Beer and a Song—and White House and the World

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Beer has been in the news lately.

Apparently, President Obama was inspired by home brewers and bought a kit for the White House Kitchen. The fellas hadn’t ever brewed beer before, but they got a few tips from brewers in the house, and they say their beer turned out pretty good.

Here are the recipes for White House Honey Ale and White House Honey Porter. You can see a video, too.

A quick search of Freegal shows that musicians the world over have written songs about beer.

There’s plenty of German music, of couse, with “Beer Barrel Polka” and the Bavarian Biersingers with “Gimme a Beer.”

Jazz singer Bessie Smith wants a little more in the song “Gimme a Pig’s Foot and a Bottle of Beer.”

The Irish singers The Clancy Brothers and The Dubliners go with a song that’s simply “Beer, Beer, Beer.”

The Aussie Frankie Davidson has a whole album of pub songs including “Beer, Beer, Beautiful Beer.”

Country music is well-represented, as you might imagine, with titles like “Beer Money” by John Carter, and “Dip Me in Beer” by Jeff Griffith.

Blues man Rik van den Bosch fits as many vices as he can in “Coffee, Cigarettes, and Beer.”

If you’re a Gleek, Freegal has the Glee cast’s version of “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.”

And, the Indigo Girls get into the act with “Cold Beer and Remote Control.”