White house beer

[MisterTipsy]

So, Obama isn't really a homebrewer. He just had the kitchen make him some beer.

 

[krispy3d]

Ah, excellent! Thank you, ktblunden.

 

[DaBills]

http://www.brew-dudes.com/all-grain-to-extract-conversion/78

In the first recipe take 6.6 lbs of LME and multiply by 37 to get the total extract points of 244.2. Divide that by your estimated efficiency. For this purpose I'll use 70%, so 244.2 divided by .70 which equals 348.9 total possible extract points. Divide that number by 37 and you get 9.43 lbs of 2 row. Use that along with the other specialty grains as they appear in the recipe. For the other recipe you'll need to calculate the DME with the multiplier 44 instead of 37. I'm just going in exactly the reverse from the formulas given on that site.

EDIT: Did the math really quick, the second recipe would use 11.13 lbs of two row with an efficiency of 70%.

Nice! You da man.

 

[ImperialLover]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You can just feel the love in here..

Meh, at lease he's a homebrewer. (still not a fan)

 

[gestyr]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You can just feel the love in here..

Meh, at lease he's a homebrewer. (still not a fan)

Sorry, he is not a homebrewer. His cook made beer for him;similar to 17th century England where the nobility and wealthy had their servants brew beer for their estates.

 

[DaBills]

Regardless, good publicity for the hobby/craft!

 

[Erroneous]

Perhaps if the themes weren't always "Obama beer" but rather presidential ale it'd be better received. Personally I think it's great that any president is helping out homebrew by doing it at the Whitehouse. Of course the subject has been done to death.

As far as the recipe goes good luck getting their honey. Anyone know what kind of flowering plants are nearby or has tasted the honey?

 

[Malric]

So, Obama isn't really a homebrewer. He just had the kitchen make him some beer.

This.

I'm happy that the hobby is getting press, but it sickens me to see more claims about "Obama's beer". He financed it and drank it. From everything that's been released, he has 0 involvement in the process.

 

[DaBills]

Perhaps if the themes weren't always "Obama beer" but rather presidential ale it'd be better received. Personally I think it's great that any president is helping out homebrew by doing it at the Whitehouse. Of course the subject has been done to death.

As far as the recipe goes good luck getting their honey. Anyone know what kind of flowering plants are nearby or has tasted the honey?

I'm thinking no way that honey is available to the general public. Cherry blossoms? LoL. And I know there's a vegetable garden.

 

[chessking]

I'll bet Stalin had a mean RIS recipe.

But of course if you didn't like it, you would be shot as a enemy of the state.

 

[Erroneous]

Eh either way one pound in five gallons isn't going to be a huge flavor contributor.

 

[DaBills]

But of course if you didn't like it, you would be shot as a enemy of the state.

Right, right.

 

[tchamber]

And I'm kind of disappointed it wasn't a Mr Beer kit

 

[RScottyL]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

 

[DaBills]

Really? Do you think Paul Newman designed all those sauces?

What sickens me is people using this as an excuse to bash their president even more. Some of you really need to pull your heads out of your asses.

Just let it go man, best to ignore it. But freedom of speech and all that I'm not telling you what to say!

 

[DaBills]

And I'm kind of disappointed it wasn't a Mr Beer kit

Hahahaha lol.

 

[chessking]

This.

I'm happy that the hobby is getting press, but it sickens me to see more claims about "Obama's beer". He financed it and drank it. From everything that's been released, he has 0 involvement in the process.

This.

Obama is not a home brewer. He drinks beer. The only reason this is a story is because a lot of folks with more free time on their hands than sense, made it a story.

Oh yeah, there is nothing wrong with extract beer. Lets not eat our own. Extract makes great beer. However, as the leader of the free world, you would think that the Pentagon, or the Military Industrial Complex, could devise a a killer single tier, 20 gal, three vessle system.......

.... Oh sorry, Lonnie already did that.

 

[CBXBob]

I all about keeping this thread about the beer and the hobby. I'll leave my politics out of it. If you want to vent your political beliefs, try the debate forum. Thanks in advance.
Edit: And Drunken Rambling, and Mindless Musesing for us non-premium members

 

[DaBills]

Eh either way one pound in five gallons isn't going to be a huge flavor contributor.

Yeah I'm not too well versed on the use of honey but this is what I've heard.

 

[downtown3641]

This.

I'm happy that the hobby is getting press, but it sickens me to see more claims about "Obama's beer". He financed it and drank it. From everything that's been released, he has 0 involvement in the process.

What White House official has claimed it's "Obama's beer"? I've always seen it referred to as the White House's beer or homebrew.

 

[MisterTipsy]

I want Obama's recipe for haggis, if he has one. Let's start a petition!

 

[DaBills]

What White House official has claimed it's "Obama's beer"? I've always seen it referred to as the White House's beer or homebrew.

My bad for saying Obama's beer recipe I didn't know how silly people could be about semantics. I think it's officially white house beer.

 

[Whippy]

HAHAHA It was obvious that the White House brewers are complete noobs, but I still think this was really cool! They are doing most things very right, so I imagine their beer tastes nice.

I'll probably try a modified version of one of these beers just for the fun of it, but all grain plus honey.

 

[chessking]

Really? Do you think Paul Newman designed all those sauces?

What sickens me is people using this as an excuse to bash their president even more. Some of you really need to pull your heads out of your asses.

Really? Paul Newman isn't running for office. Also, I think he's dead.

Don't get your panty's in a wad over some critical responses. Its no different than all the fawning credit given to him, and positive press he enjoys from allowing someone to brew "for" him. They are two sides of the same coin. You take the good with the bad. Read this when you pull yours out.


Edit: This is a closed thread, but I don't see a lot of posts in it on how we need to be respectful.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/we-gotta-have-george-dubbya-quotes-thread-107480/

 

[Noahl]

Surely Obama doesn't actually brew himself, but perhaps he stopped in the kitchen for a midnight piece of cinnamon toast or somesuch, and saw an assistant chef squatting next to a big glass bottle with a stopwatch, counting bubbles, and muttering "Is it done fermenting yet?"

 

[DaBills]

HAHAHA It was obvious that the White House brewers are complete noobs, but I still think this was really cool! They are doing most things very right, so I imagine their beer tastes nice.

I'll probably try a modified version of one of these beers just for the fun of it, but all grain plus honey.

When I watched it I said, "hey that's what it looks like when I brew." Haha needless to say I'm a noobert.

 

[TimpanogosSlim]

I'm assuming here that by "10 HBU's bittering hops" they mean equivalent to 1 ounce of hops at 10 AAU?

for the 30 minute addition in the honey porter do we care what hop we're using?

Here's what i have so far in brewtarget for an all-grain batch sparged 5.5g version at 75% efficiency:

Edit: Removed rough draft. Try this instead.

 

[DaBills]

TimpanogosSlim, thanks. You da man!

 

[Zuljin]

Damn it, Obama! Now I've got two more beers to brew.

 

[Newmanwell]

Here's the official presidential looking copy of the recipes.