What you get, and what it costs.

No — you purchase the alcohol and it stays yours throughout. We're hired for the bar itself: the menu, the technique, the setup, and the service. Tell us what you're planning and we'll talk through what makes sense for your crowd, then settle the rest on the quote.

A useful planning number is about one drink per guest per hour, with the first hour running heavier. Once we've talked through your guest count and what your crowd actually drinks, we can get more specific than that — it's the kind of thing worth a quick call rather than a guess.

Yes. We're TIPS certified, which is the standard alcohol-service certification venues and planners look for. It covers responsible service, spotting overconsumption, and handling the moment when someone needs to be cut off — which we will do, and which is most of the reason to hire a professional instead of putting a friend behind the bar.

The honest rule is one bartender per 50 guests for a standard bar, or one per 35 if you're serving a lot of built cocktails rather than beer and wine. Under-staffing the bar is the most common mistake we see, and it's the one guests remember. We'll recommend a number when we quote, and we won't pad it.

We arrive early, build the bar, prep everything that needs prepping, and are standing behind a finished bar before your first guest walks in. At the end we break it down completely and leave the space the way we found it.

Always, and we take them seriously. Every bar includes water and standard mixers, and we can build a real zero-proof menu — three drinks with the same construction and garnish as the rest of the list. Anyone not drinking should still get handed something that looks like it was made for them.

The Denver metro is included with no travel fee. Boulder, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, and the mountain towns are all doable — travel gets quoted as a flat rate up front and appears on your estimate before you agree to anything.

A signed agreement and a 15% deposit hold the date. The balance is due within seven days after the event, so you're not juggling a final payment in the week you're actually getting married. We take card, bank transfer, Venmo, Zelle, and check. The deposit is non-refundable — it's what holds your date and turns away other events.

We're used to it. Outdoor events need a covered bar position — a tent, a garage, an overhang — and we'll flag that when we quote. Guest counts move, timelines shift, and ceremonies run long. Tell us as early as you can and we'll adjust. If you have to cancel outright, the deposit is non-refundable — it's what held the date and turned away other events.

Yes, and it's the best money in the whole package. Tell us what you both drink and we'll build two signature cocktails that actually taste like something, print menu cards for the bar, and name them whatever you want.

That's your call, and we'll set it up either way. Some hosts prefer to cover gratuity themselves so nothing sits on the bar; others want a tip jar out for guests. Tell us which you'd like when we're building the plan and it's handled before the first guest walks up.