pack Craft Candle Sets. She choose 2 of our 16 oz. craft beer candles, Screaming Vixen and Bitter Sweet IPA. She put one of the candles in the crate and put her husbands favorite craft beer Growler on the other side!  I asked her what she was going to do with the other candle, and she said she was going to give it to her son for Father’s Day! Bam.
  3. Craft Beer Bottle Cap Coaster
    Craft Beer Bottle Cap Coaster

    Craft Beer Bottle Cap Coasters. For all of you crafty cuties out there, this is the craft beer lover gift idea for you! Grab your craftastic kit and those awesome craft beer bottle caps you’ve been collecting and do this.

    1. Mix up some resin.
    2. Pour a small layer in the bottom of the canning jar lids, and arrange the caps. Fill only to cover up the bottom of the beer cap and the top is uncovered.
    3. Beer-break. Let dry for 24 hours. This step is crucial.  Once dry, the craft beer bottle caps are adhered to the bottom of the coaster.
    4. Fill’er up. Mix-up some more resin. Fill the canning jar lid up the rest of the way. Just like your favorite brew, there will be a few little bubbles…don’t sweat it.  Just grab the hair dryer, make sure it is on cool and on low and blow until the bubbles surface than POP!
    5. Dry for another 24 hours and you have a fantastic gift for your craft beer lover! These babies also make great coasters for our craft beer candles!!! BONUS!
  4. BBQ & Beer Basket. If you are more of the hunting & gathering type…put your pants on, and let’s go store scavenging. Head on down to your local grocer and pick-up a bottle of BBQ sauce. Get the good stuff, it’s a gift for crying-out-loud. Giddy-up to the seasoning aisle and grab a couple of bottles of grilling seasoning. Next, get back in the go-getter mobile and hit the corner liquor store. Ask the helpful hipster behind the counter what craft beer he or she would recommend for you to add to your beer-lover gift basket. Finally, pick-up one of our craft beer candles…you will be needing this for your late-night make-out session. Schwing.
  5. Barley & Hops Craft Beer Candle. We are pretty damned excited about our Father’s Day 3-Pack Craft Candle Flight. You can check it out here.

Cheers!

Unique Father’s Day Gift

Sick of the “Same ‘Ole?” Father’s Day Gift

Give the Gift of Craft Beer (Candles)

If you are ready to put the U back in Unique this Father’s Day, blow him away with a Barley & Hops Craft Candle. We promise he has never seen or sniffed anything like this before! Yeah right, you say.

If you are thinking, “A girlie candle for my dad? Great idea. No thanks.”

….we respectively say, you are very wrong. Our craft beer candles border on the status of the most Unique Father’s Day Gift ever. Ever. We are not trying to come across a full of ourselves or cocky, we have simply never smelled another manly candle that can hold a manly candle to our candles. (?)

Unique Father's Day Gift Ideas
Unique Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Unique Father’s Day Gift . . . for the Man Cave

It’s so, FUNK-A-DELIC

Although dear ole dad might argue the merits of this claim, we stand by it 100%. After the “new man cave” scent has worn away, you might start to notice a certain odor. This does not mean we don’t love you dad / husband / boyfriend / guy pal, we know you really can’t help it . . . it’s in your genes, a biological predisposition and even higher testosterone levels.

Many have tried to eliminate the phenomenon called “scent de man,” but most have failed – like the ones presented below.

  1. Where's the Nag Champa?
    Where’s the Nag Champa?

    Air Freshener Sprays. Areosol spray does not remove the odor molecules, the spray simply covers them up. The odor molecules are still there, you just can’t detect them anymore. This makes an Air Freshener Spray a very temporary solution to your problem.

  2. Floral or Perfume Candles. Simply put, the last thing your man wants is YOUR favorite scents invading his space. Heed our advice,  your man’s best friend will never say, “Hey brotha, awesome Gardenia candle.” And to be completely honest, your Gardenia scented candle reminds him of your feminine hygiene products.
  3. Incense. I won’t lie, I truly enjoy the smell of my husband’s Nag Champa incense that he picks up at the gas station. Takes me back to my college days, to a time when that hippy-dippy smell was almost always covering the smell of something…well, “greener.” I hate to rain on anyone’s patchouli parade, but studies show that, “During the burning process, particle matter is released into the air, which can be breathed in and trapped in the lungs, potentially causing inflammation – previously been linked to the development of lung cancer, childhood leukaemia and brain tumours.”

Barley & Hops Craft Candles do not smell like Uncle Jim’s basement brewery. No yeasty smells or odours of hot, soggy grains. What makes our craft beer candles so amazing? Our craft beer candles mimic the aroma of some of the finest-quality craft beers available from around the globe. Our craft beer candles are authentic. They are highly-fragranced. They have record-breaking burn times. They are truly amazing.

A Craft Candle Your Man Will Love

Unique father's day gift
Sharing a Moment

Men love beer. Why? Beer is more than just beer; it’s a marker for where they’ve been, who they’ve met and the experiences they’ve had.

Just the mere scent of a beer can evoke a memory; sharing a rich and creamy stout in a lodge atop a mountain with a lifelong friend during that epic snowboarding trip, drinking a pint with your father on a dock while on a yearly fishing expedition, picking up a growler from the brewery down the street to share with the best man in your wedding.

A good craft beer makes us stop and live in these fleeting moments. 

In conclusion, take Father’s Day a step further. Pick-up a Unique Father’s Day gift that he will truly love. A Father’s Day gift he will be proud to burn and display on his man cave bar top.

Unique Father's Day Gift
Unique Father’s Day Gift

“Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain.
Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies,
Come to life and fade away:
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today.”

Edgar Allan Poe

~ Get Lit ~

Gifts for Craft Beer Lovers

16 ounce Craft Beer Candle. Bitter Sweet IPA.
16 ounce Craft Beer Candle. Bitter Sweet IPA.

Best Father’s Day Gifts for Craft Beer Lovers

Something New For Your Craft Beer Lover

This year for Father’s Day – forget about the tie (do people still do that?), put down the coffee mug, and pick-up one of the coolest Father’s Day gifts for craft beer lovers! Shopping for dads can be hard. At least I know it was hard when I was growing up!

Whenever I would ask my dad what he wanted for Father’s Day, he would tell me to save my money and draw him a picture. Of course, I didn’t want to simply, “draw him a picture.” I wanted to get my dad the COOLEST and most unique Father’s Day present ever, but it was so hard to do because he would never give me any ideas!

With that said, no – we will not help you draw a picture for dad this Father’s Day, but we will introduce you to the most incredible masculine candles anywhere…Barley & Hops Craft Candles.

Craft Beer Lovers LOVE our Craft Beer Candles

Gifts for Craft Beer Lovers - Gifts for Craft Beer Lovers
Gifts for Craft Beer Lovers. 3-Pack Craft Beer Candle Flight.

If you want to get dad or your hubby something he’ll really enjoy, take a look at the Barley & Hops Craft Candles line-up. From a dark, rich and full-bodied Vanilla Espresso Porter to a light, crisp and hoppy Bitter Sweet IPA, our craft beer candle collection promises to make this Father’s Day the best.

Choose our 16 ouncer for up to 120 hours of craft beer scented bliss, or if it is simply to hard for you to choose just one – pick-up our Father’s Day Craft Beer Candle Flight Set.

Just like the flights you get in a microbrewery, you can sample 3 of our nine 6 ounce beer candles. Our flights come to you in a handmade wooden flight paddle!