I was talking to my reception venue about their alcohol policy. It is beer and wine only, no liquor, no margarita machines. We have realized that most of the venues that we looked at had this policy.
Well I asked the lady if we were allowed to have "Signature Drinks" but not a full bar with liquor as an option. I told her some sort of a weak spiked punch, like a Hurricane or something. And she kinda hesitantly told me that that was also considered liquor so it wouldn't be allowed, but then she said, "But I mean if we don't see it..... (giggle giggle wink wink)
Soooo should I plan to do it, or what? lol... All I really wanted to do was get a few of those drink dispensers, make a fun fruity hurricane. Call it Hurricane LastName and call it a day! I would have a TABC certified bartender serving and he would know not to give it to kids and to let people know that it has alcohol. We would probably even label it "Adult Beverage" or something less creepy. I mean, yeah, I guess we would be breaking policy but didn't she basically just say that they would turn the other cheek? BTW, we do plan to have wine and beer as well.
I asked this question on a different board and someone suggested making Bellinis of some sort as a signature drink since champagne can be the only mixer in it. I thought this was a good idea, but my question would be how would she know that it has champagne and not rum? Couldn't I just do a rum punch (weak), let her know its some sort of a sparkling wine mixer so it will not be served to kids? Am I a totally horrible person for thinking about doing this? She literally just made it seem like not a big deal at all.