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2025 Wedding Drinks Brochure: Hockwold Hall (Norfolk Wedding Venue)

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2025 Wedding Drinks Brochure: Hockwold Hall 
TAILORED DRINKS FOR YOUR SPECIAL DAY

Please CLICK HERE to view our full bar menu.


 
Please read our FAQs at the bottom of this page if you have questions.
 

Hockwold Hall offers a range of customizable drink packages designed to suit each couple’s unique preferences. All of our packages are optional, providing flexible options for serving drinks to your guests in a way that best fits your budget and vision.

 
Ways of providing drinks for your guests:
 
1. Welcome drinks
2. Table wines 
3. Toast drinks
4. Drinks tokens
5. Open Bar/Bar Tab 
 
 
WELCOME DRINKS

Following your wedding ceremony you may decide to provide your guests with a beverage. The most commonly selected option is a glass of prosecco, champagne and/or bottled beers.
As a guide, most couples provide 1 drink per guest.
 
As an alternative, some couples prefer to offer a drinks token for their guests to exchange at our bar and select their preferred drink.
 
Examples of popular welcome drinks (price per glass):
  • Prosecco / Bucks Fizz  £4.50
  • Pimms / Mulled Wine  £4.50
  • Peroni / Corona £4.50
  • Cider (500ml) £5.00
  • Champagne £8.00
Non-alcoholic Options (price per glass / jug):
  • Nozecco £3.00 
  • Sparkling Elderflower  £3.50 / £16
  • Orange juice and lemonade  £2.50 / £12
 
TABLE WINE 

Please CLICK HERE to view our table wine list.
 
We provide a lovely variety of Red, White, and Rosé wines to select from. The most popular option is offering 1 red and 1 white per table.
If you are unsure how to select your wine options, simply join us at our annual wine tasting event in March of the year of your wedding. An email invitation will be sent to you to confirm your attendance. 
 
Corkage is only available on 750ml bottles of table wine at £12 per bottle.
 
 
TOAST DRINKS

We recommend offering 1 glass of Prosecco or non-alcoholic option per guest. Should you have an alternative idea for your toast drinks, please explore it with our events team who can best advise you on the feasibility of your ideas.
 
 
DRINKS TOKENS

Why not let your guests select their own drinks at our Grand Marquee Bar with drinks tokens? We can tailor the drinks on offer depending on your preferences and budget.
Drink tokens are a great way to manage a budget, reduce wastage, and allow your guests to enjoy their favourite drinks!
 
To minimise your bar tab at the end of the night we usually limit drinks tokens to £6. Guests can still choose from the following:
  • A pint/bottle of beer/cider
  • A glass of Prosecco
  • A medium glass of wine 
  • A single spirit and mixer 
  • Soft drinks
 
OPEN BAR/BAR TAB

If you’d like to put money behind the bar for your guests, please speak with our event team during your 1-month meeting to discuss options and spending limits.
 
 
Final decisions about your drinks plans must be confirmed at your meeting, 1 month prior to your wedding date.

Pricing is subject to change.

 
Please note that we operate a Challenge 25 Policy where we will ask for ID for anyone who is lucky enough to look under 25 and they must provide original valid proof of ID over 18 years old. We are unable to serve alcohol to anyone without a valid form of ID and under the age of 18.
 

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”At what point in our planning journey do we need to confirm our drink options?” tab_id=”1678361406693-9115a26b-8c3d”][vc_column_text]Decisions are finalised no later than at your 1 month meeting prior to your wedding date with your event coordinator.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can guests pay by cash or card?” tab_id=”1678361377870-4ebc9a09-cbf1″][vc_column_text]We can accept cash and card payments at the bar.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can we set up a bar tab?” tab_id=”1678359777916-99e75974-0a0b”][vc_column_text]Some couples prefer to set up a Bar Tab with a pre determined amount set at the bar. Once the amount it is reached, your guests can then pay for the remainder of their drinks.

It is also possible to extend your bar tab on the day should you wish to add more budget towards it.

 

DRINKS TOKEN / WRIST BAND

Other couples have chosen an alternative ideas by having a Drinks Token system with a specific limit of drinks per guest or using wrist bands to manage who can have a certain value of drinks. 

 

Options can be discussed with your event coordinator no later than 1 month prior to your wedding date.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can we have an open bar?” tab_id=”1678275335227-00afaab5-37cc”][vc_column_text]We can offer an Open Bar model which can vary based on your preference of time frames and budget.

 

Open Bar options include:

  1. Drinks offered to all guests’ only for a specific time frame during the event, or
  2. Drinks offered to specific guests’ such as your main bridal/groom party, or
  3. Drinks offered during the entire event for all your guests’ (This can only start after the civil ceremony is over. Drinks can then be served for the remainder of the day into the evening)or,

 

 

 

 [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can we bring our own alcohol?” tab_id=”1678451642862-fc0f4c86-ae06″][vc_column_text]Corkage is only available for table wine at £12.00 per bottle. 

Our alcohol license ends at 11:00PM Monday-Thursday and at Midnight from Friday-Sundays. Once our license ends, you are permitted to consume your own alcohol in our indoor cellar bar located inside Hockwold Hall.

Alcoholic wedding favours for guests’ are not permitted. This is due to alcohol licensing laws and our responsibility as a venue to manage alcoholic consumption during the licensing hours.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”How many drinks should I provide at my wedding?” tab_id=”1678363018590-48c99467-859f”][vc_column_text]

You can bespoke your wedding day to suit your values and budget as you wish. 
 
Traditionally allow for:
 
1. One-two drinks per guest during the welcome drinks reception,
2. One Red and One White bottle of wine per table,
3. 1 glass of Prosecco or champagne (or other) per guest for the toast drinks,
4. Most guests will have two drinks in the first hour of bar opening, and then one per hour after that.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Do we have to provide welcome drinks?” tab_id=”1678361562575-e6a48db1-d838″][vc_column_text]Some of our couples prefer to skip the welcome drinks part and usher their guests’ to the Grand Marquee Bar right after their ceremony where they can select their preferred drink.

Options Include:

  1. An open bar or,
  2. Setting up a bar tab or have Drinks token / Wrist Band or,
  3. Your guests’ pay for their own drinks

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Do we have to serve alcohol at all?” tab_id=”1678360737089-2a871ee8-33db”][vc_column_text]If you and your partner don’t drink but your friends and family do (and you’re not opposed to alcohol), it’s nice to have a little bit of alcohol available, even if it’s just beer and wine.

If you feel strongly about not having any alcohol available at all, you can host an alcohol free event.

 

Examples of Non alcoholic substitutes:

Nozecco (Non alcoholic Proseccco substitute)

Alcohol free beer and gin

Sparking Elderflower Pressé

Soft Drinks

 

If you prefer offering tea and coffee as a substitute, then speak to our exclusive catering partner Shefs who can price this into your catering package. [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can we offer alcoholic wedding favours on the table?” tab_id=”1678275335235-51c62dda-a0a6″][vc_column_text]No, this is due to alcohol licensing laws and our responsibility as a venue to manage alcoholic consumption during the licensing hours.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Can we request drink options you do not currently stock at your bar?” tab_id=”1678362704485-fc495095-4845″][vc_column_text]We will do our utmost to source special drinks you are hoping to incorporate into your wedding day whether it be during welcome drinks, toast drinks or served at our bar.

Advance notice of no later than 2 months is encouraged to ensure sufficient time to explore sourcing options and availability of stock with our suppliers. [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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