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Obama as beer-brewer-in-chief
The Hill Blog ^ | March 4, 2011 | Daniel Strauss

Posted on 03/04/2011 9:35:29 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Barack Obama will go down in history as, among other things, the first president to brew his own beer in the White House.

The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the president's Super Bowl party featured a selection called "White House Honey Ale,” brewed right at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The blog said the president and first lady Michelle Obama bought the equipment with their own funds (an aide did not specify when) in advance of serving it at the February gathering.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beer; brewer; obama
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Now that's an activity commensurate with his abilities.
1 posted on 03/04/2011 9:35:36 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hope he paid the alcohol tax on it....

/snark


2 posted on 03/04/2011 9:36:38 AM PST by Noamie
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To: Noamie

If it’s “honey ale”, wouldn’t it then be technically mead and not beer?


3 posted on 03/04/2011 9:37:24 AM PST by hoagy62 (I am a optimistic pessimist. I am positive that the world is going to Hell.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He just gained some points with me lol


4 posted on 03/04/2011 9:37:31 AM PST by Moleman
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I thought big butt was on a diet..Isn’t beer bad for the rear?


5 posted on 03/04/2011 9:37:58 AM PST by PLD
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6 posted on 03/04/2011 9:38:26 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’ll bet not. All of the founding fathers brewed their own. Certainly, Jefferson with his love of plants probably had a little brewery going there.


7 posted on 03/04/2011 9:40:12 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Moleman
I agree. I will give him three points in the positive direction out of a possible 1 billion points.
8 posted on 03/04/2011 9:40:35 AM PST by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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Now that's an activity commensurate with his abilities.

Like hell. It's not hard, but you do have to pay attention to what you're doing. I've seen no evidence of his ability to do that.

9 posted on 03/04/2011 9:41:57 AM PST by nina0113
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10 posted on 03/04/2011 9:42:24 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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I’ll bet not. All of the founding fathers brewed their own. Certainly, Jefferson with his love of plants probably had a little brewery going there.

George Washington's small beer recipe is famous. He also had a distillery at Mount Vernon if I am correct.

11 posted on 03/04/2011 9:43:21 AM PST by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

PURPLE DRANK?


12 posted on 03/04/2011 9:44:01 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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Michelle Obama bought the equipment with their own funds

Bet she did the taste-testing as well. Ale goes great with ribs.

13 posted on 03/04/2011 9:44:22 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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14 posted on 03/04/2011 9:44:26 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yeah, because he is clueless when it comes to real issues...

Dow Plunges 170 Points Amid Rising Oil...

Crude Oil Apr 11(NY Mercantile: CLJ11.NYM )
Last Trade: 104.04

Obama: U.S. Can `Ride Out’ Libyan Oil Supply Disruption

President Barack Obama says he’s confident that markets will be able to ride out the situation in Libya and the price of oil will stabilize.


15 posted on 03/04/2011 9:45:13 AM PST by kcvl
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

this and the fact he likes cheeseburgers are the most normal things about this guy


16 posted on 03/04/2011 9:45:47 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I would have mentioned George, but e didn’t live in the WH. I don’t know if Adams had a garden, or not. Certainly his kinsman, ol’ Sam, is noted for his brew. (LOL)


17 posted on 03/04/2011 9:45:59 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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18 posted on 03/04/2011 9:46:07 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: frogjerk

Home brewed beer my *ss... With barley & hops from the WH garden, right?

Koolaid is more like it.

Suck it, Barry. I’m about as likely to buy this story as anything Ayers put in your auto-bio.


19 posted on 03/04/2011 9:46:15 AM PST by LadyBuck (In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher')
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; Moleman
The news sparked a small flurry in the blogosphere given that Obama, who has previously settled friendly bets between world leaders with beers like Goose Island's 312, had not shown a predilection for do-it-yourself beers. Obama settled a World Cup bet last summer with British Prime Minister David Cameron by giving his English counterpart a bottle of 312. And during 2009's so-called "beer summit" with Vice President Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Massachusetts Police Sgt. James Crowley, Obama drank a Bud Light.

OUCH! Big time let down! Points have been retracted.

20 posted on 03/04/2011 9:46:18 AM PST by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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