Why not set up your own bar for your wedding day... at The Pilgrims Rest we want you to be creative with your drink choices. Bring your own drinks with no worry of a corkage charge. Check out some great cocktails and mocktails below for your wedding day.







Feeling Fruity- Strawberry Gin
Ingredients
*700ml bottle of Gin
*400g sliced strawberries
*100g caster sugar
Makes: 1.5 litre

Method

1. Mix the Gin with the strawberries into a large bowl with the caster sugar and then pour into a 1.5 litre kilner jar
2. Store in the fridge and stir every two days for three weeks. Strain though coffee filters or muslin cloth to serve  

Spritz up a glass of Prosecco with Apple Prosecco Punch
Ingredients
*400ml cloudy apple juice
*200ml vodka
*Juice from 2 lemons
*750ml prosecco
*1 green apple cored and finely sliced
*1 lemon sliced
Serves: 15 guests

Method:

1. Pour the apple juice, vodka and lemon juice into a punch bowl and chill for 1-2 hrs.
2. When you’re ready to serve add the prosecco, ice and apple and lemon slices to garnish.

For for the drivers – Citrus Cucumber Water
Ingredients
 
*1 large lemon, sliced
*1 large lime, sliced
*1 large orange, sliced
*1 large cucumber, sliced

 
Method:

1. Place all the sliced fruits and the cucumber in a kilner jar and add water.
2. Refrigerate for two hours to allow flavours to infuse, then serve in glasses over ice.

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Something Blue – Kiwi Blueberry Mojito
Ingredients
*6 kiwis, peeled and cut in half or quartered
*4 kiwis, peeled and sliced - to be used as garnishes
*6 ounces of blueberries, to be crushed
6 ounce of blueberries, to be kept whole as garnishes
*¼ cup fresh lime juice, from 1-2 limes
* ½ cup sugar, adjust to taste
*4 ounce pack of mint, leaves only
*1 ½ - 2 cups of sparkling water
*1 to 1 ½ cups of rum, adjust based on your preference
*Ice as needed
Serves: 8 guests

Method:

1. Place the cut kiwis in a small food processor with the sugar and lime juice, pulse until you have coarse puree. Mix the kiwi puree with the rum, you can start by adding the lower amount and then adjust as you prepare the drink.
2. Gently crush the first 6 ounces of blueberries using a muddler.
3. You can make the mojitos in pitcher or in individual glasses.
4. Moisten the rims of the glasses with a slice of lime and garnish the rims with the sugar. If you can’t find blue and/or green sugar, you can use blue/green cookie sugar sprinkles.
5. To make it in a pitcher, pour the kiwi puree into the pitcher, add a layer of ice, add a good amount of mint leaves and kiwi slices. Next add a few more ice cubes, and then add the crushed blueberries, some more mint leaves and whole blueberries. Top off with the sparkling water and mix gently. Taste and add more rum, sparkling water, or sugar if needed.
6. To make the drink in individual glasses, follow a similar process as for the pitcher, but add a few whole blueberries at the beginning. You can also add a slice of kiwi with the blueberries at the end

 
 

​Amy, our lovely wedding manager and co-ordinator, has a degree in international events management and years of experience in wedding planning for a group of 5 star hotels. 
 
Not only incredibly approachable and friendly, Amy is also highly efficient and organised.  On the day of your wedding she will be with you every step of the way to ensure the day runs seamlessly.  She is one (and the most important) of the little extras that we include in our venue hire.
 
Amy and I have put together a venue that has all the advantages of a DIY wedding – no corkage charge and flexibility of catering and decoration.  We have designed the venue with beautiful furniture so that you don’t have the hassle of booking tables and chairs, Porta-loos and generators. 
 
Instead of spending the morning of your wedding lugging furniture you can simply add your own finishing touches.    While you get ready in our beautiful bridal dressing room, Amy will be on hand to hold the fort and pour you a little glass of bubbly.  

Please contact Amy on 07552873448 or venue@pilgrimsrestbattle.co.uk.

Best Wishes
Becca

The Pilgrims Rest is a stunning licenced venue in the heart of East Sussex offering flexibility so that you can make the choices you want on your wedding day.  Full of historic soul, this 600 year old venue makes the perfect backdrop for your wedding.
 
If you are a dab hand in the kitchen, have a garden full of flowers or a team of helpful friends and family then bring them along and have a DIY wedding. 
 
There is no corkage charge and no hidden extras.  Carefully designed and furnished with lime washed trestle tables to vintage decanters, the venue needs little decorating.
 
Whatever you choose, we firmly believe that a wedding should be how you want it to be.  After all it is your wedding – not our's!
 
If you would like to arrange to meet Amy to show you around please call 07552873448, or email venue@pilgrimsrestbattle.co.uk.
 
Our website is www.pilgrimsrestbattle.co.uk.  We recommend seeing the venue as it is deceptively spacious and hard to capture on film!