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[CaraBou]

Good deal! Wondering if you stopped brewing beer too -- and if so, if that will also resume!

 

[David James]

The beer (and coffee roasting and, and, and...) are all very part time and far between. Personal use only, mostly.

Soap I do a couple of 10 pound batches per day right now.

 

[David James]

Good deal! Wondering if you stopped brewing beer too -- and if so, if that will also resume!

I go over to Belgium 4 times a year now for about two weeks each trip. Beer is sort of a religion over there and they have something for every palette. I feel completely outclassed.

But I do use their beer in my soap. And their flax seed oil.

I did some ferment-y stuff recently, but only to make illegally-drinkable hand sanitizer.

 

[Nona'sFarm]

You will let that grandchild get away with things you would NEVER have let your children get away with.

So I've been told as well. My lame excuse, "But I'm the Grandma and I get to spoil my granddaughter. "

 

[Nona'sFarm]

@BrewerGeorge , glad to see you back. I have read a number of your old posts when researching something. I am new since you took your hiatus, but was sorry I was not seeing more recent posts. Look forward to seeing your input.

 

[artemis]

So I've been told as well. My lame excuse, "But I'm the Grandma and I get to spoil my granddaughter. "

You are not wrong! It's what builds that special relationship between grandparent and grandchild!

 

[Arimara]

Welcome back!

I can't imagine using commercial detergents bars for a year.

At this point, if I quit making new soap, I think I would have years of stockpiled soap.

Need us to send you some to get thru the next 6 weeks?

Tone and Yardley are both soaps, last I checked.

 

[David James]

Tone and Yardley are both soaps, last I checked.

I stand corrected.
I had noticed that they didn't say soap in the name. More like "bath bar"
And they had long lists of ingredients.
Also that a 6 pack of 4 oz. bars could be bought at Wal-Mart for $9.48

I really assumed that they were just syndet bars from Big Soap" you know?

Arimarra, you are totally right.

My offer to ship our returning member handmade cp soap still stands though. (grin)

I may have drunk the kool-aid a bit too hard on the small, indie soapmaker thing...

 

[Arimara]

I stand corrected.
I had noticed that they didn't say soap in the name. More like "bath bar"
And they had long lists of ingredients.
Also that a 6 pack of 4 oz. bars could be bought at Wal-Mart for $9.48

I really assumed that they were just syndet bars from Big Soap" you know?

Arimarra, you are totally right.

My offer to ship our returning member handmade cp soap still stands though. (grin)

I may have drunk the kool-aid a bit too hard on the small, indie soapmaker thing...

At some point, most of us drank that kool-aid. The more I made soap and lotion after reading the ingredients, the more I realised that the word "chemicals" was really thrown around too much and maligned. It also helped that I stopped taking certain meds so my thinking cleared up nicely. Last bit- Syndets are a godsend for some skin types. My soaps can be on the gentle side but I still would never let my daughter use them with her sensitivities.