Signature Cocktails

[Deleted User]

I just need ideas! Throw out as many different drinks as you can. My Fiance has said he wants his to be a snake bite (half Guinness and half hard apple cider). But, I am super indecisive and have decided to go on a drinking mission over the next couple of months to try different drinks and hopefully decide on my signature drink... Although, my fiance wanted to know if we could do more than two signature drinks. Maybe create our own menu :-) Anyone ever heard of doing this?
Thanks!!!!

artbyallie

Unless you're having a limited bar and only providing one or two kinds of mixed drinks, I would skip the signature ones.

Maggie0829

Do you have a favorite drink that when you go out to a bar you order it all the time?  If not, skip the signature drink.  Also, like Artbyallie noted, if you aren't having a limited bar of wine and beer then a signature drink is kinda of pointless because your guests will just order what they like to drink rather then drink your signature concoction.

Ella and Pedro

We began our wedding with the notion that we were entirely  paying for all the catering and reception components.  We determined to do a beer and wine bar with a moscato wine toast and a small signature cocktail menu.  We settled on four different value palettes for the signature cocktails - but to make them all various martinis (money saving and a bit more cohesive).  So, we did the following:

Blood orange/mango martini
double-dirty triple olive classic
honey-vanilla-lavender martini
and
white chocolate mint martini

(blood orange/mango and white chocolate mint also being offered virgin)

This provided us one 'dessert,' one 'savory/classic', one fruity, and one trendy.  We were then told by my fiance's parents they wanted to host the bar and opened it up to a luxury full bar.  So now, we have these four signature cocktails with special garnishes (that the caterer would not normally provide) and they are being offered on trays by servers, with little signs on the tray explaining ingredients...and also the full luxury bar so people can have a manhattan or a gin and tonic or a bloody mary or whatever.

Honestly, most of my family are into mixed drinks, of the dessert nature, and my fiance's family are into beer and wine, so I stil think that a full open bar is not necessary.  FI's family are now debating, as they have also been considering.  So it may be that we end up with what we started off planning.

alithebride

its your wedding. you can do as many or as few as you want.

[Deleted User]

We were hoping to limit it down to a few selections as we have arranged for a place that will allow us to purchase the drinks outside of the venue and will hire a bartender to serve them. We will have a few select beers (probably miller light and guinness as those are the main ones our family drinks). Champagne or wine for a dinner toast (plus for the kids we were going to do sparkling cider). And then two mixed drinks or more...

Everything has been okayed by the venue
but the bartender is leaving the selection up to us on what we want him to make.

Personally, I usually order a rum and coke... but I was wanting to do something that looked nicer and made a statement or connected with our wedding colors (purple, white and accents of green).

I am asking for ideas on other drinks though... this is something both my groom and I loved the idea of and wanted to serve these drinks during our cocktail hour while making everything available after dinner.

[Deleted User]

A girlfriend of mine suggested that we rent two or three slushy machines that allow alcohol and do margaritas and something else. That might be cool :-) There is actually a place in town that specializes in alcoholic slushy drinks so I could go check there.

Maggie0829

In Response to Re:Signature Cocktails:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Signature Cocktails: If that's the case, I would just offer two or three standard liquors and a selection of mixers. Vodka, rum and whiskey would probably be the most popular. This would the best way to please your guests. Find some other way to make a visual statement.
Posted by Sleeper2013[/QUOTE]

This.  Typically all of the signature drinks I have that coordinated with the wedding colors have sucked because the couple was more concerned about the color of the drink then the actual taste.

If you want to make a statement with your guests offer a selection of liquour and mixes and let them make their own drinks.  This will make a statement by making your guests very happy.  And happy guests is the ultimate statement a wedding could make.