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A shopping estimate with room for every guest, including an alcohol-free celebration.

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Make a drinks list you can talk through.

Start with water and alcohol-free drinks. Add alcohol service only if it is part of your day. Every number here is an editable shopping assumption.

Per guest, per hour: 1 water servings + 0.5 alcohol-free servings.

Adjust serving assumptions

These starting rates illustrate the calculation. They are not suggested drinking amounts. Adjust with your caterer for the weather, menu, duration, and your guests.

SHOPPING FOR100 people

4 hours · 10% extra stock · Alcohol-free celebration

Water

209 packages

440 servings

16.91 US fl oz per package

Alcohol-free drinks

27 packages

220 servings

67.63 US fl oz per package

Servings and whole packages round up. This may leave stock over. Water and alcohol-free drinks cover everyone. Mixers are counted as ingredients for spirits, not another drink.

Pour sizes & package sizes

The starting wine and spirit pours are 5 and 1.5 US fl oz. NIAAA uses these volumes at 12% and 40% alcohol respectively as examples of a US standard drink. Stronger drinks or larger pours contain more alcohol. Beer is counted by individual container; check its size and strength.

NIAAA: standard drink examples · NIST: volume conversion

A list to bring to your bartender

Confirm drink choices, pours, ice, glassware, water access, and whether unopened stock can be returned. The calculation estimates purchases from your inputs; it is not a recommendation for how much anyone should drink.

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Our drinks shopping notes

Guests: 100 (80 adults, 20 children) Service duration: 4 hours Extra stock: 10% applied once Alcohol service: None Water servings per guest per hour: 1 Alcohol-free servings per guest per hour: 0.5 SHOPPING ESTIMATE Water: 440 servings · 209 packages of 16.91 US fl oz Alcohol-free drinks: 220 servings · 27 packages of 67.63 US fl oz Water serving: 8 US fl oz Alcohol-free serving: 8 US fl oz Water and alcohol-free drinks cover all guests. Mixers are additional ingredients, not extra drinks. Servings are rounded up, then packages are rounded up; whole packages may leave stock over. These editable purchase assumptions are not consumption recommendations. Confirm quantities, drink strengths, pours, water access, ice, glassware, service and return terms with your caterer or bartender. Volume reference: NIST SP 811, approximately 29.57353 mL per US fl oz. Wine and spirit starting pours follow the volume examples in NIAAA’s What Is a Standard Drink? Alcohol strength changes the alcohol content; a serving is not necessarily one standard drink.

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