Wedding Alcohol Calculator
Estimate wine, beer, and liquor for your guest count, service time, and preferred drink mix.
How It Works
Enter Your Details
Tell us your guest count, event duration, and what your crowd likes to drink.
Get a Rounded Estimate
Our calculator applies its published serving assumptions and rounds each category up to full containers.
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Copy your list, compare it with your guest list, and adjust it for your venue and menu.
A starting point for 100 wedding guests
For 100 drinking guests, four hours, the Standard Crowd mix and no buffer: plan 7 cases of beer (24 per case), 33 bottles of wine (750ml), and 10 bottles of liquor (750ml). A separate toast is not included.
The model allows two servings in the first hour and one per later hour. It rounds each beverage category up to full containers. Use the calculator to adjust for non-drinkers, duration and preferences.
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