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The pour-cost calculator.

Pick the drink your bar sells most, plug in your spirit cost and menu price, and see what a keg does to the math: cost per serve, pour cost percent, and profit per keg.

Sample drink

4 oz serve

Margarita base mix2.76 oz (82 mL)

Tequila (your brand)1.24 oz (37 mL)

At a 4 US fl oz finished pour, the build yields about 245 gross drinks, or 232 saleable drinks with your 5% loss assumption. Spirit and base proportions above describe the finished recipe, not extra liquid to add after the pour.

Cost calculator

16% pour cost · Excellent

Keg cost

Menu price / drink

Assumed line and service loss (%)

Freight per keg ($)

Your spirit costs

Tequila (your brand)Bottle cost

Bottle size

Cost / serve$1.96

Contribution / serve$10.04

Contribution / keg (232 drinks)$2329.00

Estimate only. Keg cost per serve is $0.67; your spirit adds $1.29. Edit any figure to match your account. The default 5% loss and $25 per 750 mL bottle are assumptions, not measured results. Contribution here excludes labor, garnish, tax and overhead; it is not net profit.