

In our example, this would mean you need 36 bottles of red, 18 bottles of white, and 18 bottles of sparkling. In case of an indoor/fall, winter, spring event people will drink more red wine so you should plan for 50% of the bottles being red, 25% white, and 25% sparkling. In order to do this, you should consider whether the event is an indoor/fall, winter, spring event or an outdoor/summer event. Now you need to decide how many bottles of red, white, and sparkling wine you need. In this case: 360 glasses of wine / 5 glasses per bottle = 72 bottles of wine needed. To figure out how many bottles you will need, you can simply divide the total number of glasses you need by 5. I like to use 5 glasses per bottle for my calculations, then you are sure to have enough.
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So you can use the formula:Ī standard bottle of wine (750ml) serves approximately 6 glasses, but unless you are really careful about how much you are pouring, you may not get the full 6. Wine accounts for 60% of all remaining drinks. (NOTE: Most kegs contain 15.5 gallons of beer or 165 12-oz servings.) We recommend bottled beer but if you are having a keg, you need to make sure you can serve 400 beers. Now, let’s assume you will serve beer, wine, and mixed drinks.Ĥ0% of all party drinks are beer. In other words, you will need 250 guests x 4 hours = 1000 drinks.

Let’s assume you are throwing a 4 hour party for 250 guests. Here’s the formula behind the calculator: This should ensure you have enough alcohol for your party (unless you are having a college fraternity party – then you may have to rethink your calculations). Plan on one drink per guest for each hour of your function.
