Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe

Lots of puns in there:

- "There's been a lot of buzz online recently"

- "With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it." (3 puns)

- "After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes"

- "this video offers some proof"

An extract beer, not whole grain.

Naturally, homebrewers have already started reformulating as an all-grain recipe:

http://hopville.com/recipe/1645107

Mormons don't drink alcohol, right?

Hope Romney doesn't get in...

For the record, Romney was instrumental in repealing the "blue laws" that forbid Sunday sales of alcohol in Massachusetts. He also tried to legalize wine shipment in the state but was foiled by the (Democrat dominated) legislature.

Oh, I didn't know that. Fair enough.

Because you vote based on the likelihood of getting good homebrew recipes from the President?

Er, you think I'm making a serious political comment?

Ah, but he will offer a whitehouse recipe for artificial white processed bread product.

Hmmm The Honey Porter seems to lack honey.

I see 1 lb of honey in both recipes, at the end of the fermentables. Putting the honey in later in the boil (like in the honey ale recipe) would probably preserve more of the honey flavor.

Zieg ale?