I’m not a very political person anymore seeing that both parties suck ass but I thought it was interesting that Obama had his chefs home brewing and using the honey from the White House garden. I plopped their recipe into BeerSmith to make it all grain. The interesting thing was the hop schedule – there really wasn’t one and it gave 10 HBUs for hop addition and it gave Hallertau as the aroma hop. So, I added an ounce of Centennial for full boil which if the hops were 10% alpha x 1oz = 10 HBUs(correct me if I’m wrong). Do yourself a favor and add the honey at high krausen. This will keep all those beautiful aromatics from the honey intact. Honey is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral so if you’re paranoid about it infecting your beer put it in a little bit of boiled water to make a slurry but I wouldn’t. If you don’t like dry yeast I would recommend the White Labs London Ale.
Check out the original recipe at the White House site.
Ale to the Chief
Honey Porter 5 gallons
Est Original Gravity: 1.063
Est Final Gravity: 1.014
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.5 %
Bitterness: 34.6 IBUs
Est Color: 25.5 SRM
| Amt | Name | %/IBU |
|---|---|---|
| 8 lbs 8.0 oz | Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) | 71.6 % |
| 1 lbs | Caramel/Crystal Malt – 20L (20.0 SRM) | 8.4 % |
| 12.0 oz | Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) | 6.3 % |
| 6.0 oz | Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) | 3.2 % |
| 4.0 oz | Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) | 2.1 % |
| 1 lbs | Honey (1.0 SRM) | 8.4 % |
| 1.00 oz | Centennial [10.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min | 34.6 IBUs |
| 0.50 oz Hop | Hallertauer [4.80 %] – Boil 0.0 min | 0.0 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg | Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] |
Mash In Add 22.44 qt of water at 163.4 F 156.0 F 45 min
Sparge Step: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 3.36gal) of 168.0 F water