Sep
24
2008
Save the Date! 
We set the date for our wedding with the venue of our dreams … and no, I’m not being all mushy princess pouffy white dress bride with you. We’re getting married in a freaking brewery with a German beer hall!
If I may excerpt from Lew Bryson’s Pennsylvania Breweries 3rd Edition:
Carol Stoudt is a pioneer. When she founded Pennsylvania’s first microbrwery in 1987, she was one of the country’s few female brewers….The effect Carol and her brewery have always had on the industry … is macro. She makes good beer. The Stoudts don’t hold with average; they want the best.
Ray and I feel really good about putting money into the hands of Stoudts — they are not another member of the Wedding Industry waiting to jack up prices by 20 percent and make us feel like every other couple. They march to the beat of their own drum, and so do we.
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, Ray and I will be married in one of the stunning indoor courtyards at Stoudt’s Brewery in Adamstown, Pa. Following the ceremony, we will march into the beer hall, man and wife, and share with friends and family alike some of the best craft beers in the state, as well as wonderful food and a tower of my specialty cupcakes in lieu of a traditional wedding cake.
If everyone walks away with the feeling that they just attended the beer festival of the year, then our goal will be met. Until then…
This place looks and sounds great. Can’t wait for the big day :)
I’m hoping that everyone has a great time…I hope to get official Save the Dates out before Xmas.
That’s awesome! As you’ll see at the end of chapter 1, I met Carol and some of her brood there in Stoudtburg Village. Sounds like the beeriest wedding of the century! Are those cupcakes going to be made at their on-site bakery, Eddie’s Breads?? With beer?
Thanks Brian! As for the cupcakes, I will be baking them, most likely in my future sister-in-law’s kitchen, with her help. Originally I was thinking of doing 3 different cupcake flavors (1 being a spice stout cake), but it was getting too complicated so I switched over to one recipe.
As the time gets nearer, I think I’ll share with our readers what the cupcakes will be, but until then my lips are sealed!
I would love to see any pictures you have from your wedding at Stoudt’s. My daughter is getting married their in Sept/2012 and would love to see wedding pictures using the site.
Thanks
C.
Hi Cindy! Stoudts is a great venue, and we actually got our decorating idea when we snuck in one weekend and saw set up for another wedding (by the way, if your daughter is looking for a hairdresser, look up Amber at Stoudtburg Village Salon. She’s wonderful!!!)
And here’s a post I wrote about my wedding.
Good luck! Feel free to email me with any other questions.