Free bar menu template for bars, pubs and taprooms
Updated October 20, 2026
Open our free bar menu template, add your beers, pours and bar food, and download a print-ready PDF or a landscape board: it's the Bold board design, dark with gold, a condensed Oswald heading, draft beer in 12 and 16 oz with the ABV on each line, spirits and wine by the glass, and a short food list. No sign-up, no email and no watermark. Below: how strong each pour is, how many pints are in a keg, and the happy-hour rules that decide what you can advertise.
In short
- The template: Bold board, gold on dark, Oswald heading; On draft, Spirits and wine, Bar food.
- A 16-oz pour of a 6.8% IPA is 1.8 US standard drinks; a 12-oz lager at 4.8% is about one.
- A half-barrel keg is 15.5 gallons: 1,984 oz, or 124 16-oz pours before foam and waste.
- Drink prices away from home rose: beer 2.1%, spirits 3.3%, wine 1.8% (12 months to September 2026, BLS).
What's in the bar menu template
It opens as "The Tap Room".
| Section | Example items | On each line |
|---|---|---|
| On draft | House lager, West Coast IPA, Hazy pale ale, Stout | 12 oz and 16 oz prices, ABV |
| Spirits and wine | Well spirits (1.5 oz pour), House red or white (5 oz glass / bottle) | The pour size |
| Bar food | Soft pretzel, Loaded tots, Pub burger | One price |
Cocktails get their own card in the cocktail menu template, and a full wine list in the wine list template. Burgers are the headline? The burger template.
How strong is each pour?
A US standard drink holds about 0.6 fl oz (14 g) of pure alcohol: 12 oz of beer at about 5%, 5 oz of wine at about 12%, or 1.5 oz of spirits at about 40% (NIAAA). For any drink, standard drinks = ounces × ABV ÷ 0.6.
| Pour (template) | Alcohol | Standard drinks |
|---|---|---|
| House lager, 12 oz at 4.8% | 0.58 oz | 1.0 |
| House lager, 16 oz | 0.77 oz | 1.3 |
| West Coast IPA, 16 oz at 6.8% | 1.09 oz | 1.8 |
| Stout, 16 oz at 5.2% | 0.83 oz | 1.4 |
| Well spirit, 1.5 oz at 40% | 0.60 oz | 1.0 |
| House wine, 5 oz at 12% | 0.60 oz | 1.0 |
Printing the ABV helps guests and your staff pace drinks. NIAAA notes a 12-oz beer at 10% counts as two drinks, so strong beers deserve a smaller pour.
Worked example: price per keg
A US beer barrel is 31 gallons, so a half-barrel keg holds 15.5 gallons, or 1,984 fl oz.
| 16-oz pours | 12-oz pours | |
|---|---|---|
| Pours in a full keg | 124 | 165 |
| After 10% foam and waste (example) | 111 | 148 |
| Revenue at the template's IPA prices ($8 / $6) | $888 | $888 |
| Keg cost (example $210) as % of revenue | 23.6% | 23.6% |
The 16-oz and 12-oz prices are set so the keg earns the same either way. Your keg prices, waste and prices go into the menu price calculator.
Happy hour and drink promotions
States regulate drink discounts, and some ban happy hour outright. Massachusetts (204 CMR 4.03) is a strict example. Licensees may not:
- give away free drinks;
- sell drinks below the price normally charged during the same calendar week, except at private functions;
- sell unlimited drinks for a fixed price, except at private functions;
- serve more than two drinks to one person at one time;
- serve beer or mixed drinks by the pitcher except to two or more people;
- increase the alcohol in a drink without raising the price;
- run games or contests that involve drinking or give drinks as prizes;
- advertise any of these, inside or outside the bar.
Before you print a "happy hour" line, check your state's alcohol beverage control rules. A daily food special is safer to rotate on a daily specials board.
Calories on drinks: chains with 20 or more locations must show calories for drinks listed on the menu too; bottles on display that guests don't serve themselves are exempt from the display sign rule. See the FDA menu labeling guide.
Copy-ready bar menu (Word or Google Docs)
[BAR NAME] · [Tagline]
ON DRAFT · 12 oz / 16 oz [Beer], [style], [ABV]% .......... $[ ] / $[ ] [Beer], [style], [ABV]% .......... $[ ] / $[ ]
SPIRITS · 1.5 oz pour · Well $[ ] · Call $[ ] · Premium $[ ] WINE · 5 oz glass / bottle · [Red] $[ ] / $[ ] · [White] $[ ] / $[ ] BAR FOOD · [Item] $[ ] · [Item] $[ ]
We serve alcohol only to guests 21 and over with valid ID. Please drink responsibly.
Take bar food orders at the table
Create your free ordering page so guests order food from a QR code at the table (dine-in table ordering is on the Free plan, 50 orders a month at 0% commission), or put the drinks list online with the free digital menu creator.
FAQs
Is this bar menu template free?
Yes. Edit it and download it as a PDF or an image for free, with no sign-up and no watermark.
Should a bar menu show ABV?
It helps. A 16-ounce pour of a 6.8% IPA is about 1.8 US standard drinks, while a 12-ounce lager at 4.8% is about one. Printing the ABV lets guests and staff pace drinks.
How many pints are in a keg?
A half-barrel keg holds 15.5 gallons, or 1,984 fluid ounces: 124 sixteen-ounce pours before foam and waste.
Is happy hour legal everywhere in the US?
No. States set their own rules. Massachusetts, for example, bans selling drinks below the price normally charged that week, unlimited drinks for a fixed price and free drinks. Check your state's alcohol beverage control rules.
Is there a bar menu template for Word?
The menu maker downloads PDFs and images, not Word files. Use the copy-ready layout on this page in Word or Google Docs.
Sources (5)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, What Is A Standard Drink? (14 g / 0.6 fl oz; beer 12 oz ~5%, wine 5 oz ~12%, spirits 1.5 oz ~40%; 12 oz at 10% = two drinks). https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/what-standard-drink (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
- 27 CFR 25.11, definition of barrel (31 U.S. gallons), Cornell LII. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/25.11 (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
- 204 CMR 4.03 (Massachusetts ABCC prohibited practices), Cornell LII. https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/204-CMR-4-03 (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
- 21 CFR 101.11 (alcoholic beverages listed on menus are standard menu items; alcoholic beverages on display, not self-service, exempt from display signs), Cornell LII. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.11 (accessed 20 Oct 2026)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Table 2, September 2026: beer, ale and other malt beverages away from home +2.1%, distilled spirits away from home +3.3%, wine away from home +1.8% (unadjusted, 12 months). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm (accessed 20 Oct 2026)