You’ve chosen the food, the décor, the photographer, and the
venue. All of the details are planned, the dress is purchased and the
accessories are bought.
Have you taken time to think about the bar? What type of
drinks will you serve? How much liquor should you buy?
We can help you answer these very important questions. When
it comes to the bar if you’re going to offer specialty cocktails we advise
keeping the selections limited. The last thing you want is guests standing in
line for an hour because Aunt Suzy cannot decide if she wants a Cosmo, lemon
drop, Mai tai, or a mint Juliep. Offer
one to three selections and keep the bar line at a minimum, guests drinks full
and everyone will be smiling.
When selecting your cocktail choices keep the season in
mind, most of your guests will not a frozen drink in the winter or a Hot toddy
in the heat of summer.
Now how much to buy? We figure you need one ounce of liquor
per person per hour that the drinks will be served. Here’s a simple equation to
plug in the information.
(Number of guests) x (Number of hours drinks will be served)
This will give you the total number of ounces you will need
to purchase if your crowd is on the heavy drinking side add on an extra bottle
or two.
Our money saving tip when it comes to stocking the bar:
Choose specialty cocktails that do not have a lot of liqueurs like Cointrea,
Chambord, Baileys, ECT. This will add on to your bottom dollar significantly.
For additional tips on stocking the bar and specialty
cocktail ideas refer to our website.
