This is actually a good thing for bartenders (and their customers).

Imagine being a bartender and being told a list of drinks you weren’t allowed to make because the bar you worked for didn’t have a license for them.

Or being a customer and having the bartender say, “Sorry, we know that drink is popular, but they hiked up their licensing cost this year and we were weren’t able to license it. We have all the ingredients and our bartenders know how to make it, but we just don’t have the license.”