You had me at “Beer Here“…and I’m just loving everything about this BEER TASTING birthday party by Ashley. The concept is so simple, but super fun! What a great way to celebrate a milestone birthday and sample a bunch of unique beers all at the same time!
From the cool signage and pub food, to the amazing bottle cap cake – (great minds think alike, I had a similar cake made for my hubby’s 29th birthday!) – to the fully stocked drink stations, Ashley incorporated every guy’s favorite things: BEER and FOOD. She obviously knows the way to a man’s heart!
Read on for more festive party photos and creative details…
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PARTY DETAILS, as told by Ashley…
“I had a beer-tasting party for my husband’s 30th birthday party. The concept was simple: guests brought a 6-pack of beer in one of the following categories: ale, lager or stout/dark.
Each station was in a different area of the house, and people were free to try whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Each station was equipped with cups, napkins, a bottle opener, place for beer caps, and a place to take notes about beers they loved or hated. The sample cups gave people the opportunity to pour some of the beer into a cup, instead of drinking the entire bottle. We also had a pony keg of a Kansas City local favorite (Boulevard Wheat) on tap.
We ended up with about 15 different beers at each station, and it was a fabulous time. We plan on turning this party into an annual Octoberfest event!
For food, I did a bunch of bar food type appetizers – buffalo chicken dip, taquitos, jalapeno poppers, chicken enchilada dip, beer dip, etc. Downstairs I did a snack bar with spicy nuts, mixed nuts, pub mix, tobassco popcorn and seasoned oyster crackers. At the dessert bar was cake, mini cupcakes and brownies. The bottle cap cake was rocky road with cookies ‘n’ cream filling. The mini cupcakes were strawberry, lemon, carrot and peanut butter. And the cream cheese brownies were made by my amazing grandmother!
My favorite pictures are from the day after, when we lined up all the empty beer bottles on the bar.”
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VENDOR CREDITS:
– Party Styling & Graphic Design: by the party hostess – Ashley!
– Cake & Cupcakes: Cake by Combs
– Napkins: ForYourParty.com
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Wow, I love this idea! My husband would flip for this :)
LOVE this! what a fun “manly” theme. reminds me of college, but a little less crazy haha
This is TOTALLY fab! I love the simplicity of the cake, the clean graphics, and the concept in general – everything is just perfect! Great job Ashley!
OMgoodness! My boyfriend would love this… any day, not just a birth day! lol
Thanks ladies! I had a blast with this party. We’ve decided to come it an annual event, and I’ve started dreaming up what to add this time around.
Ok, this is a fantastic party theme – I just love it!
I especially love the party snack station….what fun!
What a terrific idea! My boyfriend’s turning 30 this year and he would LOVE this theme. I agree with K. McGuire, anyday would be fun! to host this event!
This is unique, as far as I can tell. I love how my male friends and brothers would pour over this.
SUCH a great idea!
What a fun party. My husband is turning 40 next year and this would be perfect. His friends are going to love it too!
This party plan has it all: a great theme that was carried out with attention to detail, an opportunity for guests to have fun and interact and visual appeal! Fabulous ideas for those men in our lives!
Well put together. Great cake idea.
What a nice party…full of great ideas! I was wondering where you found the yard sign holder. I’ve never seen one like that before.
This is the party I would loved to have had last week for my husband’s 30th. However, we live in student housing at a religious school that doesn’t allow alcohol on it’s campus. So, I had to settle for a zombie theme.
HI! I am totally doing this theme for my husband’s 30th! Anyway you would share the invites and printables?
Thanks!