It's a tradition: heads of state exchange gifts when visiting each other. So on his recent trip to the USA, Prime Minister Cameron has given President Obama a piece of graffiti art by British graffiti artist Ben Eine. In fact it was a swap: in return, Mr. Cameron was given a litho by the American Ed Ruscha.
Cameron's other present started the battle of the beers. It was a bottle of Hobgoblin organic beer. Served warm, it was made by a brewery in his constituency. Wychwood Brewery has been making Hobgoblin since 1995 and now it is the fifth best selling bottled ale in the UK. In exchange, President Obama gave him a bottle of Goose Island 312 from Chicago, to be served cold. Not to be outdone; it is also an artisanal beer.
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