When it’s time to raise your glass, might we recommend…
We love a great cocktail, and while we absolutely support you choosing your own beverage (with or without alcohol) to toast our nuptials, we’ve also developed our own E&P cocktail menu, in consultation with three important mixologists in our lives.
Check out the recipes below and get your bar ready!
This unfairly maligned cocktail is not just for Sex and the City diehards and that is a hill the bride will die on. (For the record, she is also a Sex and the City diehard.) In fact, the father of the bride has been mixing Cosmos by the jug-full for every Benson family celebration since forever. The traditional recipe calls for vodka, but — plot twist — Elisa prefers bourbon. This recipe is balanced and tart, not overly sweet.
Peter’s flavor profile skews toward bitter (or as Elisa says, “old man”), and yet he never fails to order the pinkest drink on a menu. This twist on a traditional gin and tonic, from the couple’s dear pal TJ, is no exception. It’s bright, just the right amount of bitter, and a tiny bit Italian — just like Peter! Ciao a tutti!
Elisa has known Christy, a talented mixologist and founder of thesharedsip.com, since they were both single girls in their 20s. Christy’s on-point cocktails fueled many a wild Saturday night (!) in Elisa’s pre-Peter days. Now, Elisa and Peter return to Christy’s trusty recipes again and again to fuel decidedly less wild nights. Christy designed The Rooftopper to be enjoyed booze-free or with a spirit of your choice (we like gin, but vodka is also a crowdpleaser), so you can choose your level of wild accordingly.