How Much Alcohol for 100 Guests
Drinks for 100 guests over a four-hour party come to roughly 400 drinks at one per guest per hour, split across beer, wine, and spirits. This calculator converts that into bottles, cans, and ice to buy for 100, estimates the cost, and gives a copyable shopping list.
Your plan
Enough drinks for a 4-hour party of 100
Total items
7
food and drink to buy
Est. cost
$668.00
$6.68 per guest, rough estimate
Planning drinks for 110 guests over 4 hours, 75 percent drinking alcohol, balanced drink mix.
- 165 cans
Beer
1 drink per guest per hour
- 20 bottles
Wine
1 drink per guest per hour
- 5 bottles
Cocktails and spirits
1 drink per guest per hour
- 146 cans
Soft drinks and juice
1 drink per guest per hour
- 119 bottles
Water
1 drink per guest per hour
- 165 lb
Ice
about 1.5 lb of ice per guest
- 220 pieces
Disposable cups
2 cups per guest
Estimate from average US grocery prices, a planning aid, not a quote. Non-USD is converted at rough parity. Set the price level in advanced options for your area, or see how we estimate cost.
Shopping list
Drinks
- Beer165 cans (14 packs)$
- Wine20 bottles (20 packs)$
- Cocktails and spirits5 bottles (5 packs)$
- Soft drinks and juice146 cans (13 packs)$
- Water119 bottles (5 packs)$
- Ice165 lb (17 packs)$
Disposables
- Disposable cups220 pieces (5 packs)$
Tap any price to set what it costs at your store. Prices are average US estimates.
Common questions
- How much alcohol for 100 guests?
- Plan one drink per drinking guest per hour, so about 400 drinks for 100 over four hours. A balanced mix is roughly half beer, a third wine, and the rest spirits, which the tool splits and rounds to packs and bottles.
- How much ice for 100 guests?
- Plan about 1 to 1.5 lb of ice per guest, so roughly 150 lb for 100, for chilling and serving. The calculator adds ice and cups to the shopping list.