Want to add a splash of style to your wedding day? Serving a signature cocktail is a delicious way to set the mood and share a taste of your style and personality with guests. To help you kick off that celebration (or toast the night away), here are 9 fun and refreshing drinks for weddings, showers and rehearsal dinners. Choose one and give it your very own memorable name.
Citrus Fizz
Makes 1 cocktail
3 oz champagne (such as
Chandon Brut Classic or
Reserve Brut)
2/3 oz Belvedere Citrus
1/3 oz fresh lemon juice
Dash of simple syrup
In a cocktail shaker, add ice, Belvedere Citrus, lemon juice and simple syrup, then shake. Strain into a flute or coupe. Top with champagne.
Amaretto Sangria
Pitcher recipe
10 oz amaretto-flavored vodka
(such as CÎROC Amaretto)
10 oz pinot noir
5 oz orange liqueur
5 oz simple syrup
5 oz fresh lemon juice
15 oz sparkling water with lemon
Stir over ice in 64 oz pitcher.
Candy Cane Swirl
Makes 1 cocktail
1 oz SKYY Infusions Raspberry Vodka
3 oz red cranberry juice
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz peppermint schnapps
Lemon-lime soda
Crushed peppermint candy cane
Rim a martini glass with crushed candy cane. Combine vodka, peppermint schnapps, cranberry juice and grenadine in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish with a candy cane.
Coconut Sangria
Makes 1 cocktail
1 oz coconut-flavored vodka
(such as CIROC Coconut)
1/2 oz white rum
1 1/2 oz green tea
1 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Stir over ice in wine glass.
Happily Ever After
Makes 1 cocktail
1 part of tequila (such as Sauza Blue Silver
100% Agave Tequila)
1 part cranberry/raspberry juice
1/2 part lemon-lime soda
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Serve chilled over ice. To create a layered cocktail, pour ingredients in order given into individual glasses filled with ice. Do not stir. Garnish with a peach and a sprig of mint.
Something Blue
Makes 1 cocktail
2 oz HPNOTIQ
2 oz white wine
1 oz ginger ale
Combine and serve in a champagne flute.
Sparkling Berry
Makes 1 cocktail
1/4 part raspberry liqueur
Top with champagne
(such as La Marca Prosecco)
Add raspberry liqueur to the bottom of a champagne flute and top with chilled champagne. Garnish with a raspberry.
Tying the Knot
Makes 1 cocktail
1 part tequila (such as
Sauza Blue Silver 100%
Agave Tequila)
1/4 part orange liqueur
1 part passion fruit juice
1 part soda water
1/2 part agave nectar
Lime juice
Lime peel (garnish)
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients and shake vigorously.
Pour into glass over ice and garnish with a lime peel (optional).
Autumn Delight
Makes 1 cocktail
2 oz whisky (such as Yamazaki 12
year old)
6 oz apple cider
Fresh cinnamon
Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass. Dust with fresh cinnamon. Garnish with two apple slices and a cinnamon stick.
