I'm Getting Hitched! - To Serve Homebrew At A Reception Or Not

[Lemon]

Wallace,
Are you sure this is the right place for unbiased advice.........???? <_<

 

[bum]

Serious question (which will draw fire from all corners, I have no doubt), what does the missus reckon of this idea?

The answer to my question is the answer to yours.

 

[Infinitee]

Marriage is a big, risk-filled commitment.

I'd just stick with brewing! ^_^

 

[slaam]

hey man look at brew by you. they hire keg setups and do a good brew too at about $150 for 50 ltrs and not much work for u .

 

[Bribie G]

I'm currently brewing for a family 21st party with a huge range of people and ages and have settled on the following.

A pale malty lightly hopped lager (with Superpride for Bittering and a touch of Hallertau for fragrance). This will be the quaffing beer and the keg will be out in an ice bucket in the BBQ area with a Bronco party tap.

Inside the house in the 3-font kegerator, for those more discerning:

A stronger malt / Maize pale ale bittered with Pride of Ringwood and flavoured with Cluster, more of a XXXX and possibly tasting a bit like the XXX (now sadly defunct)
An all extract APA, mid golden with fairly robust hopping with New Zealand hops - for those who like hops and presumably the few who have tried James Squire type ales.
Whatever is left of the Landlord style UK ale I am taking to the case swap.

I'm also thinking of knocking up a Coopers style sparkling as I'm sure there are a few who would drink Coopers. I'll put on a couple of casks of wine, no expense spared. MMMM Fruity Lexia :icon_drunk: but the alcopop drinkers can bring their bloody own.

I've only been grain brewing for a year next week, and I reckon by that stage if you are still into brewing you would have had ample time to go beyond kits n bits and keen to ply the guests with your wondrous brews :icon_cheers:

 

[clean brewer]

Whatever is left of the Landlord style UK ale I am taking to the case swap

Hey Bribie, so ill put you in the list for this Beer for comsumption at the Swap?? (trying to get a feel for what the drinking kegs/beers are for the day... :icon_drool2: )

And,

If I was to get married to my lovely Partner, id be doing the same thing, brewing(AG) myself for it and would be factoring in a BIG complete set-up with a whole lot of kegs on tap for the day, it would still be cheaper to buy all the gear for the Beer on Tap than to pay for Restaurant Beer(just did a wedding for 70 people and they spent $2200 on just Beer/Cleanskin Wine).....

And as a Chef, id be doing and/or helping with the Catering and/or have some Chefs I know of doing the Catering for me so I know id be happy with it instead of being pissed off by something not going right at some venue...

:icon_cheers: CB

 

[northwest9]

i got married nearly a month ago, and i served up three keps of AG APA.

there were plenty of heckling comments from the megaswill drinkers, but at the end of the night, all three kegs were empty, and i had a shed load of commercial beer left to bring home.....

if you do it, definately go AG, the beer is better, and you get more satisfaction, as you really had more involvement in the final product.

 

[Sydneybrewer]

:icon_offtopic: i had an open bar at my wedding, and went to the trouble of making sure they had a selection of my favourite beers, as my wedding was in NY USA i made sure there were a few aussie ones in there like little creatures pale, james squire golden ale and coopers sparkling. the motto of the story... the beer was barely touched, and all the guys were drinking jd and coke and the women champagne or mixed cocktails. 20 cases of imported australian beer was left over and because we left 2 days later i drunk 2 and left the rest with the wifes cousin, lucky bastard.

 

[Bribie G]

:icon_offtopic: i had an open bar at my wedding, and went to the trouble of making sure they had a selection of my favourite beers, as my wedding was in NY USA i made sure there were a few aussie ones in there like little creatures pale, james squire golden ale and coopers sparkling. the motto of the story... the beer was barely touched, and all the guys were drinking jd and coke and the women champagne or mixed cocktails. 20 cases of imported australian beer was left over and because we left 2 days later i drunk 2 and left the rest with the wifes cousin, lucky bastard.

Should have given them Fosters h34r:

 

[Sydneybrewer]

Should have given them Fosters h34r:

lol they are still trying to cope with the fact that aussies dont actually drink fosters

 

[Sydneybrewer]

on topic though i think its best to tell the megaswill drinkers that its kegged megaswill, because hey if they drink megaswill they probably wouldnt be able to tell the diference

 

[Mantis]

ESB Bavarian Wheat is a cracker for a k&k brew and the ladies might even like this one.

 

[RobboMC]

As long as you make something better than VB your friends will love it.

We had a big family gathering for my wife's birthday, about 30 people;
and I provided the beer which I made for the occassion. It was a kit/extract/partial
with about 2kg of grain, 2-1/2 kg of extract and a kit of Canadian Pale Ale, all
watered down to a reasonable abv for the drivers. Not a great beer IMHO, but OK for quaffing.

I also dutifully laid out a spattering of Crown Lager, to give people a choice.
At the end of the party I collected up exactly the same amount of Crown that I had put out.

You don't have to go 100% AG, but if you get some grain into your brew everyone will
prefer it over any commercial drop. Oh, and don't use the kit yeast.

 

[MarkBastard]

I would go all grain and all that but for the actual wedding would supplement the supply by making some of the beer in a 'brew on premises' business. Easy way to do multiple 50L batches.

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

_WALLACE_

Fantastic idea.... if only i can convince my missus to let me do this when we tie the knot although it is a long way fro us to cart kegs considering we live in SA and plan to get hitched it QLD but what the hell.

Best of luck and please keep us up to date on what you decide

Yeah i Decided i am going AG, aswell as looking at a few keg systems... or see what the back of the pub has to offer he he he!

Serious question (which will draw fire from all corners, I have no doubt), what does the missus reckon of this idea?

The answer to my question is the answer to yours.

Yeah, the missus doesnt drink beer, so tough ******* in my books! the women have tea, coffee, and wine. But surprising she thought it was a good idea, (after her dad thought it was a good idea!!) i have her full support now... but when i say "can i please have $2000 of the wedding money to make some beer and beer making equiptment...." That may be a different kettle of fish!

Marriage is a big, risk-filled commitment.

I'd just stick with brewing! ^_^

Nah! the missus and myself know what we're getting into, we've been engaged for a while now. got the mortage and the kids, etc etc.... i have to stick to brewing.... cant afford the 2 blocks of xxxx gold a week i used to. aswell as the ol' saying.... "I had to have those beers this morning so i had enough empty bottles to bottle this afternoon" :beerbang:

hey man look at brew by you. they hire keg setups and do a good brew too at about $150 for 50 ltrs and not much work for u .

Hey man, thanx for the reply, we got Bachus Brewing in Capalaba (There ya go fellas, a little FREE advertising for ya!!) they do all that, I make all the beer, choose weather i want to bottle or keg or both. They also have the fancy labels for the stubbies, but if i did that, i dont think i will get my deposit back on the bottles, cos every bastard would take them home as souveniers.

 

[manticle]

"can i please have $2000 of the wedding money to make some beer and beer making equiptment...." .............

I went AG with under 10% of that figure and while my setup is the cheapest, shittiest one around I think you'll be able to convince her to give you between $300 and $500, particularly if you compare it to the savings you'll actually be making (compare commercial litres of beer to yours).

 

[bum]

i have her full support now

Happy wife - happy life. Brew with confidence.

[quote post='550209' date='Nov 9 2009, 10:29 PM']while my setup is the cheapest, shittiest one around[/quote]

You didn't see me mashing in my esky without a manifold or a bag last week!

 

[manticle]

My partial days (sometimes up to 3 kg worth of grain) incorporated 2 $3.50 supermarket eskies and a basic kitchen strainer. They were a massive pain but I think I may have brewed a few beers on equipment worth less than $10. Some of them were tasty and never lasted long enough to suffer from potential oxidation problems.

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

I went AG with under 10% of that figure and while my setup is the cheapest, shittiest one around I think you'll be able to convince her to give you between $300 and $500, particularly if you compare it to the savings you'll actually be making (compare commercial litres of beer to yours).

I used the old line: "think of what i'm saving on home brew compared to what i'm saving on comercial beer". that didnt work for a minute, i just got the "your only gonna drink more"....
I suppose theres nothing more than a couple of "legally aquried" Kegs, an old esky and a bit of time....

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

All grain is the way i think, i'm off to YOUTUBE now for a "more-in-depth" look at what i'm getting myself into... OOPS.. Maybe tomorrow night, its bedtime now. Nunnite!