Comments on: Non-alcoholic drinks for your wedding reception

By: Valarie

Valarie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:17:14 +0000

I love love love this post! I hate alcohol and really hate how stupid some of my nearest and dearest act when they consume it. I lost three friends in a car accident – they drove home drunk from a friend’s wedding. Of course it ruined the memory of the wedding for the bride and groom and it is a night I will never forget – the biggest nightmare of my life.

Anything you can do to promote alcohol free celebrations will save lives. Consider yourself my hero.

By: Tea Party Latest

Tea Party Latest — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:26:24 +0000

Hey, great writing.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:16:27 +0000

I hate that it took me so long to comment on this article. I love that you wrote this article! We had slush machines at our wedding and they were the hit of the party.
We made virgin margaritas and pina coladas in the slush machines and then we had a regular bar where if they wanted an alcohol drink they could get one. Most people just drank the slush machine drinks without alcohol. I love that we had such great choices for our guests.

My sister plans to use the slush machine for her rehearsal dinner since she is going to serve mexican food, it will be perfect!

By: Shar

Shar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:53:40 +0000

I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for this article. I read this last month, just before my wedding. I bought all the books you suggested and then we hired a bartender to coordinate a non-alcohol bar. We chose 8 different no-alcohol drinks to have on our Bar Menu and then named them for members in the wedding party. They were an absolute hit! Personally I drank the “virgin-or that’s what her mother thinks – margene-ritas” (her mom laughed – we knew she would – Margene is 30!)

Around 9p.m. we had a coffee bar as well and the hot chocolate was a hit too! My mom got so excited about the idea of homemade marshmallows that she made all these different flavored ones – few made them in the hot chocolate because people were so fascinated with them that they just kept on popping them in their mouth! We also had these thin chocolate covered peppermint sticks that people put in their hot chocolate. No one missed alcohol at our wedding and people are still talking about how great the drinks were!

My girlfriend (who is planning her wedding) had found this church with a great reception hall (overlooking the San Diego bay) but they do not allow alcohol. After my wedding she realized that she could rent the church and reception hall and still have a great reception. She’s going to try the soda jerk/malt bar you suggested. I think you have started a trend among my friends! It’s a good thing!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:07:07 +0000

I so appreciate this article. My father is an alcoholic and I hate having temptation around for him. The books you recommended are great and I will definitely be less stressed knowing I can still have great tasting and great looking beverages without the consequences of alcohol.