Adding Scotch To Your Candles: 101 Guide To Crafting A Boozy Aroma For Whisky Lovers
When you are setting up your home for a whisky tasting experience, along with stocking up on different bottles of Scotch and single malts, you would also pay close attention to the vibe you would want to create for such an exquisite soiree.
If you are going the speakeasy route, you would definitely have lots of dim and soft yellow lights in place and multiple candles hanging in vintage candelabras to build the effect of a secret, mellow space where people gather to sip on a delicious tipple. When it comes to candles, there are of course several aromatic numbers you can choose from, yet what would give your gathering that added edge are wicks which burn to exude a smell of a delicious whisky.
Candle wax is generally infused with lots of floral aromas such as rose, jasmine, lavender and some other fragrances like honey, vanilla and even cinnamon. However, some of the more diverse scents in aromatic candles include those which are prepared by adding just a bit of liquor into their making so that they ooze an inviting aroma of a Scotch whisky or a premium single malt.
You can prepare such alluring Scotch whisky infused candles at home the next time you want to create an ambience that spells whisky tasting for bonafide connoisseurs of the spirit.
Adding Scotch To Candles
Turn candle making into a fun DIY activity by melting lots of beeswax on a flame in your home kitchen and adding different colours to it so you have a collection of fun looking candles.
When the wax melts, pour into it a premium Scotch whisky so it completely seeps inside. Pour this melted wax into moulds containing a wick and let it set. Once you light these Scotch infused candles, they will give off a scent of the liquor.
Fret not, although liquor is flammable, such candles are perfectly safe to burn and would not catch fire provided proper precautions are taken.
Scotch Whisky Essence
Making Scotch whisky infused candles means you have to pay close attention to the fragrance of the liquor. Since whisky has oaky, peaty and smoky aromas, choose a Scotch variant which is potent enough to release these subtle flavours.
Sometimes, the smell of a particular Scotch might be too light and it would perhaps work very little towards infusing a candle with its distinct aroma.
Go for a whisky with a robust fragrance profile so you can extract the most out of it when you are preparing your scented candles at home.
Blending Scotch Essence With Other Flavours
Another interesting way to prepare Scotch infused candles is to blend it with other smells that compliment the notes of the premium spirit. Since Scotch brims with some really deep caramel-like, oaky notes, fragrances like vanilla and oak and florals like lavender mix wonderfully with these scents to give off a very pleasing aroma.
You can use such essences while making candles along with the Scotch to mix these smells and create a blend of different infusions that would fill your drawing room with a very pleasant fragrance.
Using Bottle Containers
If you want to create really ostentatious looking candles which fit right into your speakeasy theme, you can use medium sized whisky bottles as the containers in which the candles are lit.
This means, when the wax melts and the fragrances are added to it, you can simply pour this mixture into a Scotch bottle with a wick so that the wax hardens in this whisky bottle to give off the scent of the whisky.
Make sure you wash and clean the bottle thoroughly before adding the wax.
Such a decorative candle will have the exact dramatic flourish you would need to host a speakeasy themed Scotch whisky tasting.
Temperature Control
One of the most essential tips in making such a liquor infused candle is to control the temperature at which the wax melts.
Scotch in itself carries very subtle notes and if the wax is heated too much, some of the scents would literally float away with the vapours wafting out because of the rising heat.
Ensure that the wax melts without degrading the scent to make the most of the aromas released out of your premium Scotch whisky.
