Zero-proof and mocktail events in NYC.

Same bar. No proof.

Three of the 27 Barsys mixlists are zero-proof: Fluid Code, A Summer Mocktail Mixlist and Boisson Non-Alcoholic Agave Lover’s. They run on the same 360 machines and Shaker Pro stations as the cocktail menus, poured to the same measure, garnished by the same bartenders. That makes a fully zero-proof event possible, and it makes every mixed event inclusive.

• Fully zero-proof. Wellness events, daytime activations, teams that do not drink. We have run a mocktail bar inside a fitness studio.
• Mixed menus. Add a zero-proof mixlist to any package as one of your menu slots.
• Same theatre. Guests still pick on the tablet and watch the pour.

Pricing.

Standard event pricing is per guest with a two-hour service baseline: Classic $55, Signature $85, Reserve $225. Twenty guests is the minimum for standard planning; additional service hours are $500 each on request. Tax, extra hours and unpriced requests are confirmed in your proposal.

Zero-proof menus are priced the same as cocktail menus; the service, machines and staffing are the same.

The three zero-proof mixlists.

These are full collections, not a token mocktail bolted onto a cocktail list:

• Fluid Code. All the occasion, none of the alcohol, presented with its original cover artwork.
• A Summer Mocktail Mixlist. Bright and fruit-forward, built for daytime rooms.
• Boisson Non-Alcoholic Agave Lover’s. Agave-inspired, for guests who would otherwise order a margarita.

Each runs on the same Barsys 360 from the same six insulated canisters, poured to a tenth of an ounce and garnished by the same bartenders working the cocktail side.

Why machine-poured matters here.

The usual failure of a zero-proof offer is not the recipe — it is the service. The alcohol-free guest waits longer, gets something poured from a bottle, and watches everyone else receive a made drink. The social signal is unmistakable.

Running the zero-proof list on the same machine removes that entirely. The guest uses the same tablet, waits the same time, watches the same pour and is handed a drink that was built rather than opened. At a mixed event that is the whole point: nobody has to announce that they are not drinking in order to be served properly.

It also removes a planning problem. You no longer have to estimate how many non-drinkers are coming, because the same stations serve both.

Fully zero-proof, or mixed.

Fully zero-proof events. Wellness programming, daytime activations, recovery-friendly workplaces, teams that do not drink, and events where a licence or a venue rule makes alcohol impractical. We have run a mocktail bar inside a fitness studio. The format is identical to a cocktail event — same machines, same staff, same setup and cleanup.

Mixed events. A zero-proof mixlist takes one of your package’s menu slots at no extra menu cost. A dedicated alcohol-free station can be added where you want the zero-proof offer visibly its own thing rather than one option among many.

Pricing does not change for going alcohol-free: the service, the machines and the staffing are the same, so the per-guest rate is the same. In practice a fully zero-proof event often costs a host less overall, because there is no separate spirits order to place.

Planning an alcohol-free bar.

Two hours is the service baseline, twenty guests the standard minimum, two hundred and fifty the top of the planner range. Additional hours are $500 each.

Because there is no spirits order, a zero-proof event has one fewer dependency than a cocktail one — which is also one fewer thing that can delay confirming your date. Delivery, load-in, venue access, glassware inclusion and tax are still confirmed in the proposal rather than assumed.

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