BayouWeddings: Signature Drinks

These three expertly crafted cocktails are sure to liven up cocktail hour. Get in the wedding spirit by combining you favorite libation in a colorful hue that coordinates with your wedding theme. Add fresh flowers, herbals and fruits to spritz up your mixer. Cheers!

Photograph by Kelly Moore Clark

BLUEBERRY MOJITO
Waterfront Grill

Ingredients:
1.5 oz. simple silver rum
1 oz. lime juice
1 oz. simple syrup
8-12 mint leaves
10 blueberries (purée)
6 oz. club soda

Muddle mint leaves in mixture of lime juice, rum and simple syrup. Pour in blueberry purée. Top with club soda. Garnish with fresh blueberries and
mint leaves.

SUNSET SKIES
adaptation of Stormy Morning
St. Germain available at Tonore’s Wine Cellar

Ingredients:
1 oz. Créme de Violet
1 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
fresh lime juice
4 oz. Champagne
splash of tonic
blackberries to garnish

Pour créme de violet over ice. Add St. Germain and lime juice, top with your choice of Champagne and tonic. Add blackberries and edible flowers to garnish.

STRAWBERRY SANGRIA
Schramsberg Brut Rosé available at Washington Wine & Spirits

Ingredients:
1/2 cup simple syrup
1 cup vodka
1 bottle Schramsberg Brut Rosé
15 strawberries (sliced)
1 handful fresh basil
seltzer water

Mix the ingredients in a large pitcher. Pour into a glass and serve over ice. Add pomegranate seeds as a garnish.