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Slogan: When nothing but a good beer will do, this is the soap for you..
A Little History of Soap:
Soap got its name, according to an ancient Roman legend, from Mount
Sapo.
Mixture of melted animal fat, or tallow, and wood ashes down into the clay
soil along the Tiber River. Women found that this clay mixture made their
wash cleaner with much less effort.
2200 B.C. - Proof of soaps existence was first provided by a 2200 B.C.
Mesopotamian clay tablet with an actual soap recipe inscribed on it.
1500 B.C. - Egyptian manuscripts describe a matter created by combining animal
fats and vegetable oils to create a soap-like substance.
200 A.D. - The very first allusion to soap making in literature occurred by a famous
Greek physician named Galen.
600 A.D. - soap making guilds were formed and the modern formula for soap that
we use today was created.
900 A.D. - soap started to be produced commercially and sold for .3 Dinars per bar.
Industrial Revolution -soap began its production in factories and stopped being
produced in the home kitchen.
Currently - Soap is being produced in the same way as it was centuries ago after
the industrial revolution.
What is Beer?
Beer is a beverage usually made from malted cereal grain, flavored with hops
and brewed by slow fermentation.
Why beer in Soap?
Simple Ingredients, Extraordinary Benefits..
Yeast, as part of beer-making, produces by-products such as phenols and
esters.
Phenols and Esters- strong antibacterial, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antiseptic and antiviral.
How to do it:
MATERIALS:
250 grams olive oil
25 grams coconut oil
190 grams flat beer, frozen
75.7 grams lye (NaOH)
PROCEDURES:
1. Flattening of Beer
Canned beer or bottled beer is allowed to flatten for 24 hours. It causes
continuous stirring.
3. Pre-heating of oils
Pre-heat combined oils up to 80 deg C.
4. Reacting oils with Lye-Beer solution. (Saponification)
Slowly add Lye-Beer solution in the combiner oils while stirring.
5. Combining with additives and fragrances
When a trace appears, we can now add fragrances and other additives.
6. Molding
Pour the mixture in your preferred mold.
7. Curing
Curing lasts up to 4 weeks for complete saponification.
8. Packaging
Now you are ready to pack your homemade beer soap!
Product Choices:
FAQS
What are the benefits of beer soap to the skin?
Beer contains nutrients such as riboflavin, panthothenic acid, biotin, and B vitamins
that have anti-bacterial properties. Which is to say, beer soap is good at clearing up
acne and red splotches left by ingrown hairs, chilling out the symptoms of
dermatitis and eczema, and maintaining balanced oil levels in your skin.
Preheating of Oils
Continuous Mixing
Molding