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blondie424blondie424
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We are trying to figure out how much alcohol we will need.  We can't afford to have hosted bar all evening but want to have beer and wine available for cocktail hour into the first hour of the dance or so.  We will have hosted soda all night.  We asked our reception coordinator and she wasn't much help...

We will have approx 160 people who may drink attending.  FI and I are both 28, so many of our friends aren't heavy drinkers anymore.  To reach our minimum, we'll likely have 2 kegs and 14 1.5 liter bottles (each is 12-13 glasses) of house wine.  Do you think this is enough?  Too little?  We can have 1 keg on reserve to use if we choose to.

I'm thinking that should be enough but I'm curious to what others have done or are doing.  TIA!
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  • amberh0515amberh0515 member
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    edited December 2011
    I got this chart from one of my friends that did her own alcohol for her wedding. Hope that helps!



    We're having 350 people with a cocktail hour. We're hosting 70 bottles of wine and 5 kegs with 1 on reserve.
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  • LuswenLuswen member
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    edited December 2011
    How large are the kegs? When I spoke to my catering coordinator, we had the same questions. She was a bit more helpful to us. An example I can remember off the top of my head was this: a 16 gallon keg (beer) could serve 150 drinks, easily.

    With that in mind, I doubt you'd need more than one (with a smaller, second keg as backup).

    Wish I could be of more help!
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  • blondie424blondie424
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah, our coordinator said we would get ~150 glasses from the kegs and around 12-13 glasses from the wine...and that's all she knew.  I asked what an average wedding our size would purchase and go through but she  didn't know.

    I know it all depends on the number and type of people in attendance...and  I don't mind going above the minimum some if we need to.  I just don't want to run out before dinner starts or have a ton of extra at the end of the night.

    The math says 300 cups of beer and 168 glasses of wine for 160 people, which gives each person 3 drinks...I think we'd be good??

    Thanks so much for your help/advice so far!! :)
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  • flower_loverflower_lover member
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    edited December 2011
    There are lots of online calculators that say how much to allow per guest, just google it.
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  • Steph0871Steph0871
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    edited December 2011

    I dunno about that wine estimate.  Maybe we're just big winos.... but if you think about it: a "normal" bottle of wine is 750ml.  Do you usually get 6-7 glasses out of that?  I'd get only about 4 full glasses, maybe 5.  That gives you more like 10 glasses for each 1.5L bottle instead of 12-13.

    I know it's pretty close, but when you're talking that many bottles and that many guests, it'll add up!


    Can you keep a second keg on "reserve" or anything?  Only pay for it if you go through the first?

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