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Is this enough drink for BBQ at the weekend?

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BananaCaramel · 26/06/2025 19:31

Posting for traffic. I have 19 adults and one little girl coming for a BBQ on Saturday. I’m pretty confident there is enough food but I am worrying I haven’t bought enough to drink for everyone. I have a shop coming tomorrow morning so I have time to add more.

I reckon I have eight people who will drink and the rest won’t because of driving/ don’t drink.

One person I have called a non-drinker might have one or two but generally isn’t a big drinker otherwise. Obviously people will also bring drink.

For the drinkers I have:

  • 16 cans of Holsten Lager
  • A 5L keg of “nice beer”
  • Pimms (I will make jugs of it)
  • 1L Aperol for spritz
  • 2x bottles Prosecco plus extra Prosecco for the spritz
  • 1 bottle red wine (it doesn’t feel like the weather for this to me I just know one person is a big red drinker so I got it in)
  • 1L each Gin & Vodka (+ mixers)

For the non drinkers

  • 4L Diet Coke
  • 2L regular lemonade
  • 2L cloudy lemonade
  • 12 cans of alcohol free beer
  • 1L alcohol free gin
  • 8 cans of fancy flavoured sparkling water
  • 6 cans of ginger beer
  • Some fruit shoots for my niece

My question is about volume not about what you personally enjoy/don’t enjoy drinking - I have ordered stuff I know my guests like.

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Lmnop22 · 27/06/2025 23:11

OP you’ll be fine with that, don’t panic!

You’re not opening a bar, you’re hosting a bbq and if your guests can’t have their number one choice drink because you don’t have it in or it’s run out, there’s plenty of choice there for them to have something else so don’t worry about it.

Just enjoy your lovely sounding bbq with your more than generous spread!

BananaCaramel · 28/06/2025 18:21

Just hopping onto say I have soooo much of everything left so far. No one has touched the wine at all. The Prosecco, gin, beer and Aperol has been popular. Not sure I needed the Pimms as people have drunk it but I think under duress! Soooo much food left as well!

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