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White House Honey Ale (Official Recipe)

Method: Extract
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 50 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Efficiency: 30% (steeping grains only)
Source: The White House
Calories: 200 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 22.1 g (Per 12oz)
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/08/29/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

Created: Sunday September 2nd 2012

Original Gravity:

1.060

Final Gravity:

1.017

ABV (standard):

5.6%

IBU (rager):

27.7

SRM (daniels):

11.1

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6.60 lb	Liquid Malt Extract - Light6.6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light	35	4	67%
1 lb	Dry Malt Extract - Light1 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light	42	4	10.2%
1 lb	Honey 1 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition)	42	2	10.2%
8.60 lbs / $ 0.00

Steeping Grains

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
0.75 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.75 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L	34	40	7.6%
0.50 lb	Belgian - Biscuit0.5 lb Biscuit	35	23	5.1%
$ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	Bill %
1.50 oz	Kent Goldings1.5 oz Kent Goldings Hops	Pellet	5	Boil	50 min	50%
1.50 oz	Fuggles1.5 oz Fuggles Hops	Pellet	4.5	Boil	5 min	50%
3 oz / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	Bill %
1.50 oz	Kent Goldings (Pellet)	50%
1.50 oz	Fuggles (Pellet)	50%
3 oz / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
2 tsp	Gypsum		Water Agt	Boil	45 min.

Yeast

Danstar - Windsor Ale Yeast

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	72%	Flocculation:	Medium
Optimum Temp:	64 - 70 °F	Starter:	No

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Priming

Method: Dextrose Amount: 3/4 Cup

Notes

Add 2 tsp of Gypsum to water, based off starting with DC water.

The recipe released from the White House has an error, they mention 1.5 oz of Fuggle in the list of ingredients, but then only 0.5 oz in the instructions. I went with 1.5 oz here.

The instructions are also a little weird in terms of the boil times. They say 'add the honey and boil for 5 more minutes'. So, actually it is a 50 minute boil, not a 45 minute boil.

Other than that, it is a straight forward extract batch.

To get it to qualify as an Amber Ale, had to set the IBU equation to Rager, and the SRM equation to Daniels. I'm open to suggestions on the style (haven't tasted it).

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

Other Brewers Who Brewed This Recipe:

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kiwirevo • 09/02/2012 at 08:45pm
Why is it 5.5 Gallons on your recipe but only 5 on the white house one?

System Account • 09/02/2012 at 09:37pm
Leave room for trub losses.

System Account • 09/04/2012 at 07:04pm
Any reason why you wouldn't Prime with more honey? I'm just curious because I've had great success with this.

System Account • 09/04/2012 at 11:05pm
I'm sure you could. That is actually a new idea to me. Does it impact the flavor much?

System Account • 09/07/2012 at 02:49pm
Which is a lot nicer than the way they do it at the White House. The video they put out said they topped off the secondary after transfer with water! It knocks out the O2 headspace, but the better solution would be starting out with 5.5 Gallons instead of diluting it.

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