Obama as beer-brewer-in-chief

The Hill Blog ^ | March 4, 2011 | Daniel Strauss

[kcvl]

Do you think 5 gal will serve 200? /s

These people (with help from media sycophants) are freaking liars.

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Specialty Beers (2.5 lbs. honey for 5 gallons)

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Dark Sky Braggot 2010

5 gallons, grain and honey brew

Ingredients:

» 6 lbs. Maris Otter 2-row pale malt
» 1 lb. 20°L crystal malt
» 1 lb. honey malt
» 1 lb. Belgian Coffee/Special roast malt
» 5.5 lbs. honey
» 1 oz. Bravo hop pellets (11.3% aa)
» 1 oz. Sovereign hop pellets (5.7% aa)
» White Labs Australian Ale yeast (WLP009)
» 2/3 cup corn sugar (for priming)

[Oztrich Boy]

In difficult times, the little people enjoy hearing about the activities of celebrities.

[Noamie]

Probably. The law probably says that he would need to produce at least 50 gallons in a year to be eligible to be taxed... but I just don’t care about the details when I can get in a quick and silly jab at the Taxer-in-Chief. :) :)

[Hotmetal]

So this wasn't the first gay beer? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/8329843/Mexican-brewery-unveils-first-gay-beer.html

[jimt]

Every single glass of homemade beer or wine I have ever tried was undrinkable or close to it.

That's been my general experience as well, but a buddy of mine had some home brew that beat Beck's for flavor.

He and I were together in Boy Sprouts (his dad was Scoutmaster) and he's always been a good cook.

Better than commercial beer CAN be done by guys with the touch and the taste.

[knews_hound]

Did you know Obama was a homebrewer?

Actually, he isn't.  He bought the equipment and supplies and someone else brewed for him.

Hard to be called a "Homebrewer" when you don't actually BREW.

Thoughts from the REAL homebrewers may be in order.



On or off the Homebrewers Ping List, let me know.

Cheers,

knewshound

Homebrewing 1A (Homebrewing for beginners)

[ATLDiver]

Oh brother....

[musical_airman]

That is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. I hope it makes it in to Pookie’s toons, or maybe even the people’s cube!

[Impy]

I just heard about this. Billy beer 2011?

[castlebrew]

1 standard batch = 5 gallons = 50 ea 12oz bottles +/-. So for “200 guests”, each one gets a whopping 3 ounces from a standard batch. BFD. Time for a REAL homebrew summit.

My Holiday brew (3 lbs honey in a 5-gallon batch) starts at ~1.075 and finishes at 1.010, ABV ~ 7.5%). A single pound of honey in a 5-gallon batch (unless it’s a piss-weak recipe to start, and maybe not even then) won’t do diddly. All for show, but no real contribution.

Come to think of it, that product is a fitting reflection of its promoter...

[kcvl]

That figures!