Barack and Michelle Obama check out beer steins while attending the Marine Barracks evening parade in Washington, on July 24, 2009. Those Marines behind them also seem to have glasses in their hands; why else would they be smiling? Credit: Samantha Appleton/White House
- Barack and Michelle Obama check out beer steins while attending the Marine Barracks evening parade in Washington, on July 24, 2009. Those Marines behind them also seem to have glasses in their hands; why else would they be smiling?
- Label for the homebrewed beer at the White House Super Bowl party. Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony were guests there. Could JLo have turned down a beer to watch her calories, so Barack could repeat the homebrewer's mantra: "More for me!"
- The White House bee hive, the first on the executive grounds, produced 160 pounds of honey last year, one pound of which went into the White House Honey Ale.
- Our first President had a brewery and distillery at Mount Vernon. But while serving his terms of office in New York city, he had his favorite porter brought in.
- Jefferson's Monticello also had brewing activity, and many of its recipes have been recreated."Beer, if drunk with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health" –Thomas Jefferson
- President Obama listens as the National Anthem is played on television during the 2009 White House Super Bowl party in the East Garden Room, when the Cardinals took on the Steelers.
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