NBC interview from WH kitchen...

[unionrdr]

"Not gonna happen"? Insulting the president to his face about his beer? Why couldn't they get Charlie or one of the other HB Gods to do the interview? At least get one that likes beer, which she apparently doesn't. Sheez.

 

[LakeErieMonster]

Now maybe my neighbors will stop asking if what I am doing is legal!

In all seriousness though, this amount of national media attention involving homebrewing is pretty awesome.

 

[LakeErieMonster]

"Not gonna happen"? Insulting the president to his face about his beer? Why couldn't they get Charlie or one of the other HB Gods to do the interview? At least get one that likes beer, which she apparently doesn't. Sheez.

That sip she took was painful to watch. There is a very real chance it didnt even reach her tongue.

 

[unionrdr]

I agree. It should lend more of an air of legitimacy to what we do. Besides maybe getting more home brewers going. I understand there's some 1.2 million of us now?

 

[Maxkling]

He doesn't brew the beer. He's allowed the kitchen staff to brew beer.

And funds it with tax money. Nothing like taking credit for someones work with money from millions of people.

 

[mmb]

And funds it with tax money. Nothing like taking credit for someones work with money from millions of people.

Meh, I'm not so concerned about that, it's what government does, across all party lines. It's more the thought that the President has time to brew beer and the President is a homebrewer type posts. That's like calling anyone who drinks homebrew a homebrewer.

 

[tepee28]

Looks like the NBC Gestapo has shut this vid down. Still cool to see the Prez endorse homebrew.

 

[Pyg]

People will dislike this POTUS regardless of what he does.
However politics aside, this is a very humanizing story. The POTUS can get any beer he wants stocked in the WH kitchen.
What brewery would turn down that type of press and opportunity?
POTUS wants a Heady Topper- he's got it!
But he chose to have some home brew. Regardless if he was the guy making it or his top notch chefs.

This is like Truman and allowing the use of the bowling alley! While Truman did not use it Nixon sure did.
JQA skinny dipped in the Potomac,
Bush played golf,
Calvin Coolidge napped!

I think it great that POTUS, secretly maybe a beer nerd like the rest of us.

Now my real question is, when a foreign dignitary comes to the white house does POTUS shove the homebrew in their face saying "take a sip and tell me what you think"?, much like I do to anyone who comes to my abode!

 

[wbarber69]

Holy crap, guys, I just thought of something!

What if the president is a regular here on the HBT forum?!

I doubt it

 

[mmb]

People will dislike this POTUS regardless of what he does.

I don't think that's limited to just "this" POTUS, just clearer in memory.

 

[wbarber69]

Like lying about being the first president to make beer in the White House since Washington. Washington didn't live in the whitehouse since it hadn't been built yet.

 

[Pappers_]

Keep partisan political opinions out of this - they are off topic and will be deleted.

 

[Pappers_]

Its a great thing for the hobby that our President has promoted homewbrewing twice. I still get questions occasionally about legality and safety and this helps raise awareness.

Plus, I tweaked the White House Honey Ale recipe and won a silver medal in the specialty category about a year ago.

 

[wbarber69]

There's nothing political about what I said. It's a fact that the White House hadn't even been built when George Washington was president. And I imagine at least one other president probably at least dabbled in the hobby at some point in their life.

 

[Pyg]

Its a great thing for the hobby that our President has promoted homewbrewing twice. I still get questions occasionally about legality and safety and this helps raise awareness.

Plus, I tweaked the White House Honey Ale recipe and won a silver medal in the specialty category about a year ago.

Being a history geek that I am, I would love to have been able to try Washington's brew or that of Jefferson or Madison's (who both brewed after leaving office).
While we can get the recipes and make something like it, I have to imagine that the water was different, for better or worse, The ingredients had to have tasted different.

Same goes for Cider, wine and cheeseburgers made during that time!

 

[unionrdr]

I was just sitting here wondering if he drank some of his beer with that 3 day BBQ he went to that time? I wouldn't mind tasting what he did, being into both.

 

[Helly]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I didn't see it live.

 

[tgmartin000]

Like lying about being the first president to make beer in the White House since Washington. Washington didn't live in the whitehouse since it hadn't been built yet.

Impeach!!! 111

 

[Billy-Klubb]

People will dislike this POTUS regardless of what he does.
However politics aside, this is a very humanizing story. The POTUS can get any beer he wants stocked in the WH kitchen.
What brewery would turn down that type of press and opportunity?
POTUS wants a Heady Topper- he's got it!
But he chose to have some home brew. Regardless if he was the guy making it or his top notch chefs.

This is like Truman and allowing the use of the bowling alley! While Truman did not use it Nixon sure did.
JQA skinny dipped in the Potomac,
Bush played golf,
Calvin Coolidge napped!

I think it great that POTUS, secretly maybe a beer nerd like the rest of us.

Now my real question is, when a foreign dignitary comes to the white house does POTUS shove the homebrew in their face saying "take a sip and tell me what you think"?, much like I do to anyone who comes to my abode!

are you Jack? can you say POTUS more? someone tell Kate to get some more cushions from the fuselage. I almost feel Lost.ipe:

 

[Pappers_]

There's nothing political about what I said. It's a fact that the White House hadn't even been built when George Washington was president. And I imagine at least one other president probably at least dabbled in the hobby at some point in their life.

My reminder wasn't aimed at any particular post and I didn't reference your post. It is just a general reminder to folks that partisan politics aren't allowed in the technical and general forums, just in the debate forum. While these threads seem to devolve towards the partisan, there's no reason why we can't chat about the beer and publicity it gives to homebrewing.

 

[edroberts]

If I tell someone I homebrew and their response is, "Oh, like Obama", I'm going to throw a carboy at them. :cross:

 

[wbarber69]

Make sure it's a first run bmb carboy. That way you get em good.

 

[philipCT]

Looks like the NBC Gestapo has shut this vid down. Still cool to see the Prez endorse homebrew.

this one works:




AKKK! Just noticed they totally cut before the beer tasting part of the interview! They were probably embarrassed about how Guthrie behaved.

 

[philipCT]

That sip she took was painful to watch. There is a very real chance it didnt even reach her tongue.

Yeah, FWIW, here's an article that may explain that...

http://www.closerweekly.com/posts/savannah-guthrie-reveals-secret-to-losing-her-post-pregnancy-baby-weight-50507



...because I KNEW you fellow brewers were dying for the inside scoop on Savannah.

 

[philipCT]

Like lying about being the first president to make beer in the White House since Washington. Washington didn't live in the whitehouse since it hadn't been built yet.

actually, the quote was "first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White house..." - not that it's any more accurate given your point

 

[DNKDUKE]

An interview is on now with the president in the WH kitchen. Two fermenters are in the background filled with beer fermenting away...in bright light...in a hot kitchen....


No!!!!!!

Mr President, but those in a fermchamber!


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Maybe they're Belgians........................

 

[Pyg]

actually, the quote was "first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White house..." - not that it's any more accurate given your point

Considering the Term "White House" was not commonly used until TR, prior to that there is only slight evidence of a "White House" during the Madison era.

It was more commonly referred to as "executive mansion".

It should also mentioned that Martha Custis lived at "White House Plantation" while being courted by a General Washington.
So it is conceivable that there was some brewing going on that the "White House".
Considering in those days you would spend a few days at someone's house and could not just run out for a sixer.

 

[unionrdr]

George also liked his Virginia ham with oyster sauce. I wonder if he drank that molasses beer with it? I clicked on that last link & it immediately changed to a title page?

 

[LakeErieMonster]

An interview is on now with the president in the WH kitchen. Two fermenters are in the background filled with beer fermenting away...in bright light...in a hot kitchen....


No!!!!!!

Mr President, but those in a fermchamber!


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I saw a video of the chefs brewing it and they did have a temperature controlled fermentation closet that they locked up

 

[flars]

I would have liked the interview much more if the interviewer was a beer drinker, and the interview was going to be about beer in the White House.

It looks like she is holding a butterfly rather than a glass of beer.