These Mixology Party Favours Are The Perfect Return Gifts For Your Guests
Of the different elements including music, decor, food and drinks that stand out at a party, what truly sparks the attention of your guests are interesting party favours. These are reminders of an evening well-spent and are the tangible record of the memories made at such a gathering, cherished long after the party is over. And when your guest list includes mixologists and cocktail enthusiasts who dabble in blending drinks at home, what better party favour than a mixology-related return gift?
Not only can this be tailored to the preferences of the guests at your cocktail night, dinner party or a birthday soirée, but it will also be something they can put to use at home while blending drinks. These relatable party favours can become the mic drop moment at your social gathering – when you put just a little bit of thought and planning into curating them ahead of the party.
Read on below to know more about some of the mixology-related party favours that you can plan for your guests while hosting a cocktail gathering or a dinner party:
Mini Cocktail Syrup Bottles
Think elderflower syrup, rose-cinnamon infusions, kaffir lime and lavender or even a spicy tamarind concoction – all of which can be used for blending rather creative mixes. Mini mason jars or glass bottles can be sourced for bottling the syrups. Adorn these with little strings bearing name cards which spell out the syrup and perhaps a cocktail recipe into which it can be incorporated. Either have an assortment of syrups in store or just keep one syrup bottle as a party favour which all the guests can take home.
Flavoured Rimming Jars
Making salty or sweet rims as garnishes is one of the most enduring, flavourful elements in mixology craft. Whether it is a margarita or a crusta cocktail known for its signature sugar rim, jars containing flavoured sugars and salts can be interesting party favours which can be put to use rather easily. Fill the jars with chilli-lime salt or a smoked Himalayan pink salt, vanilla-mint flavoured sugar or rose-chamomile infused sugar and finish these party favours off with a garnishing tip card.
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Personalised Recipe Cards
This is an excellent party favour if you are hosting a gathering for a limited, intimate group of people. Create recipe cards with lots of doodles, colourful drawings and good handwriting (!) for those gathered, which contain recipes tailored to their cocktail personalities. Including one classic recipe and one recipe of your own choosing can also imbue the recipe card collection with more creativity. Ensure the recipes can be easily followed by the cocktail curioso keen on blending those signature blends.
Miniature Cocktail Ingredients
And if your budget permits, along with a recipe card also put together the cocktail ingredients required to blend these personalised drinks. Such a kit can include kitschy bottles of mixers and bitters, miniature liquor bottles including rum or vodka and small boxes containing little garnishing elements. Make these items as imaginative as possible, by including locally-available fruit juices and syrups, homegrown herbs and edible flower garnishes. This DIY mixology kit complete with pocket-sized ingredients will fit right into the tiny cocktail trend, making it that much more fascinating.
Reusable Apparatus
Looking for sustainable party favours? Reusable apparatus such as wooden muddlers, garnish picks or metal straws engraved with the initials of your guests can be among some of the party favours which are slightly more green-leaning. These can also be part of a larger cocktail making kit, as an apparatus accent which accompanies all other elements essential to build the drink.
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