Our Wedding // Cocktails!
“You need three ingredients for a cocktail. Vodka and Mountain Dew is an emergency.” – Peggy Olson
Anyone who knows me, knows I love a good cocktail. I like to keep my home bar stocked with a selection of spirits, liqueurs and bitters, in the event that an impromptu need may present itself. For our wedding we chose to offer two cocktails for two reasons: 1. It saved us a ton of money on a full bar and 2. I wanted to drink something delicious on my wedding day. In addition to the two cocktails we served two choices of local beer, 2 white wines and 2 red wines. I designed and constructed the “chalkboard” like sign to tie into the rest of the wedding day signage and stationery. It made it clear what guest had to choose from, and everyone loved the choices. The best advice I can give anyone planning the bar for their wedding is, your guests will drink whatever you offer, don’t over think it.
With the help of some taste testing friends, a little internet research and the knowledge that if you mix spirits with the right amount of acid, sweetness and bitterness you will find yourself with one delicious drink, I came up with these two lovelies.
Photo via ReadyMade
The Blood Orange Old Fashioned (inspired & modified from this post from ReadyMade.)
Ingredients:
2 ounces of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey
1 ounce Blood Orange Juice
1 teaspoon Luxardo Cherry Juice (from the cherry jar)
3 dashes of Fee’s Orange Bitters
2 dashes of Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Splash of club soda to taste
Ice
Garnish:
1 Luxardo Cherry
1/2 wedge Blood Orange
Instructions:
1. Combine whiskey through bitters in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice, shake vigorously until cold; set aside.
2. Add a handful of ice cubes to a double old fashioned glass.
3. Strain chilled cocktail mixture into glass.
4. Top with splash of soda. Garnish with orange slice and cherry and a cocktail stirrer flag. Serve immediately.
Photo by Maile Lani Photography
The Perfect Pear
Ingredients:
2 ounces of Bombay Sapphire Gin
1 ounce Mathilde Pear Liqueur
1/2 ounce St. Germaine
1/2 ounce of lime juice
3 dashes of Fee’s Orange Bitters
Splash of club soda
Ice
Garnish:
1 lime wedge
drink flag stirrer
Instructions:
1. Combine gin through bitters in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice, shake vigorously until cold; set aside.
2. Add a handful of ice cubes to a double old fashioned glass.
3. Strain chilled cocktail mixture into glass. Top with sparkling water. Garnish with lime wedge and cocktail stirrer flag. Serve immediately.
Photo by Maile Lani Photography. Festive drink flags make any cocktail better. I found these at BHLDN.
Photo by Maile Lani Photography
The best thing about serving delicious cocktails at your wedding is the dancing that ensues! This photo captures the mood perfectly! Best. Night. Ever!
