Am still very very impressed & grateful for all the work you guys are putting in to making this come together.

(Am also horribly conscious that a couple of beverages will see me sozzled...living in a Muslim country, and with my flatmate now allergic to alcohol, my tolerance? She is GONE. Er. So I apologise in advance for making a gibbering fool of myself.)

I've finally discovered the only beer on earth that isn't vile, too. Lambic - framboise flavor. Lovely Belgian fruit beer. So tasty and not at all beerlike.

HAR, I have recently discovered that I cannot stand lambic. 'Twas a surpise to me, too. Too sickly sweet.

I adore "vile" beer and I know there is a local brewery in Northern California, Bear Republic, that does amazing beer. I will find something to drink whatever ends up at the bar, as I love single malt champagne and wine and all that (EDIT: but it's hard for me to balance the drinking of it) but I have an unholy love also for craft beer. (as in, not american lagers like bud and coors, or even heinekan/amstel light, they are still a little light for my general tastes, though I will drink the dutch stuff if necessary). If craft beers are not available... Bass Ale is good, anything IPA is quite drinkable.

Local beers are awesome though.

Just the beer pitch, with all the mixed drink, hard alcohol, and champagne talk.

I second my wife's pitch for beer. Good beer, if at all possible.

I rarely drink hard liquor and prefer the grain to the grape.

...see, I like all beverages. All of them. Gin, vodka, tequila, whisky, bourbon...most any spirit, or liqueur. Red wine rather than white or rose, ideally, but so long as it's not Egyptian it'll be yummy.

Not a big fan of beer, but I don't hate it, and some beers I do thoroughly enjoy.

So, in short, the bar sounds fantastic. And the food also sounds fantastic. And there's a whole big lot of fantastic going on.

scenario exploring: if two self-confessed super beer snobs, rather than imposing their tastes on the party in general, were to get some craft beer and stash it in the hospitality suite fridge, would we be able to access it for the prom, and drink it there? Or would carryover from the HS to the Prom area be frowned upon and, well, tacky?

'cause the more I think about it, the more I know, we're gonna need good beer. And beer tastes vary WIDELY. And I don't want to drive Deb around the bend for our particular libation fetish.

Anyway. Just a heads up that I am flexible in my inflexibility.

Carryover from the HS to the Prom would likely be frowned upon. Floating back and forth from the HS to the Prom would be fine. In the past there was a lot of floating back and forth between rooms, the HS, and Prom. Both for drinking the private stash and just escaping to a quiet spot for a bit.

OK. Good to know.

t climbing onto the craft beer wagon

I think it would be great if the hotel offers locals beers, but as long as we escape the horrors of "beers" like Miller Lite and Coors, I'll be fine. All we really need is a moderately well stocked bar with premium brands. If someone's heart is set on a purple passion martini, they can bring the required mixers to combine with the bar's vodka.

Count me in on the beer cart, it only takes one or two really good ones to keep me happy. Even if they're all in the HS, that's fine with me. I'm sure I'll be one of the people hopping back and forth for the quiet.

There has never been a single alcohol-related incident at any of the previous 4 Proms,

well, unless you don't count Drew's flirting :)