Youngest Daughter Getting Married

[CrealCritter]

It's been almost 3 years since my soon to be son in law asked me if he could marry my youngest daughter. Well they are getting married in October. My youngest daughter is not one to make life difficult. They are getting married at the court house and we are planning on a whole hog pig pickin, with a few sides at one of the state park shelters (wife already has the shelter reserved). I've been tagged with making hard cider for the reception. How much cider do you reckon I should make for about 60 adults?

 

[Hinotori]

When my husband and I got married, it was held at my maternal grandmother's house. My mom and great aunt made the cake. (Which they did for all of the family weddings for Mom's generation. Better than the professionals in town.) I wore a rather nice lace dress ai found on sale and hubby wore his dress blues. Everyone brought a dish for the reception. My paternal grandfather officiated as he was a judge.

If I remember right it cost less than $200 in 2000. Everyone still says it was the best wedding they ever went to. I was also the only one married by my grandpa which made some jealous as he passed a few years later.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Congrats, @CrealCritter . My eldest is actually staying here working with my wife on putting stuff together for her October wedding as I type. Good times

 

[tortoise]

That's my style too @Lazy Gardener ! My second wedding was my "expensive" one. Was about $3K, if I remember right. We went to Las Vegas. I don't know why DH wanted to do that, but he had suggested it years before.

First one was at my parents house. My parents hosted extended family staying at their house. Officiant was my aunt $0, musician was a friend $0. My dress was $60 and I splurged $100 on flowers. My mom made the wedding cake (family tradition). We had a picnic reception at a park. In hindsight, we could have had the picnic at my parent's house, was no reason to drive to a park.

 

[CrealCritter]

I racked both pear and apple ciders into 5 gallon corny kegs this afternoon. There they will sit to age along with 2 corny kegs of Oktoberfest in the cool basement, until the wedding reception. I just hope 10 gallons is enough cider for the wedding reception.

My buddy at the home brew store has used ball lock corny kegs. I asked him how much for a used keg. He took me in the back where he had several pallets of corny kegs shrink wrapped and said, these have all been resealed and pressure tested. I sell these on-line for $60.00 plus shipping but for you $40.00. I said awesome, so I picked one off a skid that was not shrink wrapped. Brought it home and cleaned and sanitized it and filled it with pear cider

 

[CrealCritter]

If it's like weddings in my family, it will never be enough alcohol.

Thinking about a 1/4 barrel of each apple and pear. A quarter barrel is 7.75 gallons. So 2 quarter barrels would be 15 1/2 gallons - that's a lot of high octave bubble juice.

But if I got 4 5 gallon cider kits that would leave me with 4 1/2 gallons to bottle, which is OK by me I like cider and so does my daughter in laws.

I just need to find a couple of 1/4 barrels. I'll talk with my buddy at the home brew store. He could order me a couple or even might know where I could pick up a few used ones cheap.

I just love being voluntold about stuff like this. Well this was more volunasked but I couldn't say no.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Let's calc it out: 60 guests @ 3 glasses each = 180 glasses
180 x 12 ounce glass = 2160 ounces / 128 ounce per gallon = 16 gallons

Found this online: 1/4 barrel = 7.75 gallons = 62 pints = 83 12oz bottles

 

[CrealCritter]

I also had enough of both to make up a extra gallon with adding a spring water to top off. So I added 1lb of sugar and yeast nutrient to both, to try and make wine. The cider yeast that came with the kits is tolerant to 16% alcohol and high ester producing, so why not at least give it a try...

Both are happily fermenting along this morning.

 

[CrealCritter]

My youngest daughter sent me this in a text message today. I'm trying to figure out what's the meaning behind it?

 

[baymule]

A WHOLE BUNCH!!!! Congratulations on the up coming wedding!