I'm Working On A Presidents Day Special & I Need Your Help!!
I've been trying to be creative with my specials lately. Like theme specials. If you saw my inauguration day special you know what I mean. So, to help me with this one, call on the geek inside you and answer this question........
Who is your favorite President? Don't have one? Just take a shot, maybe as in...who didn't suck so much that I hate him... Choose from any of the 44 on the list.
this has nothing to do with political affiliations, I won't make fun of anyone, or question your choice. This has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with BEER!
Your answers will help me tailor a special sale.
Trust me....it will be worth your time to answer!
Thanks to all, and I hope those who made the trek to Captain Lawrence or Southampton today got all they wanted!
Who is your favorite President? Don't have one? Just take a shot, maybe as in...who didn't suck so much that I hate him... Choose from any of the 44 on the list.
this has nothing to do with political affiliations, I won't make fun of anyone, or question your choice. This has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with BEER!
Your answers will help me tailor a special sale.
Trust me....it will be worth your time to answer!
Thanks to all, and I hope those who made the trek to Captain Lawrence or Southampton today got all they wanted!
William Henry Harrison
He was the first president to die in office. William Henry Harrison gave the longest speech ever. It lasted over one hour and forty minutes. That's how he got a terrible cold and died. Harrison died April 4, 1841 one month after he was elected.
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Thanks Scott!
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Missed some details. He gave the 1h40 minute speech as his inauguration speech, during a frigid day in March, without a coat or jacket. He caught pneumonia and died soon after, not only the first president to die in office but to this day the shortest presidency. Whoops.
As for the beers, I think it would be cool to do a whole line of presidential beers with styles and characteristics trying to represent the various presidents' own quirks and interests.
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Good Idea. Maybe for next year I'll get that info together for Pres. day. Even if the similarities to the beers are only in my twisted mind!
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ABB
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HUH???!!
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Anyone But Bush
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Now we know who #44 on your favorite list is, but who is # 1?? And by the way, you can't pick president Spanky, he wasn't a real president.
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Well then I will have to pick Barack Obama! He is the first president I ever donated money to for his campaign, he is clearly the first president to tell a brewery that they had to change the name of their beer (No more Hop Obama), but for me I feel he gives our country a bright future. He makes me proud to be an American, I believe he has our best interests @ heart and after reading his book he had one of the greatest quotes about current times America that I have ever read. "America needs more Engineers and less Lawyers".
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Thank you Chris. Much better answer. With an explanation to boot!
Keep those comments coming. I'll post the sale later today.
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From the All About Beer Article...
Thomas Jefferson was elected as the 3rd President of the U.S. in 1800. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and recognized as the top oenophile to ever occupy the White House. Most people believe that wine was his one and only beverage, but beer was a staple for Jefferson. During the War of 1812, Jefferson petitioned the government to grant Englishman Joseph Miller citizenship. Miller was a brewer and Jefferson wrote, “He is about to settle in our country, and to establish a brewery in which art I think him as skillful a man as has ever come to America. I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills one third of our citizens and ruins their families."
George Washington was elected in 1789 as the first President of the United States. Records indicate that English-style porter was his drink of choice and that it was regularly stocked at Mount Vernon. Washington was also a homebrewer, but in those days the scale was much greater than it is today for most enthusiasts. Beer production had to be at a level that could satisfy a household, including family, guests and servants. A 1754 recipe for a 30-gallon recipe for small beer in a personal notebook of Washington’s is now housed at the New York Public Library.
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Thank You Mike!
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James Madison
Considered to be the Father of the Constitution and was the author of the Bill of Rights.
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Thanks Mike! Anybody else?
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Abraham Lincoln is my favorite. He was the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, called Father Abraham by the Union troops because of his compassion,he saved the United States from dissolution and its the 200th anniversary of his birth this year (Feb 12th). Our greatest President by my estimation.
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Thanks Al! Imagine, some history lessons on a beer blog. I think it's cool that all of you took a few moments to respond! I look forward to seeing more when I wake up on Sunday!
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I will cast my vote for Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to being governor of New York, Secretary of the Navy, Vice President and President of the US, he was also an historian, naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier. Heck, teddy bears are named after him! He's the sort of person I would like to sit down with and have a beer or two explore a wide variety of topics. Cheers!
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An insightful answer from Bill. Just as I would expect from you! A good choice too!
Thanks,
Dave
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Teddy Roosevelt, "Speak softly but carry a big stick." Enough said.
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The first with 2 votes!
Thanks Ron.
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Jimmy Carter - he made home brewing legal.
We should show our gratitude and have a sale on small micro brews!
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Good Job Phil!
That is something I never knew.
Can you elaborate?
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(from Papazian's Joy of Home Brewing, 3rd Edition)
"In November 1978, a bill passed by Congress repealed federal restrictions on the homebrewing of beer. In February 1979, President Carter signed the bill into law." A little further it explains that after Prohibition, commercial brewing was legalized and home wine making was legalized. Home BREWING should have been legalized as well but "due to a stenographer's [accidental] omission", it was not.
You could also opt to donate a portion of the discounted price to pancreatic research as that's one of Jimmy's charities.
Cheers!
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Excellent BJ!
Now who would be your favorite?
I need to tally up the votes and get creative! I intend on posting the sale in the next hour or two.
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Either Hoover (ya gotta love a guy who has a book on everybody), FDR (ya gotta love a guy who can lead a country from a wheelchair) or Slick Willy (ya gotta love a guy who can shrug off getting busted for getting head in the Oval Office).
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Good answers, great reasons!
Thanks for your contribution!
Check the finalized post.
Cheers!
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Fdr,The 1932 presidential election came and a new president was elected, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (more commonly known as FDR). Within a month of his election, the alcohol content allowed in beer was raised to 3.2 percent. Soon an amendment to the constitution was proposed. It was on December 5, 1933 that Utah was the 36th state to ratify the 21st amendment and end National Prohibition. This made the 18th amendment the only constitutional amendment to be repealed.
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More Presidential Beerism's from you folks. Thanks for all of the tidbits!
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Would you be ok if I referenced your website article on my linkedin account?
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Of Course!
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