{"id":2360,"date":"2014-08-22T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:12:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:12:01","slug":"the-candles-finally-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/the-candles-finally-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 The Candles finally Arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8004,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/14814743207&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190131074742\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/14814743207\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 02:25:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 03:09:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 03:09:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8005,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/14814614040&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8006,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/14814665308&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8007,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/14978285246&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This guy does fantastic work! He can leave a comment below if he wants people to reach out to him but I basically met this guy through Reddit and he also happens to read this blog. I sent him 5 empty bottles and 1 that had beer in it and he spent about 3 weeks making these into candles.<\/p>\n<p>I paid $20 + shipping and each candle smells uniquely different. The glass cutting was top notch and I\u2019ll totally be using him next year for more projects most likely with more on-off Lambic and Hill Farmstead bottles as the glass it top-quality (his words, not mine)<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Candles&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14814743207\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Candles\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3844\/14814743207_fcd967873c_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Candles&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14814614040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Candles\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3847\/14814614040_7cbf5b22e5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Candles&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14814665308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Candles\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5556\/14814665308_215dcd96c0_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Candles&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14978285246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Candles\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3896\/14978285246_5a4a67546b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This guy does fantastic work! He can leave a comment below if he wants people to reach out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:35:15Z","apple_news_api_id":"a2615c88-4268-4a26-bd1a-3d8ddbb21dde","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:35:15Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AomFciEJoSia9Gj2N27Id3g","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-haul","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-C4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2337,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/beer-bottle-candles-more-info-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":2360,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Beer Bottle Candles (more info soon)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader of this site made some candles for me. 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