Anyone not drink beer or wine?

Most people in my circle are either beer or wine people, with a few strictly liquor. Of course, most live a cocktail, especially before dinner. But at meals, I am a wine gal. On the dance floor, I go back to cocktails

Another thought: doing just beer and wine to save money is fine (though I prefer a signature drink as well to mix it up), but if you want to do this you need to taste your wines. Bad white wine is doable. Cheap beer, ugh okay. Bad red wine is undrinkable.

I wouldn’t serve something my guests wouldn’t drink, so in your case, with guests who don’t drink either, it would be a waste.
I’ve been to plenty of weddings without alcohol, everyone will still have fun.

I had a really small wedding and I cannot fathom knowing the drinking preferences of every guest. I think it's nice to offer a range of choices. However, if one wants to serve alcohol but can't afford liquor, then just beer and wine is fine.

But if you truly know that no one will drink it, then I guess it's ok to not have it. Although I can't imagine it would save any money by not including it along with liquor. Are you asking if you should offer only beer and wine, or only non-alcoholic drinks? I can't quite discern.

Are you asking if you should serve beer and wine or have a dry wedding? Or if you should only buy liquor?

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I'm just curious if any others out there have similar guest situations/preferences. We and our families have attended dry weddings with no issues and everyone had a great time. But there is a compromise somewhere because it isn't "dry only" or "beer/wine only" as the sole options.

But yes outside of a couple people on our potential guest list, we would probably go with only liquor and non alcoholic beverages.

View Quoted Comment At the venues I’ve looked at, all the bar packages that included liquor also included beer and wine. I guess you could tell the venue you don’t want beer and wine?

A well rounded bar for your guests is a must and most venues it’s a total package not something you can pick and choose

I dont drink beer or wine. Like ever. I just don’t enjoy either option. Neither does about half our guest list. So we will be having a full open bar with all types of liquor, as well as a selection of beer and wines, and of course non-alcoholic options, so everyone has something they like.

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Good idea.

I don't drink at all. I've actually never had alcohol, but my husband drinks. Our package included a full open bar. I know my brother-in-law and his wife only served beer and wine at their wedding and no one complained.

My FH and I enjoy all of the above! We know that a good number of our guests don’t drink much at all and there are others that are very into craft beer, fun cocktails, etc. If your venue allows you to provide the alcohol, try finding a store like Total Wine that offers returns of unopened items!

If you are having an open bar, I would encourage you to include beer and wine. It seems odd to me to have hard liquor but not the lighter options, particularly when people tend to drink heavily at weddings, I think it would be appropriate to ensure that there are at least some options on hand for those who want a nip of something lighter.

We decided to keep the bar since we already paid for it and just keep it beer/wine (no liquor). There will not be a lot of people drinking but I know some might want to. I think it's really up to your guests and your preferences.

We’re serving wine only. Originally we weren’t going to bother serving alcohol, but our wedding is at a vineyard so we decided to since it fits the venue. If it wasn’t at a vineyard we probably wouldn’t even bother.

For our minimony we didn't have any beer or wine at all because the guests present drinks liquor. For our upcoming big wedding we will have a few cases of beer but no wine, because again we know our crowd and very few drinks beer. So it would be a waste for us to serve it.

I don’t drink (been sober for 15 years) but he does. Our signature drinks will be Malibu & Coke for him & fresh squeezed strawberry lemonade for me. I will have guests that don’t drink either & I know they’ll love the lemonade! Our venue supplies soft drinks, tea & water with no additional cost. I’m going to have coffee (reg & decaf) from Dunkin Doughnuts for those coffee drinkers for after dinner.

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The lemonade and coffee sounds great!

I've never been to a wedding before with just non-alcoholic options and hard liquor before (without wine and beer). However, you know your crowd, and if that's what they're into, then you know best what they'd like!

Most venue's bar packages are either beer and wine or beer, wine, and liquor. Have you checked to see if your venue offers a liquor only package?