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Lastweekend I went to my third wedding of the year. There were three casks of beerthere (the groom loves beer – that’s how we met); two from Kent Brewery and onefrom Brodies. That’s a great thing to arrive and see because weddings so oftenhave rubbish beer (the other two weddings this year were pretty good, too – Iguess I’ve been lucky).
Itdid leave me thinking something that often rolls around my mind: what beerswould I want at my wedding?
Thething is: when I’m at a wedding I don’t want anything crazy or complicated.It’s a wedding so it’s not about the beer, even if I do want to still drinknice bottles. That means the beers need to be simple.
I’dlike to brew a special beer for it, either commercially or on a homebrew kit.It’d be something which could age for a few years – a Tripel or barley wine.This would just be available in big bottles for sharing and just for thewedding speeches (if I couldn’t get my own beer then the speeches would need afavourite, probably Orval).
I’d alsowant bottles for everything else. I like drinking from bottles and think they’reeasier to carry than pint glasses, especially when jumping around on the dancefloor. I’d want a good lager. Something for everyone to drink (because not allmy friends are beer geeks) and something cold that I can gulp all night –Camden Hells would be it. Then I’d want something pale and hoppy because I lovehops. It needs to be fresh and super fruity, so a good pale ale or IPA – Racer5, Odell IPA, Sculpin IPA, Blind Pig IPA (I’d pay a small fortune to get myfavourite beers there). I wouldn’t pair anything with the dinner but might havea couple of cases of something big and strong with dessert just because it’s mybig day and I can.
Movingaway from the beer as the night ends, I’d want some spirits – a bottle ofbourbon (Maker’s Mark works) and a whisky (something smoky like Laphroig orArdbeg). And then I’m done and the late-night fish finger sandwiches and pizza arrivefor everyone to eat.
Laurendoesn’t drink booze so she’d want Coke Zero. She’ll be in charge of organisingeverything else while I make sure the bar is fully stocked. Sounds like a gooddeal to me.
Atthe brewery we get regular requests for beer for weddings so it’s somethingthat people want, and why not? I don’t want to drink crap beer on my weddingday – I want the best beer I can get and the beers which mean something to me;they aren’t the centre piece but it’s good to have a nice beer in one hand andyour bride in the other.
What beer did you have at your wedding? Or whatwould you want at yours?
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Lastweekend I went to my third wedding of the year. There were three casks of beerthere (the groom loves beer – that’s how we met); two from Kent Brewery and onefrom Brodies. That’s a great thing to arrive and see because weddings so oftenhave rubbish beer (the other two weddings this year were pretty good, too – Iguess I’ve been lucky).
Itdid leave me thinking something that often rolls around my mind: what beerswould I want at my wedding?
Thething is: when I’m at a wedding I don’t want anything crazy or complicated.It’s a wedding so it’s not about the beer, even if I do want to still drinknice bottles. That means the beers need to be simple.
I’dlike to brew a special beer for it, either commercially or on a homebrew kit.It’d be something which could age for a few years – a Tripel or barley wine.This would just be available in big bottles for sharing and just for thewedding speeches (if I couldn’t get my own beer then the speeches would need afavourite, probably Orval).
I’d alsowant bottles for everything else. I like drinking from bottles and think they’reeasier to carry than pint glasses, especially when jumping around on the dancefloor. I’d want a good lager. Something for everyone to drink (because not allmy friends are beer geeks) and something cold that I can gulp all night –Camden Hells would be it. Then I’d want something pale and hoppy because I lovehops. It needs to be fresh and super fruity, so a good pale ale or IPA – Racer5, Odell IPA, Sculpin IPA, Blind Pig IPA (I’d pay a small fortune to get myfavourite beers there). I wouldn’t pair anything with the dinner but might havea couple of cases of something big and strong with dessert just because it’s mybig day and I can.
Movingaway from the beer as the night ends, I’d want some spirits – a bottle ofbourbon (Maker’s Mark works) and a whisky (something smoky like Laphroig orArdbeg). And then I’m done and the late-night fish finger sandwiches and pizza arrivefor everyone to eat.
Laurendoesn’t drink booze so she’d want Coke Zero. She’ll be in charge of organisingeverything else while I make sure the bar is fully stocked. Sounds like a gooddeal to me.
Atthe brewery we get regular requests for beer for weddings so it’s somethingthat people want, and why not? I don’t want to drink crap beer on my weddingday – I want the best beer I can get and the beers which mean something to me;they aren’t the centre piece but it’s good to have a nice beer in one hand andyour bride in the other.
What beer did you have at your wedding? Or whatwould you want at yours?
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