Serving Non-alcoholic Beverages at Your Vermont Wedding: Part 1 – The Beer

The times they are a-changin’! And so are your wedding drink options.

Remember when weddings were the scene of your aunt’s last binge, or your father-in-law’s, um, unusual openness and honesty (and his dramatic slur) during his toast?

Today, alcoholic beverages at your wedding are strictly optional. Or, at least, it’s optional for you to supply them. Whether you host a teetotaler wedding, want to provide non-alcoholic options, or are opting for a BYO alcohol approach for your celebration, one thing is for sure: Non-alcoholic beers are gaining popularity, not just among those with sensitivities about alcohol or addiction.

Long a bastion of craft brews, local non-alcoholic beers are just starting to crop up in Vermont. For your Vermont wedding, consider the following non-alcoholic beers from New England that bevo serves at its catered weddings, whether it’s to provision a full alcohol-free wedding or to augment your regular bar offerings.

No alcohol beers (0.5% alcohol or less)

• Rescue Club Brewery, Vermont – Rescue Club IPA

According to the brewer, a partnership between Burlington’s Zero Gravity Brewing and CItizen Cider Co., this non-alcoholic beer brings you the IPA flavor profile you love, without the buzz. We find it to be a bright and refreshing beer, and we hardly notice the lack of alcohol.

• Athletic Brewing Company, Connecticut – Run Wild IPA

The flagship beer of this all-non-alcohol brewery is a crisp, traditional IPA with a full-flavored finish. The brewery offers more non-alcoholic beer variety than we’ve seen from any place else. Try their stout, orange ale, or kolsch for a full selection of non-alcoholic beers at your wedding.

• Samuel Adams, Boston – Just the Haze

Sam’s hazy IPA entry is a light, golden and deliciously citrus ale . It’s a world-class ale that “just happens to be non-alcoholic”.

Low-alcohol beers:

• Harpoon Brewery, Boston and Windsor, Vermont – Rec, League IPA

OK, so it’s nor alcohol-FREE. But at 3.8%, it’s a low-alcohol beer by microbrew standards. It’s a delicious hazy IPA that doesn’t carry that high-alcohol baggage.

Speaking of cideries…

• Stowe Cider – Fresh Press

No N/A drink selection (or wedding toast!) is complete without sparkling cider, and Stowe Cider happens to be a leader in both the hard and soft styles of bubbly cider. Fresh Press is a delicious local cider made with locally-sourced apples & sparkling water – that’s it!

Stay tuned to bevo Vermont catering as we explore more non-alcoholic drink options for your Vermont wedding in our next post.