A "How to" for your entertainment needs.
People | Lunch | Cocktail Party | Dinner Party | Evening
6 cocktails/wine
6 glasses wine
with luch
4 liqueurs/Sherry*
8 cocktails/highballs
or
6 glasses wine
(first 2 hours)
6 drinks an hour
thereafter
8 cocktails/wine
8 glasses wine with
dinner
4 liqueurs/Sherry*
4 drinks an hour after dinner
4
16 drinks
(highballs, cocktails,
wine)
6
0
1
10 cocktails/wine
10 glasses wine with lunch
6 liqueurs/Sherry*
15 cocktails/wine
15 glasses wine
with lunch
10 liqueurs/Sherry*
12 cocktails/highballs
or
12 glasses wine
(first 2 hours)
12 drinks an hour
thereafter
20 cocktails/highballs
or
20 glasses wine
(first 2 hours)
15 drinks an hour
thereafter
12 cocktails/wine
12 glasses wine with
dinner
6 liqueurs/Sherry*
6 drinks an hour after dinner
24 drinks
(highballs, cocktails,
wine)
20 cocktails/wine
20 glasses wine with
dinner
10 liqueurs/Sherry*
10 drinks an hour after dinner
40 drinks
(highballs, cocktails,
wine)
*Optional
Chart #1 - How many drinks to plan.
Chart #2 - How many drinks per bottle.
Highballs, Cocktails, Mixed Drinks | (1.5 oz liquor servings)
Bottles................................................ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12
750 ML (25.4 oz) ................................ | 16 | 33 | 67 | 101 | 135 | 169 | 203
Liter (33.8 oz)..................................... | 22 | 45 | 90 | 135 | 180 | 225 | 270
1.75 L (59.2 oz).................................... | 39 | 78 | 157 | 236 | 315 | 394 | 473
Where the calculation leaves less than a full drink, the fraction is disregarded.
Table Wines, Champagnes, Sparkling Wines (5 oz wine servings)
Bottles................................................ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12
750 ML (25.4 oz) ............................... | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60
Liter (33.8 oz)..................................... | 6 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 81
1.5 L (50.7 oz)..................................... | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 81 | 101 | 121
3 L (101 oz)......................................... | 20 | 40 | 80 | 121 | 161 | 202 | 242
4 L (135 oz)......................................... | 27 | 54 | 108 | 162 | 216 | 270 | 324
Chart #3 - How many bottles of wine for dinner.
Table Wines, Champagnes, Sparkling Wines (Average 2 servings 4 to 5oz each person)
People................................................. | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 20
750 ML (25.4 oz) ................................ | 2 | 2+ | 3+ | 4 | 5 | 8
1.5 L (50.7 oz)...................................... | 1 | 1+ | 2 | 2 | 2+ | 4
Generally, bottle quantities recommended provide some small overages of wine from 10 oz per guest formula.
"+" sign indicates somewhat less than formula and additional bottle may be desirable to have on hand
Chart #1 - "How many drinks to plan" provides calculations for 4, 6 and 10 people. If your customer is entertaining 20, multiply the drinks shown for 10 people by 2
Chart #2 - "How many drinks per bottle." Here, at a glance, are the number of drinks you can expect (1.5 oz. liquor servings, 5oz wine servings) from a bottle in the various container sizes. Charted for 1 to 12 bottles. Examples: The customer figures he will need for his party 30 drinks of Scotch, 10 drinks of bourbon, about 40 drinks of vodka or gin, The chart translates his needs to bottles as follows: Two 750 mls of Scotch, one 750 ml of bourbon, one 1.75 of vodka (or gin). Use the same way to figure how much wine to buy. Two 3 liter containers of wine will supply 30 wine servings of 5oz. each.
Chart #3 - "How many bottles of table wine to buy" - for 4 to 20 people. Example: If the customer is having 12 people, five 750 mls or 2+ magnums (1.5 liters) are recommended (2 servings of 5 oz each per person).
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