10 Signature Cocktail Ideas for Summer Weddings

^{Photo & Recipe: Waiting on Martha}

Ahhhh, summer is here guys! Which means summer wedding season has officially begun. OMG. We hope you're as excited as we are! To celebrate all you lucky summer brides out there, we found a few signature cocktail ideas to help you celebrate, and who knows, enjoy with all your guests under the summer sun.

Of course, we highly recommend you try before you buy...so grab your S/O or bridesmaids and make a date of it. All of the recipes you're about to see can easily be made at home with a handful of fresh ingredients. Choose your faves below, and enjoy responsibly. Already have a signature cocktail you love? Be sure to share it with us. Enjoy!

BLACKBERRY BOURBON SMASH

Ingredients:

2 pints of fresh blackberries (for muddled mixture and garnish)
3 mint leaves fresh
Simple syrup
Bourbon

Prepare:

Muddle the blackberries + mint leaves together until it's a jam-like consistency.

Add blackberry + mint mixture to bottom of glass. Fill glass with ice.

Pour 2 oz. of bourbon on top. Add simple syrup to taste (optional).

Garnish with a mint and extra blackberries and enjoy!

^{Photo & Recipe: Sugar & Charm}

SPARKLING GRAPEFRUIT BIKINI COCKTAIL

What you'll need:

1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice
1 tablespoon raspberry jam (seedless)
3 ounces club soda
2 ounces chilled grapefruit soda
1 ounce vodka

Prepare:

Mix grapefruit juice, jam, and vodka in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for about 20 seconds.

Pour into a glass filled with ice.

Add club soda + grapefruit juice and stir.

Garnish with a grapefruit wedge and a straw.

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LIMONCELLO PROSECCO WITH BLUEBERRIES & THYME

What you'll need:

1 Packages of blueberries
1 Lemon, slices
1 Thyme
Ice
1 cup Limoncello liqueur
1 (750 ml) bottle Prosecco

Prepare:
Pour prosecco and limoncello into a pitcher and stir.

Place a handful of blueberries in a glass, top with ice and fill with the limoncello prosecco. Garnish with thyme and lemon slices.

^{Photo & Recipe: The Sweetest Occasion}

Summer's Perfect ROSÉ SPRITZER

Ingredients:

5 ounces of a dry Rosé
Fresh strawberries, chunked
Fresh mint leaves
2 – 3 lemon slices
Sparkling water or club soda

Prepare:

Add fresh strawberries and lemon slices.

Muddle together until juicy.

Fill glass with ice and add rosé.

Top with sparkling water or club soda of your choice.

Garnish with lemon and mint.

^{Photo & Recipe: Mommy's Kitchen}

Blue devil

Ingredients:

Lime juice
Confectioner sugar
1 oz Light Bacardi Rum
1/2 oz Blue Curacao
1 oz Orange juice

Prepare:

Rim a cocktail glass with the lime juice and confectioners sugar.

In a shaker filled with ice, add the Rum, Curacao, and orange juice.

Shake till it's chilled then pour over ice into glass.

Garnish with a slice of lime.

^{Photo & Recipe: The Sweetest Occasion}

MANGO SUNRISE PIÑA COLADA

Ingredients:

2 oz coconut rum
2 oz mango juice
2 oz pineapple juice
1 tablespoon coconut cream
1 tablespoon grenadine
Fresh pineapple garnish

Prepare:

Add coconut rum, mango and pineapple juices to a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake well to combine and chill.

Pour over ice into a cocktail glass.

Add coconut cream slowly by pouring over the back of a spoon.

Add grenadine by pouring slowly over top.

^{Photo & Recipe: Always Order Dessert}

Ginger Peach Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

3 large ripe peaches
1 one-inch piece of fresh ginger root, peeled
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup water
6 ounces Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
Ice for serving
2 cups ginger beer soda (be sure to look for ginger beer, not ginger ale)
Lime or lemon wedges, for garnish

Prepare:

Make the puree here.

To make the cocktail, combine 1 cup of the puree with the vodka in a large shaker filled with ice and shake until frosty. Divide the peach and Smirnoff vodka mixture evenly into four Moscow Mule mugs or cocktail glasses filled with ice.

Pour 1/2 cup ginger beer into each mug. Garnish with a lime or lemon wedge and a fresh peach slice.

^{Photo & recipe: Simply Made Recipes}