This October My Fiancee I will be getting will married. One of the things I am in charge of is the alcohol and music. I believe We have found a DJ (a friend of a friend)said he would do it for $400. They would do the setup and tear-down. But the big question is how many kegs should one get for this event? we are looking to serve about 150 people or so and we don't plan on them getting trash.
So what have you guys done in the past for your wedding far as serving alcohol?
3 kegs and a few cases for backups. For 150 people you should come home with some leftovers.
Does your venue allow for you to provide your own?
I want to do this, but likely won't happen because of venue restrictions. My thought (for a guest list of about 250) was to get a 2 kegs of local craft beer, 3 kegs of Bud/Coors/Miller lite, and have the local liquor store on speed dial if it looked like that wasn't going to be enough half way through.
But my friends and family all are pretty good at throwing back the sauce, so who knows. I've killed a keg in a night with just 6 people before. And while we don't drink as much as I used to, that wasn't "hammered"--that was only .18 or so (yes, we actually had a breathalyzer, albiet a cheap one) which was just warming up for a college kid. IIRC, we went out to the bars after that keg.
So... I guess that the answer is a question: What kind of drinkers are they, and what kind of tolerance? It takes my older brother about 6 beers to get buzzed. It takes me about 3, and it takes my mom about 1.
crankwalk wrote: 3 kegs and a few cases for backups. For 150 people you should come home with some leftovers.
This is a good idea. Do the folks in your wedding party drink? Tell them that they are all required to bring in (1 to 3) cases apiece as backup, and if they are left over they'll get them back. If they're not left over, you'll obviously pay.
That's the one part I've claimed as my part of planning for our wedding next year. I'm working on sourcing local craft beers, wines and whiskey. The research I've been conducting has been delicious. I havent started working on amounts yet. 
I suppose it depends on how much your friends and family drink. At my wedding (150ish people) we got four 30packs, 6 bottles of wine, and a big bottle of makers. We had so much left over we were giving it away to guests as they were leaving.
The beer was the easy thing for my wedding.
Honestly I was very upset with the DJ. We are a very music-oriented family on both my side and my wife's. If you may need to plug you phone into the DJ's equipment, best make another choice.
Other than the DJ, my reception was great.
From what I understand, we cleared three kegs at least.
Mix the beer with wine. A friend of mine got married a year ago with a similar sized crowd. He bought 3 kegs and never even tapped the 3rd (non-refundable of course).
Keep in mind, not every one drinks beer.
The place we are using has a sheet for the number of guests and how much of each thing you should provide. My fiance took one look and said," yeahhhh, we should probably double or triple that." The only bummer is some wedding before us had a keg and it devolved into what's tantamount to a college house party complete with puking and keg stands to the venue doesn't allow kegs any more. And a lot of the craft brewers in town only package in kegs 
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