{"id":151,"date":"2012-09-07T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T17:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave0.nfshost.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/09\/07\/white-house-ale-and-a-short-lil-diatribe-on-keeping-it-simple\/"},"modified":"2012-09-07T17:15:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T17:15:43","slug":"white-house-ale-and-a-short-lil-diatribe-on-keeping-it-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/09\/white-house-ale-and-a-short-lil-diatribe-on-keeping-it-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Ale and a Short Lil Diatribe on Keeping It Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I&#8217;m about a week late on the White House Beer Recipe story, but I wanted to chime in just in case anyone missed it:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe | The White House\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2012\/09\/01\/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe\">Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe | The White House<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dygQrX8FI3Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(I&#8217;m including the recipe for the Honey Ale below because it looks better to me, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/image\/wh_beer_recipe_1.pdf\">this PDF of the beer recipes<\/a> includes both.)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/image\/wh_beer_recipe_honey_ale_0.jpg\"><br \/>\nI brew a bit, and am constantly annoyed by how meaninglessly technical homebrewing is.  This is a prime example of hobbyists getting so wrapped up in gear and minutia that they out-professional professionals and out-tradition the traditions themselves. This is especially true with beer, which is why I stick to wine&#8211;incidentally, brewing it in plastic buckets and glass jugs using plain-old bread yeast.  With my hardware-store gear I have roughly the same success rate as any other novice homebrewer&#8211;which means some recipes and batches are shockingly good, others skunk vinegar.  But, seeing as how my way costs about 15 cents per bottle, I&#8217;m fine with a few batches that go straight into the compost.<br \/>\nThese recipes are pretty straightforward, but still strike me as a bit dandified, so I offer you this, <a href=\"http:\/\/eartheasy.com\/eat_homebrew.htm\">the bare-bonesiest beer recipe I&#8217;ve yet found<\/a>.  I haven&#8217;t tested it yet, but it&#8217;s on my list for this fall. I&#8217;ll report back when I do&#8211;and if you happen to give this recipe or the White House Ale a try, howsabout you tell me how that goes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I&#8217;m about a week late on the White House Beer Recipe story, but I wanted to chime in just in case anyone missed it: Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe | The White House (I&#8217;m including the recipe for the Honey Ale below because it looks better to me, but this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/09\/white-house-ale-and-a-short-lil-diatribe-on-keeping-it-simple\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;White House Ale and a Short Lil Diatribe on Keeping It Simple&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}