beer soap and alcohol

[creativemumsie]

Hi I made some beer soap a few nights ago. I remembered to make the beer flat but forgot to heat it up to evaporate off the alcohol. I did HP the beer though and was wondering if the soap will be OK. what does the presence of alcohol do to CP soap if I used that method?

 

[Saswede]

As far as I know, the main issue with adding alcohol to soap is that its drying, and that it can make the soap seize ..... But I'd guess for HP that wouldn't have been a problem. You may just end up with soap that's more drying than you'd hoped.


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[shunt2011]

I never boil my beer before making my soap. I just leave it in a container to go flat and then soap as usual. Never had a problem with seizing or other problems. Also don't find it makes my soap drying either. Your soap should be just fine.

 

[sistrum]

Same here.

 

[judymoody]

Any alcohol would have been cooked out in the HP process. I'm sure your soap will be lovely.

 

[creativemumsie]

Thanks for all that feedback. I shall give it a week then shall try it out. Smells yummy as I added cinnamon and clove to the mix.

 

[eleraine]

I boil only when I can't wait for it to go flat.