Three Beers For Wedding... Help me choose.

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  1. HunterG

    HunterG Initiate (0) Oct 8, 2013 Ohio

    Getting married imminently, and our venue mandates that it provides the beer. So that means we have a very limited list of options, and we only get to pick three:

    Beer #1 : Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (non-negotiable--it's the local brew and a personal favorite--counting lucky stars that it's on The List)​

    Beer #2 / Beer #3 : Two picks from the following list:​

    Bud​
    Yuengling​
    Harp​
    Stella Artois​
    Heineken​
    Bud Light​
    Miller Lite​
    Amstel Light​

    (I'm presenting The List without comment. But it's a big wedding with a diverse crowd--maybe some guests would be turned off if we didn't have Bud Light/equivalent on offer. Who knows?)

    So we want to make the best decisions possible! And to cover as many bases as we can, without duplication. So I'm turning to the BA boards, obviously.

    (And no, I won't be able to sneak in a case of Hopslam or bribe the manager into serving a Belgian white.)

    Just trying to do the best with what we got. We would be very interested in your opinions!
     
  2. JamesShoemaker

    JamesShoemaker Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2012 Michigan

    I think Stella is the obvious #2. As for number #3, I don't envy that decision.

    Congrats!
     
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  3. onebeeratatime

    onebeeratatime Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2011 Ohio

    I recently went two hearted, bud, and bud light at mine. Sadly not everyone drinks good beer.
     
  4. Mikecap

    Mikecap Pooh-Bah (2,098) May 18, 2012 Massachusetts
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    Definitely Yuengling I'd say, then you gotta go Bud Light or Miller Lite, not sure if your guests have a preference there.
     
  5. DMEsquire

    DMEsquire Initiate (0) Sep 17, 2013 Mississippi

    Yeungling and then Stella (or maybe Heineken). Those three should satisfy everyone (the beer drinkers anyway).
     
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  6. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Heineken and Amstel Light
    The BMC crowd will think you went high class.
     
  7. fritts211

    fritts211 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Tennessee

    First of all, congrats. As a newlywed myself, my main advice is to run while you still can :wink: .

    Provided you value your own wealth of life experience over the words of some weird dude from the Internet, I vote yeungling and Stella.

    Best of luck/dear god help you.
     
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  8. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    I would go for Stella for the second -
    the third, I would hold my nose and go with Bud Light or Miller Lite - you would know your guest list to know which would go better for them.
     
  9. BeerWizard

    BeerWizard Pundit (889) Dec 22, 2012 Colorado

    I'd go Stella and Bud Light. Who's gonna complain, right?
     
  10. Pando

    Pando Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2011 Connecticut

    If the beers are on tap I would say Stella and Yuengling. If they are in bottles, I would say Bud Light and Amstel Light. Not sure why that matters to me but it does. I personally would rather drink Miller Light than Bud Light but Bud Light seems to be the most popular (had similar choices for my wedding and it was a large wedding so I went with the more popular Bud Light).

    Put a couple of boxes of cigars on the bar......always a good idea.....and it will at least drown out the BMC taste for the good beer drinkers.
     
  11. ScottK22

    ScottK22 Pundit (803) Dec 30, 2010 New York

    Yeungling and Bud Light.
     
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  12. RockAZ

    RockAZ Pundit (983) Jan 6, 2009 Arizona

    Stella, and whatever the new father-in-law drinks if it is on your list !
     
  13. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
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    Yuengling and Stella
     
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  14. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    Harp and Amstel. It's not that I don't like heineken but you have great lakes dortmunder gold.
     
  15. Beric

    Beric Initiate (0) Jun 1, 2013 Massachusetts

    Stella and Heineken.
     
  16. REDSOXIPAGUY

    REDSOXIPAGUY Zealot (724) Sep 16, 2013 Ohio
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    Just had mine and has this decision....go miller and Amstel. People will go liquor before Amstel.
     
  17. Hrodebert

    Hrodebert Savant (1,024) Sep 2, 2013 Michigan
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    Gotta say, to have the best chance of pleasing everyone, I would ad Stella, and one of the last three choices on the list.
     
  18. jasinviso

    jasinviso Initiate (0) Nov 11, 2006 New Jersey

    If it were me picking; Miller Light and Stella. I think one of your options should be limited to the light beers, I would think anyone who liked good beer would just be drinking the great lakes selection anyway, so the other choices should be olive branches to your non-craft drinking friends. Congratulations.
     
  19. RichardMNixon

    RichardMNixon Maven (1,431) Jun 24, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Yuengling>Stella unless you're interested in the fanciness angle. Is Yuengling still an exciting find for most people in Ohio or is it pretty common now?
    Bud or Miller Lite is probably a necessity unfortunately.
     
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  20. TrojanRB

    TrojanRB Grand Pooh-Bah (3,779) Jul 27, 2013 Texas
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    Bud light....I don't think you can get away from a BMC at a wedding.

    The last beer comes down to Stella and Yuengling....I'd go Yuengling personally, but either would be fine.

    I would also be packing a flask of Maker's Mark!
     
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