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I love your customized drink idea! As a guest, I'd much rather have a choice of what I'd like to drink. However, you can't, nor will you ever please everyone. So if you love the idea of customized drinks, then go for it. If it's not a guests particular cup of tea, then they can drink beer or wine. Sounds like you should be able to come up with 4 drinks that will allow almost everyone to find something they like though.
I love the idea of the somethings cocktails! You should do it and make each one varied enough so that different tastes are represented. I think the vast majority of people can enjoy themselves with 4 options of spirits, beer, or wine. If they can't, there's something wrong and they should just drink water or tea.
ErinSea your comment made me laugh, although you probably didn't mean it to I think it's funny.. "there's something wrong and they should just drink water or tea" =)
Some people are pretty set in their ways as far as hard liquor, but I think that most will default to beer or wine all evening if you don't have a mixed drink choice that appeals to them. If you are going to have several, and you make them pretty standard choices, you should keep most people happy. I know FI prefers Tanqueray in his G&Ts, but hey, he's not going to complain about Bombay Sapphire (especially if he's not paying for it). He is not, however, amused by designer drinks, and I think a lot of guys are that way. My girlfriends and I would try at least one of whatever you designed, and think it was lots of fun. I think the idea of customized drinks is very cool if you relate them in some clever way to your wedding theme or weddings in general as you suggested.
maybe you could make 1-2 of the signature drinks more masculine. In a highball glass and more simple.
I love the idea
and for one night- i think anyone can do without their preferred beverage (especially if they are not buying
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I think that is such a fun idea!! I think everyone will be impressed with your creativity, and will not go thirsty with 4 choices + beer and wine. You can do 2 geared more towards the girls, and 2 for the guys!!
I've been to 2 weddings that had signature drinks. 1 had an full open bar and signature drink (mint julep; it was a garden reception in Kentucky), and the other had wine, beer and a signature drink. As a guest, I much prefered the one with a full bar.
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I think the ideas of doing split signature drinks that are masculine and girly are great, thanks all!
Oooh, this sounds fun!
Something old: Beer is one of the world's oldest beverages, possibly dating back to the 6th millennium BC, and is recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The earliest Sumerian writings contain references to beer. A prayer to the goddess Ninkasi known as "The Hymn to Ninkasi" serves as both a prayer as well as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people.
Something new: Wine from a new local winery OR the trend of a signature cocktail
Something borrowed: A signature cocktail recipe from a magazine or website OR an imported alcoholic beverage (borrowed from the Russians for example)
Something blue: A blue cocktail
Sixpence: http://www.drinknation.com/drink/Dancing-Sixpence
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as a bride, i love the idea of the something's drink b/c it is very creative and personal. but as a guest, i'd much rather have an open bar where i can choose my own drink. but hey, its your wedding, and this is the one day where you can get away with making ALL of the decisions and doing things your way.
my FI nixed the signature drink for two reasons: 1) it was pretty girly, 2) he really wanted to give people the option of choosing their own drink. he thought it was a little presumptuous to choose people's mixed drinks for them, so he wanted either only beer or wine, or a full open bar.
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I agree that it is a cute idea, but I would have to vote for the full bar over the signature drinks. Is there anyway you can do both or would they charge alot for that? Would just signature drinks be more cost efficient? If its the same price maybe you can have a full bar and make up something like a bar menu labeling the drinks and the ingredients for each and if the guests like it they can order it?
I would do the customized drink menu, i think that it is the cutest thing! I think your guest will appreciate the time it took for you to think it up and love the theme coordination even more than an open bar. I definately think those little touches are what make a wedding memorable.
I am with Mrs. Jones on this one. I vote customize! Signature drinks and a bar with wine and beer is classy.
I believe with the sentiments expressed by most of the above posters:
- most people will probably "prefer" open bar (but it is YOUR wedding)
- men will not find this idea as neat as women will (but that's really the same for anything wedding related!)
I would go with it! I think it sounds great. Just make sure there are some "manly" type drinks - maybe something old can be whisky (for some reason my friends call me an "old man" when I drink that) and make sure the type of liquor is varied amongst the drinks so everyone's preference - rum, vodka, gin, whisky is included in a drink. Many people have an aversion to certain type of alcohol and will only drink one type, so try not to mix many type of alcohol within a drink - use juices, mixes and garnishes to customize the drinks.
Good luck!
Let us know what you decide to do? I'd love to hear about the drinks if you decide to go with them!
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I think signature drinks are a really cool way of personalizing things, but I am picky drinker. There are only certain things I like to drink, but I can always drink wine (I am picky on that too). I say go with signature drinks, but offer a good variety of wines and beers.
Does it have to be one or the other? Can't you have an open bar and then have one signature coktail?? I think either way it is fine if I were a guest, but I know some people like my FI who always order the same drink and does not like to change it up.
I say if it's something you want to do go with it! it sounds cute! I do agreet that having "manly" drink would go over better. I'm super curious , do you have any ideas of the drinks you would be useing????
Some drink possibilities I've thought of...
Something Old: Margarita(would fit as my wedding is in Mexico), Classic Martini
Something New: Pink Mimosa
Something Borrowed: Emerald Drop(heads off to our hometown of Seattle)
Something Blue: AMF(my Fiance thought this would be fitting as well since it is abbreviated for Adios Mother F*****, I think it's funny but probably wouldn't really do it) , Ocean-tini
These are just some drinks I've thought about, or I might do all martinis for each category.
That is what we are doing. Originally we were going to do full bar - but i figure we will be covering just about every base with the wine, beer, and 4 mixed drinks.
Oh - our colors are green, black and white.... we are going to do a green drink ( probably appletini or something)
and we're doing a BLACK martini! I didn't know you could - but apparently there is a black vodka called Blavod - my mom knew about it - and i thought it was interesting.... so we're goign to get some and try it before we decide on it.
and we still hav eto decide about the other 2 drinks
Anyway, It was a difficult decision for us also - but in the end i think we'll be happy with the decision to do wine, beer, and mixed drinks!
If budget isn't an issue, there is no reason why you can't do both. Make up cute a cute sign to go on the bar listing your "designer drinks," but people would still have the option to order what they want (like bah-humbug boys and old people).
even though signature drinks are a cute idea, realistically, people would much prefer an open bar to pick whatever they want to drink. it makes life easier on everyone!
I love the idea of the specialized, but both my brothers spent time and effort and doing that and afterward said it was a waste of time basically and that if they did it again, they wouldnt have bothered.
I don't have a preference... I think the customized menu is so cute! As a bride, I'd go with whichever is cheaper!
I think that open bar would satisfy many more people. No one would be put off by an open bar, but there are several that might not like the signature drinks. In thinking of my guest list, I know that most of my guy friends wouldn't like the signature drinks (and they might prefer liquor instead of drinking beer all night), and I know that my dad's friends and my FI's dad's friend might think it was a little cheesy.
BUT I also think its a really cute idea and it could add a lot of festive-ness to the party. If it were up to me, I'd pay for the open bar, but then also request two signature drinks. Maybe a "his" and "hers" or something like that. (With his being more manly and hers being more fruity.) Your bartenders would probably be up for that, because they could have a lot of the signature drinks pre-made and sitting out, which would help them with getting drinks to guests faster.
I'm picturing a full open bar, but then having one side (or both sides) lined with the "his and hers" drinks to make it look pretty!
i love the signature drink idea, but agree that guys might have a problem if there wasnt a masculine type drink on the menu. my fiance and i had this problem to an extent: we are having a brunch, so we didnt want a full open bar. who needs that much alcohol at 2 pm? so for the cocktail hour we are having open bar, but for lunch we are serving various champagne cocktails and bloody marys.
I think the signature drink is a lovely idea, BUT it would only taylor to certain people at the reception! I personally am having a winter wedding and I am doing warm apple cider with spiced rum in copper cups for my 'signature' drink at the cocktail reception.
As for the full bar in place of the signature drinks it might hit more people at home-it is whatever you want to do if you want to do both things. I went to a wedding where they had a limit on their full bar-when the cost of everything hit $700 then we had to pay-so technically it was open bar but it wasn't. Just think what will hit everyone at your reception.
You could do your signature drinks during your cocktail reception only-only have those available and then at the reception time have a full bar. Just an idea! Hope it helps!
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I'm considering either doing a full open bar OR having a customized drink menu using the theme of "Something Old, something new, etc" and dedicating a hard alcohol drink for each but also have beer and wine. Which would you prefer as a guest at a wedding? I feel like the customized menu makes a wedding more personalized and is absolutely cute, but I wouldn't want guests to feel so limited or not like the drink choices.