Wedding Alcohol Calculator
A four-hour sangeet for 500 guests where half the guests drink needs about 1,650 drinks: roughly 330 beers, 11 bottles each of whisky, vodka and rum, and 66 bottles of wine, plus water, soda and ice. Enter your guests, hours, drinking share and drinks to get bottles and cases.
Assumptions used planning estimate, not a quotation
Planning estimate, not a quotation. Assumptions v1.0.
Recommended alcohol quantity
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Mixers & beverages
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Licences & responsible service
Quick insights
What affects how much alcohol you need?
Drinking guests
Only guests who drink count. A 25% or 75% share changes the quantities by half or more.
Bar hours
Consumption is about 1.5 drinks per drinking guest per hour, so a six-hour party needs half as much again as a four-hour one.
Drink mix
Drinks are split evenly across the types you choose; beer and wine need far more bottles than spirits.
Event type
Sangeets and cocktail nights usually see more drinking than the wedding ceremony or day functions.
How this is calculated
The alcohol calculator estimates drinks from the number of drinking guests, the hours the bar is open and a moderate 1.5 drinks per drinking guest per hour. It converts drinks into Indian purchase units (750 ml bottles, 330 ml cans, 650 ml bottles and cases) and adds mixers and an indicative budget.
Drinking guests = guests × drinking share, and drinks = drinking guests × hours × 1.5, plus a 10% buffer (rounded up).
Drinks are split evenly across the selected drink types. Beer uses one 330 ml can or bottle per drink, spirits 30 pegs per 750 ml bottle and wine 5 glasses per bottle, always rounded up.
Cases are 24 × 330 ml cans or 12 × 650 ml beer bottles, and 12 × 750 ml for spirits and wine.
Mixers per drinking guest per hour: water 0.45 L, soft drinks 0.18 L, soda 0.08 L, juices 0.10 L and ice 0.16 kg, plus the buffer. The budget uses indicative price ranges per bottle.
- Excise duty, permits, corkage and bar staff are not included in the budget.
- Please serve responsibly and follow local laws on alcohol service.
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