Wedding Alcohol Calculator

Estimate drinks and the beer/wine/spirits split.

Number of guests

Reception hours

Drinks per guest/hour

Total drinks 500

Beer (50%) 250

Wine (30%) 150

Spirits (20%) 100

Formula: total = guests × hours × drinks/hour

Step-by-step with your numbers:

1. Values used:

2. Number of guests = 100

3. Reception hours = 5

4. Drinks per guest/hour = 1

6. Total drinks = Number of guests x Reception hours = 100 x 5 = 500

7. Beer (50%) = 250

8. Wine (30%) = 150

9. Spirits (20%) = 100

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Plan reception drinks with a typical beer/wine/spirits split.

The math behind it

total drinks = guests × hours × drinks per guest per hour; split ~50% beer, 30% wine, 20% spirits.

100 guests, 5 h, 1/h → 500 drinks.

First hour?

People drink more early — round up your estimate.