Now You Too Can Have George Washington’s Beer Recipe
- Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:35pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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NEW YORK (AP) — George Washington is famous for many things. Yet it‘s safe to say few know the nation’s founding father created a recipe for beer.
The New York Public Library, which owns the recipe, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with Coney Island Brewing Company in Brooklyn to recreate the brew.
Washington's handwritten beer recipe.
They will make just 25 gallons to celebrate the library’s centennial this year. It will be called “Fortitude’s Founding Father Brew,” and will not be commercially sold.
The handwritten recipe, jotted down on a small piece of notebook paper, resides with other Washington documents at the library’s Fifth Avenue Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, including his Farewell Address, war maps of New York and New Jersey and other personal items.
The public can sample the beer on May 18 at Rattle N Hum, a mid-Manhattan bar. Tastings also will be offered at the library’s 100th birthday gala on May 23.
“We are thrilled to transform Washington’s recipe into an even more complex and flavorful robust porter using a delicious array of the best small batch dark malts and hop varieties to produce a truly spectacular celebration for the contemporary beer connoisseur,” said Jeremy Cowan, founder of Shmaltz Brewing Company, the parent of Coney Island Brewing Company.
Washington’s recipe for how “To Make Small Beer,” reads in part: “Take a large Sifer (sifter) full of Bran Hops to your Taste. Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall(ons) into a cooler put in 3 Gall(ons) Molasses while the Beer is Scalding hot … let this stand till it is little more than Blood warm then put in a quarter of Yea(s)t …”
“We have a treasure trove of materials that can be accessed by the public and used to advance the worlds of scholarship, literature, invention, creation – or even beer-making,” said Ann Thornton, director of the library’s collections and exhibitions.
Other centennial events this month include an overnight treasure hunt of the library‘s collection on May 20 and tours of the library’s stacks on May 21-22.
A centennial exhibition opening on May 14 will feature more than 250 historical items, including Washington’s Farewell Address, Virginia Woolf’s walking stick, Malcolm X‘s briefcase and Jack Kerouac’s harmonica.
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Online: http://www.nypl.org
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thetang
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 8:11amWay to go Father George,you have done it again! Hey folks,come to think of it,thats a great name for the beer?“ FATHER GEORGES BREW” !
Report Post »chris3
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:15pmis it a indian pale ale?I.P.A.?probaly tasted like duff beer
Report Post »Ialmostforgot
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:53amObama’s Hawaiian Happy Juice!
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:43amGeorge Washington Beer, a new competitor to Sam Adams Beer.
Report Post »chris3
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:27pmsorry, I think I’m slurring my speach,to much beer and pot I‘m hungry what’s in the fridge?
Report Post »chris3
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:24pmwow I’m a liberterian who agrees with you all but,it really is about the herb isn’t it?Have you seen what they are doing (and will do) to food control?i.e.milk ,eggs and gardens becomming almost illeagal on a local level! we are busting amish for selling milk!?! for tour own safty i’m sure
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:58pmnow that’s news i can use.
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:07pmDid Thomas Jefferson grow his own poppies and make his own pain medication?
“Thomas Jefferson was a drug criminal. But he managed to escape the terrible sword of justice by dying a century before the DEA was created. In 1987 agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency showed up at Monticello, Jefferson’s famous estate.
Jefferson had planted opium poppies in his medicinal garden, and opium poppies are now deemed illegal. Now, the trouble was the folks at the Monticello Foundation, which preserves and maintains the historic site, were discovered flagrantly continuing Jefferson’s crimes. The agents were blunt: The poppies had to be immediately uprooted and destroyed or else they were going to start making arrests, and Monticello Foundation personnel would perhaps face lengthy stretches in prison.”
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/03/05/How-DEA-Scrubbed-Thomas-Jeffersons-Poppy-Garden-Public-Memory
Question for the Blaze folks, I wrote an article awhile back about prohibition.
If it took a Constitutional Amendment to both prohibit a substance and then to reallow it, how then can our government make another natural substance or even manufactured substances illegal without another amendment?
Since it required it before, how can they do it again without another amendment?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:37pmThey did it under the commerce clause…The one they use to pretty much do whatever they want, now even force you to buy something….
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:41pmThat is the first thing that has to be attacked to get us back to the Republic.
Report Post »That commerce clause crud is what they use to control everything.
TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:54pmAnything you’re interested in besides growing dope? My experience of “libertarians” is that they are remarkably one-issue people, rather the way “states rights” never seemed to be wrapped up in anything but chains.
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:01pmA little information for the historians. Beer was a very important part of history. Disease was spread easily through the water supply, but by brewing and drinking beer, this was solved. Even children use to drink beer.
Now, I think the law should be changed back to what it was when I was younger, 18. How can you be allowed to fight for your country and vote if you are not allowed to drink? Especially with squishies like McCain or marxists like Obama to vote for. I could not get drunk enough to pull the lever for either of those two last time.
We need a true Conservative this time. Fox News at 8pm central for the first debate.
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:08pm::Thumbs up:: @David, the Constitutional Libertarian.
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:39pmCost of molasses today – that is one very expensive beer! Bbbuutttt – bet the alcohol content is high enough to sterilize medical implements with!
Report Post »Zorba53
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:00pm“Beer is God’s way of telling us he loves us and wants us to be happy”
-Benjamin Franklin
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:58pmAmen
Report Post »SoCalConservative88
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:40pmThe all American brew!
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:45pmI thought my handwriting sucked?? That is all we need 200 year old beer? I will guess that every moron that reads this will be running to the store where can I get bran hops and 3 gallons of molasses.I guess it will help Glenn and the food storage thing.
Report Post »Conservative Bleeder
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:44pmNext we‘ll find Gore’s recipe “TN Global Warming Moon Shine”
Report Post »Midnightse7en
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:29pmAl Gore brew would be while drinking you pee into a Al Gore green bottle then drink warm. recycle man recycle.lol
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:43pmI don’t drink, ‘cuz I HATE the taste of alcohol….but I would love to have some seeds of the strain of marijuana that he grew!
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:01pmThat’s Skank Hemp – you wouldn’t want that.
Report Post »You probably would like Grover Washington’s super bud strain.
People think all he grew was peanuts………. Nooooooo……..
Chris G
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:15pmERIC, could you imagine George Washington or Thomas Jefferson being thrown in jail & Mount Vernon/Monticello being confiscated by the feds or their being drug-tested out of a job for the pot that they both grew & possibly smoked?
Speak about SHAMEFUL….thank you Progressives!
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:37pmOn no, now Obama will steel this as a personal recipe and his half brother will make Billy Beer, Bama Beer or Barry Beer……
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:46pmKenya Light Lager. But no one is sure if it’s really beer.
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:47pmI was looking for news. How did I get on the Food Channel?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:49pmThe hand writing was so elegant back in those days. but i can’t read it
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:58pmFile this right next to Obama’s “GOVERNMENT KOOL AID” recipe
Actually – no.
Keep them FAR apart from each other.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:02pmGeorge Washington smoked pot.
Report Post »MEESHEL
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:04pmBamaBeer lol
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:11pm@Bible Quotin‘ Science Fearin’ Conservative American
My son used to play with a kid down the block that had a similar bitter outlook on life as do you. I grounded him from seeing that kid.
I heard that he was doing time right now in county jail…wont be out for several years.
You seem to have a very low self esteem. Don’t you feel out of place in here?
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:18pmMy kind of story! I wonder how many lawmakers could write out a recipe for beer these days. They’d have to know the recipe, and they’d have to know how to write it out coherently.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:27pmOnce you get used to the handwriting, the English is totally clear– a direct connection with George. What would he think if he knew all of the people who ended up with his recipe for beer?
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 5:32pmnah
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:03pmI have always wanted to know what George Washington drank. Now I know.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:56pmI think you have to have a license and tax stamp to brew beer. LOL, like I care.
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:00pmThank you Susan H. :) Amen.
I’m tickled pink to see this recipe. George Washington is a cousin of mine. :D
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:22pmEternal Lucy we are all cousins.
If you go back to Adam and Eve or as atheists would say, **** sapiens, we are all cousins.
If I remember correctly, we are all at least 28th or 58th cousins. I do not remember which for sure.
Of course I think liberals are a throw back to **** neanderthalensis. I think this is why they have a mental disorder.
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:28pmNo he’s actually first cousin to my direct ancestor. So, 1st cousin 8 times removed.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:40pmObama would follow this recipe more than he would the Constitution…you know all those beer summits he has.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:56pmI quit drinking in 1996, but it’s interesting.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:54pmI have been brewing for 12 years and this recipe makes no sense at all
Report Post »it sounds like gibberish to me.
nobody would boil just hops and water for 3 hours, most hop flavor is gone
after 30 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMvrVQbLyA
this may be closer to the truth lol
chris3
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:13pmwow,got obama into the first post, i’m shocked,more beer please?
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