Cocktails these days come in all sorts of colors and flavors and choosing the right one(s) to serve at your wedding can be one of the more enjoyable tasks. Here are both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage ideas to help you please your guests.

Non-alcoholic beverages

Here are a few, extremely easy punch recipes to make for your non-imbibing guests. The ingredients in these two recipes are easily interchangeable if you want different flavors, too. 

Tart and Bubbly Wedding Punch (serves 24)

Ingredients:

• 2 — 6 ounce cans of frozen pink lemonade concentrate

• 1 — 6 ounce can of frozen pineapple juice concentrate

• 1 gallon of cranberry juice

• 2 liters of cranberry ginger ale

• 4 cups of crushed ice

Directions:

Mix the pink lemonade, pineapple juice and cranberry juice in the punch bowl. Add the ice, then slowly pour in the ginger ale.

Sherbet Punch (serves 24)

Ingredients:

• 4 liters of ginger ale, chilled

• 1 gallon of sherbet

Directions:

Pour two liters of ginger ale in the punch bowl, then scoop the sherbet into the bowl. Pour the other two liters of ginger ale over the sherbet.

Alcoholic beverages

Here are a few recipes for the older crowd to try. If these don’t work for you, ask your bartender what he or she suggests or look online for something that will fit your guests’ tastes.

Italian Wedding Cake Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces of vanilla vodka

• 1 ounce of cranberry juice

• 1 ounce of pineapple juice

• 1/2 ounce of amaretto

• 1/2 ounce of white creme de cacao

Directions:

Shake ingredients over ice until the outside of the shaker is frosted, then strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass.

Tangerini

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce of tangerine schnapps

• 1 ounce of vodka

• Tangerine juice

Directions:

• Shake and strain the schnapps, vodka and tangerine juice into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange or tangerine peel.

You can find these recipes and many others at TheKnot.com and allrecipes.com.