Lani Milton’s unusual business venture started out as a random thought at 3 a.m.
“I was kind of thinking about what I could do that was family friendly, because I have teenagers and I wanted them to be part of it,” she said. Her 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry gave her some ideas.
The result is Pour’d Perfections, a mobile beverage service with a few different iterations. The first is a mobile lemonade stand.
“We make fresh lemonade at festivals, church events, sporting events, you name it,” Milton said.
For weddings, showers or other special events, she can visit with her champagne wall.
“The custom-made champagne wall has space for 40 glasses, so people can kind of just come, grab a glass of champagne and carry on with the party,” she said.
But perhaps she is best known for her 10-foot, never-before-used horse trailer, which she has transformed into a mobile bar and from which she serves mocktails and cocktails.
She admits there was a learning curve.
“Hitching and driving a trailer has never been in my wheelhouse,” she admits, laughing. With the help of others, however, she figured it out.
If the available space is too limited to permit use of the trailer, she has a custom pop-up mobile bar that’s about six feet long.
Pour’d Perfections’ mobility means she can bring her service to nearly anywhere on Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
“We do a lot of festivals and markets, so our exposure is pretty wide,” she said, adding that people seeing her work often ask to hire her for their own parties.
For events featuring alcoholic beverages, the host provides the alcohol and Milton provides the mixers, the garnishes, the cups, the ice and the bartending services.
For more information, go to www.pourdperfections.com.
