Beer soap recipe...what do you think?

[mmsigl]

I want to make beer soap in the spirit of Arizona's Beer Week next week. This is only for my own amusement and use! But I would love some feed back as I only have 5 batches of soap under my belt and this will be my first beer soap.

40% Palm Oil
25% CO
15% OO pomace
10% Grapeseed Oil
5% Castor Oil
5% Shea

I have read up on the beer soap discussions that I could find on the forum and I think I will be freezing the beer prior to soaping. Any other ideas or suggestions?

What do you think of this recipe?

Thanks for your time and experience!!

 

[krissy]

you need to boil down the beer before you do anything else...
or at least get rid of the alcohol anyways...

 

[SudsyKat]

I do boil down the beer (a 12 ounce can ends up being 60-100 grams). I add the concentrated boiled down beer at trace. However, others have mentioned simply letting the beer go flat for a week or so in the fridge and using it instead of water. I've never tried it that way. My beer soap is a big hit with everyone - hope it turns out great!

 

[SilverFox]

I didn't boil mine down. I just poured it into a bowl and sat it in the fridge for a week. And one bottle ended up not being enough so I topped it off with fresh beer. I used a plastic tea pitcher to mix my lye and beer (in the sink!). I added the lye to the beer and it was fine. I made that soap about 5 days ago and tried it out yesterday. It's great! Still has a little bit of the beer smell, but I expect that to cure out.

 

[dubnica]

I made this soap but without the FO an dI used Guinness beer. It came out not as dark, but still very nice.

http://soap-queen.blogspot.com/2010/10/ ... ut-cp.html

 

[mmsigl]

Guinness is what I pulled out of the fridge to use!