Besides Coffee & Champagne.....?

Question

Besides your traditional coffee & champagne what alcoholic beverages are typical at weddings? and what NON alcoholic bevys are typical??

Answer 1

Non alcoholic: Tea, Juice if it's daytime, Soda, Coffee, Water

Alcoholic: red wine, white wine, blush wine, beer (usually three majors like bud, coors, and miller). As far as liquor it depends on what cocktails you want to have. There is usually always a vodka, a whiskey like JD.

Answer 2

I dont know about typical, but have you ever heard of wassail? It is where you simmer 2 quarts apple cider and cinnamon sticks, 2 cups orange juice, 1 cup lemon juice, 5 cup pineapple juice and 1 and 1/2 tsp whole cloves together for about 30 minutes. At the end remove the cloves and cinnamon sticks. Its good served hot, but can be served cold as well. Here is another non alcoholic...
Wedding Punch
Recipe for non alcoholic wedding punch

2 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1 pint lemon or rasberry sherbert
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 12 oz bottle gingerale or 7 up

Combine pineapple juice, sherbert and 1/2 of the ice cream. Beat until smooth. Add 7 up or ginger ale. Spoon remaining ice cream into punch. Serve immediately. Makes 14 servings

we made it without the vanilla ice cream and it was yummy.

Depending on if the wedding had a theme to it you could serve the alcoholic drinks to match that theme, or there are always the mimosas, mix champagne with orange juice, or serve sangria.

Depending on how long the reception is or how many people will be there I would say depends on what drinkds to serve. Whether you want to make margaritas or what.

In stronger weddings a whiskey sour is always good:)
Hope its great!

Answer 3

punch :alcoholic and non alcoholic I have yet to attend a wedding without punch. Instead of the usual red punch I mixed pineapple juice orange juice and Sierra Mist together with an ice ring that had lemon and orange slices

Answer 4

Beer & Wine sometimes hard alcohol it depends on the crowd. Punch, lemonade with flavored syrups like raspberry, iced tea, iced mochas and lattes. For the cooler months hot cocoa, mulled hot cider even hot tea.

Answer 5

This is what we are serving, I guess it is pretty typical:

Beer
Wine (red/white and rose)
Champagne
Pimms Cocktail
Pear Cider (my brother's tipple)
Water
Lemonade and Coke
Fizzy grape juice
Orange juice/Cranberry juice
Tea and coffee

We decided against spirits, well we MAY get a couple of bottles of strawberry vodka as spirits are so expensive and people tend to get totally hammered on spirits, I don't really want a drunken brawl as a reception lol.....

Answer 6

It may depend on your caterer. Usually receptions have a full bar, that means sodas, plus wines, beers and mixed drinks. You should check with the caterer for their full list of beverages, but I am sure they would have whatever you would like to include.

Answer 7

A full open bar, which includes a selection of beer, red and white wine, vodka, gin, rum, rye - and then depends upon what you want to offer such as brandy, schnapps, scotch, etc.
Non alcoholic - bar mixes, juices, assorted pop, water.

Answer 8

James Bond orders martinis in champagne glasses in the books.

Answer 9

Sometimes a non-alcoholic fruit punch. I like that punch made with white grape juice and ginger ale.