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Buying Alcohol for your Wedding
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Guidelines for stocking the bar for your wedding
The staff at Albertsons Liquors prides ourselves on the ability to work within your budget and provide you with everything you need to have successful beverage service at your wedding, or other celebration.
-At Albertsons Liquors, we make it easy for you to get what you want. We embrace good quality, budget conscious products; the most value for the money. We deliver the ice, liquor, wine, beer, and bartenders. The bartender can even bring back your unopened wine, 12 packs of beer, and unopened liquor if you like. We have planned thousands of weddings over our twenty-five years, we make sure there are no surprises.
-You get what you want. We don't try to talk you into something you do not want. You tell us what you have in mind and we work to create your bar selections, following your expectations, within your budget.
-You pay the price you want. We work within your budget. There are no surprises when you work with Albertsons Liquors. We are the inexpensive libations experts.
-Easy
-Get what you want
-At the price you want to pay
We offer some things to think about before you come into the store regarding your adult beverage service.
Below are some guidelines to make your wedding a success and alleviate some of the work and worry.
Beer:
Kegs are not a good value. Initially kegs seem like an economical choice, but there are some drawbacks.
-First, you are dealing with a tap. Taps can be temperamental. You can lose a lot of beer
because a tap becomes unbalanced. It slows bartenders down dealing with the foam as well.
-Secondly, there is a tremendous amouth of waste with plastic cups. People tend to take
possession of a bottle, but will leave a half full plastic cup of beer behind and later opt for a fresh draw.
-Plastic cups are a no-no. There are certain details that establish class and glassware
is one of them. Try to avoid plastic cups.
-Third, you can't offer a variety of beer with a keg.
-Forth, you can't return the unused portion of of a keg.
Canned beer is always a mistake at a wedding. People have strong feelings about canned beer.
Bottled beer is classy, canned beer is not.
If you choose 12 packs of bottle beers, you should break it down into no more than three categories,
American pilsner regular (Coors, Budweiser, Miller, etc.), American pilsner light, and import/micro brew
(Fat Tire, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, etc.). The more selections you give your bartender,
the longer service will take at the bar. It is okay to choose more than three, but know that you
will have more waste and you will be bogging down the service at the bar.
-One hundred and twenty-five (125) people will drink 8-10 cases of beer.
Wine:
Summer leans to pinot noir because cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay are too heavy.
Summer wedding pinot grigio and chardonnay are popular. Sauvignon blancs can be too acidic.
Keep in mind that there are a considerable amount of white zinfandel drinkers.
Although red wine seems to be very popular these days, white wine is still preferred by half
of all wedding guests. Many articles online talk about buying wine for your event and recommend
wines that are $10, $15, and $20 a bottle. Of course if you want to spend this much on wine it
is your decision, however, there are many good quality options well under $10 a bottle.
Spirits:
Glassware is very important when mixing drinks. A good on-the-rocks glass is seven to eight
ounces or more. Smaller on-the-rocks glass are not desirable because they make strong drinks
and are refilled faster. Wedding guests generally do not like a strong drink, so the very most
spirits you would pour would be 1.6 ounces, or a jigger.
It is okay to back the quantity down to a 1.25 or 1 ounce portions.
One of the biggest complaints heard about bartenders is they are making drinks too strong.
Never let your bartenders free pour.
Requiring your bartenders serve measured pours may sound like it would slow them down,
but professional bartenders are very good at measuring drinks. Guest wanting a strong
drink will usually ask for a double.
Signature drinks:
Some bridal magazines suggest creating your own signature drink for your wedding.
Albeit romantic, bartenders usually experience a rush when guest first come from the ceremony.
Mixing complicated drinks will slow down service significantly. Having to explain the drink,
over and over again will also bog down the service at the bar. People are familiar with
pinot grigio, Budweiser, and vodka, but Susan and Brian's Georgia Delight will take a
little explaining. If you absolutely must have a signature drink, choose a pre-mixed version.
Pre-mixed cocktails are very tasty and are consistent in flavor.
Pre-mixed cocktails will cut down on the congestion at the bar.
Consider a pre-mixed cocktail with a recognizable name, like margarita, mint mojito, or pina colada.
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