We Want Beer Soap

   Luckily on this day- December 5th, 1933- prohibition was repealed... otherwise, we'd be   
    making bootleg beer soap! Cheers!

What Is Georgia Grown?

We recently became a Silver Member of Georgia Grown.

The Georgia Grown program is a marketing and economic development program of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Their No. 1 goal is to aid the State's agricultural economies by bringing together producers, processors, suppliers, distributors, retailers, agritourism and consumers in one powerful, statewide community. They want to help new agribusinesses grow, and established agribusinesses thrive.
Georgia Grown is also a brand with deep roots in sustainability, quality and integrity.  The Georgia Grown brand is desired by business and consumers who want to buy and promote Georgia’s locally grown products.*

We joined the program recently because we use as many local ingredients in our soaps as we can and wanted to support this fantastic campaign. We use Atlanta's Sweetwater Brewery beers in all of our beer soaps. We also use Wally Bees honey from Newnan, Yonah Coffee from North Ga (the only coffee grower in the State of Georgia) and stone ground grains from Nora Mill in Helen. We pick up locally grown tomatoes & carrots at our local farmers market and use some botanicals from our own garden. We are also Atlanta natives and definitely Georgia Grown girls!

There are so many local farmers markets across the state. You can find one close to you here:
http://agr.georgia.gov/community-farmers-markets.aspx

Georgia Grown

Support your local farmer!!!

There are many ways you can be a part of Georgia Grown — join now and complete your free Business Profile, become a member and promote your business as Georgia Grown!

Check out the Georgia Grown website here:  http://georgiagrown.com


*From the Georgia Grown website...

Press!

We’re excited that Jezebel Magazine included us in their June 2013 issue! Check out their blurb about our *limited edition* Porter Bar HERE

Find Us At Growler Time!

There is a new growler store at 2323 Main Street in Tucker, Ga called Growler Time! They sell craft beer, cider, and sodas. They are also selling OUR BEER SOAP!  Go try one of their many brews on tap, and pick up a bar of  our Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Blue Ale or Porter made with local Atlanta brews. Tell them we sent ya!

Global Soap Project

Thanks to the amazing support and response from our customers in our first year of making soap, we were able to make a donation to the Global Soap Project based on 2012 sales and we hope 2013 will allow us to donate more! We recently volunteered at the Global Soap Project warehouse in Norcross, Ga and wanted to share a little bit of our experience...

The Global Soap Project (GSP) collects used bars of soap from more than 1,000 hotels nationwide and recycles and distributes new bars along with hygiene education, to vulnerable populations around the world such as refugees, orphans, and disaster victims. Soap is easily available in the U.S. - not readily available in other countries. When we were at the GSP warehouse, we worked on soap bars that were headed to Sierra Leone- 160,000 bars to be exact! The GSP works with the CDC & the Red Cross to get these bars of soap to the most needy areas. 

With that being said, it is hard to imagine what this whole process looks like-  So... we thought we'd try to share it with you in a Brown Bag Soap Company pictorial...

Used soap bars from hotels are sorted according to color and type

The cleaned soap is then grated in to small pieces

The cleaned, grated soap is fed in to a processor

...and comes out on the other side like play dough...

The long bars are then cut in to 4 oz bars...

...and packed in boxes for shipping...

The bars we worked on went directly to Sierra Leone where a
 recent nasty cholera outbreak needed to be contained... 

The Global Soap Project :
“Handwashing with soap is the key to decreasing the spread of cholera and saving lives,” said Sam Stephens, executive director of the Global Soap Project, adding that just distributing the soap is not enough.
“Hygiene education will be conducted by the hospital staff so that the recipients understand how and why to use the soap to prevent the contraction of cholera,” Stephens added.

We had a great time and truly felt like we were contributing directly to a GLOBAL SOAP PROJECT...

More info and volunteer opportunities at: GLOBALSOAP.ORG
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to such an amazing organization....

GLOBALSOAP.ORG 

Frankincense, Gold &

Myrrh Christmas! We made a special soap this holiday season with Frankincense & Gold Mica. It was sent out in some custom Christmas cards...  It turned out so nice we will make some to add to our online store! Includes Shea butter, Coconut oil, sustainable Palm oil, Olive oil, Sunflower oil, Castor oil, Frankincense & Lavender essential oils & sprinkled with gold mica flakes. Coming soon (without the gold)...

WE WANT BEER SOAP!

                                               

                                                Thankfully, Prohibition was repealed...........

          Try our Pale Ale Bar made with Atlanta's own Sweetwater Brewery 420 Pale Ale-