Awesome Beer Soap

[Guest]

I have made two kinds of beer soap, the first one made with a very very dark beer, it made a lovely dark soap. Used my regular recipe and substituted beer for the water 100%. When making a beer soap, pour your beer into a pot on the stove and warm it up, stir it now and then. After 10 minutes or so I then pour it back and forth between the pot and a large measuring cup. When I feel confident there is no fizz left I cool it in the fridge.
The second beer soap I made using a light beer, did 50% water and 50% beer, used the same process as above, added honey. It is a nice green honey and beer soap, slight smell of honey! Very yummy!

 

[srenee]

I would love to try this. I bet it was really nice!

 

[Guywithsoap?]

What Is the purpose....how does beer change the resulting soap. I know that some people use milk instead of water. Is beer supposed to create more lather?


Also, do most people use Lager, Ale, Stout?

I could see people liking a dark stout beer soap for novelty purposes, something like Guinness Soap

 

[carebear]

mostly for label appeal, but it does seem to result in a denser lather - regular beers don't seem to impact the color much, but stout will.

make sure the beer is flat if you are adding the lye to it.

 

[kharmon320]

I made one with Black Mocha Porter and added honey at trace. It definitely gelled very hot. The smell was/is kind of wonky, but it has improved slightly over time. My husband and kids kept complaining about the "stench".

It doesn't leave any scent on my skin and has a wonderful lather. I will try again, but will use some scent. I was hoping to use Wild Mountain Honey from Peak, but keep reading about the crazy fast acceleration. I ended up with a milk chocolate colored bar.