Information needed for a beer (and wine) friendly wedding venue

So, the GF and I have decided to throw caution to the wind, and are planning to get married next Fall (October 2016 is the target month at this point). Naturally, having a decent selection of good food and drink for friends and family is very important, which in my mind includes some nice local craft beer as well. So ideally, we'd like to find some place that might allow us to bring in our own beer and wine, and possibly our own caterer and bartender as well (just to pour the wine, champagne and beer). Neither one of us belongs to a country club or golf resort, so those options, we think, are out. We're fairly flexible as to location otherwise; right now we're looking at the Seattle, Tacoma and Portland area as preferable wedding venue destinations. Ideally, we would like some place where out of town guests have ready access to local hotels (so preferably some place that is not out in outer Mongolia), and it would be great if it's some place that doesn't have a whole lot of stairs (as the GF's mother isn't physically capable of climbing stairs any more).

We were considering Edgefield manor, but unless we hold the event outside, all the party venues there are upstairs. Also, when we held my birthday event there last June, neither one of us were particularly elated with the lodging arrangements (Cynthia is pretty certain that it would not be OK for her 80 year old mother to stay there). It's a shame, as otherwise the place was great (even if the guests were forced to drink McM beer).

Anyway, with those parameters in mind, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas or recommendations.

Thanks in advance. Cheers!

 

Hmmmm.... this sounds very, very attractive. Thank you!

 

LOL! Just as long as I'm allowed to bring some of my own stuff as well to the share!

And thanks!

 

Sounds great, but unfortunately, it's not an option. Cynthia's mom indicated that down to Portland is as far as she's willing to go (as you can guess, she's not in the best health), and my guess is that even that's likely pushing it. I know Bend would be out of the question.

(thanks for the suggestion though!)

 

We're looking into it, and plan to stop by for a visit in a couple of weekends (I think they should be up and running by then). My GF is a bit concerned about the location I think, but other than that, we're both hopeful it might work out. While McM beer isn't my favorite, I can live with it, if everything else looks good otherwise.

 

We won't have nearly that many. Have read over the information on the website and forwarded it to the GF. It sounds like it might be perfect. Thanks!

 

Thanks! Looks great, but I'm almost certain the GF will put the kybosh on this, given her mom's physical limitations. Too bad though... it looks great!

 

Thanks. And thanks for the additional recommendation!

 

I'll check with them (sounds intriguing), but I have a feeling they're not going to be willing to go along with our requirements. I'm pretty flexible on the local wine selection, but Champagne is part of the deal as well (and by Champagne, I mean the real stuff that's made in Epernay, Reims, Ay and the like). Nevertheless, it's certainly worth checking into.

Thanks Branden!