5 Creative Beverage Themed Gifts for Your Bridal Party
We’ve all had that season, or three, where it seems as though we’re attending or participating in someone’s nuptials every weekend from June through September. Those summers that literally seem like “always a groomsman never a groom” mean that not only are you renting a different tux every other week, you’re also coming home with a different wedding party gift each time. Or let’s be honest, you might be coming home with the same wedding party gift each time.
Say Farewell to Flasks
So brides and grooms, (or those otherwise involved with planning a wedding,) take heed: the time has come when you can no longer gift your bridal party with engraved flasks or personalized wine tumblers. While thoughtful gifts, and those that will doubtlessly come in handy for future celebrations, those moves are a little played out, and it’s time to get a little more creative. There are only so many flasks a single person can own and still be considered a person of honor. If your best memories with your bridesmaids, groomsmen, best man, best woman, or maid of honor involve good times spent imbibing, here are 5 creative beverage gifts with which to thank them for having your back in life, as at the altar.
Personalized Wine Bottles
This isn’t just about slapping an adhesive label over any old bottle of grocery store wine, because what would that say about your friendship with your woman or man of honor? California’s Windsor Vineyards is an oft-awarded winery with a long history of quality winemaking. Founder Rodney Strong made personalized labels a part of his business for friends and colleagues from Windsor’s early years, and they’ve maintained an in-house design team for the past 2 decades to pass this thoughtful service on to all of its consumers. Available wines include everything from sparkling to dessert wines, and buying in bulk isn’t required: you can personalize a different bottle for each member of your wedding party with a photo or inside joke, or even create delightful centerpieces for your reception tables while you’re at it!
Beer Making Kit
Not all beer-making kits are equal to the task of being wedding party gift-appropriate, but Brooklyn BrewShop’s stylish beer kits definitely are. First of all, they have #couplegoals built into their DNA, founded by real-life couple Erica Shea and Stephen Valand. Designed to be simple, fun, compact, and reusable, their kits don’t skimp on quality and offer fun flavors such as Grapefruit Honey Ale, Bruxelles Blonde, Chocolate Maple Porter, and Jalapeño Saison. This seems ripe with the opportunity to match the personality of the beer to each member of the wedding party for a fun reveal moment. Plus they offer hard cider and sparkling rosé kits for the wild cards among your friends and family.
Cocktail Candles
These candles are anything but generic since they warm the home and the heart with the comforting aroma of cocktails. Collaborating with 3 NYC bars for inspiration, Apotheke’s cocktail candles are sleek in design and gender-neutral, so they can be easily gifted to those standing on both sides of the aisle. The collection features a smoky-citrus Penicillin candle, a vanilla/coffee Espresso Martini candle, and an herbal/musky Nod to Nothing cocktail. Want to include the junior members of your wedding party in on the fun? Apotheke now makes a Shake Shack-inspired candle collection featuring Burger in the Park and Shake N Fries scents.
Fermentation Kits
From Farm Steady’s website: “The best hot sauces are fermented.” (Arguably, so are the best weddings.) While hot sauce is more beverage-adjacent than an actual beverage, it still demands a place as a clever wedding-party gift. How are you going to make any day-after bloody marys or micheladas without it? From the same couple that brought you Brooklyn BrewShop’s beer kits, (seriously, how cute are they?) Farm Steady’s fermenation food-making kits include kombucha and kraut in addition to hot sauce. Sending your wedding party off with hot sauce kits sends an on-theme message: your wedding was fire.
Cocktail Smoker
Where there’s fire (again, as in your marriage-bound relationship,) there’s bound to be smoke. Smoking a cocktail may seem like the sort of thing that should only be performed by expert mixologists. With the right equipment, however, such as this Uncommon Goods Glass Topper Cocktail Smoker, you can make the members of your wedding party feel like they are the stars of their own show. After starring in yours, it’s a thought that counts.