Best guess is that if you’re reading this post, you drank beer at a wedding recently, perhaps your own.
In one beer blog, Zythophile, Martyn Cornell explains that the word “bridal” comes from the 16th century Anglo-Saxon term brýd-ealo, or bride-ale. Ale, though, “was being used here in its secondary sense of ‘a festival or merry-meeting at which much ale was drunk,’” Cornell says.
Here are some craft beers that are bridal ales, some specifically brewed for modern day bride-ales. They also make great gifts for the bride and groom.