Please drink and serve responsibly. Ensure guests have safe transportation options and that alcohol is only served to those of legal drinking age. Encourage moderation and offer non-alcoholic alternatives.
- The Gatsby Sparkler
Description: A refined champagne cocktail with elderflower and lemon.
- Ingredients:
4 oz dry champagne
1/2 oz elderflower liqueur
Lemon twist
Sugar cube (optional) - Instructions:
Drop a sugar cube into a champagne flute, pour in elderflower liqueur, and top with chilled champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Use sparkling white grape juice and elderflower cordial.
- Presentation: Serve in vintage coupe glasses on a silver tray with lace napkins.
- Bee’s Knees
Description: A Prohibition-era favorite with gin, honey, and lemon.
- Ingredients:
2 oz gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and warm water) - Instructions:
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Use lemonade with honey syrup and a splash of soda water.
- Presentation: Serve with a mini honey dipper on the side of the glass.
- Giggle Water Gimlet
Description: A jazzed-up version of the classic gimlet with cucumber and mint.
- Ingredients:
2 oz gin
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
2 cucumber slices
3 mint leaves - Instructions:
Muddle cucumber and mint in shaker, add other ingredients, shake well, and strain into a chilled martini glass. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Muddle cucumber and mint with lime juice and syrup, then top with club soda.
- Presentation: Float a thin cucumber wheel on top. Serve on black cocktail napkins.
- Sidecar Royale
Description: A decadent twist on the sidecar with a splash of sparkling wine.
- Ingredients:
1 oz cognac
1 oz triple sec
1/2 oz lemon juice
Splash of brut sparkling wine - Instructions:
Shake the first three ingredients with ice. Strain into a coupe glass and top with sparkling wine. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Use brewed black tea, orange juice, and sparkling cider.
- Presentation: Rim the glass with sugar and garnish with a thin orange twist.
- Mint Condition Mule
Description: A 1920s-inspired twist on the Moscow mule, perfect for warm evenings.
- Ingredients:
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz lime juice
4 oz ginger beer
2 mint sprigs - Instructions:
Pour bourbon and lime over ice in a copper mug. Top with ginger beer and stir. Add mint garnish. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Skip bourbon and double the ginger beer with fresh lime and extra mint.
- Presentation: Serve in copper mugs on wood serving boards with mint tucked into crushed ice.
- The Charleston Punch (Batch Cocktail)
Description: A crowd-pleasing fruity punch with a kick.
- Ingredients:
1 bottle gin (750 ml)
3 cups pineapple juice
1 cup cranberry juice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup simple syrup
Club soda to top - Instructions:
Mix everything except club soda. Chill. Serve in a punch bowl with large ice block. Top glasses with club soda. - Non-Alcoholic Version: Omit gin and use lemon-lime soda or ginger ale for sparkle.
- Presentation: Add pineapple slices, orange wheels, and frozen cranberries to punch bowl.