White House Honey Ale

Pretty easy kit on a pretty easy night with Montre, drinking up the remnants of the Wyeast version of the Super Bowl Blackout Oatmeal Stout. Not much to say, brewing went off without any monkey wrenches.

Steep:
0.75 lbs English Medium Crystal Malt
0.5 lbs Belgian Biscuit Malt

Boil
6.3 lbs Gold malt syrup (60 min)
1 lb Gold dry malt extract (60 min)
Gravity at .1050 prior to the honey,
1 lb Honey (5 min)

OG: 1072, which is higher than the expected 1062

1.5 oz East Kent Goldings 5.8% alpha (45 min)
1.5 oz UK Fuggles 4.5% alpha (15 min)
Danstar Windsor Ale - Optimum temperature: 64-70°F

... we'll see if the pantry sink can stay in the 75 degree range duing fermentation.

7 week mark:
Two day-long C02 infusions at 22lbs, and we tried it out for a session with Scottie and Monte. Yes, it's a real session beer. And, the light went on: it's an English ale with Honey. Guess I wasn't thinking too much about the White House aspect of the kit (since it was a freebie with my Northern Brewer order), but supposedly, Zero made a big splash by brewing beer in DC:

Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen. After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes that came from a local brew shop. We received some tips from a couple of home brewers who work in the White House who helped us amend it and make it our own. To be honest, we were surprised that the beer turned out so well since none of us had brewed beer before.
As far as we know the White House Honey Brown Ale is the first alcohol brewed or distilled on the White House grounds. George Washington brewed beer and distilled whiskey at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson made wine but there's no evidence that any beer has been brewed in the White House. (Although we do know there was some drinking during prohibition…)
Since our first batch of White House Honey Brown Ale, we've added the Honey Porter and have gone even further to add a Honey Blonde this past summer. Like many home brewers who add secret ingredients to make their beer unique, all of our brews have honey that we tapped from the first ever bee-hive on the South Lawn. The honey gives the beer a rich aroma and a nice finish but it doesn't sweeten it.

Um, like everything Obama's done during his worst-presidency ever, no one told him that he didn't have to brew an English Ale. Another case of either pathetically ignorant, or willfully errant.