Garden party planner
Keep it cold, light and easy to serve outside.
Garden parties reward simplicity: chilled drinks, low-fuss food, lots of water and enough ice. The less time you spend mixing indoors, the better.
Live party planner
Put some numbers around the night.
Change the guest count, duration and budget. We’ll turn that into a conservative stock estimate and a practical service shape for this kind of occasion.
1 bottle
Approx. six small glasses per 75cl bottle.
2 bottles
Approx. six 125ml glasses per 75cl bottle.
8
Individual bottles or cans in the suggested mix.
1 bottle
6 cocktail serves in the mix; base bottle estimate assumes roughly 50ml spirit per serve.
13 serves
Includes deliberate AF provision plus some extra choice for the whole group.
15L / 4kg
A practical minimum starting point; warm weather usually needs more.
The mix is tailored to a garden / summer party and is meant as a starting point. Swap categories freely: fewer cocktails and more wine, more alcohol-free, or no fizz at all.
Turn the plan into a basket
You have the quantities. Now choose what fills them.
Choose the bottles, cans and alcohol-free options that match the quantities above, then keep them together in your Sipping Basket.
A shape that works
Give the evening a beginning, middle and finish.
First hour
Put the cold, easy drinks where guests can see them and keep water just as accessible.
Food
Serve drinks that tolerate grazing, salads, grilled food and sunshine.
Later
Refresh with lighter serves rather than steadily increasing strength.
What matters most
Over-plan chilling and ice, not alcohol.
Choose drinks that survive casual outdoor service.
Keep water and alcohol-free drinks cold and prominent.
Build the interesting bits
Take the plan into the rest of Sipping.
Hosting checklist
Make the practical bits disappear before guests arrive.
0 of 6 ready. Tick them off as you plan.