Estimate wedding bar beverage quantities from guest count, drinking participation, reception length, consumption pace, product mix, and reserve stock. The calculator converts total servings into approximate beer units, wine bottles, and spirit bottles, giving planners a transparent starting point for orders while keeping nonalcoholic demand visible.
The main result is the total number of beverage servings to have available, including the reserve. Bottle conversions use five wine servings and sixteen spirit servings per 750 ml bottle.
Serving sizes, guest behavior, return policies, legal service rules, and product packaging vary. Confirm the final order with a licensed provider.
For 150 guests, 75% drinking, one drink per hour for five hours, the base is 562.5 alcoholic servings. With 10% reserve, plan 619 alcoholic servings. At a 40/40/20 mix, that is about 248 beer servings, 50 wine bottles, and 8 spirit bottles, plus 330 nonalcoholic servings.
The three shares allocate every estimated alcoholic serving to one product category.
It assumes five servings from a 750 ml wine bottle.
The estimate uses sixteen servings per bottle; actual yield depends on pour size.
Yes. The selected reserve percentage is applied to both alcoholic and nonalcoholic servings.
Only if you include them in the wine share or increase the wine order separately.
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Beer | 1 package unit per serving |
| Wine | 5 servings per 750 ml bottle |
| Spirits | 16 servings per 750 ml bottle |
| Nonalcoholic | Counted as individual servings |