Chester County resident Nathaniel Lieberman made a creative substitution when hosting a dry wedding last year, writes Chavie Lieber for The Wall Street Journal.
Lieberman and his wife hired a coffee cart for their wedding last September. The wedding venue, a local firehall, didn’t allow alcohol, and the couple instead opted for coffee as a late-night beverage.
Lieberman shared that neither him nor his wife regularly drink, and neither do their friends. He said, “I grew up knowing that if I went hog-wild drunk, it would be recorded and live on the internet forever.”
Going alcohol-free for the wedding was a way to save money while not missing out on fun drinks.
The Liebermans wedding comes as an upward trend of dry weddings across the country. With more openness about sobriety and alcohol-free living, many wedding organizers seek out creative alternatives to a traditional open bar, including mocktails, coffee, and soda.
Responses to the concept remain mixed. Some wedding guests view it as “bad hosting,” while others see an alcohol-free wedding as a safer, equally enjoyable option.
Gracie Giambrone, a marketing professional living in Florida, is also forgoing alcohol at her upcoming wedding. Instead, the couple has hired a chef to live cool paella, in addition to a specialty coffee cart.
Giambrone said, “If it’s a day about us, it makes no sense to get alcohol.”
Read more about Nathaniel Lieberman and the dry wedding trend across the globe in The Wall Street Journal.
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