[Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Jensen Yancey
Hey Everyone, Quick question for those of you with a little more experience with the law. I know lots of coworking offices will stock the fridge with beer or have a keg on site, but I'm trying to figure out if this is something that's actually legal to do or if it's just a law that isn't really

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Alex Hillman
Exact laws vary based on where you are but generally (at least in the US and true most other places): 1- you absolutely cannot SELL alcohol without a license 2 - serving alcohol to minors is generally illegal as well There’s obviously edge cases, like when a coworking space is connected to a

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Tom Brandt
It depends on your local jurisdiction as to whether that is legal or not. Your insurance carrier will no doubt have something to say as well. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Jensen Yancey wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > Quick question for those of you with a little more experience with the > law. I

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Randall Arnold
I'm willing to bet that is dependent on state and local ordinances, so probably hard to generalize. Randy > On February 25, 2015 at 9:24 AM Jensen Yancey wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > Quick question for those of you with a little more experience with the > law. I know lots of coworking

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Aaron Cruikshank
We went though this at the HIVE. It's more an issue of your local liability rules. Where we live, if you serve someone alcohol, you're partially responsible for their actions afterwards. For example, there was a couple here that went to a restaurant, had a few drinks, went to a bar, had a few more

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Alex Hillman
Oh yes, Tom’s totally right. We have a specific provision in our insurance for alcohol on site AND offsite. -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast

Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

2015-02-25 Thread Glen Ferguson
One of the issues we ran into involves when money is involved. It appears, at least as far as our insurance company is concerned, that providing alcohol to members is covered in our policy. On the other hand, the liquor control board had issues with us having a birthday party, complimentary drinks