Obama is a homebrewer

So either no one has posted about this yet or the search cache isn't updated very fast... Have you all seen Obama had a batch of homebrew made for his superbowl party? He bought the gear out of his own pocket too.

Looks like the blog my buddy found that first linked to went private after this floated around, this is the only mention i see of it now:

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/3479302

No need to spout any politics here, keep it to beer

I did see that in a huffington post article...

I just wonder who the lucky brewer was. That would be cool to brew for a President!

surprised the maker of the equipment isn't bragging about it yet! Blichmann i'm looking at you.

Id like to know the recipe as well. Maybe we should just all email them and ask? (drac0's idea stolen from IRC)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

I went to http://whitehouse.gov and used the Contact Us link and submitted a request for the recipe.

Do you think I should have filed a Freedom of Information Request instead?

I asked that they publish the recipe for everyone to have. If I get a response back, I'll post it here.

This administration promised more transparency, so if they don't cough up the recipe, I call BS

That's exactly what I'm thinking!

I wonder if his beer will have a born on date? Oh wait, never mind..

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1102/homemade_honey_ale_at_the_w_h_.html

"The beer (called White House Honey Ale) was brewed with one pound of honey from the White House bee hive"

I'm wondering how big of a batch we're talking about, 200 guests and you brew like a 5 gal batch? If it's 10gal, should it even be called a honey ale?

Very cool to see a homebrew at the WH, how big of a brew set up would you have in the west wing?

I've contacted the White House through their website, Facebook and Twitter. I hope to get a response. Just for fun, I may look into filing a FOIA request too.

Looks like that blog is back to being public:
http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2011/02/president-first-lady-host-white-house.html

A picture here:
http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2011/02/white-house-honey-aleand-obama-super.html

OK, well at least the label clears one thing up for me... I was wondering whether it was actually "'White House Honey' Ale", named after the first lady...

;-)

That's awesome! I want to see what the White House Brewery looks like.

I agree that a FOIA request is in order. :-D

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1103/obama_w_h_to_brew_more_beer.html

More beer coming soon? The Obama's bought the brew equipment themselves!!

Too cool!

rrittenhouse said:

Id like to know the recipe as well. Maybe we should just all email them and ask? (drac0's idea stolen from IRC)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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Great idea dude! :rockin:

+1 on the FOIA request, hahahaha

Smoking cool!

NICE!
But I thought Carter was a homebrewer as well?!?

I don't care who you are, that is pretty awesome. Although there will always be that 30%. You know who they are.

One hell of an Executive Chef and kitchen staff!! I'll bet they had fun making it!

Politics aside that is very cool. I would like to see the recipe when they release it.

That's awesome

i'd like to know the recipe.

wonder where they got ingredients from. AHS? lol

I like that they have a bee hive too. Very cool!

That is awesome!!!

Possible they are the first to tell the chefs to make beer. Washington was a homebrewer.

conpewter said:

Possible they are the first to tell the chefs to make beer. Washington was a homebrewer.

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But he never lived in the White House.

Bwahahahaha

" A fancy rig would run between $200-$400 dollars."

You wish...

BendBrewer said:

But he never lived in the White House.

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Good point, didn't get through the whole article before wildly posting
Thanks for the history lesson though, only president to not live in the white house.

i wonder how many people kept the bottles without opening them? pretty cool keepsake.

Think they'll get in trouble if they reach that 200 gallon limit?

*ducks*

It would be much more cool if he did it not have the chef do it for him.

I am not a fan of the guys politics, but I think this is awesome. I would totally brew a "Presidential Beer" recipe. We should swamp the White House with requests to publicize the recipe!

Thats pretty cool, homebrewing in the White House.

I think Carter just passed the law making it legal to brew beer at home.

NRS

curlyfat said:

I am not a fan of the guys politics, but I think this is awesome. I would totally brew a "Presidential Beer" recipe. We should swamp the White House with requests to publicize the recipe!

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If someone in the White house kitchen sent out an email with the recipe, you very well could FOIA for it. But I would imagine by the time they filled the request, the "official recipe" would already be released. Would be interesting to see notes and changes.

It's surely not a 'Wit' beer...