Choosing your perfect Wedding Day Cocktail
The summer of weddings is well and truly in full swing. We’re loving seeing the return of partying, celebrating and feasting! But figuring out how to feed and water your guests on your wedding day can sometimes be quite the task. We personally adore a true cocktail hour at a wedding. It’s a great way to add a little entertainment through your food & drink service, we often work with flair artists at weddings to add a little theatre to the day, and of course fantastic flavour! But ensuring that you pick some wedding cocktails that are memorable but also palatable for your guests can be challenging, so here are some of our favourite summer wedding cocktails and top tips for choosing the right drinks for your cocktail hour...
MAKE IT A CROWD PLEASER
Let’s think about wedding coktails that are going to be crowd pleasers. Too sweet, too bitter, too strong and you’ll either have a lot of wasted booze on your hands or a lot of wasted guests! So try not to go too niche, stick with the classics or the cocktails that are bang on trend.
TIMING IS EVERTHING
Is this a pre ceremony, pre dinner or pre party cocktail service? Your wedding is made up of some key events, and the placements of your cocktail hour should determine the wedding cocktail menu! After dinner? Opt for the smoother cocktails, Espresso Martini’s, Whisky or Amaretto Sours, White Russians. These cocktails are made for an after dinner vibe that will leave your guests smooth and sweet and ready to party. But a post ceremony cocktail hour, every guest is full of joy and excitement that their best friends just got hitched! So something refreshing and light is a great choice. Especially as these cocktails are most likely being served alongside some other drinks, like fizz or beers. Consider spritz cocktails that mix refreshing elderflower, gin or limoncello with something sparkling.
PERSONALISE IT
Personalised wedding cocktails are always a winner. You can each choose your own signature cocktail and have them served throughout the wedding, guests can pick their favourite or try them both. Either way it jazzes up the standard bar menu! And you don’t need to spend ours concocting your own cocktails, we recommend putting a spin on a classic to make it your own but still a crowd pleaser. But you don’t have to divide and conquer, you could choose one that represents you together, pick a fun name that uses your new surname and go from there!
ADD SOME FLAIR
We are big food theatre fans! Turning food and drinks service into part of your entertainment for the day. And there’s no better way to do that than with a flair tender or mixologist. Who doesn’t want their wedding to feature some flying cocktails! Bottles spun and thrown, cocktails topped with bubbles of smoke, pouring from great heights!! It really gets the party started and adds some wow factor to your wedding. We 100% recommend for your wedding cocktails.
If you would love to discuss wedding cocktails and all the other wedding details then don't hesitate to get in touch with us. We have a wealth of knowledge and a little black book bursting at the seams.
V&C x
(All pictures taken at our shoot with Ace Bar Events, cocktail masters! )