Obama is a homebrewer

[Noobrew]

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/release-recipe-honey-ale-home-brewed-white-house/XkpkYwc0

A petition was recently filed at the White House website, but it needs 25,000 signatures by September 17 before it gets reviewed.

 

[WharfRat]

Awesome. Signed.

 

[rexbanner]

Signed. And posted on facebook. Takes less than five seconds, do it everyone.

 

[Homercidal]

I've been thinking about this for a while since the most recent spate of White House Beer threads popped up again, and I just don't have any interest in their recipe.

There are hundreds of great recipes out there. Many times more than I could ever brew in my lifetime. What makes the White House recipe better than any one of those?

I think the bigger question is: Is the president breaking any laws when he hands out beer to people on his re-election trips? Each state has varying homebrew laws. Does he inform himself of each state's laws beforehand?

"Siri, tell me the homebrew laws of Missouri!"

 

[ajlee]

i just don't have any interest in their recipe.

+1

 

[brycelarson]

It's not about whether we have interest in the recipe - it's about providing some legitimacy for a historic part of the heritage of the US. We're a country that has had brewers for longer than we've been a country. The more press craft and home brew gets the better for our hobby. This is certainly likely to get some attention if the signature threshold is met.

 

[Lunarpancake]

There is a petition up on the official whitehouse.gov website asking for the release of the "secret" recipe for the White House beer. For those that do not know beer has been brewed at the White House for a while supposedly using local ingredients such as honey from the garden.

To sign the petition go here:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/release-recipe-honey-ale-home-brewed-white-house/XkpkYwc0

 

[E-Mursed]

Obama brews beer....?
Seriously....?

What you talk'n bout Willis...!?!?

Next thing yo'll be telling me is that he drinks it on the bus...you know..."Tax Payer One".

Thanks for bringing this epic post to my attention.
This changes everything I ever thought I knew about brewing.

Damn....Obama brews....what a country!

 

[phenry]

What if the recipe turns out to be mediocre at best? I'm sure it's nothing too far from what recipes we already have access to...

 

[jpoder]

Compared to some of the other petitions on the site this one should be a soft ball! Good or bad it doesn't really matter. The point is that it is a beer brewed IN THE WHITE HOUSE by (or with) a standing PRESIDENT. I signed the petition...any positive PR for homebrewing is a great thing!

 

[Lunarpancake]

Obama brews beer....?
Seriously....?


Next thing yo'll be telling me is that he drinks it on the bus...you know..."Tax Payer One".

Taken from the CNN article:

" last week during his trip to Iowa, revealing to a voter that his campaign bus was stocked with beer that is brewed in the White House. "

CNN Article: http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/21/brewers-seek-white-houses-secret-beer-recipe/

 

[Lunarpancake]

What if the recipe turns out to be mediocre at best? I'm sure it's nothing too far from what recipes we already have access to...

This was posted before? Sorry. Search must have been haywire when I did it. Anyways, even if its a mediocre brew I plan on brewing it so that I can hand some out to friends and say this is the exact recipe served to the President.

 

[Draken]

I doubt Obama had anything to do with the actual brewing process. He's so busy campaigning this year he's barely taken time off to do silly things like golf or run the country..

 

[Revvy]

We know. There was a thread by the guy that actually created the petition on Saturday, and another who did ANOTHER thread about it within an hour.

At least one of them got locked by the mods because of negativity....

And about 30 threads about Obama Brewing. And at least two threads complaining about all the threads about Obama and brewing....

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Where is the petition to sign calling for investigation of alcoholic beverage being transported across state lines within Federal Property.

This is an outrage! Federal law says I can't mail a beer using USPS but he's rumrunning his hooch all over the nation!

 

[Pilgarlic]

I'm guessing it's a Cooper's Kit.

 

[TyTanium]

Well I for one like the idea of homebrew in the White House. I am not an Obama fan, but he went up a notch in my book for this.

Also, if the recipe gets released, it'll be fun to see how it gets politicized.

"Obama uses imported GERMAN honey malt in presidential brew instead of supporting American maltsters"
"White House Honey Ale...does not contain honey! Another lie from the left!!"
"Obama pandering to the Midwest vote by using cultured Bell's yeast"
"Part of the 1% elite; Obama uses exclusive, rare proprietary hops in WH brew"

 

[IXVolt]

Like Homer said, I really could care less to see/have or brew what Obama is brewing. Politics aside, it just doesn't interest me. I bet it was made from an intern who pulled the kit off a shelf.

 

[frothdaddy]

The White House has an online petition website, that requires 25,000 signatures for them to take some action on it. Someone (someone on this forum?) has created a petition to release the recipe of the White House's homebrew: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/release-recipe-honey-ale-home-brewed-white-house/XkpkYwc0

I figured the HBT crowd could help them out a bit. On a similar note, I'd like to see someone petition to relieve nanobrewerys of all the restrictions that make opening one prohibitively expensive.

 

[frothdaddy]

My bad, I just realized that someone already started a thread on this.

 

[Revvy]

My bad, I just realized that someone already started a thread on this.

More like FOUR threads about this, including one by the guy THAT ACTUALLY STARTED THE PETITION.....

 

[mbauer013]

...We're a country that has had brewers for longer than we've been a country.

I'm pretty sure that could be said for almost any western civilization in which barley is grown. I would love to sign the petition but I got this hang-up on creating a whitehouse.gov profile, I'm sure I'm already on a list somewhere due to my libertarian leanings, no need to be on one more.

 

[passedpawn]

Revvy, playing whack-a-mole with the presidential brew threads. Funny.

 

[COLObrewer]

Don't want my name on anything associated with the white house, it's sad really.

 

[mbobhat]

Wouldn't everyone want to know the recipe didn't originate from say...Kenya

Political leanings aside...I think it is just cool.

 

[COLObrewer]

Revvy, playing whack-a-mole with the presidential brew threads. Funny.

HAHA, my first thoughts were similar, just couldn't find the words, perfect!

 

[frothdaddy]

I almost want to start a 6th thread just to keep Revvy on his toes.

 

[passedpawn]

I woudn't trust the "born-on" date on one of those bottles from the president. I'd need to see some paperwork.

 

[mbauer013]

It's amazing to me with government math that they get the numbers to be right for brewing a batch of beer. I'd think the OG would be all over the board, revised the next week, then corrected once they subsidized with some corn sugar.

I heard they had an infected batch once, but found out it was Bush's fault so it didn't count (probably going too far but I had too)

 

[COLObrewer]

Not signing anything, it will end up creating more rules, laws, regulations, taxations and control.