Wedding alcohol options

Who cares if they complain, at least they have options. I think beer and wine is fine. Especially if you all are already over budget and not a lot of your guest drinks. Also, since you want a classy look I think you could still have beer and wine and it be okay. Don’t incur an extra expense.

I think just wine is fine. As long as you have a red and a white, there will be something for everyone. I don't think you need alcohol at all though if most guests don't drink.

I would never complain if I didn't get mixed drinks (even though they are my preference) . I don't drink beer at all and on a occasion I ll have a glass of wine with dinner. I think it depends on what your crowd drinks if they are beer and wine drinkers and its a substantial savings I think it is totally acceptable to go that route. Happy planning!

I think beer and wine would be a perfectly acceptable option. That way guests can have a drink if they want, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

Our venue was the same way. I thought signature drinks would have been easier/ cheaper than a full bar since they could be mixed ahead of time, kept on tap, and wouldn't require all the bar elements 🤷‍♀️ but we'd have to upgrade to a full bar PLUS pay extra for signature drinks, so it definitely wasn't worth it for us either.

We had just wine and beer and it was absolutely not a problem for anyone.

You know your guests best , so it’s important to base this decision off of their drinking habits — consider what the drinkers tend to go for when you’re with them. If it’s mostly cocktails, you may want to spring for that. If most drink wine or beer, should be a safe choice.


I like wine service but I do think it’s something that can easily lead to over consumption, as people are less able to keep tabs on their drinks when it’s like a never ending refill …accountability disappears when you take away having to make a trip up to the bar. (Hahaha…,at least in my personal experience )

If you and your partner and most of your guests don't drink, it would be perfectly acceptable to have a dry wedding. Instead, could your venue set up a table of beverage dispensers for non-alcoholic drinks to make it festive? Or have a coffee or smoothie bar? Those are options to soft drinks, but if your guests drink that, this is fine to toast with. Btw, alcohol doesn't make people trashy. The people themselves choose trashy behavior, and often blame the alcohol after.

View Quoted Comment That’s a great point about the wine service! I’ll definitely keep that in mind!

Paying per person is actually pretty normal. There is zero oversight with consumption bar so the end tab can easily be astronomical.


The bar offerings depends on what your guests drink. You mention that most don’t drink and those who do have preferences. Work with that. Beer/wine only for some crowds goes entirely to waste because it’s not what they drink. If you have a group of guests who don’t drink or perhaps don’t touch wine, it makes zero sense to have wine service only. For our guests, if we served wine or beer/wine, no one would touch it and it would be a waste of money. Our guests some don’t drink at all and other prefer straight liquor or mixed drinks. When in doubt, always ask your closest people what they prefer because they will be attending. At the same time, it’s also ok to skip the alcohol if no one is into it. And ask the venue to not charge if you don’t purchase anything. It’s considered bad hosting on WW but etiquette says it is not if your guests are not drinkers.
Also there is a huge misconception that people don’t get drunk from beer/wine but they get trashed from the smallest amount of liquor. The opposite is true more often than not where more people get drunk from beer/wine before the liquor sets in.

Some may have some frown faces on the mix drinks but as long that's it's a good tasting wine and beer it should no problems. Not having no alchohol then ppl may have then angry faces lol lol. But go what feels right to please some of the guests

Beer and wine is perfectly acceptable hosting.

We are doing 1 type of beer .. a brewery near are venue will be serving that along with 2 signature cocktails and 2 different wine options … I think just beer and wine is fine … I hope my options are fine too! I worry to much lol