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Fatima
VIP October 2011

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Fatima, on August 22, 2011 at 8:40 PM Posted in Planning 0 6

Even though my stepdad doesnt want us to have open bar, im pretty set on it. It's SORT OF a destination wedding since it's not even in town, so everyone is making effort just to go to the wedding! They deserve some liquor! Im still asking the venue what the deal is on alcohol and stuff, because quite frankly im confused. On the website, they say we can only get alcohol from a specific company (and it's THEIR company it turns out) but when i asked them if we can send mixed drinks to the ladies while getting ready (mango mojitos mmm mmm mm!) he said "Any mixed drink that you serve is fine, we just need to get a permit if you are serving hard liquor."

So ... what does this mean? Can we buy our own beer and serve it? Or do we have to get everything approved by them? It's confusing because we told them we wanted honey mead at the wedding (viking tradition!) and he said he would to find some for us.

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Latest activity by Jessica, on September 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM
  • Fatima
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    Fatima ·
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    I was thinking: sparkling cider for any toast (so that kids can feel special and toast with us)

    Honey mead for... drinking. Id like it to be for something special like a toast, but im not sure what else we could toast to and drink out of the drinking horns!

    Octoberfest beer, as well as assorted beer.

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    I do want to SORT of abide to stepdad's wishes since he is paying for the wedding, so should i settle with mixed drinks open-bar, but buy a stock of beer/honey mead and when it runs out, its out?

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  • Kimberly
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    The venue probably only has an alcohol permit for beer & wine. They can get a special one day hard alcohol license though. So that's what he's saying. They will probably charge you to get the permit (because it costs them extra). As for the alcohol choices, he's just going to order it from their supplier. It's pretty easy for them to do, they'll just need a specific list of what you want.

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  • Shannon
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    Our venue was saying the same thing so we just have to get a permit (its from the liquor store) and its only about $15 to allow "outside" alcohol.

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  • Fatima
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    Okay.. so... i pay for a permit (XX amount) and the venue orders hard lliquor based on the drinks we plan to have? A specific amount? In which case... we could theoretically have an "open bar" but it's limited in supplies?

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  • Fatima
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    Bumping this, i still dont know what the permit means!

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  • Jessica
    Master July 2012
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    In Washington State you can buy a "banquet permit" from any liquor store for $10. It like an event license for alcohol. We will need one for our venue, since they don't require licensed bartenders.

    http://liq.wa.gov/publications/CIB2-Banquet-Permit-10-08.pdf

    Other states probably have something very similiar.

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