Purchasing Guide

How much do you actually need?

For BYOB events, here's a planner built from years of bartending. Tell us your guest count and style — we'll calculate spirits, wine, beer, mixers, and ice.

Guest count: 100Service hours: 4% of guests drinking alcohol: 85%Cocktail style

Two featured drinks (e.g. a margarita + a whiskey sour) cover most orders.

Drink preference mix

Cocktails: 60%Wine: 25%Beer: 15%

Mix totals 100%

Wine split — White 60% / Red 40%

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~383 total drinks

Spirits

Spirit #1 (e.g. Tequila)7 × 750ml or 3 × 1.75L handle

Spirit #2 (e.g. Whiskey)6 × 750ml or 3 × 1.75L handle

Vodka (backup)2 × 750ml or 1 × 1.75L handle

Wine

White12 bottles

Red8 bottles

Total20 × 750ml

Beer

Bottles / cans58

Cases (24)3

Mixers, Ice & Garnish

Mixers (tonic, soda, juice)77 L total

Limes29

Lemons23

Ice150 lbs

Bottled water100

Estimates based on ~1 drink per guest per hour with a small buffer. Always round up — leftovers are easier than running out.