A White House Brewery? White House Honey Ale

blogs.abcnews.com ^ | February 07, 2011 | Sunlen Miller

[ccmay]

This was not a still. This was brewing in the grand tradition of Sam Adams and the Pilgrim Fathers. I don’t see a single thing wrong with it, unless they served it to the girls.

[KevinDavis]

Exactly.. You might want to thank Jimmy Carter for getting rid of the law that forbid home brew. He maybe worthless, but this is one the few things he got right..

[DemforBush]

I’ve used honey in homebrewing before. It works nicely in a number of the Belgian-style ales I’ve made. If I was making a batch for 200 people, though, I’d use more than a pound!

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

I was also thinking that 1 lb of honey would NOT make a batch large enough to feed that many people.

My son-in-law used 3 lbs of our honey and made very good honey beer, but I think it was only about 20 or 30 bottles.

[PDMiller]

Right you are. Mead was often the specialty of men of the cloth in the British Isles and was referred to as “Nectar of the Gods”. When properly crafted it is akin to a cross between a light ale and champagne.

[Miss_Meyet]

Right you are...

:) Thanks!

[ikka]

Was it a black and tan?

[Miss_Meyet]

LOL!
Bad, bad, bad.

[DemforBush]

Sounds about right. I typically used about a pound of honey for a 3-gallon batch of a strong, Trappist-style ale.

[Little Pharma]

Really sort of cool......Finally.

[elcid1970]

Old Irish proverb:

“Where there’s bees there’s honey. And where there’s honey, there’s mead!”

FWIW, google “Barak Ale”. A distinctly Mormon twist.

[mylife]

Honey beer ping

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Beer is proof that God loves us.” Ben Franklin.

[knews_hound]

I am assuming that it was similar to this recipe.  

Thanks for the ping mylife. Any thoughts fellow homebrewers?

It most certainly is NOT mead.  Since honey is 100% fermentable, it is often used by brewers to add a small amount of flavor while increasing the ABV without it affecting the color.

Ursa's Honey Pale Ale

Type: Extract

Date: 8/26/2003

Batch Size: 5.00 gal

Brewer: Uncle Jack Vining

Boil Size: 5.72 gal

Asst Brewer:

Boil Time: 60 min

Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gallon)

Taste Rating(out of 50): 32.0

Brewhouse Efficiency: -

Taste Notes: A bit of a sweet after-taste, but nice. A real favorite with the ladies!

Ingredients

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
0.50 lb	Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)	Dry Extract	6.25 %
4.00 lb	Ultralight Malt Extract (3.0 SRM)	Extract	50.00 %
0.50 lb	Honey Malt (25.0 SRM)	Grain	6.25 %
0.50 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min)	Hops	11.5 IBU
0.50 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] (1 min)	Hops	0.5 IBU
1.00 tsp	Irish Moss (Boil 20.0 min)	Misc
3.00 lb	Honey (1.0 SRM)	Sugar	37.50 %
1 Pkgs	California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)	Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG

Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG

Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG

Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.37 %

Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.00 %

Bitterness: 12.0 IBU

Calories: 248 cal/pint

Est Color: 5.3 SRM

Color:

Color

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Cheers,

knewshound

Homebrewing 1A (Homebrewing for beginners)

[pissant]

More hops please!

[mylife]

I aint a big honey brew fan.

Seems like a shortcut beer to me

[mylife]

Yes, more hops please

[knews_hound]

Personally, I dont like the flavor of it in beer either. I cant complain about the shortcut aspect though, I use things like rice extract in some lagers and dextrine in some stouts.

That honey flavor, that lays on the back of your tongue just put me off.

Give me some honey on a piece of buttered toast, not beer.

Cheers,

knewshound

[mylife]

Any depth of sweetness should be developed with malt and barley imho

[mamelukesabre]

Everytime I’ve added honey, the beer comes out a little on the sweet side. i don’t like that.