i fought the law... and the law won.
i just spent the last 2 hours securing the liquor license for the reception.
i know... nothing like leaving it to the last minute, eh?
because this shindig is taking place in the city of port moody, the police have to okay things.
so basically the shiz goes down like this:
i fill out the form, liquor store okays it, i take it to the police and they okay it and then i take it back to the liquor store and they print off the official certificate and i'm good to go.
simple...ish.
but not so much.
the big pain in the ass about all this is that i have to know exactly how much liquor i am buying.
i have a list (of course) of what i planned on buying, including the 2 kegs i had ordered etc...
well, it turns out that the license will only let me have a maximum of 6 servings per guest.
sooooo... my kegs alone put me over the limit.
after haggling with the liquor store staff, we finally decided on this:
that is not much.
at all.
so we're half way to the police station... when it hits us. l
et's just say we'll have more guests.
so we go back to the liquor store... "er... we forgot some people, so we'll really have 100 guests, not 75"
so we get more booze, right?
right.
so the guy tells us we can have this:
so we go to the cop shop...
and she looks at it, and says "do you want more hard liquor than 2 bottles?"
and we say yes of course
and she tells us that we can have 6 bottles.
sweet. things are looking up.
so we are now at:
we're at the liquor store and the guy looks at our form and says no way.
he said we are WAY over the limit for what we can have.
at this point i kind of want to beat my head up against a wall.
does ANYONE know what we're allowed to have?!
so he downgrades us BIG TIME.
to this:
and that's the maximum amount of liquor that we are allowed on site.
by law.
and i for one would never dream of breaking laws. right?
right.
but fuck. what a pain in the ass.
and tell me that 6 drinks per person over an 8 hour event isn't a little stringent?
because i think it's retarded.
think about this. a martini is 2oz. so 3 martinis over 8 hours?!
that wouldn't even get you tipsy.
bah.
anyways, what a pain in the ass... so much running around and math and shit.
again... i can not fucking wait for this shit to be over.
i know... nothing like leaving it to the last minute, eh?
because this shindig is taking place in the city of port moody, the police have to okay things.
so basically the shiz goes down like this:
i fill out the form, liquor store okays it, i take it to the police and they okay it and then i take it back to the liquor store and they print off the official certificate and i'm good to go.
simple...ish.
but not so much.
the big pain in the ass about all this is that i have to know exactly how much liquor i am buying.
i have a list (of course) of what i planned on buying, including the 2 kegs i had ordered etc...
well, it turns out that the license will only let me have a maximum of 6 servings per guest.
sooooo... my kegs alone put me over the limit.
after haggling with the liquor store staff, we finally decided on this:
- 90L of keg beer (that's a full keg and a pony keg)
- 12 bottles of wine
- 2 x 750ml of hard liquor
that is not much.
at all.
so we're half way to the police station... when it hits us. l
et's just say we'll have more guests.
so we go back to the liquor store... "er... we forgot some people, so we'll really have 100 guests, not 75"
so we get more booze, right?
right.
so the guy tells us we can have this:
- 90L of keg beer
- 25 dozen prepackaged beer
- 20 bottles of wine
- 2 x 750ml of hard liquor
so we go to the cop shop...
and she looks at it, and says "do you want more hard liquor than 2 bottles?"
and we say yes of course
and she tells us that we can have 6 bottles.
sweet. things are looking up.
so we are now at:
- 90L of keg beer
- 25 dozen prepackaged beer
- 20 bottles of wine
- 6 x 750ml of hard liquor
we're at the liquor store and the guy looks at our form and says no way.
he said we are WAY over the limit for what we can have.
at this point i kind of want to beat my head up against a wall.
does ANYONE know what we're allowed to have?!
so he downgrades us BIG TIME.
to this:
- 25 dozen prepackaged beer
- 15 bottles of wine
- 4 x 750ml of hard liquor
and that's the maximum amount of liquor that we are allowed on site.
by law.
and i for one would never dream of breaking laws. right?
right.
but fuck. what a pain in the ass.
and tell me that 6 drinks per person over an 8 hour event isn't a little stringent?
because i think it's retarded.
think about this. a martini is 2oz. so 3 martinis over 8 hours?!
that wouldn't even get you tipsy.
bah.
anyways, what a pain in the ass... so much running around and math and shit.
again... i can not fucking wait for this shit to be over.
that is crazy silly. it slike no one cares that its a WEDDING! gawd, you'd think these people would cut you some slack. and if the cops are the ones saying, "hey, party!!!!" then what is a government clerk doing telling you how to live your life. yikes.
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Um, did I miss why you didn't just say you'd be hosting 200 people?
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so that is the max amount of booze you are allowed on site at any given time...
WHAT IF...
you buy way more and keep it securely stored in a vehicle OUTSIDE the site. when you have a bunch of empties, take them outside to the vehicle and re-stock with your extra awaiting supply. if you happen to get checked up on (because what else do PoMo cops have to do) you will always be within your allowable limit.
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BCLC can be the biggest group of beaurocratic nazis you could ever imagine. Privatized liquor stores, baby - it's the only way to fly. Thank god the rest of Canada is on the trolley with that one.
Seriously, though: BC's draconian, borderline-prohibition alcohol laws are some serious dark ages-type shit. And don't get me started on the smoking laws...
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This is simple.
Buy all the alcohol the police said you could have. If they show up, and give you shit, flash the paper they signed.
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