Guinness Battle: Tummy vs. Hair (Beer Shampoo)

St. Patrick's Day. When One Woman couldn't find a store that sold single pub cans of Guinness, a store clerk suggested Murphy's instead. But to have a UK-brewed beer instead of an Irish Beer on an "Irish" occasion seemed a little cynical. Back on the hunt, around 10 PM, One Woman finally located a warm single bottle of Guinness. Ouch. (If you read the recent entry on Young's Double Chocolate Stout, you know why the nitro-pub can with the widget is so much better for many stouts. So, no warm is always a bummer, and no can and warm is a double bummer.)

And still, the world is full of possibilities. A couple of weeks ago, Elwyn Crawford, the amazing Oakland-based artist/milliner/agent of change, sent me a recipe for beer shampoo that she came across! Fantastic.

The ingredients:
Beer (choose something without too much smell)
Shampoo

How to make Beer Shampoo:
1. Simmer beer gently over low heat, and reduce to about 1/4 of its original volume.

Not an espresso

2. Let cool, and mix with beer reduction with a simple shampoo in a 1:2 proportion (you should have twice as much shampoo as beer reduction). 

That's as far as One Woman got.

Stay tuned for a report on results!

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Music for shampooing on St. Patrick's Day: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin ), from Claude Debussy's Preludes Book I (click the link to hear Jascha Heifetz on violin). I always imagined the girl with the flaxen hair to be a willowy girl with sumptuous, silky hair that goes all the way down to her knees.

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Update: Beer Shampoo a success! Effects--hair feels soft and thick. Smell--much less than I feared. Go Guinness!