Rehearsal dinner - drinks included or cash bar?

We're having ours at a restaurant that is BYOB (wine and beer only). We will be bringing the wine and beer.

Not sure if we are doing a rehersal dinner but if we are then I would provide food and drink as is the general custom here

Would you be able to have it not in the contract and then you could just put everyone on the same tab at the end of the night and pay it. That way you don't need to pay more than people drink but you're still hosting properly.

We're doing it by consumption.

We are having a simple bbq for our rehearsal dinner with the wedding party, wedding planner, and the officiant and his wife. It is going to be very laid back mingling. I believe we will have something alcohol wise here and we are covering it.

The last rehearsal dinner I went to the wine was the only thing provided but any hard liquor was not. No body seemed to have a problem with it. They just made sure to have the waiters remind us when we were ordering so no one got a surprise bill.

We are doing a consumption bar of beer and wine. So it's open as far a guests know but we only pay for what they drink. With our guests we figured they are all pretty light drinkers esp the night before the wedding!

Full coursed meal with apps and open bar at Brooklyn Winery. Ours was around 30 people and was $3500.

We are doing ours at the hotel we are staying at. It's like 24 people and we are customizing the menu for salad and two entrees. Listing two beer types and red/white wine... We don't want anyone going crazy obvious reasons lol

We provided margaritas (it was at a Mexican restaurant), wine, and beer.