Choosing a signature cocktail for your wedding is a wise decision. It encourages your guests to stick to a couple of drinks where you control the cost. Additionally, the signature cocktail keeps your wedding from being just another wedding, but becomes about the bride and groom. Choosing one to three signature cocktails makes a statement about the personalities of the bride and groom.
To find the perfect signature cocktail for your wedding, look beyond the margarita, the pina colada and daiquiris. Mojitos and martinis are trendy, but if you use them, do it with a unique twist. Below are signature cocktail ideas for your wedding that are sure to impress.
White Sangria
Sangria is a classic drink to be made for crowds. This twist uses white wine instead of red. This is perfect for a wedding where the bride needn’t worry about her dress.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup mixed colorful bite-size melon pieces
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup crisp white wine
¼ cup brandy
¾ cup sparkling water
Lime for garnish
Method:
Stir melon and sugar together in a large pitcher. Allow to stand for at least 30 minutes.
Just before serving, stir in wine, brandy and sparkling water.
To serve, place ice cubes in glass and a few pieces of melon from pitcher. Pour in Sangria.
Garnish with slice of lime.
Champagne Mojito
For brides that like a traditional flair but want to be modern at the same time, the attractive champagne Mojito fits the bill.
Ingredients:
Rose’s Lime Juice
½ Lime Wheel
3 mint leaves
Champagne
Fresh mint sprigs
Method:
Fill 1/8th of a champagne flute with Rose’s Lime Juice.
Add lime wheel and mint leaves
Fill rest of glass with champagne
Garnish with mint sprig
Yellow Bird
For brides that want something everyone knows, but not quite what they’ve had before, the Yellow Bird is perfect. This cocktail is similar to a Screwdriver.
Ingredients:
Juice of half a lime
1 ¼ oz lime juice
1 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum
¼ oz Galliano
Maraschino cherry
Method:
Squeeze the lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice
Add lime juice, rums and Galliano
Shake well
Strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice
Garnish with cherry
Chocolate Luv
A little heavy for spring, but hard to resist this is perfect for any wedding any time of year. Chocolate Luv is full of romance and decandence.
Ingredients:
¾:
Fill cocktail shaker with ice
Add ingredients to cocktail shaker and shake well
Strain into rocks glass
Bourbon Blush
An unique and fruity drink that will pleasantly surprise any wedding guest with its flavor. Any couple looking for something different will be happy with the choice of a Bourbon Blush.
Ingredients:
3 fresh hulled strawberries
2 oz bourbon
¾ oz crème de frambois liqueur
¼:
Muddle strawberries in base of shaker
Add all other ingredients and shake with ice
Strain into chilled martini glass
Claridge Cocktail
This cocktail adds a savory flavor to any wedding. It’s a contemporary drink for the modern bride and groom.
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Dry gin
1 ½ oz Dry vermouth
½:
Fill shaker ¾ full with ice
Pour all ingredients into shaker over ice
Strain into chilled Martini glass
Garnish with lemon zest twist
Eden
If you want a drink that reminds you of wonderful summer days to come that will start your marriage, this signature cocktail is for you.
Ingredients:
2 oz vodka
½ oz St Germain Elderflower liqueur
1 ½ oz pressed apple juice
Method:
Shake vodka, St Germain Elderflower liqueur, and apple juice with ice
Strain into Collins glass
Top with tonic water
Garnish with Orange Zest string
Elle For Leather
A drink that most people at your average wedding will not have tried. It’s champagne lends it nicely to weddings and it’s smoothness makes it easy to drink.
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Johnnie Walker Scotch Whiskey
1 oz Vanilla Schnapps
¼:
Shake all ingredients but champagne in shaker
Strain into Collins glass filled with crushed ice
Top with brut champagne
No matter which signature cocktail you choose to serve, it will make a statement about you. It is a decision that should be made with as much care as the flavor of your wedding cake.
