Ultimate Recipe Guide

Your best resource for crafting classic and creative drinks for any occasion. We’ve also included a few staples like how to make Simple Syrup, and tips for using fresh lemon and lime juice to elevate your drinks.

Our guide makes party planning easier—no more standing in the middle of the grocery store trying to calculate ingredients for a 2-gallon batch of cocktails. We've added several bulk measurements to simplify your shopping, but we want to hear from you. If you're still unsure about any calculations or find areas where we could improve, we’d love your feedback.


A 2-gallon keg holds 256 oz (~7.57 L)

When scaling a recipe, you want your total ingredients to add up to about 7.5 liters (allowing for a bit of headspace).

Since most liquor is sold in 750 ml bottles (0.75 L) or 1 L bottles, converting your recipe into liters makes shopping and measuring simpler. Most recipes for kegged cocktails start with:

  • (2) fifths (1.5 L total) or
  • (1) half gallon of liquor (1.9 L)

Then fill the rest with mixers. The chart below has common measurement conversions.

Measurement Conversion Chart

Quick reference for batching cocktails — optimized for 1–2 gallon kegs

Measurement Ounces (oz) Cups Liters (L) Units per Gallon Units for 2 Gallons Additional Info
2 Gallons 256 32 7.57 1 Full keg capacity
1 Gallon 128 16 3.8 1 2
2 L Bottle 67.6 8.5 2 1.9 3.8 Common soda bottle
Half Gallon 64 8 1.9 2 4 2 quarts
Liter 33.8 4.2 1 3.8 7.6
Quart 32 4 0.95 4 8
Fifth of Alcohol (750 ml) 25.4 3.2 0.75 5.1 10.1 Common liquor bottle
Pint 16 2 0.47 8 16
1 Cup 8 1 0.24 16 32 16 tablespoons
1 Tablespoon 0.5 256 512 3 teaspoons