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Just Said Yes January 2022

Self Serve Alcohol for backyard wedding of 40?

Ciara, on February 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 5

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So we really want to have hard liquor at our backyard wedding next year but hiring a licensed bartender seems like a waste and a lot of hassle. I've heard of people doing self serve alcohol and it has worked out well but I'm concerned with being liable for anyone driving home drunk. We're only having around 35-40 people.

Since parking is going to be limited we are going to ask everyone to either ride share to and from the event or get picked up which also solves the issue of people driving drunk. To me, this seems like a good idea but am I missing something that would make this not feasible?

I also welcome other non-bartended alcohol ideas!!

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Latest activity by Sherry, on February 20, 2020 at 2:32 PM

Legend June 2019
Melle · on February 20, 2020 at 2:15 PM
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I sort of feel like in cases like these it’s better to have a limited variety of alcohol just to make things easier . Hence why a lot of people suggest just beer and wine
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Kristina · on February 20, 2020 at 2:21 PM
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I agree with Melle, i would have a limited variety so people can't get too out of hand and its simple just wine and beer.
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Ciara · on February 20, 2020 at 2:24 PM
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My idea currently is to do buckets of glass/cans of beer, a couple boxes of wine, and either batch cocktails in dispensers, or 3-4 select cocktails like G&T, rum and coke, etc. I definitely want to keep this as simple as possible. Does this seem like it would work out?
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Melle · on February 20, 2020 at 2:29 PM
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I would just go with a premade his and hers cocktail and beer and wine selection.
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Sherry · on February 20, 2020 at 2:32 PM
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My family is super chill and this would and has worked several times for weddings and different events we have had. Granted, we also have a lot of heavy drinkers which can and have on several occasions gotten very out of hand so that would be my only concern is how do you monitor and cut people off that have had too much before it becomes dangerous.
What we did, to avoid said issue I just mentioned was we had wine and two pre-mixed signature drinks in dispensers. The reception started at 3:30 and that is also when the food (buffet) was ready. We only had the alcohol out from 3:30 to 5:30 and although we had our reception set to end at 9 pm, almost everyone was gone by 7:30 (Sunday wedding) but by the time they started leaving, everyone was sober enough to be ok because they didn't have enough time to drink too much so no one got out of hand. Maybe that would work for you. Offer the alcohol for a certain time frame leaving your guests plenty of time to sober up.
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