Planning your next party can be stressful and expensive. How much do you buy? How much will people drink? Having too much can be considered a waste, having too little can be down right disastrous. In the event you do buy too much alcohol, the bright side is that many merchants will take returns on unopened bottles AND in the event they wont, alcohol takes relatively long to go bad. Hopefully with our help here at Intoxicology 101 you won’t have to deal with these issues. Below I’ve provided some information to help you plan your next get together.
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.1 Bottle of Wine =4 – 6 oz glasses
1 Bottle of Liquor = 25 – 1oz Drinks
1/2 Barrel Keg 15.5 – Gallons = 165 12oz Cups
Drinks Per Person: The average party or reception lasts between 2 and 4 hours. During this span the average person will drink 3 drinks within the first 2 hours.
#Guests #Drinks Wine Spirits Beer
25 75 5 bottles 2 bottles 1 case
50 150 10 bottles 3 bottles 2 cases
100 300 20 bottles 6 bottles 4 cases
150 450 30 bottles 10 bottles 6 cases
200 600 40 bottles 12 bottles 8 cases
* Wine/Spirit amount are based on 750 ml size bottles
*Beer Cases are based on 24 – 12oz bottles.