Barack Obama made a White House Honey Brown Ale in 2011. It created quite a buzz in the beer world, and the American Homebrewers Association made him a lifetime member.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were known as avid homebrewers. They made far more beer and spent far more time thinking about beer than Obama could ever spend in today’s world.
Recipes for beer using molasses give some idea just how big a role the ingredient played. There is George Washington’s famous recipe for a Small Beer, written in the journal he kept as a young colonel during the French and Indian War.
George Washington’s Personal Recipe: “Take a large Sifter full of Bran Hops to your Taste – Boil these 3 hours. Then strain out 30 Gall. into a Cooler put in 3 Gallons Molasses while the Beer is scalding hot or thater drain the molassses into the Cooler. Strain the Beer on it while boiling hot let this stand til it is little more than Blood warm. Then put in a quart of Yeast if the weather is very cold cover it over with a Blanket. Let it work in the Cooler 24 hours then put it into the Cask. leave the Bung open til it is almost done working – Bottle it that day Week it was Brewed.” - George Washington (Written in 1757).
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