Obama is a homebrewer

[mmb]

Just a heads up, I merged the glut of similar threads. Let me know if there are others, please.

Hey, did you see that Obama had his kitchen staff brew beer and now everyone thinks he's a homebrewer?!

OMG! WTF! DIAF!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

His running mate is Roman Catholic so that should even things out a bit.

And from Wisconsin, too.

 

[Boy]

It would be funny if he tried one and looked at the brewer and said, "You didn't brew this."

 

[emjay]

It would be funny if he tried one and looked at the brewer and said, "You didn't brew this."

"This is the honey blonde? Tastes just like Guinness. Great stuff. But I can't drink more than one because it's too heavy, and this 5% ABV hits me like twice as hard as a Bud Lite's 5% ABV. Hmmm... if I pay for the ingredients can you make me a batch of Bud Lite?"

 

[Boy]

Just trying to play off some of the humorous and flattering responses some of us have gotten to homebrewing with the irony of the Presidents recent gaffe.

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

Well, as you all are wanking about, I just sent an email to the POTUSA and his kitchen staff, requesting they give me their recipes and brewing details!!! I'm gonna brew a clone.

And if they don't respond in a timely manner, I'll file a FOIA request.

 

[Doctor_M]

If he is asking the chef to brew this beer but he is paying for the ingredients isn't it considered contract brewing?

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Well, as you all are wanking about, I just sent an email to the POTUSA and his kitchen staff, requesting they give me their recipes and brewing details!!! I'm gonna brew a clone.

Expect the CIA at your door briefly, wanting to know why you asked for classified information.

MC

 

[VApatriot]

Yeah but you wouldn't want to drink any because it goes through you.............wait for it................






















Fast and Furious!

 

[unionrdr]

Whooooaa,low blow! I do wonder how much honey flavor it wound up with?

 

[mmb]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this thread doesn't devolve in such a way that it requires to be moved to the debate section.

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-tap-white-house-home-beer-023924580--finance.html

In other news, Louis Pasteur totally turns the brewing world on its head by proposing that fermentation is conducted by living yeasts cells and not by a chemical process.

 

[signpost]

Well, as you all are wanking about, I just sent an email to the POTUSA and his kitchen staff, requesting they give me their recipes and brewing details!!! I'm gonna brew a clone.

And if they don't respond in a timely manner, I'll file a FOIA request.

Awesome.

 

[tom_gamer]

You can call it the first beer then...

 

[WesleyS]

In other news, Louis Pasteur totally turns the brewing world on its head by proposing that fermentation is conducted by living yeasts cells and not by a chemical process.

Whoa! You just blew my mind! By the way, did you hear they brew beer at the white house?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Cool to see we're getting back to our founding fathers roots. Too bad my taxes are paying for beers I'll never have the chance to drink, or a facility I'll never be allowed to use.

 

[E-Mursed]

In other news, Louis Pasteur totally turns the brewing world on its head by proposing that fermentation is conducted by living yeasts cells and not by a chemical process.

Blasphemy...!!!

Everyone knows it is "God is Great" that makes the beer.
Heretic.....


By the way...........Obama brews beer.

 

[tom_gamer]

Cool to see we're getting back to our founding fathers roots. Too bad my taxes are paying for beers I'll never have the chance to drink, or a facility I'll never be allowed to use.

Somewhere in here someone said that Obama paid for the brewery. Dont know if its true or not.

 

[E-Mursed]

Somewhere in here someone said that Obama paid for the brewery. Dont know if its true or not.

He may have paid for it....but he didn't build it.

 

[berrywise]

A bit more info from my local paper.

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/dining/166476626.html

 

[dfc]

If he makes his beer like he runs the country I would not try it.

 

[tom_gamer]

If he makes his beer like he runs the country I would not try it.

Agreed, he probably went and didn't spend enough money on the ingredients to make a good beer.

 

[knuckleheadbrewing]

If the man was brewing it himself on his days off or while on vacay....even though I dsipise the man, i'd say right on thats awesome!! But any one can have some one else brew and say...yeah I homebrew..

Props to the Chef! Not Obama

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

Somewhere in here someone said that Obama paid for the brewery. Dont know if its true or not.

If the man was brewing it himself on his days off or while on vacay....even though I dsipise the man, i'd say right on thats awesome!! But any one can have some one else brew and say...yeah I homebrew..

Props to the Chef! Not Obama

Regardless of who paid for it, I think it's pretty cool. I mean, love him or not, cut the POTUS some slack. He is the President, after all. Some presidents golf at extravagant clubs, others install a bowling alley. By contrast, I bet Obama's interest in/hobby of homebrewing is cheap by comparison... Especially if you consider the costs associated with the Secret Service whenever he travels or leaves the Oval Office.

Instead of having a huge entourage necessary for the man to have a simple jog (Clinton), or even just to go fishing, Obama can sit at home and enjoy a cold beer. It's probably one of the cheapest hobbies a President can have. Probably even cheaper than jogging. Seriously. Think about the logistics in setting up safe routes for the POTUS to just run around the block. When you add up the manpower and machinery required, I bet it's close to a million bucks. But the Secret Service doesn't have to do as much supervision of a brewing operation... Just source safe ingredients; the same thing they would have to do for the President's hamburger.

When it comes to Presidents' leisure time, I can't get worked up about them doing that they want. Despite a small tinge of jealousy, I always have to admit that if I were in their shoes, I would be doing similar things. The job is, no doubt, a mentally draining occupation. If they aren't blowing off steam (or krausen) somehow, they probably aren't as effective as we would want them to be. They are humans, not machines.

And if he doesn't brew it himself, well he probably has better things to do than spend a full day making a batch of AG beer. I am sure he had some say in the flavors. I am sure he is satisfied with his bespoke beer. I am sure George Washington didn't brew all his own beer at the White House either. It is still a homebrewery in the White House and it helps legitimize the hobby.

FWIW, I cannot ever remember getting worked up about any president's hobby. Frankly, it's not fair or reasonable to make a big deal over what a guy chooses to do in his leisure time, President or not.

 

[tchamber]

I think it's pretty cool. And I'm not so petty and mean-spirited to whine about how much it cost.

 

[cheezydemon3]

HI!


(see wut I did there?)

 

[knuckleheadbrewing]

It is still a homebrewery in the White House and it helps legitimize the hobby.

This is true!

 

[bob1852]

And please, no politics. This is your only warning.

ahem.

 

[asidrane]

I am sure George Washington didn't brew all his own beer at the White House either.

You are right. In fact, when Washington became president, the capital was NYC and the White House didn't exist.

 

[Akavango]

FWIW, I cannot ever remember getting worked up about any president's hobby. Frankly, it's not fair or reasonable to make a big deal over what a guy chooses to do in his leisure time, President or not.

I'm not an american but live there for 13 years. I haven't been worked up about president hobbies either, just some vice president hobbies who where shooting people in the face.

 

[sweetcell]

You are right. In fact, when Washington became president, the capital was NYC and the White House didn't exist.

thank you, you beat me to it.

obama is indeed the first president to bring brewing to the White House.