Obama first to brew beer in White House
President Barack Obama, all politics aside, is a trail blazer.
President Obama has been known to drink a beer while campaigning or during high-profile meetings.
Not only has he read every Harry Potter book, but he is the first president to have beer brewed in the White House.
The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the 44th president served homemade ”White House Honey Ale” at a Super Bowl party in January. The beer was brewed in the White House.
The honey came from Michelle Obama’s garden beehive, another White House first. About 100 12-ounce bottles were served and all were gone by the end of the party.
The Foodorama article says Obama is the first president since George Washington to homebrew beer, and since Washington never lived in the White House, Obama (or his chef) is the first to stew up a hoppy concoction at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The White House will release the recipe after a few tweaks.
The 39th president, Georgia’s Jimmy Carter, who has a library within walking distance of Manuel’s Tavern, signed the bill into law that removed the federal restriction of home brewing.
Obama is a renowned drinker of beer at high profile meetings. We need to send that man a case of Atlanta-made SweetWater, seeing the leader of the free world drink foreign-owned Budweiser is damaging to our national psyche.
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March 5th, 2011
11:42 am
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Brigid
March 5th, 2011
11:42 am
@Ga Dawg
Yes! I do like where Obama is taking this…Drink American Brew! Way too many people are drinking foreign owned beers, sending the profits over seas with each bottle of Bud, Heineken and Corona.
Carling
March 5th, 2011
4:58 pm
“…but he is the first president to have beer brewed in the White House.”
Atlanta old timers remember Black Label beer, brewed right here but now long gone. Possible name for Pres. BHO’s home brew.
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March 5th, 2011
7:04 pm
[...] tend to stay far, far away from discussions about politics. However, I had to share this great article that I found about Obama. The blog Obama Foodorama reported that the 44th president served [...]
CR
March 6th, 2011
10:06 pm
So sick of how everyone finds these cutsie articles “enlightning”. I would imagine that if it were George Bush, the story would have been about outrage, waste of time, and would have probably made fun of how his beer tasted.
DBSF
March 8th, 2011
5:22 pm
@ CR
If it were George Bush the story would be about how he ran it through the horse twice…
Cvl
March 8th, 2011
5:53 pm
chuckle chuckle at DBSF…I dont know if I can top that.
Its not an enlightening article, but you have to be amazingly tight arsed to not think its cool that the POTUS can brew his own honey beer. Our last administration couldnt discharge a hunting rifle without taking out someone with a headshot. Yes America, things are looking up.
Relax Old Man
March 8th, 2011
6:47 pm
As a former homebrewer, I have to say this is just cool. And if you have posted some tired comment about how this is supposedly another example of the government wasting your tax money, then you are no doubtedly as ignorant to the workings of the federal budget as you are lame to hang out with.
BBro
March 9th, 2011
6:37 am
Maybe it will help in making better decisions
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March 9th, 2011
9:18 pm
[...] basketball games with NBA superstars. Perhaps it is time for another beer summit, featuring the beer that the Obamas have found time to brew themselves at the White House, another historic first. [...]