Nowadays, everyone wants everything personalized and customized. Thankfully, there are many avenues in Columbus where you can create items with your very own signature stamp of approval! From brewing your own beer to concocting any candle scent imaginable, there are many ways to turn a Columbus shopping trip into a hands-on experience.
1. Brew Your Own Beer at North High Brewing: Homemade beer is becoming more and more popular, with a growing number of people setting up at-home basement kitchens and makeshift microbreweries. You can skip the hassle and expense of brewing in your home by visiting North High Brewing in the Short North! With step-by-step instructions, you and some friends pick the type of beer you want and get crackin'! Your brewing experience will yield around 15 gallons of beer (nearly a keg), which equates to approximately 140 12-oz. bottles or 80 22-oz. bottles. It takes about 2-3 hours for the initial brewing, which will then take 2 weeks to ferment (this "wait" time will vary depending on the type of beer you make). You then return and bottle the beer and label it!
2. Make Your Own Wine at Camelot Cellars: For those wine aficionados who are ultra-ambitious, you can make personalized wine with the right tools and ingredients in the presence of skilled professionals at Camelot Cellars in the Short North. Camelot Cellars offers patrons this extra special opportunity in their on-site wine lab, tucked in the back of their retail store and bar. The entire experience from start to finish is controlled by YOU: picking the type of wine you want to make, mixing in the juice and yeast, bottling, corking, and labeling! Keep in mind it takes about 12 weeks for this process!
3. Create Your Own Candle at The Candle Lab: Various locations include Grandview, Worthington, Powell, and Short North. Mix and match from more than 120 different scented oils to create your very own personalized candle - you can go the flowery route (lavender, sunflower, magnolia), sugary-desserty route (graham cracker, marshmallow, caramel), fruity route (yuzu, fig, grapefruit), spicy route (rosemary, basil, clove) or the bizarre route (cannabis, campfire, tomato leaf).
4. Paint Your Own Art at Colors & Bottles: Colors & Bottles is a revolutionary concept: teach people how to paint while drinking! As it turns out, all it takes is a bit of wine, a sip of beer, or a swig of liquor to loosen yourself up and unleash your creative spirit! Each Colors & Bottles session lasts for three hours and typically costs $35 per person. The cost of the session covers all painting supplies, step-by-step instructions by a professional local artist, and of course your take-home canvassed masterpiece. Visit their site for a schedule of classes.
5. Craft Your Own Pottery at Clay Cafe: Walk in to The Clay Cafe in Grandview and you'll find a large collection of white pottery pieces that are literally blank canvases that you can let your imagination run wild on. Come here to paint picture frames, vases, plates, figurines - the list goes on!
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