PARTY PLANNING
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ESTIMATE CUSTOMERS' ENTERTAINING NEEDS |
| CHART
#1 - How many drinks to plan |
| People |
Lunch |
Cocktail Party |
Dinner Party |
Evening |
4
|
6 cocktails/wine
6 glasses wine
with lunch
4 liqueurs/Sherry*
|
8 cocktails/highballs
or
8 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 |
16 drinks (highballs, cocktails, wine)
|
6
|
10 cocktails/wine
10 glasses wine
with lunch
6 liqueurs/Sherry*
|
12
cocktails/highballs
or
12 glasses wine
(first two hours)
9 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)
|
10
|
15 cocktails/wine
15 glasses wine
with lunch
10 liqueurs/Sherry*
|
20
cocktails/highballs
or
20 glasses wine
(first two hours)
15 drinks an hour
thereafter
|
20 cocktails/wine
20 glasses wine
with dinner
10 liqueurs/Sherry*
10 drinks an hour
after dinner |
40 drinks
(highballs,
cocktails,
wine)
*Optional |
| 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 Liter (101 oz.) |
20 |
40 |
80 |
121 |
161 |
202 |
242 |
| 4 Liter (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
5 oz. each person) |
| People.................................................... |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
20 |
| 750 ML (25.4 oz) |
2 |
2+ |
3+ |
4 |
5 |
8 |
| 1.5 Liter (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 |
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| 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). |
