150 guests · evening wedding · 6 hours · seated dinner · mixed bar. Computed with the engine professional crews use, not a rule of thumb.
Wedding
What a 150-guest wedding bar needs
≈ 2930 bar serves for 150 guests over 6 hours on a mixed bar with a seated dinner. Water covers bar and table, still and sparkling.
Wine (all types)56 bottles
Sparkling (toast)25 bottles
Beer225 units
Non-alcoholic beer2 cases
Spirits (all bottles)76 bottles
Soft drinks & mixers48 cases
Water769 bottles
Team on shift13 people
Ice390 kg · 195 bags
Free numbers from the same engine the full planner runs. Pro turns them into the exact order per product, cocktail ingredients, glassware and one shopping list.
Those 2930 serves do not arrive evenly: the opening hour is the fastest, about 567 serves, because every guest wants a first drink at once; over hour 2 the bar settles into a steady 473 serves an hour; through hour 3 the pace eases to around 472 an hour as the crowd winds down; through hour 4 the pace eases to around 473 an hour as the crowd winds down; through hour 5 the pace eases to around 472 an hour as the crowd winds down; through hour 6 the pace eases to around 473 an hour as the crowd winds down. The totals above already carry this curve, so the bar is stocked for the surge, not for the average.
Field note: the garnish fruit is always on the order
Whatever the menu, Green Jar ships 2–4 kg of lemons and 3–5 kg of oranges with every bar, scaled to attendance. A bar without cut fruit reads as understocked long before any bottle actually runs out, so the fruit never waits for a cocktail list to justify it.
Adjust it to your event
Same engine, live. Change the crowd, the bar or the hours and recalculate.
Guests
Seated dinner served?
Bar service
Duration
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Frequently asked questions
How much alcohol do I need for 150 guests at a wedding?
Plan for about 2930 bar serves over 6 hours. On a mixed bar that becomes roughly 56 bottles of wine, 225 units of beer, 76 bottles of spirits and 48 cases of soft drinks and mixers, plus 769 bottles of water.
How much wine do I need for a wedding dinner of 150 guests?
A 750 ml bottle pours 6 glasses of 125 ml. With a seated dinner, plan 1 glass of white and 1 of rosé per guest plus 1 bottle of red per 25 guests: 56 bottles for 150 guests.
How many bar staff do I need for 150 guests?
3 bartenders at the recommended level and 13 people in total, counting barbacks, runners and glass collectors plus 3 dinner runners for the seated service. The comfortable level for the same event is 14.
Plan your full bar: bottles, cocktails, shopping list.
The free calculator gives staff, ice and totals. Pro turns them into the exact order per product and one Excel your supplier can read.