Ok, so after being ridiculed about enjoying a scented candle that someone brought in the brewery, I came up with a pretty cool idea. How about a hop scented candle? Having some old hop extract laying around, I decided to try and make a scented candle. I stopped by Michael's and picked up a candle making kit that had unscented wax.
I got home and went right to work. It took maybe 5-7 minutes to melt the wax and once it got up to temperature, I added some coloring wax and the hop extract. I used East Kent Goldings (its what I had). The kit came with some molds and I picked up a candle holder that looked like a goblet. I filled the molds and added the whicks. By the time the candles were hardened, the whole process took maybe 30 minutes.
As I am writing this, I am burning my new candle and I may have added a little too much extract, but I think the concept works. My apartment is like a hop bomb. Everything thing I drink has me thinking its an IPA with all this aroma. I have no idea if hop extract when melted is toxic or not, but if so, I'm going to die smelling like hops.
The idea has me really curious now and I think I want to try some other extracts and play with the concentrations. If you decide to try it, DO NOT use more than a tablespoon of extract. When you do decide to try it, you better be sending me my royalty check because this is the next best thing.
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3 comments:
Sounds like it smells tasty! I'd be up for trying it but I have no hop extract.
Sounds grand man! My folks used to make candles all the time, know all about it... Rule one, like spices, take how much you want to add and divide by two!
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We have some extra hop shots, what is the amount you would use per ___ amount of wax?
Thanks!
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