Whether you’re planning a luxury wedding or an occasion that’s a little more sustainable, what’s on the menu is certain to be the hot topic amongst your guests. However, it’s not just the contents of your wedding menu that has the potential to excite famished guests, your drinks menu can be personalised to complement the season too.
Christmas is the perfect time to get those creative juices flowing, and with so many cocktail recipes out there for you and your guests to try, toasting the season (and your very special occasion!) in style is simple.
Here we reveal the cocktails that should be on your Christmas wedding bar menu, and each one is as festive as the last!
The throwback
Inject a touch of Christmas nostalgia into your winter wedding by featuring this throwback recipe on your cocktail menu. If there’s one drink that says “Merry Christmas”, it’s the Snowball, and as Good Housekeeping details, this retro drink is pretty easy to make:
“To complete the famous drink you add cold lemonade, lime juice or lime cordial to the Advocaat and include ice and a maraschino cherry as a garnish. Advocaat is not to be confused with Eggnog, another popular Christmas drink which has milk, cream and rum in it (as well as the eggs and sugar).”
The sparkler
No wedding day or wedding weekend would be complete without a bit of fizz! Try the Christmas Campari fizz recipe for bubbles with an insatiable hint of bitterness. This champagne cocktail is an aromatic infusion that makes the perfect pre-dinner drink for wedding guests. Use champagne or sparkling wine to create your own version of this Christmas-inspired tipple.
The twist on a classic
A favourite at Christmas markets, mulled wine is a classic staple that can easily be given a wedding makeover. The mulled wine cocktail is super simple to make, looks very elegant, and can even be served cold or hot.
For the best result and an enchanting aroma, avoid shop-bought mulled wine and make this Christmas-themed concoction from scratch using star anise, cinnamon sticks, cloves, lemons, clementines and orange zest.
The favourite
Who doesn’t love a mojito? With this recipe, you can add a Christmas touch to this minty, fragrant favourite. The Christmas mojito teams classic white rum, mint and lime with cranberry and pomegranates to deliver plenty of festive joy and a refreshing drink to your wedding guests.
If you like your mojitos a little closer to the original, why not try the peppermint alternative? Simply replace the cranberry and pomegranates with a mint syrup made from golden caster sugar and peppermint extract, and decorate with a candy cane for a Christmas-inspired cocktail that looks and tastes the part.
The sweet treat
For non-drinkers, younger guests or simply those with a sweet tooth, the gingerbread mocktail martini is a real winner.
A mixture of milk, ginger beer (which is a non-alcoholic beverage), vanilla extract, brown sugar, molasses sweetener, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon, this martini is practically a dessert in a glass! Garnish the rim of your martini glasses with crushed gingerbread for added pizzazz.
