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Maybe there is "hope" afterall.

Oh there is definitely "hope" out there.. I just place it in the actual author of hope, and not those who endlessly talk about addressing the symptoms instead of the underlying disease itself... (dogs chasing their tails round and round while the city burns to the ground)

How many of you were required to read "The Emperor Has No Clothes" in grade school? And is it ringing in your ears 'now'?... I'm speaking to the general mindset/culture, not the specifics of whomever's name is currently engraved on the plaque..
 
Nevermind then. I disagree completely and hope Obama makes homebrewing illegal tomorrow just so I don't have to agree with you! :D

Well, now you've done it.

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...to-serve-more-home-brewed-beer-at-white-house

During this year's Super Bowl, President Obama created a stir by offering guests at the White House beer that he'd brewed himself. And now the president reportedly plans to have another batch of his homebrew on hand March 17 — that's right, for St. Patrick's Day.

According to the Irish Central website, when Obama announced that this March is Irish American Heritage Month, he also pledged to serve his own White House Honey Ale — made with honey from the White House garden beehive — to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day.:mug:

It doesn't make him a good president.
 
It doesn't make him a good president.

NO it doesn't, but please take your comments on that to the other forum.

Anything that brings attention to homebrewing/craft beer can't be bad. I think it's pretty cool!
 
My take from north of the border.

Sr. Obama likes beer. No problem

M. Harper likes Canadian. Big problem.
 
This is very cool. As a beekeeper myself, I hope to brew this beer when the honey flows in a few months. Maybe he'll also get a mead done this season and have it aged for the big party in early Nov 2012.

FYI, the first make work pay tax refund of $1000 helped me move to a kegging system. I just realized the second Obama tax break has increased our monthly income by $100, which will certainly help the brewing hobby this year. Anybody else use all these Obama tax cuts for brewing purposes?
 
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ma-white-house-first-to-serve-homebrewed-beer
By Daniel Strauss - 03/04/11 11:33 AM ET

Barack Obama will go down in history as, among other things, the first president to brew his own beer in the White House.

The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the president's Super Bowl party featured a selection called "White House Honey Ale,” brewed right at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The blog said the president and first lady Michelle Obama bought the equipment with their own funds (an aide did not specify when) in advance of serving it at the February gathering.

The "honey" part of the beer comes from Michelle Obama's garden beehive. The beehive is also a White House first.

Foodorama notes that Obama is the first president since George Washington to homebrew beer, and the very first to offer the brew at the White House. (Washington was a perennial self-brewer, the blog said, but he’s the only president who didn't live in the White House.)

The news sparked a small flurry in the blogosphere given that Obama, who has previously settled friendly bets between world leaders with beers like Goose Island's 312, had not shown a predilection for do-it-yourself beers. Obama settled a World Cup bet last summer with British Prime Minister David Cameron by giving his English counterpart a bottle of 312. And during 2009's so-called "beer summit" with Vice President Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Massachusetts Police Sgt. James Crowley, Obama drank a Bud Light.

Although the White House isn't ready to release the recipe yet, a spokesman told Foodorama that “White House Honey Ale” isn't a one-time thing.

"It is very safe to assume that there will be more White House beer in the future," White House East Wing spokeswoman Semonti Stephens said.

I'm pretty sure this is his best brew.

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We should help the guy think of some names for his upcoming beers since he has time to brew while the world goes to ****.
How about Maxist Marzen or Leninist Lager? Just trying to help.
 
It was probably a Mr.Beer kit if Michelle purchased it

Sad but probably true...

Besides, he's not the one brewing it, kitchen staff are brewing it. I doubt he had any more involvement than tasting finished batches to help decide which recipe to offer/make...

The part where it mentions "Obama drank a Bud Light" just screams about how little taste he has... I'd rather drink water than a bud light...
 
We should help the guy think of some names for his upcoming beers since he has time to brew while the world goes to ****.
How about Maxist Marzen or Leninist Lager? Just trying to help.

Michael Savage did a whole segment on White House beer names the other day. It was pretty funny.
 
I heard that the beer was actually so promising that it won the NHC before it was even brewed.
 
For the Super Bowl party, "90 to 100" 12-ounce bottles of the Honey Ale were served, Stephens said. There were no leftovers.

No Mr. Beer kit here. That's gotta be at least a 10 gallon batch.
 
18-30 year olds have voted it the best beer in the history of the world on a huffington post poll, and msnbc says it has a 5300% approval rating. Also, it pays you to drink it if you don't have a job, and of course, it is union made.
 
Funny post. Interesting how so many people claim Obama knows and does nothing. I find it amusing because it's really easy to pick out people who don't know politics from a hole on the ground. They are generally the ones who call him communist/Marxist/ socialist. You give away your hand (or lack thereof) with those posts...

One brew at a time...
 
I heard that the beer was actually so promising that it won the NHC before it was even brewed.

No one was allowed to look at it or see it, or know what kind it was or what was in it, until after the judging...

Then a poll was taken to see if he should like it or not...

In a related story, Nancy Pelosi commented: "We have to go ahead and give it the award first so that we can find out if it's any good"

Harry Reid noted: "Anyone who opposes giving this beer the award, is obviously doing so because they are racist"
 
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