The Best Spring Cocktails

Hattiesburg, MS

What’s the best way to come out of your winter hibernation? With a tasty beverage in hand, of course! Check out these three delicious recipes for spring cocktails, provided by www.chow.com.

Raspberry Cocktail

• 1 cup fresh raspberries, plus 6 additional raspberries
• 6 ounces gin
• 8 ounces dry white wine
• 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• ½ ounce Kirsch brandy
• 8 ice cubes

Place cup of raspberries in a bowl, then lightly mash. Add gin and let macerate at room temperature for 2 hours, then place in blender and blend until smooth. Strain the mixture over a medium bowl, and discard the solids. Rinse the blender, then pour in the raspberry mixture and remaining ingredients. Blend until ice is crushed, pour into six cocktail glasses and use the additional raspberries as garnish.

Ruby On Rails

• Ice cubes
• 2 to 3 medium strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
• 1 ½ ounces gin
• 1 ¾ ounces fruity rosé wine
• ¾ ounce strawberry syrup
• ½ ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce Pimm’s No. 1 liqueur

Place ice and strawberries in a highball glass. Place other ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice and shake until chilled, approximately 20 seconds. Strain into the highball glass and serve.

Mint “Limonata”

• Crushed ice
• 2 ounces limoncello
• 1 ounce vodka
• 2 ounces soda water
• 2 medium mint leaves, torn in half

Fill a shaker with ice, and then pour in limoncello and vodka. Shake well. Add soda water, and then stir. Pour into a glass on the rocks. Top with mint leaves.

Ready to try one of these cocktails to spice up your next happy hour or get-together? At Lincoln Road Package Store, our extensive inventory of liquor provides everything you will need. Got a question? Contact our courteous and experienced staff by calling (601) 268-3677 or send an e-mail to jamiefarris@gmail.com.

Lincoln Road Package Store is here to serve the adult beverage needs of Hattiesburg, MS.