BYOB

For other uses, see BYOB (disambiguation).

BYOB or BYO is an initialism meant to stand for bringyour own bottle, bring your own beer, bring your ownbeverage, or bring your own booze. [1]

BYOB is often placed on an invitation to indicate that thehost will not be providing alcohol and that guests are wel-come to bring their own. Some business establishmentsallow patrons to bring their own bottle, sometimes subjectto fees or membership conditions, or because the estab-lishment itself does not have license to sell alcohol.

1 EtymologyThe term is cited by some online sources to have beenused rst in the early 1970s to mean bring your own bot-tle (of wine)", although in present day it is just as likely tomean bring your own booze or bring your own beer.[2]It was used by small restaurants that did not have liquorlicenses, but which were responding to the new popular-ity of wine among Americans by advising customers thatthey could BYOB and drink it with their meal.

2 CorkageSome establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, such as bars or restaurants, may alsoallow patrons to bring their own alcohol purchased fromelsewhere. That alcohol is usually subject to an openingfee. Often the rule is limited to bottles of wine, wherethe fee is known as corkage or a corking fee.[3] Such poli-cies are greatly regulated by local liquor control laws andlicensing restrictions.[4]

2.1 Bottle clubAs an alternative to the traditional full-service liquor li-cense, some jurisdictions oer a similar license knownas a bottle club license. It allows the business establish-ment to serve alcohol on the premises, but only if patronsbrought the alcohol from elsewhere. The license gener-ally prohibits the business from selling its own stock ofalcoholic beverages. The license may require that patronsbe members of the establishment. Such licenses may bepreferred in situations where fees or zoning conditionsimposed by a full-service liquor license are unwanted or

impractical. They may also be the only license available,as some jurisdictions impose full-service liquor licensequotas or business class restrictions.

2.2 Regional variations

In Australia and New Zealand, the term BYO (BringYour Own) emerged to describe business establishmentsthat oered corkage. It is believed that restaurants inMelbourne, in the state of Victoria, were advertising asBYO establishments by the 1960s with the concept be-coming popular in New Zealand in the late 1970s.Legally, using New Zealand as an example,[5] if yourpremise only holds an on-licence-endorsed (BYOB li-cense), you as an owner and duty manager with a Gen-eral Managers Certicate are forbidden to have a winelist and sell alcohol on the premise. You must haveboth On-License & On-License-Endorsed to have a winelist and allow BYOB, thus calling your restaurant 'fullylicensed'.[6]

3 See also

List of restaurant terminology

4 References

[1] byob. Collins English Dictionary - Complete &Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins. Retrieved April17, 2013.

[2] BYOB - Denitions from Dictionary.com. Retrieved2006-12-11.

[3] J. Robinson (ed) The Oxford Companion to Wine ThirdEdition pg 117& 200Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN0-19-860990-6

[4] http://www.sla.ny.gov/bring-your-own-bottle-byob

[5] New Zealand Legislation: Sale of Liquor Act and amend-ments (1989).

[6] New Zealand Legislation: Sale of Liquor Act and amend-ments (1989). Part 1, Section 28.

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