Wax sealing bottles

[bdnoona]

I wax sealed a RIS this weekend. Worked perfectly. My friend drew the label. It's going to be really neat to hand these out as Xmas gifts to all my beer snob friends.

 

[conpewter]

Those look awesome! Did you just get the wax from the LHBS?

 

[MultumInParvo]

Captain's blood lust with red wax? Great presentation. I'd hate to open it!

 

[Mista_Sparkle]

haha, that's awesome! Love the name too

I'm going to have to do this next Christmas

 

[chumprock]

great job!

There's a few youtube videos that show the best method, but one thing I found was nobody mentions how important the wax temperature is.
Too hot and it comes out very thin, too cold? the opposite. I had to fiddle around with test bottles for a bit before I came up with getting it "just right"

Love the label too!

 

[bdnoona]

Thanks guys. I just got bottling wax from the LHBS for like $6. We melted the wax in a can by boiling it in a pot. Then just dipped them a couple times to get it nice and thick. It was really fun and the few that I have handed out so far were received with much enthusiasm. The beer itself is a 12% beast, so it should satisfy my friends that are nuts about brews like Dark Lord and such.

Here are a couple more pics that I don't know how to insert because of their size:
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=30799&cat=all&ppuser=27136
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=30800&cat=all&ppuser=27136

 

[mitch171]

Did the long drippy tails happen naturally or did you do something to encourage them?

 

[bdnoona]

I just dunked it really thoroughly and turned the bottle right side up to let the wax run down the bottle. Neat effect that I stole from Three Floyd's Dark Lord.

 

[SevenFields]

Very cool. I plan on doing the same thing for a Oaked Bourbon Porter

 

[wyzazz]

Very nice, you should send one to me for Christmas!!!