Buying Alcohol for Reception

We had to purchase the alcohol, it is at a winery only beer and wine allowed. We purchased 6 cases of wine and 4, 24 packs of beer for 110 people plus soda for non drinkers. We were advised 1 bottle of wine per wine drinker and 6 beers per beer drinker for a 5 hour event which includes ceremony time.

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Only advice I can give is:

2 drinks per person during cocktail hour.

1 drink per person for every hour after that.

That's the usual way to calculate. I'm having a bartender do all that for me, so I don't have any experience to share.

@Moissa Great advice thanks!

SN: 6 beers per person sheeshhhh lol

This is something I am also wondering about!

We are buying 25 boxes of wine for 100 guests. Each box is the same as 4 bottles, so it's a bottle of wine per guest. We aren't serving any beer or liquor though.

I got a quote for beer and wine for 97 people

beer and wine only:

42 bottles of red

36 bottles of white

9 cases of beer (3 of 3 different types- 24 case)

Full bar:

5 Liters of Vodka

3 Liters of gin

2 liters of dewars

2 liters of Jack

1 liter of canada club

2 750s of tequila

2 bottles of vermouth (1 sweet/1 dry)

30 bottles of white

30 bottles of red

6 cases of beer (24's)

this is through a liquor store that has a catering coordinator and they take back unopened beer cases and unopened bottles of wine

Did you ask your venue or bartender. They do things like this all the time. They might have a list or something you can use.

@Valarie - I also have 6 cases of wine (72 bottles) and then about a 1/3 that do no drink or are under 21. Most of our friends/family will be wine drinkers. And if we run out of wine the winery will just open more bottles if needed.

Thanks everyone. We came up with something very close to what @surfergirl86 came up with. We are going through a liquor store that will take back any unopened cases/bottles, but still don't want to order way too much to avoid sticker shock. Thanks! I'll send a note to the vendor and find out if they have a good idea of what to order.

Surfergirl86 are you doing the full open bar? I would lovvveee too but I just dont know how it works as far as buying mixers and all of that? I could go ahead and start buying the liquor though.