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Wax Dipped Home Brew Bottles

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Home brewing is a rewarding hobby that allows you to create your own unique and flavorful beers. Once you’ve brewed your beer and it’s ready to bottle, you may want to consider adding a special touch to the bottles to give them an attractive and professional look. One way to do this is by dipping the bottle necks in wax, which not only looks great but also helps preserve the beer by creating a barrier against oxygen and contaminants.

However, dipping bottles in wax can be a tricky process that requires some skill and attention to detail. Fortunately, this tutorial will guide you through the process, showing you step-by-step how to dip your beer bottles in wax and achieve a shiny, professional finish. You’ll also learn some tips and tricks to ensure that your wax-dipped bottles turn out perfectly every time.

Wax-dipped beer bottles make for an excellent gift or party favor for your fellow beer enthusiasts. Not only do they look impressive, but the wax seal also adds an extra layer of protection to your brew. So whether you’re a seasoned homebrewer or just starting out, this tutorial will help you take your homebrew game to the next level.. Wax Dipped Home Brew.

 

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Lesson Plans – Moss and Lichen Unit Study

I guess moss and lichen are more things that you see in the spring than in the summer, but there are some deep shady parts of our yard that stay mossy all year, and summer is a fine time to look for plants that like to live in shady, wet areas.

Raising Up Wild Things has a really pretty set of printables to use for a moss and lichen unit study.

And just in case you’re like me and don’t really know the difference, moss is a plant that grows in damp wooded areas, while lichen is a combination of fungus and algae that live together. Lichen can live in different environments but are often found in places where you would find moss, too.

The printable includes drawings of some common moss such as sphagnum moss and wood moss, as well as common lichen shapes (crusty, leafy and shrubby). There are good sized images you can print out and laminate to use to compare to specimens you find when you are exploring nature.

There’s also a forest floor coloring page and a printable journaling page where kids can write or draw their observations and there are a few questions older kids can answer.

You can use these when you go on a walk in the woods (or the back yard) to talk about what you are seeing, or combine them with other resources to talk about things that live in the forest. Check them out at Raising Up Wild Things.

This PDF from the Morton Arboretum has a bunch of pictures of different kinds of moss and where to find them, which could also be helpful in your studies. Learn more about lichen, including what they are and what they are not, in this article from the US Forest Service.

[Photo: Raising Up Wild Things]