I'm getting married on Saturday. Some will drink heavily some won't drink at all. There will be around 200 people there. How many cases of beer? How much whiskey and vodka would you buy? Were looking at 50 cases of beer. 2 handles of crown and 2 handles of vodka. Think that's over kill?

It is better to have ..and not need, Than it is to need ,and not have. Just have plenty of food ….Cuz I went to one Fancy wedding….and had to hit McDonalds on the way home….true story

Buy kegs and the cheapest booze you can . . . nobody will care after the first few drinks anyway, IT'S FREE! . . . save your money!

Two working days and you’re just now getting after this? BYOB.

I would add another 2 of a different distilled or go 3 & 3. Beer maybe 75 if you can’t get kegs. Anything left isn’t going to be wasted.



Owl

... you’re in the perfect position to cancel the event... ride over to the JP and then just keep all that beer and firewater for yourself lol

Kegs are much cheaper. Never did the conversion so I did a search 165 cans in a half keg which equals just under 7 cases per half keg. Get your crown and vodka at Costco. 1.75 L there is usually as much as a fifth anywhere else.
Don't forget the mixers for vodka and crown. Costco's brand of vodka is really good same with their silver tequila.

Id say not over thinking it. Congrats by the way.

Hopefully you or someone you know has keg taps because they can get expensive.

Most women prefer wine. I've made wine for weddings, and it was always a big hit with the ladies. I brought 24 bottles to a wedding with about 100 folks and there was only a couple bottles left at the end.

Catholic wedding????

I forget how much we served but we were about 150 people next to a river on a hot day. We put bottles and cans of everything in horse troughs with ice, plus wine and hard liquor on tables.

Definitely get some wine for those who like it. Gals especially will drink it. You can buy some very good box wine and it is easy to serve. And plenty of water so people can taper off the drinking before heading home.

Good luck.

Pete

Are we invited? Only two days to go, I have to figure out what to wear. OK Jeans is it. Boy in this environment of food delivery/supply problems you are taking a chance on getting nothing. There is a big problem in the butchering and delivery systems around here. My buddy is a butcher in a small general grocery store and there supply is very irregular. Good luck from all of us........jk

My son just got married Saturday. Around 160 people. 14-30 packs of Miller Lite, 8 gallons of moonshine punch, 5 gallons of mixed rum and cokes. Don't know how many bottles of other liquor and wine. As the amish say around here it got a little wildt.

Go with kegs. Most distributers if you don't tap it they'll refund it. So if you get down to the last hour of the night and the keg kicks don't tap another. Also a good idea to have at least 2 types of beer. Once again one of those kicks in the last hour to hour and a half, make them drink the other. Don't tap one.

As for liquor, unless you have a bar tender, you probably won't need much. A lot of time liquor causes more trouble than what it's worth.

I agree with wine for the ladies. If your bride likes it get her favorites in both a red and a white. That way if you don't go thru it all, the wine you take home will be what she likes.

How much alcohol does it take for an alcohol enema?
A buttload.....

200 people, figure each person drinks an average of 3 beers since some won't drink at all and some will only have a social beer. And figure that only probably about half your crowd will drink beer, the other half will want wine. 2 kegs, 40 or 50 bottles of wine for the ladies. Leave the hard liquor at home, gets too expensive and people get to actin' a fool!

When I was in Poland for work, they would order a 1.75 of vodka for EVERY guest, man, woman and child. Their weddings were 2 day parties.

I married a polish woman, those folks can drink a lot! I made 15gal of Apple Pie Moonshine, had 5 gal of vodka, 5 gal of rum, 5 gal of whiskey, and 2 kegs. There was not much left over. The polish wedding we attended in Poland, the servers came around every 30 min and added new bottles of vodka to the tables. If there was some left in the previous bottle, they filled everyone's shot glass and had a toast. Na Zdrowie!

I have to second the keg thing -- 2 pony kegs at my wedding -- alot less to deal with from the cans. however you are a little more limited in #of varieties.