terminatortoo
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My latest beer soap, I love the look but using a beer FO was not the best choice, I don't like it but maybe the men will.
Beer Soap with beer FO
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I love your beer soap! I was just wondering today about the Beer FO from Natures Garden. I made a plain loaf this weekend,. I used a citrus, cedarwood blend that included a few other things. Yesterday it smelled like yeast, today the gelled loaf smells like tangerine, the few extra soaps that were in a silicone mold still have that weird smell, kinda like raw bread dough. So you may prefer the beer smell to raw bread.
terminatortoo
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I don't know, right now it smells weird maybe it will get better as it cures, I hope so. This beer FO I did buy from Nature's Garden but I hate beer haha I guess I really bought it for my husband but he says it smells funky too.
jean1C
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I make wine in my basement. During the fermenting process you get a huge whiff of yeast as soon as you hit the bottom stairs...I know the smell well.
#1.) I LOVE the look of your soap.
#2.) If you don't like the scent, I am wondering if you could do the cotton ball in a box thing. I had some soap that had lost their scent and someone suggested that I put the bars in a box with a cotton ball scented with a few drops of fragrance. Maybe you could take a few bars, and put them in a box with a cotton ball and a few drops of complementary fragrance. I am thinking, bay rum or some type of almond?
#1.) I LOVE the look of your soap.
#2.) If you don't like the scent, I am wondering if you could do the cotton ball in a box thing. I had some soap that had lost their scent and someone suggested that I put the bars in a box with a cotton ball scented with a few drops of fragrance. Maybe you could take a few bars, and put them in a box with a cotton ball and a few drops of complementary fragrance. I am thinking, bay rum or some type of almond?
terminatortoo
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and did that work?
They look really nice. The swirl is great! Maybe the smell will mellow out some as it ages.
lizflowers42
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Beautiful!
LuvOurNewf
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Tried the same FO and didn't care for it.
Smelled like a frat house after a three week bash.
Unfortunately it didn't get any better with time.
Smelled like a frat house after a three week bash.
Unfortunately it didn't get any better with time.
I have done the same thing with beer soap.. I used a dark stout, made great soap, but the beer scent I added along with the stout.. well, smells like an un-aired brewery. Love your swirl, and the colour is so nice but I have no suggestions to the smell issue. Mine has been sitting in a box 6 months and it is still, its same stinky old self.
terminatortoo
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I will find somebody to use it or if nothing else I
will re batch it even though I don't want to do that.
will re batch it even though I don't want to do that.
MegMatt927
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That's too bad you don't like the scent, I did a beer soap before and couldn't get over the smell either. Your bars look awesome though, I'm sure some men out there will enjoy it.
I've never used a beer FO, but I have wondered how they smell...now I know, "a frat house after a three week bas" ewwww :sick: lol
My beer bars often retain the smell of the beer (I think it's the hops?) to some degree. I have a batch now that has been curing for a month that was scented with sensual sandalwood and I can still smell the beer, even through the FO.
I'm sorry you don't like the smell of your soap. 
This thread is good info. for me. I'm going to make some beer soap soon. The beer I got is a lager and shouldn't be too hoppy (Sam Adams Winter Lager). Hoping that the smell isn't strong from it. A little won't be too bad I think.
This thread is good info. for me. I'm going to make some beer soap soon. The beer I got is a lager and shouldn't be too hoppy (Sam Adams Winter Lager). Hoping that the smell isn't strong from it. A little won't be too bad I think.
terminatortoo
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This beer I used was a dark beer strong smell, the first beer soap I made I used Miller beer and it is fine I only smell the FO I scented it with and not the beer.
jean1C
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Well, there you go....My husband is a beer snob...and would never drink Miller. But the stouts and crazy beers he likes. I, myself, take one sip and taste it for the rest of the day! I am betting there is a market for it!
I cannot wrap my head around lavender. I just don't get it. But, there are entire stores that base their products on this scent. I say, don't rebatch! It would be really cool if you packaged it with a beer mug. It would be even cooler if you could sell a bottle of beer along with it, but maybe just the idea for your customers. There is always an "Uncle Jim" who has everything.
I cannot wrap my head around lavender. I just don't get it. But, there are entire stores that base their products on this scent. I say, don't rebatch! It would be really cool if you packaged it with a beer mug. It would be even cooler if you could sell a bottle of beer along with it, but maybe just the idea for your customers. There is always an "Uncle Jim" who has everything.
"...My beer bars often retain the smell of the beer (I think it's the hops?) to some degree...."
I'm pretty sure the stronger scent comes from the hops. I did one beer soap with a very hoppy micro-brew. I didn't add any fragrance. At first the hoppy beer-y scent was a bit much, but after 6+ weeks, the soap now has just a whiff of a warm bread-out-of-the-oven scent. Actually very nice.
Miller beer is not remotely hoppy, so the soap I made from it had only a faint odor from the beer right after unmolding.
I'm pretty sure the stronger scent comes from the hops. I did one beer soap with a very hoppy micro-brew. I didn't add any fragrance. At first the hoppy beer-y scent was a bit much, but after 6+ weeks, the soap now has just a whiff of a warm bread-out-of-the-oven scent. Actually very nice.
Miller beer is not remotely hoppy, so the soap I made from it had only a faint odor from the beer right after unmolding.
