<p>Coors . . . “the banquet beer” (whatever that means) :)) </p>
<p>I, too, looked disdainfully through my monocle at the concept of serving beer at a wedding–but what’s appropriate at weddings is always a lively topic here.</p>
<p>It seems to me that if you are going to offer only a couple of beer choices, it’s probably best to take some of the suggestions about better national brands, as opposed to a microbrew. While you may have quite a few people who drink beer, probably most of them will not have gone beyond national brands.</p>
<p>Well, ideally, I would have some mini-kegs of good local beers, maybe a lighter one and a darker one, and some kind of national brand of lite beer. (Unfortunately, there are those who drink that stuff only.) Beer dispensed into glasses from a keg is usually better anyway.</p>
<p>If you were in Maine, you would have many great local choices. (Coastal cities seem to be great for yeast: wonderful bread, wonderful beer. 
) I’m sure there are good ones in your region.</p>
<p>“I, too, looked disdainfully through my monocle at the concept of serving beer at a wedding”</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>We monocle (and lorgnette) wearing persons do not imbibe beverages popular among tradespeople.</p>
<p>I served Bud Light (yuck) at my wedding–as well as champagne and so forth–because that’s what my Hs brothers like to drink, alas. </p>
<p>@Hunt, at least you admit you are a snob!</p>
<p>Stella could be served along side wine and other drinks as a neutral national brand without looking too “blue collar” and a nice local micro brew could be offered as an alternative. At least where I live the people who would choose beer at a wedding are probably more towards the connoisseur side of the continuum and would want a substantive option. I think the advice to ask the bride and groom is sound. </p>
<p>I love beer. Agree with others 2-3 choices, nothing too hoppy. Hoppy is an acquired taste. </p>
<p>“Kegs, people, kegs. My niece’s venue served Mac and Jack in glasses. There was something else in bottles, poured into glasses. Way back when I got married we had a keg as well as wine. It must be a peculiar, PNW thing.”</p>
<p>If the microbrew trend is the attempt to “dress up” beer, serving it in a keg seems to dress it back down. I can at least wrap my head around nice microbrews served in glasses, but kegs seem super-casual, if not frat-house raucous. Kind of like red Solo cups.</p>
<p>“Red solo cup, I fill you up, proceed to party…proceed to party.” (that’s a country song for anyone who missed the reference)</p>
<p>Most small breweries do not bottle all of their beer. In fact I think the smallest ones don’t sell ANY in bottled form. They use kegs of varied sizes. If you were to visit a taphouse or small brewery, you’d see a very nice counter with “beer pulls” or handles of sorts which are pulled to dispense beer from the tap. No kegs in sight as they are hidden underneath. At a wedding where a bar is set up, the same would happen, not drunk college kids drinking from the tap or from a red cup. </p>
<p>Among people who know beer, draft beer is considered far better than bottled as it’s fresher. Bottles would be second best. The classism here is so funny.</p>
<p>While having options is nice, I think it is easiest to go with a single all-purpose choice (unless the couple has a special interest in microbrews or something). You mentioned you are buying and bringing the alcohol to the venue. It is hard enough to predict overall quantities of beer and wine needed; it is much harder to predict demand when you are offering different varieties. </p>
<p>Yes, draft is better. However, at a wedding, bottles makes sense because things move along more quickly.</p>
<p>“Among people who know beer, draft beer is considered far better than bottled as it’s fresher. Bottles would be second best. The classism here is so funny.”</p>
<p>I freely acknowledge that I know nothing about beer, and I’m ok with that.</p>
<p>Years ago, H and I went to Ireland and a friend of his who is into beer was all into the … oh, you haven’t LIVED til you’ve had Guinness straight from the whatever-the-heck-it-is, a tap? - in an authentic pub in Ireland. We thought this was going to be THE EXPERIENCE of a lifetime. So we dutifully ordered the Guinness at the place he told us to, we set up the camera (this was a bigger deal pre-iPhone) to record our reaction at this Delicious Nectar of the Gods, took a sip and … blech, blech, blech, disgusting. It must be an acquired taste, and I have not acquired it! </p>
<p>Ołder D had beer at her reception this summer. It went with the barbecue. They bought cases of local beers at Costco. It’s her sister who is the beer expert, although since she is living down the road from a wonderful winery, she is learning more about that too.
I just had lemonade or water, as it was pretty warm and I didn’t want to get dehydrated.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve been to a party that had a keg since I turned 21!
( I also cannot remember the last time I drank beer from a can, but my D informs me that despite popular opinion, that is actually the better choice environmentally)
Except for the refillable growlers of course.
<a href=“Fill 'Er Up! Growler Refilling Spots Around Seattle - Seattle magazine”>http://seattlemag.com/article/fill-er-growler-refilling-spots-around-seattle</a></p>
<p>"Yes, draft is better. However, at a wedding, bottles makes sense because things move along more quickly. "</p>
<p>Yes, depending on the size of the wedding, that might be true. But my point was that it’s NOT chugging out of red cups, unless it’s that kind of wedding, lol.</p>
<p>sseamom, you mean like one of these wedding.</p>
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<p>Pizzagirl–I love lots of different beers–but not Guinness. Too funny!
I usually ask for samples of new brews (tap) before ordering to see if I like it.</p>
<p>There are places where personalized wedding koozies are a thing . . . even at more upscale events. </p>