Bar talk with Mint & Mirth: Licensing, insurance, and when to hire professional bartenders
Let’s talk about when you should hire professional bartenders for your wedding, when you shouldn’t, and how to cut costs on the bar area in general.
How to make mocktails for your non-drinking friends at your boozy wedding
The secret that some bartenders don’t want you to know is that nearly any cocktail can be improvised into a mocktail. Why don’t they talk about this more often? I don’t know. I take the completely opposite stance. I feel that being able to cater to any kind of guest demonstrates flexibility. Today I’m going to share with you some of my go-to mocktail recipes.
Bring Your Own Bickering: Why does everyone freak out over BYOB weddings?
Ah, ye olde BYOB debate. Second to the “Are potluck weddings tacky?” debate, this is one that people have some pretty strong and pretty divided opinions about. As always, our answer is “It’s ALL tacky — so what?” but there are some issues more complex than just subjective etiquette and tastefulness police at play here.
Mint & Mirth: Portland’s favorite queer bartenders are bringing their cat-themed cocktails to the entire West Coast
Our newest sponsors, Joni and Jennelle, are Portland-based couple who started their own custom cocktailing business. Mint & Mirth offers licensed and insured cocktail bartending in Portland and in Los Angeles, and they LOVE Offbeat Brides! They love Offbeat Brides so much that they wanna party with you.
Use wine corks as your guestbook
Suzanne and Tim have a tradition — when they open wine with friends, they write the date and names of everyone present on the cork. They found a pretty great way to work this tradition into their Whovian winery wedding last year by using the corks as their guestbook.
Liquor guess-timation: how to creatively calculate your wedding alcohol
We have collected much wisdom from some of our super-savvy Tribesmaids. From how they got their guests to help make the decision, to what an actual wedding order looks like, a simple-to-understand rule, and even some advice as to what to do with the left-overs — we got ’em to dish their cocktail menu details. If you’re looking for answers to this same drinky dilemma, check out these helpful tips…