Signature Cocktails: Names and Recipes
Updated: May 25
Consult With Your Bartender
Who better to help you name your mixed drink than the bartender who will serve it up to your guests? Ask your bartender what the cocktail's key ingredients are, how it's prepared, and how it's served to spark inspiration. All of that information could give you some ideas for a fun name.
Incorporate Wedding Words
When in doubt, toss in a wedding word to give your go-to drink that just-married factor. An Old Fashioned becomes a Something Old Fashioned. Then there's a Bloody Marry Me, an Apple-y Ever After Martini, and, well, you get the point. Rather than picking any old cocktail, start your search for the right beverage by brainstorming cocktails with ingredients you love, and then use those flavors for your name. Vodka Rosemary Lemonade could be Vodka Rose-Marry Me Lemonade. Or Spiked Apple Cider could be renamed Apple of My Eye.
There's also a beverage called the Blushing Bride, made with champagne, fruit nectar, and grenadine that are already fit for a wedding!
Take Your Guests on a Trip
You don't have to throw a destination wedding to take your guests to a new locale. Use your signature drink as a way to celebrate a city you love, or a time period that intrigues you. Use the influences of your dream locale to help you make the selection of your signature cocktail's name.
Of course, if you are throwing a destination celebration, you can use your wedding spot as inspiration too. This could mean naming the drink after the actual locale (e.g. a Sparkling Charleston Cosmopolitan), drawing inspiration from the surrounding culture (e.g. a Southern Belle-Ini), or putting a twist on the name of an already popular drink in the area.
Keep it light, yet informative!
While you want to surprise and delight your guests with your cocktail's name, you don't want to make it such a tongue twister that they'll have no clue what they're getting. While drink names should be playful, they should also be descriptive so guests know what they're drinking.
In addition to placing a sign with the drink's ingredients at the bar, consider including the main ingredient or alcohol in the cocktail's name for clarity.
Incorporate the Season
Just as your wedding's season informed the details of your wedding—your bridesmaids won't be wearing short dresses in the dead of winter—it can help you with cocktail names too. For weddings in summer months, stick with something cool and refreshing like a Moscow Mule, named the Marry Me Mule. Signature cocktails and their names should be reflective of the season.
Make It Personal
Your wedding is the one day it should be all about you and your partner. Use your own names (and nicknames), or incorporate your new, shared last name. Likewise, you can incorporate words associated with your favorite hobbies and sports, the name of your pet, or anything you like to make the signature drink names really reflect who the two of you are.
Tie in Your Wedding Theme
Let your wedding theme and/or color palette dictate the name of your drinks. Colors are particularly easy, and there are so many fun options to choose from. Keep it simple with a Something Blue, Pretty in Pink, Purple Passion, Mellow Yellow, or a Sweet Peach Punch. For a fresh, farm-to-table signature drink name, try a Greenhouse Tonic or a Cucumber Collins with fresh ingredients to match, naturally. Throwing a garden party-themed wedding? Think floral-inspired cocktails adorned with lavender sprigs. Creativity is encouraged!
Nowadays it is pretty popular for couples to have signature cocktails offered at their wedding receptions along with wine and beer, but it isn’t always easy to come up with cute cocktail names to go with it. So we compiled some of our favorites to help!
blushing bride
sweet on you
beachy breeze
forever yours
tickled pink
devotion potion
drunk in love
kindred spirits
sun kissed bride
wedding bells
marry me martini
sea breeze
main squeeze
mint to be
the dashing groom
the happy couple
something old
something new
something borrowed
something blue
grinning groom
french kiss
happily ever after
first kiss
wedding cake martini
lucky in love
the maiden voyage
about thyme
the mr. right
the cranberry kiss
better together tea
passion & promises
heart & soul
the “merry me” mimosa
orange crush
sweet on you
the apple ever after
mai guy
wedding bell-ini
the classy blushing bride
lucky lady
endless love
honey i do
true love
golden groom
salty kiss
tall n handsome
marry me margarita
the honeymooner
love punch
be mine wines
i do brews
“main squeeze” lemonade
“love ya bunch” punch
the whipped groom
berry happy together
white wedding
honey, i do
just rosemarried
spirit of adventure
freckle juice
cloud nine
altar-ed state
loves-a-brewin’
punch drunk love
kindred spirits
the perfect pear
mr. & mrs. martini
kiss from a rose
lucky i’m in love
berry nice
peachy keen
it takes two to tangerine
loverlee-tini
corsage cosmopolitan
you’re the apple of my eye tini
sparkling sips
spicy sips
dark and stormy
french elegance
lovely lavender
a preppy pick
blue crush
marital bliss
peach perfection
mango madness
pretty in pink
sublime lime
minty fresh
chantilly pink
lovely bubbles
perfectly paired
classic and crisp
a snazzy sprits
made with love
blushing blondie
mighty mule
the groovy groom
drunken sailor
the lucky guy
the lovely girl
call me old fashioned
sea breeze
the frenchy
a gentlemen’s swag
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Maryssa Souza
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