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Wedding Beverage Quantity Planner — result sheet
Estimate alcoholic beverage servings, bottles, and non-alcoholic water servings for an event using explicit guest, duration, and serving assumptions.
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Formula and methodology
Formula: Drinking guests = guests × (1 − non-drinking percentage); alcoholic servings = drinking guests × hours × servings per guest-hour; bottles = ceil(alcoholic servings × serving volume / bottle volume); water volume = guests × water servings per guest × water serving volume.
Event beverage quantities depend on the host’s chosen serving convention, duration, menu, and guest mix. This page turns those stated assumptions into a purchasing estimate and keeps water planning separate from the alcohol arithmetic.
This result follows the calculator's declared inputs, precision, validation boundaries, and model limits.
Input contract
- Total guests — guests; minimum 1; maximum 100000
- Guests not using alcoholic drinks — %; minimum 0; maximum 100
- Event beverage hours — hours; minimum 0.01; maximum 168
- Planned alcoholic servings per drinking guest per hour — servings/guest/hour; minimum 0; maximum 20
- Alcoholic serving volume — mL; minimum 1; maximum 5000
- Bottle volume — mL; minimum 1; maximum 10000
- Water servings per guest — servings/guest; minimum 0; maximum 100
- Water serving volume — mL; minimum 1; maximum 5000
Worked example
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Total guests | 80 |
| Guests not using alcoholic drinks | 25 |
| Event beverage hours | 4 |
| Planned alcoholic servings per drinking guest per hour | 1 |
| Alcoholic serving volume | 150 |
| Bottle volume | 750 |
| Water servings per guest | 3 |
| Water serving volume | 250 |
60 drinking guests imply 240 servings, 48,000 mL, 64 bottles at 750 mL, and 60 L of water.
Assumptions and limits
- The entered serving rate is a planning assumption, not a safe-consumption recommendation or a prediction of individual behavior.
- The non-drinking percentage includes guests who choose alcohol-free drinks, guests who leave early, and any other group the host excludes from the alcoholic estimate.
- A bottle is counted as a volume container; brand packaging, headspace, waste, ice, and venue service rules are not inferred.
- Water volume is calculated for all guests and should be adjusted for climate, food, activity, access, and local public-health guidance.
- The page does not calculate legal service limits, standard drinks, blood alcohol concentration, age eligibility, or safe driving decisions.
- Round up purchases only after keeping the unrounded volume visible so the host can compare waste and availability choices.
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