What Does Dry-Hire Mean, and Why We Love It

When couples first reach out to us, one of the earliest questions is almost always about alcohol: do you bring it, or do we? At CLINK, the answer is that you do — and there's a very good reason for it.

The short version

Dry-hire means you purchase and own the alcohol for your event, and we bring everything else: trained bartenders, the bar itself, premium mixers, fresh garnishes, ice, glassware essentials, printed menus, setup and breakdown. You supply the bottles; we supply the experience.

Why it's better for you

Buying your own alcohol is almost always less expensive than paying a stocked-bar markup. You choose the labels you actually like, you can shop sales, and anything unopened at the end of the night goes home with you instead of back onto someone else's truck.

It also keeps the menu personal. If there's a bourbon your dad has poured at every family holiday, or a rosé from the trip where you got engaged, it belongs behind your bar. Dry-hire makes that easy.

You won't be left guessing

The part people worry about — how much to buy — is the part we handle for you. After we build your beverage menu together, we send a shopping list sized to your guest count and timeline, and we're happy to help with the shopping itself. No spreadsheets, no panic run the morning of.

That's the whole model: you keep the control and the savings, and we take care of everything that makes a bar feel effortless. Clink, sip, celebrate.