Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
It looks like a standard commercial recipe, and I have some doubt that he actually brews the stuff given the Potemkin nature of the White House Vegetable garden. On 9/2/2012 4:47 AM, Bob W wrote: Any of you chaps in the US had a chance to try this yet?

OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Bob W
Any of you chaps in the US had a chance to try this yet? http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe It looks like a nice beer, although I have my doubts about corn syrup and gypsum in the recipe. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
No, and I choose not to. I prefer to leave the beer making to the professionals, particularly those in the Czech Republic and Belgium. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Any of you chaps in the US had a

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-02 2:47 Bob W wrote Any of you chaps in the US had a chance to try this yet? http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe It looks like a nice beer, although I have my doubts about corn syrup and gypsum in the recipe. the corn sugar is for priming

RE: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley on 2012-09-02 2:47 Bob W wrote Any of you chaps in the US had a chance to try this yet? http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house- beer- recipe It looks like a nice beer,

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I dont home brew, but two microbreweries (one a real start-up and the other an outpost brewery of an ongoing business) have opened in Lexington (Pop 7000) in the past two years. They can feel beer by the pint on site, and I approve of this trend. The small one is still pretty inconsistent but

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Make that sell beer and not feel beer. (The latter only happens at the nearby Zen Brewery). I do my best to help keep them all in business. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I dont home brew, but two microbreweries (one a real start-up and the other an

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-02 14:58 Bob W wrote On a recent tour of the Meantime Brewery they were pretty scathing about adding sugar. for bottle-conditioning, or at the start of the brew? purist homebrewers may bottle-condition with malt, but a small amount of sugar doesn't really compromise the beer at

Re: OT: Ale to the chief

2012-09-02 Thread Darren Addy
I have a little experience with homebrewing. I've done a whole two batches of extract brewing and have the ingredients and equipment on hand to do my first all grain brew (a Belgian Dubbel recipe). In all-grain brewing, you mill the grain and sparge it with hot water, which leaches out the sugars