What would you drink?

KittyKaty20 · April 2014

Cocktail hour starts at 3pm, reception ends at 7pm. We'll serve a signature cocktail (rum and blood orange), two beers, a chardonnay, and a pinot noir. Our meal is eggplant parmisagna and chicken marsala. What would you be most likely to drink?

AddieCake · April 2014

That early, I would have a glass of wine or a signature cocktail. And probably just one.

RissAnn1970 · April 2014

I put a bit of everything, but it also depends. Is the beer more like Bud & Coors or Left Hand and Kane? I won't drink BMC beers, but I'll support craft breweries any day.

Gerbertmcway · April 2014

I'd probably drink the signature drink during cocktail hour and white wine with dinner.

saacjw · April 2014

During cocktail hour, I might do the signature cocktail, but most likely stick with red wine (I don't particularly like white) because I'd have red with the dinner and like to stick to one type of booze per night.

The signature cocktail though- if it's hot, that's probably what I'd go for. Because it sounds like a good hot weather drink.

lookame3639 · April 2014

I actually prefer a dry wedding (I'm not a huge drinker, I'll drink but on occasion...I'm also picky and like to stick with shots only...that i nurse lol) I'd probably actually stick with a pop but if the signature cocktail is yummy I'd probably partake in one or maybe a few if I'm in the mood. White wine I'll drink if it's a sweet wine. Red is to bitter for me. Beer makes me sick

emmyg65 · April 2014

I'd try your signature cocktail because that sounds tasty, and then have wine with dinner. I might have a beer too, or just stick with wine, depending on the options. DH would drink beer. We're really easy to please and will drink anything, alcohol-wise.

larrygaga · April 2014

That's early for anything but beer and wine

larrygaga · April 2014

RissAnn1970 said:

I put a bit of everything, but it also depends. Is the beer more like Bud & Coors or Left Hand and Kane? I won't drink BMC beers, but I'll support craft breweries any day.

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anjuli116 · April 2014

A signature cocktail during cocktail hour, because that does sound delicious. After that, whether I chose beer or wine with dinner (just one either way) would depend entirely on how good the beer selection was.

KeptInStitches · April 2014

One glass of white wine, perhaps two at the very outside.

APDSS22 · April 2014

I generally don't drink but that signature cocktail looks delicious. I might have one during cocktail hour, even though it would be early. I would likely go non-alcoholic during dinner.

STARMOON44 · April 2014

I would probably have a signature cocktail or tro and two glasses of white wine.

doeydo · April 2014

I don't like beer or wine so signature cocktail it is.

daria24 · April 2014

I would normally drink wine, but I hate Chardonnay. So I would probably have two signature cocktails and then just water or soda after.

lyndausvi · April 2014

I tend to drink red wine at weddings, sometimes beer. I rarely mix alcohol, so what i start out with is what I drink throughout the night. I don't drink rum so that would be out.

DH is a vodka drinker, I'm not sure what he would pick. I'm guessing red wine.

Jen4948 · April 2014

I'd probably drink white wine (I don't usually like red wine or beer) or something nonalcoholic. I might drink a signature cocktail.

doeydo · April 2014

I just asked me FI and he said beer.

RebeccaB88 · April 2014

Signature cocktail, just one, with water. It sounds good. Too early for anything else. I'd do white wine, if you had something other than chardonnay. I don't do red wine or beer, or soft drinks. If I'm driving, my only choice would be water.

chibiyui · April 2014

Sig cocktail, unless that chardonnay is unoaked

KGold80 · April 2014

Red wine or the signature cocktail. My fiance would drink beer. Neither of us would have more than one or two drinks given the time of day.

Peaseblossom55 · April 2014

Wine and probably red

Blergbot · April 2014

If the signature cocktail looked good, I might have one of those, otherwise red wine all the way!

MairePoppy · April 2014

Blood orange and rum sounds delicious so I'd probably have two. Most likely, I'd have a glass of pinot noir with my main course.

SP29 · April 2014

I'd have the signature cocktail during cocktail hour then wine the rest of the evening.

I drink both red and white, though I'm not a fan of chardonnay.

flyingfoxes · April 2014

I would have to try the signature cocktail!

lyndausvi · April 2014

I have to say it's comical to hear all these replies saying it's too early to drink. Very odd. I honestly didn't know drinking had a start time?

I've been to many tailgate parties that started drinking well before noon. Can't tell you how many boat trips I've been on that drinking stated before 10am. My sister's reception started at noon. The bar was hit hard and continued to be hit all day.

On the boat I use to work on we started serving drinks after snorkeling. That was normally around 10am on morning or all day trips. After 2pm on afternoon trips. Trust me people hit up the bar.

Maybe I come from a strange social circle. We don't look at watches to determine if it's okay to drink or not. If we are together celebrating we are drinking. Time is irrelevant.

::shrugs::

AlexisA01 · April 2014

Wine and signature.cocktail

lc07 · April 2014

lyndausvi said:

I have to say it's comical to hear all these replies saying it's too early to drink. Very odd. I honestly didn't know drinking had a start time?

I've been to many tailgate parties that started drinking well before noon. Can't tell you how many boat trips I've been on that drinking stated before 10am. My sister's reception started at noon. The bar was hit hard and continued to be hit all day.

On the boat I use to work on we started serving drinks after snorkeling. That was normally around 10am on morning or all day trips. After 2pm on afternoon trips. Trust me people hit up the bar.

Maybe I come from a strange social circle. We don't look at watches to determine if it's okay to drink or not. If we are together celebrating we are drinking. Time is irrelevant.
::shrugs::

I'm with you, @lyndausvi !

KittyKaty20 · April 2014

Thank you all for your input!

My FIs parents are paying for the beer, wine, and champagne toast. They had asked how many people would drink wine vs. beer, red vs. white, as they have hosted a number of wine parties that skew red, but not many weddings. I figured this would be a great place to get a sampling of guests' preferences (I know what my friends drink when we go out, but I don't know about his side or our extended families).

For the record, the signature cocktail IS delicious-it's one part of coconut rum to four 1/2 parts blood orange Italian soda, poured over ice in an old fashioned. Add a sprig of mint or a wedge of lime and viola! Bubbly smooth goodness with equal parts bitter blood orange and sweet coconut.

Once again, thank you!

lc07 · April 2014

I think beer is under-represented in the voting results. I'm not sure that we're an accurate sampling of what your guests would necessarily prefer.

For one, I think we're mostly women voting and commenting. Also, personally, we have a lot of scotch and whisky drinkers in our circle whereas someone else's circle may be mostly non-drinkers or beer only drinkers, KWIM?

There is a drink calculator somewhere (evite?) that gives you estimates of how much of what to buy for a range of preferences. Someone help me out here.

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