The Host · Bar calculator
A good host plans the ice, too.
A generous, practical starting point for cocktails, wine, beer, and zero-proof pours—made for the kind of gathering where no one is doing math at the table.
Your bar plan
Enough for the whole evening.
For 20 guests over 3 hours, plan on about 44 total servings at a standard pace.
- Cocktails
- 19
- Wine
- 4
- Zero-proof
- 8
- Ice
- 25 lb
servings to mix
bottles · 19 glasses
considered servings
for drinks and service
Shopping list
- 19 cocktail servings — choose one batchable recipe or two simple house drinks.
- 4 750 ml bottles of wine (19 glasss).
- 8 zero-proof servings — include water, a sparkling option, and something with a little ceremony.
- 25 pounds of ice, plus a small reserve if you are shaking drinks.