Peak Beverage

ture cocktails to life, the Smoked Schultz and the Alesia Special. The bartenders were attentive and warm all night, but our favorite moment was stepping away from our thank you toast to find our signature drinks already waiting for us. They were paying attention the whole time, and it showed.

he venue and so we had to switch plans. They were able to honor the quote we were given from the venue. One snag we had caused us to place a Doordash order for some more Sprite during dinner. The bar was an open bar, but not a full bar. The caterer was providing non alcoholic drinks like tea and lemonade, and the bar menu was limited to beer, wine, and two specialty cocktails. We did not allow for anything off the bar menu to be provided. However, unbeknownst to us, guests were trying to order sodas which were not on the menu. We had Sprite as an ingredient in one of the cocktails, and the bartenders started serving it straight up to guests who wanted soda. Because we only bought enough of each cocktail ingredient to go in cocktails, we ran out of Sprite after one hour of bar service. I'm not sure why the bartenders thought the 4 liters of soda we had would be enough for all of the cocktails AND to be offered as a drink by itself. (The cocktail recipe in question called for 2 ounces of Sprite per drink, aka a very small amount.) My poor husband was over on his phone creating a Doordash account and placing an order to be delivered during dinner. Thankfully it arrived before the bar reopened for dancing and we avoided any serious depletion in drinks. However I don't know why the bartenders thought it made sense to offer something that was not on the very clearly printed menus. I don't care if people wanted soda. They can go one night without soda - we had water, coffee, sweet and unsweet tea, and lemonade for anyone who doesn't drink alcohol. Lastly, something that was not communicated to us was that the bartenders would be taking our single drink recipe and making batches in pitchers. I never expected this and honestly would not have used any carbonated ingredients like Sprite if it would be sitting in a pitcher going flat. I gave the company the recipes for the 2 cocktails in single servings ahead of the wedding and they never said anything.