SIGNATURE DRINKS
by Shelley Waugh

Signature cocktails that include your wedding theme are easy to create and can be served at your showers, bachelor parties, rehearsal dinner, and reception. When creating a special drink, remember to also include a non-alcoholic choice on your menu.

FUN SIGNATURE DRINKS CREATED AT THE DRINKS SHOW

FIRST KISS
Broker’s Gin shaken with crushed gooseberries and a splash of white cranberry juice, garnished with a gooseberry
•To a cocktail shaker, add 6 gooseberries and mash. Fill the shaker with ice and add 1 ½ oz. Broker’s gin, ½ oz. lemon juice, ½ oz. simple syrup and 2 oz. Ocean Spray white cranberry juice. Shake and strain into a martini glass and garnish with a gooseberry.
 

TRUE HAPPINESS
Mickey Finn blue pomegranate topped with iced green tea, garnished with a mint sprig.
•Fill a tall glass with ice. Add 1-½ oz. Mickey Finn blue pomegranate and 4 oz.
iced green tea. Garnish with a mint sprig.
 
PARIS BY NIGHT
Grand Marnier® imbued with crushed blood oranges and a dash of Angostura® and orange bitters, served over crushed ice.
•To a rocks glass, add ½ blood orange, chopped, and a dash each of Angostura and orange bitters. Muddle well. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add 1.5 oz. Grand Marnier. Stir to mix.
 
THE LUXURY VACATION
360 Eco Luxury Vodka shaken with fresh plums, vanilla bean and lime, garnished with a fresh plum slice.
•In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 1 whole plum, peeled and chopped, ¼ oz. vanilla syrup and ½ oz. lemon juice. Muddle the plum. Fill the shaker with ice and add 2 oz. 360 Eco Luxury vodka and 1 oz. Ocean Spray 100% cranberry juice. Shake sharply and strain into a martini glass and garnish with a plum slice.

Recipes and images courtesy: www.drinksshow.com

www.WeddingsHoneymoons.com | July 16, 2008

IT'S SO EASY TO BE GREEN
Creating a green signature drink for your wedding is an easy task especially this year.

ABSOLUT PEARS has introduced a signature Peartini cocktail. It has a stimulating and full-bodied taste that is soft and ripe with a long and fruity aftertaste. The aroma is natural, containing mellow pears with a hint of sweet almond notes, adding a sensual energy to this otherwise demure fruit. 

ABSOLUT PEARTINI
3 parts ABSOLUT PEARS
2 parts white cranberry juice
1 ½ parts lime cordial
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a
pear slice and blueberries as shown.

For more recipes visit www.absolutdrinks.com.