I looked for another thread on this topic, and I swear I have seen one, but I couldn't find it... So apologies if this has been discussed recently.
I have tried a few of those online wedding alcohol calculators, but I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around exactly how much alcohol we will need for our wedding. A few facts:
- We are supplying our own alcohol (beer, wine, vodka, and whiskey + mixers). Anything leftover is ours to keep.
- We will have about 100 guests who are 21+, about a dozen are non-drinkers (will not even have one drink).
- The rest of our 21+ guests range from light drinkers to heavy drinkers. Some will probably have 1-2 drinks, and on the other end of the spectrum, I am sure a few of our friends will be falling down at the end of the night. (This is what makes estimating so damn hard.)
- There's an even mix of liquor drinkers, beer drinkers, and wine drinkers.
We drove down to California last week, and while we were there made a Costco run for alcohol (stupid Oregon doesn't sell liquor at Costco). We may have gone overboard, but I am not sure - 12 handles of mid-range vodka, 6 handles of Bulleit bourbon, and 6 handles of Jim Beam. We'll have a bunch of mixers too.
We will have a red wine and a white wine (but don't have a clue as to how much we should get!!)
And FI wants two kegs: one keg of Sierra Nevada Old Chico if we can get it, and one keg of some Oregon IPA (probably Deschutes or 10 Barrel).
So, here are my questions:
- Are we going overboard? Two dozen handles of liquor seems excessive to me, but FI thinks it seems right.
- Any opinions on kegs vs. bottles/cans? Would it be better to do one keg + cans of something else?
- Would one pinot noir and one white (chardonnay or pinot gris) be enough variety? How much wine?
Sorry for so many questions. I'd just like to hear if anyone had a similar guest count and how much alcohol you went through.