Serving your favourite cocktail at your wedding reception is a brilliant way to get an extra piece of ‘you’ into the wedding. I love cocktails and we decided rather early on that a cocktail hour is never enough so we will be having ‘cocktail 2 hours’ for our reception in August. So now, all we need is to decide which cocktails to serve. 

Some ideas…

Champagne Cocktail

• Dry Champagne
• 25ml Brandy
• 1 White Sugar Cube
• Angostura Bitters 

Douse the sugar cube in Angostura Bitters and place into a Champagne flute. Add the Brandy, then gently top up with Champagne. 

(Photo Credit: Jamie Oliver)

Gin Rickey 

• 50ml Gin
• Fresh Lime Juice
• Sugar Syrup 
• Soda
• Lime Wedge 

Pour the Gin, a large dash of fresh lime juice and a large dash of sugar syrup into a Highball glass filled with ice. Top up with soda, and garnish with a lime wedge. 

(Photo Credit: Food52)

Pimm’s Cocktail

• 50ml Pimm’s No 1 Cup
• Lemonade
• Cucumber
• Mixed Fruit
• Sprig of Mint 

Pour Pimm’s over ice into a Highball glass and add the lemonade, leaving ample room for the fruit. Then add a sliver of cucumber peel, a slice of orange, lemon and strawberry and a sprig of mint. Serve with a straw and a swizzle stick. 

(Photo Credit: Londonista)

These are some of my favourite cocktail images from Style Me Pretty: