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Obama’s Breakfast Beer

President Barack Obama toasts local villagers in Kruen, southern Germany, prior to the G-7 summit. (Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP)

“When I first heard Angela was hosting the G-7 in Bavaria, I was hoping that it would fall during Oktoberfest,” Obama said. “But, then again, there’s never a bad day for a beer and a weisswurst.”

Not surprisingly, photos of the president knocking back a tall beer at 11 a.m. local time — about an hour before the socially accepted time for alcohol consumption in the United States — lit up social media. Read more.

A mimosa, yes. A Bloody Mary, maybe. But beer before lunch? Not on my menu. How about yours?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog