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Savvy June 2021

How much alcohol to purchase?

Sarah, on July 28, 2020 at 6:30 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 7
Hey y’all! We are having a wedding next year (90-100 people in attendance). We are offering open bar and our caterer and venue allows us to supply our own alcohol (which will save us a few thousand $ if we buy in bulk from Costco i.e. beers and seltzers and some hard liquor aside from my Casa Migos Smiley winking).


How much did you get? How much to account per head per type of alcohol? Did you have too much or too little? The age group is generally young and can throw them back.

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Latest activity by Meghan, on July 29, 2020 at 12:47 PM
  • Molly
    VIP September 2020
    Molly ·
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    I would go with 2-3 drinks per person per hour.

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  • Margaret
    Master October 2020
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    2-3 drinks per person / per hour. If your guests are heavy drinkers go on the higher side.
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  • Leanne
    Super September 2020
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    There’s a drink calculator online, quick google search will pull it up.
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  • S
    Savvy June 2021
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    Yea, I used a few and they seem quite low/inaccurate
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  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
    Meghan ·
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    This is a good alcohol calculator because you can select the type of drinkers you have (ie: light or heavy) Drink Calculator

    We asked our planner for advice on the amount of alcohol to have her order, and she was spot on. She ordered 9 cases of beer and 3 cases of wine. We had 100 guests.

    We probably could have used a few more bottles of wine, but we got married on a vineyard, so we had a few more wine drinkers than normal. We did not serve liquor.

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    Savvy June 2021
    Sarah ·
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    Do you have a link? Thank you!
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  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
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    Click "drink calculator" in my original comment. That is a link to one. I have not used it personally, but from ones I've seen, its one of the only ones that allows your to select your type of drinkers.

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