Drinks Per Guest

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4 guests at lunch

6 cocktails
8 glasses of wine

6 guests at a dinner party

10 cocktails or sparkling wine
18 glasses of wine
6 liqueurs or port

10 guests at a cocktail party

20 cocktails or sparkling wine
20 glasses of wine

15 guests for a wine tasting

1 bottle of 10 different wines
This will yield a 1.5 ounce pour of each wine for each gues
equivalent to 3.5 glasses of wine per person

20 guests at a pool party

20 specialty cocktails (ie. Margarita, Mojito or Daquiri)
40-60 beers
10 glasses white wine

50 guests at a shower

30 specialty cocktails (ie. Sangria, Champagne Cocktail or Lemon Drop)
100 glasses of wine
20 beers

100 guests at a wedding

100 cocktails
250 glasses of wine
50 beers
Optional champagne toast: 12 bottles of sparkling wine will yield 100, 3 oz servings

200 guests at a reunion

100-150 specialty cocktails (vodka based)
100 specialty cocktails (bourbon based)
500 glasses wine
100-200 beers