White House Honey Ale

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

Not a beer maker myself, but I enjoy a good one every now and then and found this cool.

 

[joea132]

Very cool video. The other chef needed to stop pumping the auto-siphon though!!!

 

[MACs]

So does anyone else see problems with this recipe?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Wh_beer_recipe_honey_ale.jpg

 

[wvbrewer]

Looks like they have'nt made much beer, but if they follow directions it should turn out decent.. Thats a lot of pressure to be under for a homebrewer..

 

[andy123]

I heard some comments that said it was a lot of gypsum. I dying to make that hone ale.Northern brewer has it in kits but 16 hours after the recipes release it was on sale @ http://www.windriverbrew.com/WhatsNew.html

 

[BeerAlchemist]

So does anyone else see problems with this recipe?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Wh_beer_recipe_honey_ale.jpg

Yeah, they need to add some diastatic powder to the steep or they won't be converting that biscuit malt...or just do a full on mini-mash with some 2 row added in. Or, just not make it because it looks pretty generic and boring .

 

[andy123]

Well I found a round tuet today so I cooked off a batch of W.H. Honey Ale. With almost 10 pounds of fermentables I thought it would be a higher gravity than average kits. I measured SG 1.067 so I looked at Austin Homebrew and they called it 1.057 brew. Tried the Brew calculus site and they added up SG 1.066 for a 6.7 %ABV and 217 calories. Guess I'll have to skip lunch.

 

[jswordy]

Quick update. You can now get these as kits...

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits/white-house-recipe-kits

 

[Pumpkinman]

I made a version of this recipe, it was very watered down and light, not much body at all, but if this is how the Prez likes his beer...so be it.... I prefer more body in my beer, I'm surprised that the white House didn't bring in someone that knew how to brew all grain.
I've made about 7 or 8 brews adding fresh honey, it really gives it a nice light sweetness, body and mouthfeel.