Author: Professor Good Ales

Mythical poster at The LTS Good for What Ales You Beer Journal. Loves good beer. Hates same old, same old. Muses that Bud and Miller might as well be brewed in urinals. Drinks lagers too, if they are complex and interesting.
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Recipe for White House Beer May Be Released

White House/Pete Souza

Posted by Kat Lucerno at dcist.com

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Beer enthusiasts may soon be able to craft their own version of the White House honey ale. That is, for a few thousand online signatures.

White House spokesperson Jay Carney recently announced on Twitter that the administration will unveil the beer’s recipe once a petition for this request receives 25,000 signatures by September 17.

As of writing this post, the petition still needs 16,055 signatures.
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Beer Beats Out Wine as Americans’ Booze of Choice

Beer beat out wine as Americans’ favorite alcoholic beverage. (Roslan Rahman / AFP / Getty Images / August 20, 2012)

Written by Tiffany Hsu for latimes.com

Score one for beer. The beverage is the favorite alcoholic drink among Americans, more popular than wine and liquor.

A new report from pollster Gallup found that 39% of U.S. drinkers prefer beer, while 35% favor wine. Less than a quarter list liquor as their top choice.

The majority of men go for beers, as do the biggest portion of drinkers under age 54 and those from the Midwest. But women, East Coast residents and older Americans all lean toward wine.
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