{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridal BFF","title":"Nobody Wants a Bad Cocktail Hour","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a8cb362d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2673,"description":"Britt sits down with Jake and Josh from Bartender's Plus, the in-house bar team here, fifteen years into the Charlotte market. They get into why cocktail hour is the hardest hour of the whole day, what is actually inside a bar package, and what happens in the months between booking and your wedding.\n\nCheck your date at The Lumen House: https://thelumenhouseevents.com/inquiry?utm_source=bridal-bff&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=season-1&utm_content=ep02\n\nCHAPTERS\n\n00:00 Meet Jake and Josh of Bartender's Plus\n00:25 The problem they started the company to solve\n02:58 One of the first weddings they did here\n06:14 What separates them from a mobile bartender\n10:17 Why a professional bar service matters\n14:37 Why getting the bar right matters to them personally\n21:56 What the bar tasting is actually like\n26:17 What couples wish they'd told them sooner\n31:23 What the bar looks like running on a wedding day\n35:55 The mocktail program\n39:28 Setting the scene, not just pouring drinks\n43:18 What couples don't appreciate until they're in the space\n\nAlso covered: staffing ratios, signature cocktails and why pre-batching speeds up service, champagne toasts and second bars, and the martini and bourbon bars. Bar service at The Lumen House is in house through Bartender's Plus, so ask about the tasting and the mocktail menu when you tour.\n\n---\n\nBridal BFF comes from The Lumen House, a wedding venue just outside Charlotte. Each week, owner Britt Loukos and some of the top experts in the wedding industry tell you what they'd tell a friend over coffee: how the money works, what to ask before you sign anything, and the parts of planning nobody warns you about.\n\nNew episodes every Wednesday.\n\nthelumenhouseevents.com\n\nInstagram: @thelumenhouseevents\n\n#charlottewedding #northcarolinawedding #weddingvenue #weddingplanning #engaged #weddingbar","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5StWOSeWeyGpsP89s-HRl_khejzP_E8PXkcD-zW31Ag/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjdj/YjM4YzJhMDEwNzM4/NWFiMzU4ZTIzNjFm/N2JhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}