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How do you estimate beer/wine for a party?

Blackjack200

Blackjack200

Lifer
My father is trying to plan a party and has no idea how much alcohol to buy. Is there a good rule of thumb to use to estimate how much beer and wine (he doesn't want to do liquor) we should get? We're expecting about 80 people.

FWIW, the party is supposed to feel like a wedding reception.
 
Just buy in sizes that won't go bad. Cans or bottles of beer rather than kegs, smaller bottles of wine rather than big jugs. That way you can safely err on the heavy side, overbuy and recycle the leftovers for the next party.
 
I guesstimate how much people will drink, and then double it. Those are the best kind of leftovers. Make sure you get stuff you like ;^)
 
With 80 people you're talking multiple kegs and cases of wine, with a return policy. I bet if you talk to your local liquor store they will have good estimates and can explain return policies.
 
We're not doing kegs because there wont be anyone serving the alcohol. My father wants to just put it out on tables and let people serve themselves. (There would be cans of soda and bottles of juice on the tables as well.)

I'm thinking for the wine... those small glass bottles with twist off caps and let people pour them into tumblers?
 
Blackjack200 said:
I'm thinking for the wine... those small glass bottles with twist off caps and let people pour them into tumblers?
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No, just... no. A bottle will net you about 5 glasses. I'd figure 2 bottles to 3 people to be on the generous side. Pay attention to the alcohol content on wine though, because that'll range anywhere from 11% or less on a really light white to 18% on a hot zin.
 
If your Dad is buying, figure a bunch for everyone then quadruple that amount and invite all all of us over to assist with the leftovers.
 
Really depends on the crowd and how long. Figure for dudes that don't drink much 2-3 beers each for a 4 hour function...those that do double that. Beer isn't that expensive to screw up and you don't need someone to 'serve' a keg.

For wine it's harder. Most bottles are 4 glasses. Really depends if guys are drinkers too.

Are you sticking to average wines at $10 or so a bottle or going high end? If high end, I don't know if you will find a place that will take bottles back....they will have no idea if they were properly stored. If the place does, I wouldn't shop wine there.
 
We go down the guest list and estimate their consumption.
You know who the heavy drinkers are...
 
tokie said:
Beer ratio is right, but it should be 1 bottle of wine per person.

So, 80 bottles of wine and 160 bottles/cans of beer.
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1 bottle of wine per person? That's crazy. You figure only half the people there will probably drink wine, so basically you are budgeting 2 bottles of wine per person for the wine drinkers?

I'd say 2 cans of beer per person, 1 bottle of wine for two people, and then just get a couple bottles of each kind of major liquor.
 
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