Looking for a bar package and bartender for a wedding event? You are in the right place! There are many pieces to the wedding bar service puzzle including alcohol permits, insurance, rentals (e.g glassware and bar rental for wedding), and food and ice suppliers, alcohol suppliers, and staff. For a great quality wedding bartender service all these components need to work together in harmony. Without experience, proper systems, and suppliers you can depend on is a risk to your wedding event.
Why risk your special day? Our bar services for weddings helps you to simplify the execution of your event by helping you with all the planning, staffing, beverages, and rentals. The following is an overview of the wedding beverage types and formats we offer, and answers to frequently asked questions.
What Options Do You Have For A His And Hers Signature Drink? Often couples choose to combine their wedding open bar service with a specialty cocktail or mocktail that has meaning to them, often referred to as a his and hers drink. For example this could be a classic drink that is memorable from a vacation such as a mojito, or simply something the bride or groom enjoys like a smoked old fashioned.
We offer various options of customization of your cocktail or mocktail menu including:
Do You Serve Other Types Of Wedding Beverages? All wedding events include beverages that need to be served that consist of alcohol packages or non-alcoholic options. The number of wedding beverage options can feel overwhelming. Our bartender for wedding service helps to simplify your life by aggregating all of these beverage options from a single mobile bar or a combination of full serve or self serve stations saving you money and time coordinating with multiple vendors. The other beverages we can help with include: mocktails, fresh juices, smoothies, lemonades, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.
What are the different tiers of wedding alcohol package options? Open bars generally include spirits, as well as beer and wine. Within each of these liquor categories there are three tiers of pricing. Our wedding alcohol packages are not based on tiers because often couples choose to combine various tiers of alcohol options.
First Tier: Well Drinks
The term “well” refers to bar-rail drinks, referring to the rail along where the bartender mixes drinks. Well liquor is the generic alcohol a bar uses for drinks.
Some examples of well liquor are:
Second Tier: Call Drinks
Call liquors are usually of slightly better quality than well liquors. A call drink gets its name from specifying (i.e., calls) the exact brand or brands of liquor to be used.
Some examples of call liquor are:
Third Tier: Top Shelf / Premium
The name Top Shelf comes from the bottles on the highest shelves behind a bar. Though there’s no hard rule as to cost, these tend to be bottles that would retail for $100 or more in a store. These bottles typically are not in full swing for all the guests at a wedding, however the bride and groom may have a few of these bottles behind the bar for the wedding party and themselves.
Some examples of top shelf liquor are:
What Is Your Bartender For Wedding Service Cost? The pricing for a wedding bar service is quite intuitive; the more options you give guests, and the more premium those options, the more it will cost. With our services there is no venue overhead cost to cover, so generally speaking plugging our services into the venue will be more cost efficient than the venue services. One cost difference between our services and a venue bartender services is that we charge for travel, and potentially overnight accommodations if the travel distance and service duration is over a 13 hour shift.
Our approach to quoting a wedding event bar service is consultative and takes into account each couples individual needs. For example if your venue doesn’t have a bar rental for a wedding, we can help you with this option. We have a variety of options to meet the couples requirements and budget, so to get you an accurate quote please get in touch with us. We promise we will make hiring a bartender for your wedding a breeze!
Should I Do A Tonnie Bar Or Cash Bar Wedding? While at first glance charging guests for drinks seems like a great way to save money on your wedding bar service, there are some important considerations for this.
Firstly you have to consider the objective of charging for drinks. Sometimes couples are simply aiming to recoup part of the cost of their service or limiting alcohol consumption. In this case a Tonnie bar at a wedding may be an option. With a Stag and Doe however, the objective is often to raise money for the wedding by charging for tickets and drinks, so the drink price would need to be higher.
Secondly you have to consider the consequences of charging for drinks. Collecting payments of any type will slow the bar service down, and you may require additional staff at an extra cost to off-set the slowdown in service. You have to weigh the cost and benefits to determine what is best. We can help you with your decision to charge for drinks or not, and what amount to charge. Get in touch today!
What type of bartender for wedding events do you help with? We provide bar services for weddings event types such as:
Get in touch today if you are looking for a bartending service for weddings!
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