Bud Light, Sam Adams Light, Buckler Non-Alcoholic & Blue Moon. The Sam Adams & the Blue Moon are barely decent choices, both consumed by the Cambridge guests (Sam Adams was a last minute substitute for Gates' usual Red Stripe). The president disappointed millions of beer drinkers and home brewers by choosing Bud Light, not only because of its lack of flavor but because AB is now completely owned by foreign companies. And unless the Vice President has a health condition that will not allow him to consume alcohol, he might as well be sipping lemonade instead of Buckler; what a waste.
After a little research just to back this blog up, I discovered a plethora of beer stores carrying a multitude of beers in the Washington D.C. metro area, all right down the street from the White House. Some of my summer brew recommendations would have been: Sierra Nevada's Kellerweis Hefeweizen @ Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, Allagash Fluxus 2008 (Witbier) @ Rodman's Discount Gourmet Grocery, Odd Notion (Summer 09) from Magic Hat @ The Wine Specialist, and Southern Tier Heavy Weizen (unfiltered Imperial Wheat Ale) @ Modern Liquors, Inc.
All delicious brews that would have caught the attention of beer lovers, brewers and teetotalers alike. I would like to personally volunteer my time to the president so that the next Beer Summit starts off on the right foot.
