White House Honey Porter

This afternoon, 24-NOV-2012, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Mr. Taylor and I brewed "White House Honey Porter", a recipe put forth by the lead chef for the White House under the Obama administration.

The recipe as given on the White House website is republished below:

Note that we used 2 packets of UK Kent Golding hops for the 10 HBUs of bittering hops.  We had the Hallertaur aroma hops on hand, but I spaced out and did not include them in the batch (perhaps this was the result of relaxing, not worrying, and having a homebrew.)  At any rate, a taste test of the unfermented wort provided plenty of bitterness peeking out behind the sweetness of the honey -- the unfermented stuff had a decidedly hoppy, dry finish.  We shall see, but I think the batch will turn out fine, aroma hops notwithstanding.

There were no moments of real drama other than a very brief boilover early on that didn't even amount to much of a mess.  Mr. Taylor and I enjoyed each other's company, discussing various political and personal topics, and enjoying the last two bottles of homebrew.  I will say this: the recipe might be about the only worthwhile thing to come out of the Obama administration.

O.G. 1.029 @ 63F