Not all shuls allow this overindulgence regarding alcohol.
As CR members know, I remarried and moved to NY.
My new shul does not allow alcohol at Kiddush. The shul Rav makes the public Kiddush on grape juice.
I asked about this policy when I wanted to make a Kiddush to celebrate my marriage. I was told that since this was a personal simcha I was permitted to bring in one bottle of alcohol and had to have an official pourer to make sure no teens or children had any.
After the Kiddush the shammes tied what was left of the bottle in a plastic grocery bag and told me to take it home (there is an eruv) no alcohol is allowed to remain in the shul.
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