Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe
Source: forums.somd.com - Saturday, September 01, 2012
Link to original article/recipe/video. "There's been a lot of buzz online recently about the recipe for the White House Honey Ale and White House Honey Porter, including a popular petition on We the People, the White House's online petition platform. With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it. Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen. After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes that came from a local brew shop. We received some tips from a couple of home brewers who work in the White House who helped us amend it and make it our own. To be honest, we were surprised that the beer turned out so well since none of us had brewed beer before. As far as we know the White House Honey Brown Ale is the first alcohol brewed or distilled on the White House grounds. George Washington brewed beer and distilled whiskey at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson made wine but there's no evidence that any beer has been brewed in the White House. (Although we do know there was some drinking during prohibition ) Since our first batch of White House Honey Brown Ale, we've added the Honey Porter and have gone even further to add a Honey Blonde this past summer. Like many home brewers who add secret ingredients to make their beer unique, all of our brews have honey that we tapped from the first ever bee-White House reveals ‘Ale to the Chief’ beer recipes
Source: www.rawstory.com - Saturday, September 01, 2012
Barack Obama promised and Saturday the White House delivered, revealing recipes for the president’s official microbrewed honey beers, following an Internet campaign. “With public excitement about the White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it,” said Sam Kass, one of Obama’s chefs, on the White House blog. The “Ale to the Chief,” he punned, is “as far as we know … the first alcohol brewed or distilled on the White House grounds.” “George Washington brewed beer and distilled whiskey at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson made wine, but there’s no evidence that any beer has been brewed in the White House,” he continued. “Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen” at the White House, the chef explained. With advice from White House staffers who brew in their own spare time, the chefs honed a recipe – tweaked from a local brew shop’s offering – which features honey “tapped from the first ever bee-hive on the South Lawn” in the White House garden. On the blog, the complete recipe was given with precise directions. A video shows the different steps of the brewing process in the White House kitchens. Obama, who participated Wednesday in a question and answer session over social media network Reddit, had promised that the recipe would be “out soon!” adding that “I can tell from first hand experience, it is tasty.” More than 12,000
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