If you’re offering bar service at a private event, wedding or even a restaurant, you know that the cost of stocking your bar is never small. In order to best prepare and budget for your event - you will need a par sheet.

What is a Par Sheet?

Par sheets are used to keep track of your bar stock quantities, costs, and allocations. This is the best way to organize your bar. We have tried many different methods to track bar goods and have found that without a doubt, the par sheet is the most simplified and streamlined way to go.

Utilizing this data and tracking your liquor quantities is important not only for cost allocation and restocking but also to help understand what your guests love and what to skip out on for your next event. You would be surprised what items are hits and what items you can do without. This is a great way to help learn statistics about what your guests enjoy so that you can best prepare for future events.

Knowing where to start when you create a par sheet is the hardest part, so we found that having a template on hand is extremely helpful. We tested out several different par sheets and created our own. After trial and error, we found that this template is, by far, the best option for private events because of its versatility.

We have used this template when running a bar for 100 guests for 5 hours all the way up to a three month long event with a daily average of three thousand guests. Save yourself the time of trying to create the perfect excel equations and focus on the fun parts. Save a copy of our best par sheet template and utilize it for your next event!