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Nov 19, 2019

About To Tie The Knot? Check Out These Yummy Cocktail Recipes

If your special day is approaching, why not choose one of the best and biggest liquor stores in Central Arkansas to help make your wedding a success? Having the beer, wine, and spirits taken care of will allow you to check that item off your lengthy to-do list.

Here are some yummy recipes for wedding cocktails:

Mango Mojito

Ingredients: 8-12 mint leaves, 2 slices fresh mango, dash of simple syrup, squeeze of fresh lime, 1 1/4 oz. silver rum, dash of mango liqueur, mint sprig, and mango slice.
Prep: Mix mint and mango with simple syrup in a shaker; add ice, squeeze of lime, and rum; shake and strain into a highball; add mango liqueur; and garnish with mint sprig and mango slice.

Pomegranate Champagne

Ingredients (6 servings): 1 1/4 cups chilled, fresh pomegranate juice, 1 1/2 oz. chilled Cointreau liqueur, 1 chilled bottle champagne, and fresh pomegranate seeds.
Prep: Mix juice, liqueur, and champagne in a pitcher; pour into flutes; and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

Classic Pimm's Cup

Ingredients: Pimm’s No. 1, sparkling lemonade or lemon-lime soda, ice, and strawberries, cucumber, mint, and oranges.
Prep: Mix 1 part Pimm’s No. 1 with 3 parts chilled lemonade; add mint, cucumber, orange, and strawberry to garnish; and serve immediately on ice in a cocktail glass.

Watermelon Margaritas

Ingredients (4 servings): 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, 3 wide strips orange zest, 12 oz. watermelon cubes, 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, 3/4 cup silver tequila, and lime wedges.
Prep: Boil sugar, water, and orange zest, reducing to simmer until sugar dissolves (cool in bowl); puree watermelon cubes in blender until smooth, using fine strainer to pour into pitcher; stir in syrup, lime juice, and tequila; fill salt-rimmed glasses with ice, pour in mixture, and add lime wedges.

Lemongrass Ginger Martini

Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. lime vodka, 1 1/2 oz. lemongrass tea, 3/4 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice, 3/4 oz. simple syrup, 1/2 oz. vanilla vodka, 1 tsp. peeled, diced fresh ginger, and 1 piece candied ginger (optional garnish).
Prep: Mix all liquid ingredients in shaker; strain into glass; and serve with piece of candied ginger (on cocktail pick laid across rim).
If you need event and party planning assistance, Lake Liquor has extensive experience. ‘Tis the season for weddings, and we also can help you select fantastic cocktail and liquor gifts.

Call us at 501-851-9903, or contact us here for more information.

Don't Be Afraid to Experiment

By Lake Liquor Staff • 19 Nov, 2019
We all have our good, old standbys when it comes to drink selections after those especially long days. But sometimes experimenting can be fun, so we delved into the vast world of cocktails to see what’s trending these days. Perhaps the next time you’re enjoying a quiet night at home, you can mix things up a bit with a new drink. They say change is inevitable – we find embracing it sometimes reveals pleasant surprises. Here are some recipes that caught our attention:

Hot Drinks For Cold Nights

By Brianna Davis • 19 Nov, 2019
On a cold night, few things are as satisfying as a hot drink. Whether you’re relaxing at home or entertaining, these adult beverages are sure to keep you and your guests warm and cheery.
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Drink Up: So Many Wines, So Little Time

By Lake Liquor Staff • 19 Nov, 2019
Whether you’re a wine aficionado or you fake it when ordering a bottle at dinner, our wine experts at Lake Liquor are happy to expand your horizons. We’ll help you find one – or two or three – to suit your palate perfectly. We stay stocked with hundreds of your favorite brands. We dare you to leave empty-handed once you’ve seen our selection, which includes reds, whites, zinfandels, port, sherry, box wines, and much more. Meanwhile, here’s an overview of basic wine types. Wines are categorized into five main styles that encompass hundreds of grape varieties and winemaking techniques: Red wine is a still wine made from black grapes that range from light to dark, bone-dry to sweet. White wine is a still wine produced with green and sometimes black grapes. This style ranges from rich and creamy to light and zesty. Rosé wine is a still wine from black grapes produced by removing the skins before deeply coloring the wine. It can also be produced by blending red and white, and both dry and sweet styles are common. Sparkling wine involves a secondary fermentation that produces bubbles. It can be red, white, or rosé, and the tastes range from minerally to rich and sweet. Fortified wine is typically a dessert wine that is fortified with spirits, but there are also many dry fortified wines like dry sherry. Styles have different levels of sweetness, primarily a result of the type of winemaking. Dry wines result from all of the grape sugars being fermented into alcohol. Some might contain a hint of residual sugar meant to add body. Semi-sweet, or off-dry, wine leaves a hint of the sugars in a wine mostly to complement the acidity and/or the aroma. Sweet wines leave a lot of the sugars unfermented. They typically have less alcohol if not fortified, such as common moscato wines. Speak with our in-house wine connoisseurs for availability, tips, and information on tasting events. Stop by at 20710 Arkansas Highway 365, give us a call at 501-851-9903, or contact us here .
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