Adults and drinking.

I've got a question for y'all. So, you're hosting a get together at your place, guests age ranges from mid 20s - mid 40s. Do you supply the whole party with alcohol or do you supply some and assume they'll bring some as well?

Garbage can full of jungle juice. yeah, I am classy

I would BYOB them hahah. I would just have a few cases and tell them to bring whatever they like. **** even alcohol is getting expensive nowadays!!

I supply some and they bring the rest. I supply all mixers, food, and snacks

I always think the general rule of thumb when it comes to casual get togethers is that everyone brings there own alcohol. Food is generally provided by the host though.

I'm a big drinker and love to mix drinks so I'd be supplying everything...except my really good stuff, which I'm saving for the zombie apocalypse.

I always supply all the liquor, but more often than not guests give gifts of wine or hard liquor and that may or may not be added to the supply. If it's really top shelf, it gets hidden away just for me.

It's pretty common practice to supply some, maybe a case of beer, 2 bottles red and 2 bottles white. But don't assume they'll bring their own, tell them what you'll have on hand and that if they want to BYOB they should.

A friend of mine usually hosts all the parties - she has the house for it. I buy a couple of bottles of "two buck chuck" (Charles Shaw from Trader Joe's, $2.99 a bottle) and bring them to every party, plus a bottle of something nicer for her (which is not opened at the party unless she wants to - quite often those bottles end up in her cellar).

But all of my friends bring either a bottle or six-pack for sharing or some food. She usually ends up with more alcohol in the house after the party is over than before. She just puts the unopened bottles in the cellar and brings them out for the next party (and occasionally she notes "DO NOT BRING WINE" so we can work on cleaning out the cellar a bit - LOL).

Good friends bring a bottle of their own to share. Sometimes a simple BYOB is enough to encourage that. The host(ess) should not be responsible for buying everything - that gets expensive.

In our group of friends, we pretty much all bring something. It depends on the type of party, too. I did a Cinco de Mayo party where everyone brought a dish to share. I supplied the margaritas, some beers, and two types of food. Everyone else brought a dish to share and/or some booze... Now, the Halloween costume party was totally just BYOB because it was a huge party and people were going in and out all night long. I wouldn't wanna supply for that.

I usually just tell people what I'll have, and if they want something specific, they are welcome to bring it along.

I would usually provide the stuff for one or two mixed drinks (cosmos, pina colada, margarita, etc. ) and tell them if they want to bring a cooler for themselves or to share...

Many people end up bringing a large cooler full of something to share with everyone, whether it's beer or wine coolers. Only once it a while will someone NOT bring something, but they'll know better the next time. :drinker: :drinker:

I've got a question for y'all. So, you're hosting a get together at your place, guests age ranges from mid 20s - mid 40s. Do you supply the whole party with alcohol or do you supply some and assume they'll bring some as well?

Garbage can full of jungle juice. yeah, I am classy

Oh the good old days. I remember those. Keg stands.. I had the record in my town for 56 seconds. My younger brother beat me the following year for a 59 seconds. Lil *kitten*.

You have not lived until you have attempted keg laps.

I never mind bringing additional alcohol to a get-together--a polite guest never shows up empty-handed--but I probably wouldn't go to one if I knew that all of the drinks were provided by the guests.
-wtk