Beverage Pour Cost and Drink Price
Pours per bottle, liquor cost per pour, and the menu price that hits a target pour cost.
Example
You enter
- Bottle cost ($) 24
- Bottle size (mL) 750
- House pour (oz) 1.5
- Target pour cost (%) 20
- Garnish / mixer ($/drink, optional) 0.25
You get
- Pours per bottle 16.91
- Cost per pour $1.42
- Suggested price $8.35
Checked against published worked examples from: Bar Patrol.
Details, formula, and sources
ScopeFrom a bottle's cost and size and the house pour. The bar's answer to plate-cost.
Formula or tablePours per bottle = bottle size mL / (pour oz x 29.5735295625); cost per pour = bottle cost / pours; suggested price = (cost per pour + add) / target pour cost.
Source and editionFirst-principles bar cost control; US fluid-ounce 29.5735295625 mL.
Free accessFirst-principles; no proprietary source reproduced.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namesbottle_cost, bottle_size_ml, pour_size_oz, target_pour_cost_pct, other_cost_per_drink, pours_per_bottle, cost_per_pour, suggested_price
- Spirit pour-cost band ~18-24% (beer and wine higher) (advisory)bar-management practice