Serving Homebrew at a Wedding

[hhaynes]

Hi All, will be making brew for a wedding. I keg and can bottle as well. Just making a Nut Brown and Kolsch. The event doesn't have any dispensing equipment. Would it be easier to just bottle or is there a kegging setup the works better? I have an extra regulator and hoses to use. I called around to rent a kegerator with no luck.
Thanks for the suggestions.

[TheDarkSide]

They are on backorder right now but you could try this:

http://morebeer.com/view_product/16404//Draft_Box_-_Two_Faucet

You'd want to be setup in advance to allow the kegs to settle after transport. You've probably already done this but just make sure your venue allows this. Sometimes they will tack on a few for you bringing your own too. At least in the uptight Northeast they do.

[Chupa LaHomebrew]

If you don't want to invest in a jockey box, just take down something big enough to hold 2 cornies plus ice, and use cobra taps with about 7 feet of 3/16 inch beer line to dispense. Your beer will be a hit!

[ajdelange]

Here's what the last fellow who brewed his wedding beer at my place did.

1. Brewed the beer.
2. Went to Total Wine and bought a keg of something or other.
3. Took it home and drank it with his friends.
4. Brought the empty keg over here where we filled it with his beer.
5. Took the beer to the wedding and served it (with a cobra head sitting in a tub of ice).
6. Finished the remainder after he got back from his honeymoon.
7. Returned the keg and got his deposit back.

Note that he had a CO2 bottle, coupler, tubing and the cobra head.

[Evan B]

I'm brewing 8 beers (6 in kegs, 2 bottle conditioned) for my wedding in September. Actually have #6, a coconut brown porter chilling as I sit here eating my lunch. There are several places around me that rent out jockey box setups. I was going to rent, but actually found another homebrew club that has a few that they're going to let me use.

[hhaynes]

Thanks everyone. Going with bottles after discussing it with the groom. He thought it would be best to have a couple of labeled bottles for display and the rest just marked on the cap to identify the beer. The bartender will be pouring it into glasses for the guests. I was planning to use the 22oz bottles. The groom mentioned that it is a light drinking crowd.
Question: if I want 2.5 vol of c02 for the bottles what pressure would I need to have my keg at before I counter pressure fill???

[Evan B]

If you're labeling, I suggest using mailing labels that you find at office depot. They're actually quite water resistant, and work/look great! That's what I'm using for my wedding bottle conditioned beers.