Having the best cocktails at your reception can get the party started. Here are some examples of easy yet delicious wedding cocktails you can have at your reception.
They say alcohol is one way to make things more alive and fun at a party. Having cocktails for your reception can be great especially if you want your guests to party the night away with a bit of booze.
Making up some signature wedding cocktails to try before your big day can be a fun activity with your loved one. When you’ve tried or made some things you like, share the recipes with the bar manager or catering supplier. But to avoid the hassle, most prefer to leave it to the professionals. Just pick out some drinks that you want to have for your reception and the bar will provide them to the guests.
Best Wedding Cocktails
Below are 17 examples of alcoholic drinks or cocktails that you can serve at your wedding. They are categorized by the main alcohol component in the drink. As well as accompanied by the list of the ingredients you’ll need to make them.
Vodka Cocktails
1. St. Germain
Ingredients
- Combine 2 parts vodka
- 1 part St-Germain
- 1/2 part lime juice
- 3/4 part white cranberry juice
- Pour it in a chilled martini glass.
2. Sex on the Beach
Ingredients
- Mix 1 1/2 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz peach schnapps
- 1 1/2 oz orange or pineapple juice
- 1 1/2 cranberry juice
- Shake well into a shaker with ice and pour into a glass with ice.
3. Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- Combine 1 1/2 oz citrus vodka
- 1 oz Cointreau
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- a dash of cranberry juice
- Mix well and pour into glass.
4. Moscow Mule
Ingredients
- Mix 2 oz vodka
- 3 oz ginger beer
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- Pour into a glass or mug with ice.
Rum Cocktails
5. Caribbean Mist
Ingredients
- Combine 1 part mango rum
- 1 part pineapple juice
- a dash of blue curacao
- Pour it in a glass with ice and add soda water.
6. Strawberry Daiquiri
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Jamaican rum
- 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 oz rich simple syrup
- 1 strawberry
- Blend with ice until smooth and pour into a long glass or goblet.
7. Mojito
Ingredients
- Mix in a glass 3 mint leaves
- 2 oz white rum
- 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Top it off with club soda.
Whiskey Drinks
8. Mint Julep
Ingredients
- Combine 2 oz of bourbon
- and 1 tablespoon of mint syrup
- Pour into a glass filled with crushed ice, stir and garnish some mint.
9. Bourbon Strawberry Iced Tea
Ingredients
- Muddle 2 large fresh strawberries and 1 oz fresh lemon juice in a glass.
- Add in 3/4 oz rich simple syrup
- 2 oz bourbon
- unsweetened ice tea, and mix with ice until cold.
Gin Cocktails
10. Grapefruit Gin and Tonic
Ingredients
- Muddle some mint leaves on glass.
- Squeeze some grapefruit juice and also some slices.
- Pour in a bit of gin and elderflower liqueur into the glass.
- Almost fill the glass with tonic water with some space for ice.
11. Dry Martini
Ingredients
- Stir in a glass 2 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz dry vermouth
- 1 dash orange bitters
- ice
- Mix until cold and pour into chilled glass.
- Garnish a lemon twist.
12. Tom Collins
Ingredients
- 2 oz London dry gin
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Top it with club soda.
Tequila Cocktails
13. Margarita
Ingredients
- Mix 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz orange liqueur
- 1/2 oz agave syrup
- Pour into a glass with ice.
14. Skinny Coconut Margarita
Ingredients
- Combine 3 oz lite coconut milk
- 3 oz tequila
- 1 1/2 oz triple sec
- 8 oz coconut water
- Pour into a glass with ice and put a lime wedge.
15. Tequila Sunrise
Ingredients
- Add 2 oz tequila
- 4 oz of fresh orange juice into a chilled glass.
- Float the 1/4 oz grenadine on top.
Other Popular Drinks
16. Mimosa
Add 2 oz of orange juice to chilled sparkling wine.
17. Uptown Ways
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilege cognac
- 1 oz berry and pepper syrup
- 1/2 oz pineapple juice
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- Mix into a shaker with ice.
- Pour in a glass and add 2 oz rose champagne.
Conclusion
You can actually experiment on your own signature drink for your wedding. It’s just mixing and matching different flavors and fruits to different kinds of alcohol to make your own wedding cocktails. A signature drink can make any reception fun and memorable especially if you give it a cool or hilarious name. Tip: Try to incorporate your last name into the name of the signature drink. For example, The Dirty Dunhum, The Jack & Jacobs, etc…
Also, don’t forget that there will be quite a few guests that will opt-out from drinking alcohol for various reasons. You can also make knock-off non-alcoholic drinks as well. That way everyone can enjoy the drinks even if it’s a virgin Dirty Dunhum.
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