HOW MUCH ALCOHOL IS ENOUGH?

  • People generally drink more in the evening, with the first hour being the heaviest in terms of alcohol consumption. Allow two to three cocktails per person.
  • A one-liter bottle of hard liquor makes approximately fifteen to eighteen drinks.
  • Popular liquor you should consider stocking: vodka, gin, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, scotch, bourbon, whiskey, rum, and teqilla.
  • You should allow one bartender for fifteen guests.
  • Allow two to three drinking glasses per person.
  • One case of champagne equals seventy-five drinks.
  • Allow one and a half cases per one hundred guests for toast only or three cases per one hundred guests for continuous service.
  • One bottle of wine equals six drinks.
  • Generally the white wine to red wine ration is two to one.
  • Beer drinkers will consume four bottles on average.