Another reason to vote Obama!

[Gob]

White House divulges Barack Obama's honey beer recipe

The White House has released details of one of its most closely guarded secrets - the recipe for President Barack Obama's home-brewed honey ale.

The beer is believed to be the first-ever made at the White House.

The recipe was kept under wraps until 13,000 people signed an online petition demanding to know it, and someone even filed a freedom of information request.

Mr Obama has been taking the beer with him on the campaign trail, and is said to be known to offer it to voters.

For weeks, the White House had refused to comment on the recipe, but the secret was finally aired in a blog post entitled "Ale to the Chief".

The long-awaited special ingredients include: light malt extract, amber crystal malt, honey, gypsum, yeast and corn sugar.

"With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it," says the White House's assistant chef Sam Kass, who brews the ale.


Although Mr Kass is the brewer, the White House stressed that it was Mr Obama who bought the equipment and pays for the ingredients out of his own pocket.

There is also a video on how the beer is brewed. "God, that is one incredible beer, if I do say so myself. America I wish everyone could taste this but we don't quite brew enough," Sam Kass comments at one point.

The BBC's Zoe Conway says cynics may say there is more than a bit of politics in the mix.

One of the oldest political cliches states that people vote for the person they would most like to have a beer with - and Mr Obama's rival in the November election, Mitt Romney, a Mormon, does not drink.

[Scooter]

[Lord Jim]

Is that Michael Moore?

[dales]

No, Jim.

[rubato]

Michael Moore:

Palme D'Or: Cannes Film Festival
Academy Award: Best documentary

Highest-grossing documentary of all time.

Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton[7] and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism.

Dales:

Completed Rehab (unconfirmed). Occasional smartass remark.

yrs,
rubato

[Econoline]

Yeah, but he's F A A A A A T !

I assume that if Michael Moore went on a diet and lost some weight, the right wing would no longer be able to disagree with him?

[Lord Jim]

I assume that if Michael Moore went on a diet and lost some weight, the right wing would no longer be able to disagree with him?

I wouldn't have a problem continuing to disagree with him...

Afterall, The Liar Paul Krugman isn't fat (well, except for his head) and I have no trouble disagreeing with him....

But of course it's always the Conservatives who key in on superficial things like weight and name calling, while the Libs are all about "substance"...

[Grim Reaper]

Calling someone a 'big fat idiot' doesn't necessarily rely on the person being fat.

[dales]

Dales:

Completed Rehab (unconfirmed). Occasional smartass remark.

yrs,
rubato

No rehab court-mandated or otherwise.

Worked with clients from AA as part of my Masters Practicum.

Sorry for the smart ass remarks, will try harder in the future.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Mitt Romney, a Mormon, does not drink.

Why is that such a bad thing. I now know a lot of people who don't drink.

[Econoline]

It's not bad at all--except for in the context of the cliche they mentioned. ("One of the oldest political cliches states that people vote for the person they would most like to have a beer with") Regardless of whether or not he drinks beer, the chances of a multimillionaire corporate CEO having a beer with an average voter are pretty close to zero, anyway.