BYOB

For other uses, see BYOB (disambiguation).

impractical. They may also be the only license available,

as some jurisdictions impose full-service liquor license
quotas or business class restrictions.

BYOB or BYO is an initialism meant to stand for bring

your own bottle, bring your own beer, bring your own
beverage, or bring your own booze. [1]

2.2 Regional variations

BYOB is often placed on an invitation to indicate that the

host will not be providing alcohol and that guests are welcome to bring their own. Some business establishments
allow patrons to bring their own bottle, sometimes subject
to fees or membership conditions, or because the establishment itself does not have license to sell alcohol.

In Australia and New Zealand, the term BYO (Bring

Your Own) emerged to describe business establishments
that oered corkage. It is believed that restaurants in
Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, were advertising as
BYO establishments by the 1960s with the concept becoming popular in New Zealand in the late 1970s.
Legally, using New Zealand as an example,[5] if your
premise only holds an on-licence-endorsed (BYOB license), you as an owner and duty manager with a General Managers Certicate are forbidden to have a wine
list and sell alcohol on the premise. You must have
both On-License & On-License-Endorsed to have a wine
list and allow BYOB, thus calling your restaurant 'fully
licensed'.[6]

Etymology

The term is cited by some online sources to have been

used rst in the early 1970s to mean bring your own bottle (of wine)", although in present day it is just as likely to
mean bring your own booze or bring your own beer.[2]
It was used by small restaurants that did not have liquor
licenses, but which were responding to the new popularity of wine among Americans by advising customers that
they could BYOB and drink it with their meal.

3 See also
2

Corkage

List of restaurant terminology

Some establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for onsite consumption, such as bars or restaurants, may also
allow patrons to bring their own alcohol purchased from
elsewhere. That alcohol is usually subject to an opening
fee. Often the rule is limited to bottles of wine, where
the fee is known as corkage or a corking fee.[3] Such policies are greatly regulated by local liquor control laws and
licensing restrictions.[4]

2.1

4 References
[1] byob.
Collins English Dictionary - Complete &
Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins. Retrieved April
17, 2013.
[2] BYOB - Denitions from Dictionary.com. Retrieved
2006-12-11.

Bottle club

[3] J. Robinson (ed) The Oxford Companion to Wine Third

Edition pg 117 & 200 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN
0-19-860990-6

As an alternative to the traditional full-service liquor license, some jurisdictions oer a similar license known
as a bottle club license. It allows the business establishment to serve alcohol on the premises, but only if patrons
brought the alcohol from elsewhere. The license generally prohibits the business from selling its own stock of
alcoholic beverages. The license may require that patrons
be members of the establishment. Such licenses may be
preferred in situations where fees or zoning conditions
imposed by a full-service liquor license are unwanted or

[4] http://www.sla.ny.gov/bring-your-own-bottle-byob
[5] New Zealand Legislation: Sale of Liquor Act and amendments (1989).
[6] New Zealand Legislation: Sale of Liquor Act and amendments (1989). Part 1, Section 28.

External links
History and Origins of Drinking Words and Phrases
from Modern Drunkard Magazine

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