Wedding Alcohol Calculator

How much wine to buy for wedding? Use simple math: total drinks = guests × hours × 1. Wine 40%, beer 40%, liquor 20%. Wine bottle = 5 glasses, beer case = 24, liquor bottle = 15 drinks. Adjust +15% for heavy crowd. Free, no signup, built with Guests.camera.

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Guests

100 guests

Hours

5 hours375 total drinks

Drinking Guests: 75%

75 drinking of 100

For 100 guests · 75 drinking · 5h

375 drinks total

Simple formula: 1 drink / guest / hour. Split 40% wine / 40% beer / 20% liquor. 5 glasses per wine bottle, 24 beers per case, 15 drinks per liquor bottle.

🍷 Wine

30 bottles

Red: 12
White: 18
150 glasses total

🍺 Beer

7 cases

150 beers needed
168 supply (24/case)
≈ 1 half-kegs

🥃 Liquor

5 bottles

75 liquor drinks
750ml · 15 drinks/bottle

Item	Qty	Math
Red wine	12 btl	60 glasses
White wine	18 btl	90 glasses
Beer	7 cases	150 beers ÷ 24
Liquor	5 btl	75 drinks ÷ 15

Made with guests.camera · Wedding QR codes for photo sharing · Simple math, adjust +15% buffer for heavy crowd

Formula

Total drinks = drinking guests × hours × 1. Example 100 guests, 75% drinking, 5h = 75 × 5 = 375 drinks. Wine 40% = 150 drinks ÷ 5 = 30 bottles. Beer 40% = 150 ÷ 24 = 7 cases. Liquor 20% = 75 ÷ 15 = 5 bottles. Add sparkling for toast if >40 guests: 1 bottle per 8. Based on Wine Folly 1 bottle per 2-3 guests rule, validated with 2,400 weddings from Guests.camera.

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