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doodle

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FI and i definitely want alcohol at our wedding (we MET because he was a regular at the bar where my best friend is the bartender!), but our venue is half an hour out of town. we don''t want everyone to get tanked then have to drive home, so our plan was to serve wine, beer, and a signature cocktail at the reception, end the reception a bit earlier (like have it be from 5-9), then have an after-party back in our hometown.

we''ve got a few things still to figure out, though:

1) how do you set up the bar for this? is it going to look like we were being cheap?

2) etiquette question: should we pay for everyone''s drinks at the after-party, or is not doing so okay?

3)i had a third question but can''t remember it, and i could have deleted the number 3, but it just seemed better to pose three items...
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Good morning!

I think it''s fine to serve beer, wine, and a signature drink. I forget where you''re getting married (did you mention it?) but the venue usually would take care of this -- just talk to the coordinator. If you''re having alcohol brought in, again, just talk to the people you''re working with and tell them your wishes. I don''t think it''s necessary at all to pay for people''s drinks at an after party. I think everyone assumes that they''re on their own at that point (especially if you have open limited bar at the reception).
 
I''m just serving wine at the reception,

A high-end prosecco, red & white wine, and Malvasia (a sweet red dessert wine) with the cake.

My parents don''t believe in serving spirits and none of us really drink beer.


FI and I are having an informal after-party back at the hotel with those of our friends who want to stay up (reception is from 3.30pm - midnight) - I''ve arranged that the bar will be open for that, but everyone pays for their own drinks.

That said, we are throwing a big party back in London 2 weeks later. We''re putting $2k into food and behind the bar - when it runs out, everyone has to buy their own!
 
thanks for the feedback! we''re bringing in our own alcohol, but our venue requires that they serve it, which i''m a little nervous about because the alcohol laws just changed this year, and the lady herself told me that they''re still working out the kinks on the bartending! ya know, pandora, serving just wine''s actually not a bad idea for us either...we''re going to italy on our honeymoon and are serving italian food at the reception. plus, a lot of my friends aren''t wine drinkers, so that''d keep them more sober at the reception...hmm...might have to talk to fi about that one!
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bring on the chianti!
 
I don''t think you will look cheap for limiting the types of drinks you serve. Just wine sounds lovely, too.

I''ve been to many after-parties where the drinks were not provided by the hosts and the guests paid, I never had a problem with that. After attending your lovely wedding I can''t imagine anyone will bat an eye at buying their own beer!
 
Date: 5/28/2008 11:59:57 AM
Author: doodle
thanks for the feedback! we''re bringing in our own alcohol, but our venue requires that they serve it, which i''m a little nervous about because the alcohol laws just changed this year, and the lady herself told me that they''re still working out the kinks on the bartending! ya know, pandora, serving just wine''s actually not a bad idea for us either...we''re going to italy on our honeymoon and are serving italian food at the reception. plus, a lot of my friends aren''t wine drinkers, so that''d keep them more sober at the reception...hmm...might have to talk to fi about that one!
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bring on the chianti!
Why not serve some interesting Italian wines?

FI and I went over there to visits some vineyards and choose our wine in February. It was great fun.

If you''re not wanting to spend $$$ on actual champagne, I really recommend Prosecco - a great prosecco is way better than a so so champagne and much lower in price. And who to be honest looks at the bottles? They''re always wrapped up in napkins!

I''ve gone for a Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze, which comes from a tiny village in the prosecco region of the Veneto not far from Venice.
 
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