Obama is a homebrewer

[GuldTuborg]

Recipe found @ wikileaks

Nice. Well played.

 

[r2eng]

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!

 

[Vuarra]

My take from north of the border.

Sr. Obama likes beer. No problem

M. Harper likes Canadian. Big problem.

 

[Golddiggie]

My take from north of the border.

Sr. Obama likes beer. No problem

M. Harper likes Canadian. Big problem.

SO easy to scare the Canadians...

 

[coastwx]

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?

 

[EdWort]

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.

 

[molsonG]

It was probably a Mr.Beer kit if Michelle purchased it

 

[WAdamC]

HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!! Best post ever!

 

[r8rphan]

That label is funny as hell... especially the big ears and crossed eyes...

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Awesome, Ed!!!!!

 

[shutupjojo]

We should help the guy think of some names for his upcoming beers since he has time to brew while the world goes to sh!t.
How about Maxist Marzen or Leninist Lager? Just trying to help.

 

[Golddiggie]

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...

 

[Darwin18]

-1 on the label.

 

[bob1852]

We should help the guy think of some names for his upcoming beers since he has time to brew while the world goes to sh!t.
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.

 

[dwarven_stout]

I heard that the beer was actually so promising that it won the NHC before it was even brewed.

 

[shutupjojo]

Michael Savage did a whole segment on White House beer names the other day. It was pretty funny.

He cracks me up. Listen to him everyday.

 

[mrk305]

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.

 

[WAdamC]

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.

 

[mhenry41h]

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...

 

[r8rphan]

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"

 

[bob1852]

Hmmmmmmmm; if he steeped the grains does that make him a.....

nevermind

 

[r8rphan]

You give away your hand (or lack thereof) with those posts...

Back at cha... (Perspective matters...)

 

[mhenry41h]

Back at cha... (Perspective matters...)

I actually didn't mean to be offensive. However, I spent 4.5 years and alot of money on a Poly Sci degree. Obama is a moderate politician. To call him anything else isn't a matter of perspective, it's simply incorrect.

Coming soon...to a fridge near you.

 

[r8rphan]

Question:

Obama credits a man named "Frank" in his book as the man who most shaped his ideology...

Who is this "Frank?"

And just because you spent a lot of money and time at one of the countries propaganda mills, does not make you automatically 'correct'.. it simply means you learned what they taught you.. that has no bearing on truth... one way or the other..

Truth has no agenda.. Seek to find the truth...

 

[molsonG]

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.

unless they did multiple batches

 

[EdWort]

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...

Actually your post is amusing. At the risk of having this moved to the debate forum, I'll reply to your claim of "lack of hand". Feel free to start a thread in the debate forum to dispute any of these points by Barry, The Socialist.

Barry was raised by socialists and is surrounded by socialist friends and colleagues. You are with who you associate...

Jim Wallis, Obama’s spiritual advisor & forced redistribution of wealth advocate
Van Jones, disgraced Green Jobs Czar & Communist & 9/11 Truther
Ron Bloom, Manufacturing Czar & anti-free market
John Holdren, pro-redistribution of wealth
Andy Stern, SEIU President & redistribution of wealth fan & #1 visitor to the White House in ’09 and 10
Anita Dunn, fan of Chairman Mao
Mark Lloyd, FCC ‘Diversity Czar’ & Hugo Chavez fan
Carol Browner, socialist
Robert Creamer, socialist
Donald Berwick, "Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. "

Barry's parents, both socialists and communist sympathizers.
Barry's grandparents introduced Barack Obama Jr. to poet and communist Frank Marshall Davis who became his mentor.
Barry admittedly sought out ‘Marxist’ professors
Barry admittedly attended ‘socialist conferences
Barry attended a Marxist church for 20 years– led by pastor Jeremiah Wright


Barry's administration proposed to nationalize the New England fishing industry. Under this plan, private fishermen would be put out of work, replaced by a smaller number of government-employed fishermen.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

The SEC has just made a major rule change making it easier for unions to take control of corporations' boards of directors.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

When GM and Chrysler were in critical financial straits, the Obama administration intervened. Instead of letting them take the traditional approach to such problems -- bankruptcy -- the Obama administration took them over, preserving the crippling union contracts, putting their own chosen people in charge, and shaping future offerings not on consumer demand, but their political agenda.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

Under ObamaCare, the government will be taking over one-sixth of the United States economy. It will demand that American citizens obtain health insurance or face legal sanctions, and will eventually set itself up as a "competitor" to private insurance companies. It will be dictating how much doctors can charge for their services, even if (as with current Medicare rates) they do so at a loss. (the law has now been voided as unconstitutional)

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

When asked about his tax plans by "Joe The Plumber," Obama stated that he believes that some people make too much money, and things are "better" and "fairer" if some benevolent power were to intervene, take some of that "too rich" person's money, and redistribute it more "fairly."

But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.

Barry has established a "CEO pay czar" whose job is to look at the pay rates of the heads of corporations and decide if they're being paid too much.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

Barry has nationalized the student loan business, making all student loans now the exclusive providence of the federal government.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

As of the first quarter of this year (the most recent numbers I could find quickly), 96.5% of all new home loans were backed by the federal government.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

 

[mhenry41h]

Question:

Obama credits a man named "Frank" in his book as the man who most shaped his ideology...

Who is this "Frank?"

Frank Davis, however, this hardly makes him communist if this is your point. Trying to use a figure a person has claimed to admire as evidence of his/her policies over said persons voting record and actions makes one fall into the Glenn Beck school of conspiracy theories. Let's base our opinions on "real" evidence.

Coming soon...to a fridge near you.

 

[mhenry41h]

Actually your post is amusing. At the risk of having this moved to the debate forum, I'll reply to your claim of "lack of hand". Feel free to start a thread in the debate forum to dispute any of these points by Barry, The Socialist.

Barry was raised by socialists and is surrounded by socialist friends and colleagues. You are with who you associate...

Jim Wallis, Obama’s spiritual advisor & forced redistribution of wealth advocate
Van Jones, disgraced Green Jobs Czar & Communist & 9/11 Truther
Ron Bloom, Manufacturing Czar & anti-free market
John Holdren, pro-redistribution of wealth
Andy Stern, SEIU President & redistribution of wealth fan & #1 visitor to the White House in ’09 and 10
Anita Dunn, fan of Chairman Mao
Mark Lloyd, FCC ‘Diversity Czar’ & Hugo Chavez fan
Carol Browner, socialist
Robert Creamer, socialist
Donald Berwick, "Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. "

Barry's parents, both socialists and communist sympathizers.
Barry's grandparents introduced Barack Obama Jr. to poet and communist Frank Marshall Davis who became his mentor.
Barry admittedly sought out ‘Marxist’ professors
Barry admittedly attended ‘socialist conferences
Barry attended a Marxist church for 20 years– led by pastor Jeremiah Wright

Barry's administration proposed to nationalize the New England fishing industry. Under this plan, private fishermen would be put out of work, replaced by a smaller number of government-employed fishermen.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

The SEC has just made a major rule change this week making it easier for unions to take control of corporations' boards of directors.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

When GM and Chrysler were in critical financial straits, the Obama administration intervened. Instead of letting them take the traditional approach to such problems -- bankruptcy -- the Obama administration took them over, preserving the crippling union contracts, putting their own chosen people in charge, and shaping future offerings not on consumer demand, but their political agenda.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

Under ObamaCare, the government will be taking over one-sixth of the United States economy. It will demand that American citizens obtain health insurance or face legal sanctions, and will eventually set itself up as a "competitor" to private insurance companies. It will be dictating how much doctors can charge for their services, even if (as with current Medicare rates) they do so at a loss. (the law has now been voided as unconstitutional)

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

When asked about his tax plans by "Joe The Plumber," Obama stated that he believes that some people make too much money, and things are "better" and "fairer" if some benevolent power were to intervene, take some of that "too rich" person's money, and redistribute it more "fairly."

But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.

Barry has established a "CEO pay czar" whose job is to look at the pay rates of the heads of corporations and decide if they're being paid too much.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

Barry has nationalized the student loan business, making all student loans now the exclusive providence of the federal government.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

As of the first quarter of this year (the most recent numbers I could find quickly), 96.5% of all new home loans were backed by the federal government.

But Barry says he is not a socialist.

History lesson. The modern day Democratic party came from ideals of combing socialism with capitalism. Much like conservatisms roots are based on capitalism and fascism. Being a Democrat does not make one a socialist any more than being a conservative makes one a fascist. These parties and ideals simply didn't "spring to life" from nothing. However , there are topics in both socialism and fascism that people find appealing. I'm not a "bleeding heart" liberal, but I do find the inaccurate blasting of a good politician to be offensive.

Coming soon...to a fridge near you.

 

[bob1852]

Quack.

 

[corbomite]

Actually your post is amusing. At the risk of having this moved to the debate forum...
[insert long ass rant here]

I have no agenda here, I just thought that was funny.

I would like to have a bottle for a keepsake, but I'm betting it tastes like a generic honey ale... probably didn't even make a starter.