# Serving Alcohol

**URL:** <https://forum.coworking.org/t/serving-alcohol/5603>\
**Category:** Policies & Best Practices\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/serving-alcohol/5603 "2015-08-08T15:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Piper\_Hood](https://forum.coworking.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Piper\_Hood](https://forum.coworking.org/u/Piper_Hood)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/serving-alcohol/5603/1 "2015-08-08T15:55:07Z")

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Good afternoon everyone! We are getting close to opening our space, Hub 925, in Orlando Florida. Just wondering your experience, if you have beer or wine available but don’t sell or serve it, do you have any special insurance or would any problems just fall under your general business liability insurance? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![alex](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/alex/32/338_2.png) [@alex](https://forum.coworking.org/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/serving-alcohol/5603/2 "2015-08-08T16:15:53Z")

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There area few very good threads about alcohol you can find here:

[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/alcohol](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/alcohol)

“General business liability insurance” is sort of a misnomer because insurance is designed to protect you from specific things…or not. We have specific components in our liability insurance that covers alcohol and specifically alcohol at events on-site AND off site - so you **absolutely** want talk to your insurance agent about the specifics of what you’re going to be doing.

Of course, exact coverage and cost is going to vary from provider to provider, and policy to policy.

-Alex

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> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:55 AM, ‘Piper Hood’ via Coworking [cowo...@googlegroups.com](mailto:cowo...@googlegroups.com) wrote:
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> > Good afternoon everyone! We are getting close to opening our space, Hub 925, in Orlando Florida. Just wondering your experience, if you have beer or wine available but don’t sell or serve it, do you have any special insurance or would any problems just fall under your general business liability insurance? Thanks!
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**Author:** ![Piper\_Hood](https://forum.coworking.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Piper\_Hood](https://forum.coworking.org/u/Piper_Hood)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/serving-alcohol/5603/3 "2015-08-16T15:16:38Z")

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Thanks Alex!

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> On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 12:17:00 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote:
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> > There area few very good threads about alcohol you can find here:
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> > [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/alcohol](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/alcohol)
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> > “General business liability insurance” is sort of a misnomer because insurance is designed to protect you from specific things…or not. We have specific components in our liability insurance that covers alcohol and specifically alcohol at events on-site AND off site - so you **absolutely** want talk to your insurance agent about the specifics of what you’re going to be doing.
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> > Of course, exact coverage and cost is going to vary from provider to provider, and policy to policy.
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> > -Alex
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> > **The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.**
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> > On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:55 AM, ‘Piper Hood’ via Coworking [cow...@googlegroups.com](mailto:cow...@googlegroups.com) wrote:
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> > > Good afternoon everyone! We are getting close to opening our space, Hub 925, in Orlando Florida. Just wondering your experience, if you have beer or wine available but don’t sell or serve it, do you have any special insurance or would any problems just fall under your general business liability insurance? Thanks!
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