Signature Drinks

Clients are always looking for ways to personalize their wedding and reflect their personality.  Signature drinks are a fun and interactive way to start your cocktail reception.  Whether served by wait staff or poured through an interactive ice martini luge guests never tire of this fun addition.

Pick a favorite drink of the Bride and Groom and feature each one during cocktail hour.  Create fun names for your drinks incorporating your names or favourite activities.  Creating them in the colours of your wedding and adding a garnish further enhances the visual.  Guests love the unexpected!  Personalize your bar area with drink menus, candles and a few bowls of candy.  For additional WOW add a martini luge to chill drinks as they funnel down a block of illuminated ice.  Add a few cocktail height tables and let the socializing begin.  The more interaction you create, the better the atmosphere you provide!

Often we will create a secondary martini bar that only serves a selection of martinis during the evening.  We all know how much us women love the martini bar.  I wanted to share some of my favorite recipes and stations to inspire you this season.  Visit www.martinirecipe.net for more great ideas and tips on how to make the perfect martini!

Rub the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with lemon wedge and then dip in a sugar frost.  Place ice in cocktail shaker, add ingredients over ice and shake vigorously until a frost forms.  Strain into your glass and add garnish.

Apple Martini

30ml (or approx 1 oz) Vodka
30ml (or approx 1 oz) Sour Apple Schnapps
30ml (or approx 1 oz) apple juice
3 ice cubes
1 slice green apple

Pomegranate Martini

1 oz vodka (or citrus vodka, if you have it)
1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
3 oz pomegranate juice*
chopped ice
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice, for garnish
lemon slice, for garnish
sugar, for garnish

Cheers to your favorite drink!

Elizabeth Johnston, Creative Director