<p>I drank Guinness when my daughter was a premie and I was trying to express my milk to take to the hospital.
So hard to get the let down without a baby.
(I was reasoning it had more nutrition or something)
It definitely is an acquired taste, which I didn’t ever acquire.
But this was long before microbrews.
Now I like fuller flavored beers like IPAs and bitters.
One of the best things about fall, imo, are the seasonal brews.</p>
<p>Weirdly, Guinness is about the only beer I like.</p>
<p>EK, we have several growlers. H prefers the stainless steel because you can get a tighter seal on them. He’s eying the mini-keg ones-sort of a growler-keg in one. The price has kept him from going for it thus far.</p>
<p>@frazzled1 For Charlottesville, try Starr Hill (based in Crozet, VA, just west of Charlottesville), Blue Mountain Brewery, (Afton, VA), Devils Backbone, South Street, Champion, Three Notch’d…or a host of others. Charlottesville+surrounds is the heart of the Brew Ridge Trail craft beer tour :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the great suggestions, @soccergurl7988. I’ve visited Blue Mountain - great idea to have an option from their at the wedding.</p>
<p>DH never remembers to take one of the growlers that we have when he decided that he wants one. We now have running “NO GROWLERS!!” joke. </p>
<p>That Brew Ridge Trail sounds like a great road trip! I think we need to research this thread more for the OP!</p>
<p>Can you put the empty growlers in the trunk? </p>
<p>We now keep a growler in each car, just in case. And for our anniversary, I got H a “growler car seat”. He loves it.
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<p>Missed a few days of conversation, but I thought I’d pipe up that we went to a Michelin starred restaurant in New York and did the tasting menu with the wine pairings. The chef actually paired a beer with one of the courses. We were surprised, but it was delicious. This is to say beer is okay in a high class venue. </p>
<p>When I have a party I have a variety of beer (both of the microbrew variety and some lite beer), some wine, some soda and I also make sure to have plenty of good sparkling water which is great for people who are dieting or don’t drink or want to drink something non-alcoholic between glasses of wine so they don’t overimbibe.</p>
<p>I used to give the annual holiday party for the investment division of H’s company. We always had several mini-kegs, in addition to cases of wine and non-alcoholic beverages, and H and a friend of his very much enjoyed deciding what to order from one of the local breweries. I can assure you, it was not a red-cup brawl. :)</p>
<p>One of the most formal weddings we’ve been to in the last five years was in Boston, at the Boston Harbor Hotel, and they served all kinds of liquor, including beer. </p>
<p>Military balls are extremely formal and I’ve never seen one without beer being served.</p>
<p>I love the growler car seat.
Did you see all the places that sell it in Washington?
:D</p>
<p>EK-Yes! Our nephew got himself one and H talked about it every single time he filled a growler from then on. For our anniversary I got one and one of the stainless steel growlers, then I went over to the Tap Station and got his favorite but hard to get beer. he was very, very happy.</p>
<p>Dang! Is that what I should get for DH for his birthday? That would be a sign of true love to give over to the growler thing.</p>
<p>By kegs, I meant on tap. Niece’s wedding had a bartender, behind a bar (actually enclosed , part of the CC) serving wines by the glass, beer on tap, and non-alcoholic bevs in glasses prior to the sit down dinner. The groom chose the beer. I’ve also seen Bartenders serving from a keg behind the bar, depending on the venue. Not a solo cup in sight. </p>
<p>A friend served the beer she and her fiancé brewed as well as wine. </p>
<p>While some of the hoi polloi wouldn’t serve anything but the finest wines, you’d be surprised how beer brewing is a craft with some excellent products, served by fine, upstanding people the world over. We’re not talking Coors, PBR, and Bud, here. </p>
<p>Sniff–“hoi polloi” are the common people.</p>
<p>I think you mean something else other than hoi polloi.</p>
<p>Edit: crossposted with Hunt</p>
<p>Where did anyone say that beer brewing wasn’t a craft or that fine, upstanding people the world over would never drink beer? </p>
<p>Maybe you want Bourgeoisie?</p>
<p>Does stainless steel affect the taste of the beer?
I need to get one of those for D and BF.
She thinks up names for the offerings of her microbrewery, like some girls think up baby names.
:D</p>