I attended a giving campaign auction at work yesterday and they had this awesome ice carving of a beer stein (the theme was Octoberfest) and it reminded me of my attempts at ice carving in the early 80's. Some of my carvings were okay and many were terrible. I just could not get the proportions correct and having to carve these things in a freezer added to the desire to rush on my part. I scanned in some shots I have from that time for sake of humor.

Making the 300lb blocks requires special equipment to circulate the water and keep it clear until completely frozen. These are called Clinebell Blocks.

The first one below started with the intention to be a horse, it became a sad little pony.

The shot below is my buddy Kevin consoling me after my attempt to do a Dinosaur and ending up with a very poor rendition of an iguana.

I have been busy lately as I sold out of a bunch of my sauces (kinda cool) and have been working on some new things. I just purchased a new high-end label printer that I can now design in Photoshop and print awesome food labels for my products.

Limonetti Perfecto - I started several months ago preparing my vodka and lemon and bottled up the Lemoncello in special bottles, great labels and special presents for the holidays for my best friends. We had a bottle the other night and a party and whoa....

Larouex Firehouse Pepper Sauce - You can purchase this improved sauce at my site. I am now packaging in PET bottles and this saves on your shipping costs and this sauce is so good! Even my son took a bottle for himself and marked the cap with his initials.

 Check out the new label...

Then I am starting ham production and put one up this weekend...