Only champagne?

I think it's fine for an afternoon reception to only have champagne.

Like everyone only gets one glass of champagne and that’s it? How long is your reception?

What day of the week? If it's a Sunday, I can see champagne only. If it was a Saturday, I'd definitely want a mid-afternoon beer.

I think this it depends on your crowd. If everyone’s local, I think this is more okay than if you have a lot of people traveling for your wedding. Some people aren’t champagne fans so if it’s handed out during a toast, prepare to see some people take one polite sip and then leave it where if you cut the champagne toast and let people toast with whatever they’re drinking, there’ll be less waste.

Could you do a mimosa bar or something instead? Or just champagne and beer, but no wine?

I think you should do whatever works for you. I am a social drinker and it seems pretty silly to me for the most expensive thing to be alcohol. I also don't drink champagne so I would opt for water and wouldn't think anything about there not being any other alcohol for me to choose from.

I've heard of this at weddings. You could serve tea, lemonade, water, soda, coffee bar and do a champagne toast towards the end. It's not unheard of and if that fits your budget better then you should do it. It's your wedding, do what ya'll want and what works best for you both!

I think it's ok to have a dry wedding and just a champagne toast

I'm doing a totally dry wedding because it's early. I think a nice champagne toast would be fine

I never say no to champagne! I think you are more than ok, you don't need to justify anything at your wedding.

I agree with everyone! You should do whatever works for you. You are the one who has to pay for it. Especially since your reception is earlier in the day it makes perfect since to me! Good luck with the rest of your planning!

As everyone has said, it really is up to you and what works best for your crowd and your budget. I tend to like drinks at weddings- even daytime. Not tons. Not to get hammered. But as a social element. I wonder if you decided to serve only beer or only wine if that could save some money and provide those who would like to drink with an option. I also loved the suggestion earlier about doing a mimosa bar! That sounds fun. No matter what, your guests are there for you- not for the alcohol. If you have a big drinking crowd hand out flasks as party favors or hit up a bar after the reception.

How much is just the champagne toast?

I think the champagne toast would be perfect.

I agree with the other posters on here that's it depends on the people coming to the wedding. Personally I know some people that would want to have a beer in the afternoon while others would be okay with champagne.the

I went to a wedding around that time and they had mimosas! It was nice.

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The bar after is actually part of our plan... do the formal stuff.. .then get into comfy clothes and hit up the breweries around our town.

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Around 400.

My cocktail hour starts at 11 and the reception is at 1, so I have a pretty close timeline to you. We were able to get our venue to give us a discounted price for an open wine and beer bar due to the time of our wedding. You could try asking, the worst they can say is no. I'm not a drinker, but everyone in our wedding is traveling and needs to stay in a hotel so we opted for a beer and wine bar to be better hosts. Personally I wouldn't care if I went to a wedding with only a champagne toast, that is normally the only thing I drink.

I think its fine for an afternoon wedding BUT I disagree with the statement "there should be no reason to drink that early in the day." because I definitely like to day drink... lol but thats my preference. But weddings are also different than going out and day drinking haha. I think champagne is 100% okay and acceptable.