🍺 This cold process soap is made with beer instead of water. It's scented with Oatmeal Stout Fragrance Oil and features a dramatic charcoal swirl. We recommend using beer from a local brewery to support your community!
Working with alternative liquids takes a little extra prep work. In this case, that means boiling the beer to remove the alcohol and letting it sit uncovered for 1-2 days to get rid of carbonation. You can also freeze the beer to prevent further discoloration. Because of the extra prep work, we recommend this recipe for more advanced soap makers.
🍺 You can find the Charcoal Beer Soap Project here: http://bberry.studio/BeerSoapProject
The natural sugar in beer boosts lather in cold process soap, and it's also great from a marketing perspective. This soap is colored with activated charcoal and titanium dioxide to create a dramatic contrasting swirl. Because Oatmeal Stout Fragrance Oil does discolor, it's added to the charcoal portion only. Over time, the discoloration will migrate slightly into the lighter portion - but will still look great! The lather does have a slight color, due to the charcoal and fragrance.
The beer needs to be boiled to remove alcohol and carbonation, otherwise it can react badly with the lye and cause a bubbly volcano effect. We used an IPA with a medium color. If you prefer a different type, keep in mind a darker beer will affect the final color of your batch. We recommend prepping slightly more beer than you need for your recipe to account for the amount that will evaporate as it's boiled. In this recipe, we weighed out 24 ounces of beer when we needed 11.3 ounces.
Ingredients:
23.4 oz. Olive Oil (65%)
1.8 oz. Cocoa Butter (5%)
9 oz. Coconut Oil (25%)
1.8 oz. Coffee Butter (5%)
5 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye
11.3 oz. Beer (boiled and cooled)
2 tsp. Sodium Lactate
1.5 oz. Oatmeal Stout Fragrance Oil
Titanium Dioxide
Activated Charcoal
9 Bar Birchwood Mold
Silicone Liner for 9 Bar Mold
🍺 Charcoal Beer Soap Project: http://bberry.studio/BeerSoapProject
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