Could be an epic fail....

[adoptapitbull]

After searching all day to see if anyone combines beer and milk together in a recipe, I just did it. I found about 2 people online who said that they make it, so hopefully it'll be OK. This will either be an epic fail, or a really freakin cool soap. Since I live in WV, it'd be awesome to do a moonshine soap....if only that would work!

Pics will be up tomorrow...the moment of truth!

 

[Jezzy]

Post a pic!

 

[cthylla]

I'd love to see this, as well!!

 

[adoptapitbull]

The soap is 20 hours old right now. The little sample cubes are so freakin' cute. This one was a bit soft yet but I think these will be great samples! And honestly I enjoy the smell. It smells nothing like beer. It almost smells like apples....strange, I know. I used no scents or dyes in it just so I could see exactly what I was getting.

The big log looked the same way this morning. Although the camera makes it look waaaay darker in the center than it really is. I was thinking it was still gelling. Now I'm not so sure. It's cool to the touch, seems fairly hard, with no zap on the edges or in the middle. I loosely insulated it because I heard horror stories about volcanoes. Do you think I should unmold it but wait till tomorrow to cut it? If it is still gelling or is stuck in gel, is there anything I can do to force it to fully gel?

 

[adoptapitbull]

I'm about as patient as a racecar driver at a red light.

I cut the soap. I feared it would be a partially gelled catastrophe...

and I was WRONG! It looks great!

I'm wondering if it looked a bit discolored because the beer I used is a Black and Tan by Yuengling. It's a mix of porter and premium. I was told online to use ales and lighter beers, but I just love the sweet smell of the B&T (and it was the only beer I had!). I'm super pleased with this soap! May have become my favorite...

 

[Fullamoon]

I think it's beautiful!

 

[judymoody]

Looks great! And use whatever beer/ale pleases you. I wouldn't restrict myself to a particular kind.

 

[helen1949]

beer soap

I like it to. Good job.

 

[Relle]

Love how the soap turned out.

Could you please see if you can reduce your photos when posting, its just a little easier to read your message if its smaller, than having to slide the lower bar across on each line, as it doesn't fit the screen. Thanks.

 

[Finchen]

Looks lovely and very creamy. Did you use beer as the liquid (mixed with lye) and added the milk at trace?

 

[adoptapitbull]

I mixed the beer and milk together. I took the total liquid, divided it in half, and used half for beer and half for milk. It smelled awful mixed with the lye, as I expected. Looked pretty gross, too, till I added it to the oil.

 

[paillo]

I mixed the beer and milk together. I took the total liquid, divided it in half, and used half for beer and half for milk. It smelled awful mixed with the lye, as I expected. Looked pretty gross, too, till I added it to the oil.

i do beer and buttermilk, beer in the lye mixture and buttermilk at trace. i love it!!

 

[Dragonkaz]

Your soap looks to have turned out great! Congrats!

 

[adoptapitbull]

Thanks everyone! I was hoping it'd be OK because I made such a large batch to fill the mold I got at walmart. If it failed, I was going to be so upset...and a little broke! lol

 

[falldowngobump]

Wonderful experiment! The soap looks great--now I want to try it!

 

[dagmar88]

great! My uncle recently started an organic farm, just a couple of miles from my home; and my aunt asked me to make some soap for their little shop.

They grow certified organic hop at their farm to, so a milk and beer soap would be cool

 

[Araseth]

It looks awesome, love the colour wish I could smell it too