Wedding brew

[tresguey]

Looking to brew a batch for my wedding reception. The wife to be says the beer needs to please he majority of our guests...pffft...why can't I be happy...lol

Reception will be outdoors in Socal late June so it will be a bit warm. So my thoughts was to make kind of a cream ale with citrus in mind.

Any suggestions are welcome.

5.5 lbs 2 row
2 lbs 6 row
1 lbs carapils
1 lbs carared
0.5 lbs honey malt
1 lbs flaked maize
0.5 lbs flaked rice
.33 oz Centennial at 60 mins
1 oz Citra at 5 mins
California Ale yeast WLP001
batch size 6 gallons

 

[hvjackson]

No single beer is going to "please the majority of your guests". Is this the only beer you will be serving or will you have homebrew as well? Other alcohol?

Personally I would say brew a beer that YOU TWO like, as long as it's under 6 or 7% ABV. Then either brew a cream ale for the masses or just buy some bud light. (Also, side note: I just put this recipe into BeerSmith and it looks like you're pushing 6% ABV. That's getting up there for a cream ale.)

Anyway, no way in hell would I get married and only serve a light beer as the only option.

 

[tresguey]

We will have corona's, bud lights and such as well. Hard liquor and champagne...I have four 20 oz bottles of my imperial stout that will be for a select few. Last of a 5 galon batch from 2 years ago.

 

[FatDragon]

If you've already got Corona and Bud Light, brewing a cream ale seems somewhat - not to say entirely - redundant. Cream ales are generally considered an easy way for homebrewers to please the palates of the BMC crowd, but you've already got them covered. Why not go for something that you would want to drink several pints of on a summer day?

My new personal go-to for that kind of situation would be a kettle-soured gose because damn if that's not a refreshing beer. They're also so different from normal beer styles that many people who don't normally like beer can really enjoy a gose - the low ABV, light body, high carbonation, and sour and slightly salty profile make it almost more soda- or cocktail-like than beer-like. It's a high-risk move since you need to know you can make a good Gose (probably not that hard considering how many basic steps I screwed up in my first one) and that you can sell people on trying it or it might fall entirely flat, but there's a lot of upside to a keg of gose at a summer wedding.

 

[saltymirv]

As others said, if you already have corona/bud light I would skip brewing another light beer. I would go for like a hoppy American wheat, similar to Gumballhead

 

[Sadu]

How far off is the wedding? If you have time, get in some quality brew time and make a selection. Something light, something black, something hoppy, cover all bases while keeping around 5% abv.

 

[NSMikeD]

keep the ABV down for a wedding - and in warm weather.

btw, when the wife to be says to make a beer the majority of the guest will like, she's telling you no.

Make a beer for the bachelor party and leave the wedding reception details to the bride.