Customized Bottled Cocktails

Go beyond basic beer with bottled and customized cocktails, which have been popping up at bars everywhere. They've gotten us thinking that offering tall, cool ones could be a refreshing way to personalize your drinks and get them in hand, fast, at your celebration. Pass them out post-vows, or distribute them during the cocktail hour.

By Julie Vadnal

Published on April 3, 2015

THE TOOLS

8 1/2-inch-by-11-inch white sticker paper
Label clip art
Circle punch
Scissors or guillotine trimmer
187ml clear Champagne bottles
Funnel
Red Baron Capper
Caps

HOW-TO

Download our label clip art and print onto sticker paper.
Cut the circles with a circle punch; cut the strips with scissors or a guillotine trimmer.
Make cocktails in large batches, taste test, then funnel it into individual bottles, and seal with a capper tool.
Place a metal cap on top of the bottle and seal it by placing the capper on top of the cap and pressing down on both handles simultaneously.
Seal with a sticker labels. Serve cold.

RECIPES TO TRY

While certain drinks need to be shaken or stirred in the moment (sorry, margarita fans!), the four boozy blends we offer below can be mixed, bottled, and refrigerated up to a week in advance.

LILLET MARTINI

5 parts gin

1 part Lillet

2 dashes orange bitters

APEROL SPRITZ

3 parts prosecco

2 parts Aperol

1 part club soda

DARK AND STORMY

4 parts ginger beer

2 parts Gosling's Black Seal rum

WHITE NEGRONI