Consider staged service during the wedding reception. If your wedding reception is scheduled to last for 5 or more hours and you want to offer a full bar, consider offering the beverages in stages to save money. For example if only hosted beer, wine and soft drinks are offered until after dinner you are establishing …
Champagne & Sparkling wine (even the cheap stuff) has the highest cost per portion of just about anything that can be served at a wedding reception. It is even more expensive than a mixed drink on an actual cost per portion basis. Consider limiting the service time of champagne or using it only for a …
Why not have a friend Bartend? Hire Epitome Bartending rather than having a friend, employee or Uncle Fred to provide the bartending service. Experienced bartenders will usually pay for himself/herself. Based on full bar service of 100 guests, experienced bartenders who are familiar with portion control can save you an average of $18.00 per hour …
CHAMPAGNE TIPS from Epitome Bartending: If you are planning to rent real champagne glasses for champagne service for use at your wedding reception, consider using standard champagne glasses (flats) for butler passing. Use fluted glasses only for table service since they tend to tip very easily and a floor full of broken fluted champagne glasses …