Ale to the Chief! This original recipe, first customized and brewed by the White House kitchen staff, is now available by popular demand as a Northern Brewer kit.
Built on a big foundation of malt with strong tones of biscuit and toffee, the Honey Ale plays up the fruity, caramel aspects of English malt and yeast. But much like the Founding Fathers would have spiced up traditional style ales with homegrown ingredients, a late addition of pure honey adds a revolutionary twist.
Declare your independence from mediocre beers with this historic White House Homebrew!
Just recently bottled and tried this beer, it came out a little dark, and I think the ABV was a little high, but I still really enjoyed its unique taste. This beer was a first for me because of all of the malt and extracts needed in the boiling, but was still overall a pretty good beer!
S
Sean M.
Augmented Extract
We quadrupled the malt and used this kit to brew a beer that will become a gin. It was syrupy deliciousness and was a little over 15% before we started the distillation.
J
Jerry S.
Great beer
I have made this beer several times and everyone who has tasted it loves it. I will be making this regularly.
C
Customer
Fantastic, Easy Drinking
This kit was very easy to brew, clear and simple instructions. The flavor upon my pallet is smooth with nice floral hoppy/bitter note with essance of honey on the back end. I like this so much I will be ordering another kit after the holidays. I highly recomend this kit.
J
John C.
Exactly what I expected
The first beer I ever made was similar to this and it set the bar. This came out nearly identical, maybe a little more hoppy than I remember but overall it was a big hit.
Just recently bottled and tried this beer, it came out a little dark, and I think the ABV was a little high, but I still really enjoyed its unique taste. This beer was a first for me because of all of the malt and extracts needed in the boiling, but was still overall a pretty good beer!
S
Sean M.
Augmented Extract
We quadrupled the malt and used this kit to brew a beer that will become a gin. It was syrupy deliciousness and was a little over 15% before we started the distillation.
J
Jerry S.
Great beer
I have made this beer several times and everyone who has tasted it loves it. I will be making this regularly.
C
Customer
Fantastic, Easy Drinking
This kit was very easy to brew, clear and simple instructions. The flavor upon my pallet is smooth with nice floral hoppy/bitter note with essance of honey on the back end. I like this so much I will be ordering another kit after the holidays. I highly recomend this kit.
J
John C.
Exactly what I expected
The first beer I ever made was similar to this and it set the bar. This came out nearly identical, maybe a little more hoppy than I remember but overall it was a big hit.
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