Weddingbee Blog

Different families have certain activities/traditions that they enjoy together, and my family likes… to drink together (moderately, of course)! Our motto is: The family that drinks together, stays together!*

I know, it’s not very active or creative, but we really do enjoy a nice cocktail/bubbly/munchie hour before sitting down to a big homemade dinner (courtesy of my sister and her kitchen b#tch (me)).

Family time for us is filled with scenes like this:

(my brother in law, becoming a true member of the family)

The fam enjoying after-dinner port. Notice champagne and wine glasses strewn across table. I guess I decided not to get gussied up for dinner, not even remotely. Mr. Pug has red-eye.

We even try to get the pugs in on the action (and Mr. Pug *still* has red-eye. Maybe he’s the devil.).

So, in thinking about what should be our specialty cocktail for the wedding, I knew immediately what we were going to serve.

Bee’s Knees!!

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This is my family’s recent cocktail of choice. What is a bee’s knees? Well let me tell you. It is a delicious concoction made out of a lavender-honey syrup, gin, and limes. It’s divine. We served it at a party once and pitchers—PITCHERS, folks—were drained.

Plus, the lavender happens to go along with our color scheme, but honestly we could have been planning a neon pink and green wedding, and we would have still served this.

You can find the recipe here and plenty of other places on the internet, but here’s the quick rundown:

• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 teaspoon dried lavender blossoms
• 1/4 cup honey
• 6 tablespoons gin
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Mix hot water and dried lavender blossoms in bowl. Let steep 5 minutes. Whisk in 1/4 cup honey. Strain into another bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of the honey syrup, gin, and lemon juice; strain into cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into 2 chilled Martini glasses.

Drink up!

Are you having a specialty cocktail? How did you choose which drink to serve?

*My family members are strictly social drinkers—this is not meant to encourage/condone/make light of alcoholism, which is something entirely different. I am familiar with how alcoholism can hurt a family, and I would never imply that that kind of illness is funny.