White House brewing it's own beer

[Earth_First]

(CBS News)Former Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Thursday, had a simple but unusual request when White House staffers talked to him a few days ago, reports CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante.

Meyer said he would like to have a beer with the president.

It was -- the White House's own brew, made with equipment the Obamas bought with their own money -- the first beer ever made at the White House, according to historians.

It is White House Honey Ale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/earlyshow/main20107292.shtml

How cool is that?

As a homebrewer myself, I can appriciate this story...

[MarianJack]

1. But...But...But Wait!

rick perry told me that the service people hate this president.

Was little ricky Wrong? I'm Shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!

PEACE!

[bananas]

2. Obama - the kind of guy you can brew a beer with!

That could be his new campaign slogan!

[66 dmhlt]

4. And enjoy having one with, also ...

Pres. Obama and Medal of Honor recipient, Dakota Meyer, enjoying the home-brewed White House Honey Ale

[Earth_First]

5. +1 on the images...

Thanks!

[pinboy3niner]

6. +2

Especially for the bottle image. Even the label of the WH Honey Ale looks tasty. :)

[lonestarnot]

26. thanks for the pics!

[Occulus]

10. What is the electronic device in your sig line?

[bananas]

29. It's a live feed from NASA TV

Channel 2 at this KSC website: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/
The image doesn't always update, not sure if that's the browser caching it or the website not updating it.

[bananas]

3. "A solar panel on every roof, and a home brewery in each garage"

[Initech]

31. Sounds like paradise!

:toast:

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. Awesome!

Wonder if they used grain or malt extract. And what kind of yeast and hops? Just curious. They should put the recipes on the White House website.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. a garden, a home brewery - amazing what people with curiosity and intellect will do!

And not a single incidence of brush clearing....what a refreshing change!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. "brush clearing"? The White House has people for that

"Brush clearing" (or what I, in my yard, call "weeding"), is not as rewarding as growing veggies or brewing beer/wine.

GWB did some "brush clearing", which involves sitting on a horse surrounded by Secret Service and photographers.

I would guess that if a batch of "White House Ale" went bad, it would be magically dumped and replaced from bottles of Sam Adams, and the Prez would be none-the-wiser. Would YOU want to be the one to tell Obama that his beer is skunky?

:hi:

[MineralMan]

9. Wonderful!

I love it that the White House includes an in-house brewery. That ties it to history, since brewing beer at home was a common practice in the early history of our nation. There are dozens and dozens of existing recipes for beers and ales from that period - all scaled to household quantities.

[onethatcares]

11. that's the problem, Obama's drunk all the time.

hahahahahahahahahaha, you know that it's gonna come up on Faux Snoooz in no time, just letting you get prepped.:rofl:

[Brother Buzz]

12. They should tip a hat to Jimmy Carter while tipping that beer

Jimmy Carter signed the bill that decriminalized home-brewing.

[progressoid]

23. A new twist on Billy Beer?

[Brother Buzz]

27. No. Billy Beer was a vanity brew made by an established regional brewery

Back when I was smart, I could remember the name. Times have been better.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Wait a minute -- Martha Washington's cookbook had several recipes for meads ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=srKZtR13JlYC&q=mead#v=snippet&q=mead&f=false

So probably not the first brewing at the WH ... I would think most of our 19th century presidents dabbled in homebrew.

[Retrograde]

14. Martha W. never lived in the White House, but I get your point

John and Abigail Adams were the first couple to occupy the White House, and given their farm background - and the quality of DC water at the time - I would expect Abigail made her own cider (or brought it from Mass.) For many of the early residents the choices were probably dysentery or home brew, so I expect there was quite a lot of beer and cider produced before a reliable clean water supply was established.

Back to the original article, it said the White House cooks actually did the brewing, but it's the thought that counts. I wonder what other kinds, if any, they make - I don't care for the taste of honey, so when I get invited (ha!) I hope they have a good brown ale on hand!

[Zax2me]

15. Maybe, in between beer creations, some jobs will be created.

And not the ones where we get 321 jobs per half million spent to get them.

[Cerridwen]

17. Multi-tasking; it's not just for computers anymore.

Does this cheer-leading outfit make my butt look fat?

[alfredo]

18. Drink American Craft Beers and you will create jobs.

My favorite American breweries:

Great Lakes

Sierra Nevada

Bells

Founders

St Louis Brewery

Stone

Three Floyds

Coors, Miller, and AB are no longer American owned. their beers are made with rice and hop extract. They also have chemicals to enhance their head.

That cheap adulterated lagers you buy at the gas station could contain, at the least:

Betaglucanase
Ammonia caramel
Rhoiso-alpha acids
Sulphur dioxide
Protease
Amyloglucosidase
Propylene glycol alginate (to create that strange elastic head on commodity beers)
Silicone

Real Beer has four basic ingredients:

water, hops, yeast and malted barley or wheat. Some craft beers add fruit and spices for special brews, but mostly they stick to the basic beers.


Myself, I like Pale Ales (bitters) and Porters. A good stout like Sierra Nevada Stout is nice as a winter warmer.

[trotsky]

21. I'll drink to that! n/t

[alfredo]

Cheers.

[alfredo]

28. oops

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[Warren DeMontague]

19. When the White House starts growing its own pot

then the future will truly have arrived.

[bananas]

32. George Washington used to grow his own pot (and other presidents, too)

http://www.marijuanalibrary.org/7_presidents.html

Dr. Burke, president of the American Historical Reference Society and a consultant for the Smithsonian Institute, counted seven early presidents as cannabis smokers: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor and Franklin Pierce. 41 "Early letters from our founding fathers refer to the pleasures of hemp smoking," said Burke. Pierce, Taylor and Jackson, all military men, smoked it with their troops. Cannabis was twice as popular among American soldiers in the Mexican War as in Vietnam: Pierce wrote to his family that it was "about the only good thing" about that war.
...
41 Burke asserted that Washington & Jefferson were said to exchange smoking blends as personal gifts. Washington reportedly preferred a pipe full of "the leaves of hemp" to alcohol, & wrote in his diaries that he enjoyed the fragrance of hemp flowers. Madison once remarked that hemp gave him insight to create a new & democratic nation. Monroe, creator of the Monroe Doctrine, began smoking it as Ambassador to France & continued to the age of 73. Burke. "Pot & Presidents." in Green Egg. CA. June 21, 1975

[K8-EEE]

20. But but but I THOUGHT HE WAS A MUSLIN!!1! nt

[Major Nikon]

22. I'm surprised it was the first one

There were lots of home brewers back in the day. Lots of home distillers too.

[Modern_Matthew]

24. They should sell it. It would make a nice collectible. nt

[Upton]

25. And yet Granny can't grow her own medical marijuana..

[Initech]

30. Bush you could only *DRINK* a beer with. Obama you could BREW a beer with!

:toast:

[Hoosier Daddy]

33. Ralshny kraglum

Eye sawwoodrake marma! (belch)