Assume each guest will consume one drink per hour or about five drinks throughout the evening. Some guests will drink less, of course, but others may be a little thirstier. Generally, people tend to consume more earlier in the event but slow down later on, so the drinks per guest per hour are higher for an event under three hours.
Signature cocktails surprisingly keep costs down. And don’t offer too much variety when it comes to spirits. To satisfy the majority of guests, choose good quality mid-priced brands over bottom-shelf or top-shelf spirits. And if you are serving hard liquor at your wedding, limiting the selection will help ensure guests won’t overindulge.
When choosing types of wine, work with your caterer and bartender to select wines that go well with the food menu, as well as varietals to serve at the bar. If you’d like to add rosé and sparkling wine to your bar service, you can substitute these for some of the white wine bottles as they have a similar flavor profile.
Mocktails?
Are your guests wine enthusiasts, beer drinkers or cocktail lovers? You can adjust the ratio of bottles of beer, wine and spirits to better suit your crowd.
Kegs? Beer keg (5 gallons) = 53 glasses (12 oz each)
- What’s your guest count?
- How many hours will your reception last?
- Are your guests light, average or heavy drinkers?
- Will you have a champagne toast?
- How many signature cocktails would you like to offer?
- What type of alcohol? Note: These days, the recommended mix is 50% liquor, 25% beer and 25% wine. Typically it’s a 50/50 split of red and white wine.
How Much Alcohol for 150 Guests
- How much champagne for 150 guests: 25 bottles (750 ml each)
- How much wine for 150 guests: 15 bottles of red wine, 12 bottles of white wine, 3 bottles of specialty wine (rosé, orange, etc.) (750 ml each)
- How much liquor for 150 guests: 16 bottles (1 liter each)
- How much beer for 150 guests: 150 cans or bottles
Doesn’t include mixers and sodas.
Top Shelf Bartending
Contact
Bre Malach, Event Manager
Direct (913) 708-0206
Office (816)554-6700
kctopshelf@gmail.com
Details
- They service Legacy at Green Hills very regularly
- A full service, licensed & insured, bartending & beverage catering company, we own our liquor store
- They bring everything from the alcohol and cups or glassware to the mixers and cocktail straws.
- All beverage brands are interchangeable, and everything will be customized with your preferences.
- The unopened containers or bottles will be taken off your bill after the event. You will only pay for what you use with us, but we always bring enough to make sure that we should never run out of anything. This way you get to save money and only pay for what was needed.
- Most group’s consume on average 70-85% of what we send and the rest of the quantity we send is to ensure we should have planned to have enough of each item.
- The estimate provided is for beer, wine and signature drinks. The payment plan example is as follows:
- Deposit ($250) is paid through your invoice & deducted from potential balance
- 75% of remaining balance due 2 weeks before event date ($1,337.00) *Most group’s only consume 70-85% of what we send to the event.
- After your event and the returns are deducted, you will receive notice within 5-7 business days after the event if any remaining balance is due.
- All credit card transactions will be charged a 3% processing fee. Pricing is subject to change due to event location and distributor fluctuation. We need to see if they’ll take a check or debit card.