TBKA

Beginners Course: Spring 2025

Single: £80; Pair: £130 (from same household)
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On Saturday 18th November we held a beeswax candle making workshop. We were taken through the whole process by Janet who explained everything from the time the wax is removed from the hives, rendering, cleaning and filtering. Who knew nappy liners could be so useful for filtering wax? Then once the wax is ready to use it can be coloured if needed.
We selected a mould from the extensive selection Janet brought with her, were guided through preparing the mould, putting in the wick and making everything leak proof. Once we had made one candle we were on a roll and began quite a production line!
Janet was assisted by Jean who made sure there was a good supply of melted wax for us to use.
After a break for lunch Irma brought her dipping tank to add to Janet's and we all made a pair of dipped candles. The selection of lovely candles we were able to take home made us all proud of what we had achieved.
Many thanks to Janet, Jean, Irma and not forgetting Janet's long suffering husband Colin for making this a wonderful day.

We held a workshop to teach members how to make mead, our chairman (and very keen mead maker) Paul took the participants through the history of mead making and explained about the various types of mead it is possible to make. After sampling a variety of different meads we went on to make some for ourselves to take home and wait patiently for it to brew before the next stage of adding the flavourings (if so desired) or leaving the mead to finish maturing until it's ready to bottle. Have a look at the photos on our gallery page.