Drinks

becomingthebrooks · October 2014

We're having pot roast with carrots, onions and celery, roasted pork loin seasoned with thyme and garlic and pecan crusted chicken breasts. What drinks would you serve? We're having a dry wedding of 28 guests people, including myself and my fiancee. Our wedding date is October 15th, 2016 so we'd like to stay away from summer-y punches. I was thinking of apple cider but that's all I could come up with other than the usual tea, coffee, and sodas. I don't know if warm drinks would be good with hot meals, perhaps after dinner though.

What do you guys think?

Lauderdale Pink · October 2014

Even with a fall/winter style menu, and yours sounds amazing, I would still include pink lemonade. Those dishes are a bit fatty, so the lemonade helps to cut the fat a bit. If you are thinking of apple cider, then don't forget the sparkling cider.

jacques27 · October 2014

I agree with the sparkling cider. There's also a pear version available that I think would go well. If you have a Trader Joe's near by, they have sparkling pink and regular lemonade and they almost always have pear cider (non-sparkling) this time of year.

You can also make a fall themed punch - use cranberry and/or pomegranate juices, maybe some kind of citrus, and either ginger ale, sparkling water, or sparkling non-alcoholic wine.

LittleWohlscheid · October 2014

Apple flavors go especially well with pork, so sparkling or just plain cold cider would be good. I agree about avoiding all hot drinks during the meal. You could also provide an assortment of sodas, especially if your venue has a fountain machine.

sarahjane222 · October 2014

Some hot apple cider would be nice and cozy. Or maybe even some hot chocolate after dinner?

Here are a couple of ideas too: http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/11/nonalcoholic-drinks-for-thanksgiving-mocktails-recipes-fall-entertaining.html

http://www.thekitchn.com/non-alcoholic-drinks-for-fall-179318

becomingthebrooks · October 2014

Thank you all for your input! I do agree that our dishes are on the fatty side, but when we were thinking about what to serve in the middle of October all we could come up with was delicious comfort food. But after some discussion we decided to also add an apple/pear/walnut salad with raspberry vinaigrette. YUMMY! I was looking at some pomegranate and cranberry drinks so I think we're going to go with that and the ciders and then with the cake, which is this Black Forest Cake, we'll serve the warm drinks we picked out.

You all rock! Thank you sooo much!!