Getting Your Drink On – GPS Decors
Nothing says, “Thanks for coming!” quite so much as an open bar. That being said, we can all remember one or two speeches gone awry, thanks to more than a few guests’ favorite addition to the contemporary wedding reception. Giving your guests the run of the bar has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages as you can well imagine. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Not if you’re fondest wish, or that of your bride-to-be, is a classic event from start to finish. The keyword being ‘class.’
Since long before the days of Michael Cane schooling Tom Cruise in Cocktail, there has always been something special about the spectacle of a barman who knows his way around the bottles and truly takes his time putting together something special, just for you. A drink that takes time is savored, not slammed, and that can help everyone have a much finer time and get home safe. Who wants to put down a ten minute drink in one or two gulps? Nobody, that’s who.
The custom cocktail or, if you prefer, the couture cocktail has made a come back with bar staff upping their game from East to West, Toronto to Miami and all around the world. Fans of gin, scotch and subtle liqueurs your time has come at last. The departure from well drinks and cheap mixers is in full swing and doesn’t look to be slowing anytime soon.
With this revival has come a new appreciation of small-batch whiskeys, rye and a much needed martini renaissance which fits nicely into weddings of contemporary or vintage theme. How can you go wrong with custom bourbon flights paired with dinner? Well you can’t.
When imbibing something well-made and cared for, the consumer is encouraged to take their time as well. This might not save you much money, but it could save a few headaches and keep those memories a bit clearer for those who choose to partake.
Staffing a couture bar counter might sound daunting but it needn’t be. Many of the new generation of bartenders have been the driving force behind this current incarnation of drink-culture and are out there waiting. These young guns are just as delighted to have a stage to show their craft as you are to sample it. Often they can be another level of entertainment for your guests.
With ingredients like cane rum, pear honey syrup, egg white and benedictine being mixed and shook in beautiful glassware, poured over ice or served straight up, everyone’s palate has a chance to be
delighted. For the martini men in the audience, whatever their gin-to-vermouth ratio, dry or sweet, garnish or no, the new breed of barmen will know what they’re talking about and have it right out to them. Dirty or not. For fans of the one-of-a-kind, new companies such as Bittered Sling, a Canadian home-town favorite, and Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters are making proper homage and giving the old-school a run for it’s money while supporting the reemergence of carefully concocted cocktails. There is no end to the possibilities to rework old favorites or find all-new ones for you or your guests.
Everyone knows how important the toast is, as a place for love, praise and hope to be spoken over the new couple. Make the toast that much more special with something made just for the occasion. A signature drink put together in advance, with a skillful mixologist, will spice up the traditional champagne toast when your best man, the father of the bride or maid of honor stand up and go to it.
In Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto, G.P.S. Decors is dedicated to creating and customizing the wedding decorations for you and yours that will make your vision leap into life and leave everyone calling your wedding , “The Wedding.”