Kegs vs canned beer....parents think canned is cheaper...

My opinion is, beer cans in a wedding looks a bit off, but if it is better, because of your budget, have the bartenders pour it into cups. Kegs are a good option but there's always left over beer in them so it's a waste of money. Depending on the beer you want for your wedding, some beers come in 6oz bottles. That may be another alternative.

I would go with a keg. No cans to clean up and it's usually cheaper.

Canned/bottled/keg it's not what "looks" good per say, no one will remember and it's not like it'll really show in photos. We did 2 kegs at $250 a piece for 180 people and had 1/3 keg left over at the end of the night. Kegs are less mess and less expensive. Just go for it!

Do they have something like a kegerator or buckets to keep the ice in?

FH is a beer snob. We have a kegerator that we use for parties or football season. If the venue or bartender know what they are doing, keg all day long. The pour and temp of keg beer (when kept proper) is way better than can. Taste is totally different.

However, if they do not know what they are doing with the psi, etc. then you will get all foam and the beer may be warm if they don't keep it at the right temp. So can/bottle is easier to avoid messing up but keg beer is better taste if properly contained.

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I'm using bottles because I do think cans look sort of tacky unless you're in a certain setting, and kegs can damage floors if not handled properly (although, technically I suppose a broken beer bottle could do the same) -- I'm getting married at a historic site, the last thing I'd want to do is damage it.

Personally I don't drink kegged beer. A lot of my family won't either. So it would be very wasteful for me

I bartend for FH's catering company on the side. Even if you do have a professional bartender, regular kegs are SLOW when filling up cups and need to be pumped consistently. We got so backed up serving the beer because it just took forever. Cans and bottles are more user friendly, more bartender friendly, and can be saved and used at home if they aren't consumed at the event. If you buy the keg, you'll lose any money invested pretty much because any unused beer in the keg will probably be wasted.

I don't like the look of cans either, but why not bottled beer? That way you won't have to dump it out if guests don't drink it all like you would with a keg, but they look a little classier.

Honestly, depending on what you are doing for your bar service, kegs are ridiculously expensive now if you go through a caterer or an event centers bar tending services. For crappy beer, your looking at 475 a keg.

Get yourself event insurance with the liquor insurance. Buy your own kegs from Specs or wherever you would buy a keg for any other event. Hire a bartender. That will save you a lot of money and you can buy better beer.

We're doing cans and bottles, keg remind me of college. Although I found a gorgeous wooden spout barrel I would have purchased if I was willing to spend an extra $60 on it, but I'm not lol!

We are doing kegs. We found really good beer in kegs for around 100 and the place we are getting it from includes all the pieces you need. We are doing bottled beer for beer we know we won't be serving much of like Coors (FFIL loves Coors). I think it's mostly a personal preference though.

I would also spring for a bartender. I've seen them listed for as little as 30 an hour (plus tips).

I would do a keg or bottled beer. Cans look cheap.

I'm definitely doing bottled beer

A liquor store should be able to order you cases of beer in the aluminum bottles as well if you are worried about broken glass. And FYI, if its an actual tap system (not a pump one) whoever is lucky enough to get the last beer will likely also get covered in beer when the keg blows (runs out)

We had bottles and then returned whatever we didn't use.