West Coast Liquor Stores

You spend all that money on those liquors from a private liquor store in Vancouver. Make sure not a drop goes to waste. If you have leftover booze and you know that it is going to go stale after a few hours, try freezing it and turn it into a boozy frozen treat. 1. Make popsicles. Add carbonated soda and your favorite fruity ingredients and freeze them in popsicle molders. What is great about this is that they keep in the fridge for a long time and they are easy to make. In case you want to add them to drinks, you can easily put them in a blender and turn them into smoothie-like consistency as well. 2. Make frozen margaritas.   You can freeze your tequila or use ice cubes and then mix it in the blender together with the tequila. Add lime juice, agave syrup and triple sec and you are good to go.  3. Make a wine slushie. If you have leftover wine, freeze it. Pour it in an ice cube tray and let it firm up for a few hours. When you are ready to turn it...

Stay warm this winter season with some cocktail drinks that are guaranteed to make you enjoy the entire season. Go to a liquor store in Burnaby and stock up on what you need to make these cocktail drinks:   1. Mulled wine When it comes to warm cocktail drinks, the first thing that comes to our mind is mulled wine. You just need to look for a good bottle of red wine from a liquor store in Burnaby such as West Coast Liquor. Bring it to a slow simmer in a pot together with 2 cinnamon sticks, 4 pieces of cloves, 2 pieces of star anise, the juice of one orange, one cup of apple cider, half a cup of brandy, a quarter of a cup of maple syrup and a cup of berries. We suggest using blackberries. 2. Boozy hot chocolate Prepare 2 ounces of chocolate mix with 4 ounces of half & half. Mix this up with a spicy liqueur such as Ancho Reyes and you are good to go.  3. Hot toddy   To make a hot toddy, simply mix 2 and a quarter of a cup of apple cider, ...

Have you ever had sudden guests over and you have no idea what cocktail drinks to serve them? Pretty sure you still want to be the perfect host and produce an amazing drink so here are some emergency cocktail drink ideas that you can whip up with the things you have in your bar and pantry and make in seconds: Make an orange Vodka punch If you have some orange and vodka at home, make this drink. It is a refreshing drink and you don’t even have to thaw them out if they came from the fridge. Mix 4 cups of orange juice with 2 cups of pineapple juice (you can use the canned ones). Add 2 cups of whatever brand of Vodka you have and an entire liter of citrusy soda. Lemon lime is a good choice. Add ice and you are great to go. Make a prosecco cocktail with lemon and ginger Add one tablespoon of lemon juice in a shaker with ice and shake it with 2 tablespoons of ginger syrup, add 2 ounces of your preferred brand of gin. Pour it over a glass and add up to...

So you want to try craft beer. But as you know, the craft beer scene in Vancouver is vast. You have so many choices that it can become overwhelming when you just want to try something good. If you want to know how and where you should get started when trying craft beer in Vancouver, here are a few things you need to know: Know what you want and don’t want Start with what flavors of beer in Vancouver you typically prefer. Hate the bitter kinds of beers that contain a lot of hops? Try wheat bear instead. Do you want something with a richer flavor that leans more towards chocolates or vanilla? Try stout beer. Do you want a beer that is a cross between IPAs and wheat? Consider getting some Pale Ale. Once you know what you prefer, go for craft beer that offers them. Find a good craft beer maker You can try getting the recommendations of those who have tried craft beers. They may have some local recommendations or commercial craft beer that you can...

One recent trend that is taking the liquor industry by a storm is the pink trend. Pink cider, pink tequila, pink vodka, pink wine and even pink gin. The drinks industry has become obsessed with pink drinks and it seems like the millennial pink trend isn’t going away anytime soon. Pink liquors you can find at a local liquor store in Burnaby get their distinct pastel pink color from the mixture of clear and red liquids. Such is the case of pink gin. They use red bitters to add to gin, which gives the overall color of the liquor a pink hue. The same can be said with ros é wine. In these wines, the skin is left on the red grapes for a short period of time only, so the pigment from the red grapes do not have the time to completely immerse in the liquid. Traditionally, grapes with their skin on ferment for weeks, hence the red color on some wines.  Some liquors such as pink tequila get their light pink hue from being aged in a barrel. The Codigo 1530 Rosa, fo...

Some beers actually taste similar with the wines you can get from a wine store in Vancouver. If you are looking for something new to drink, you might want to consider perusing the wine section at a wine store in Vancouver such as West Coast Liquor Company.  If You Like Wheat Beer  Wheat beer tends to have bolder tropical notes because they are usually aged in oak barrels. If you like this flavor of beer, you will like Chardonnay, which has similar notes. Chardonnay also boasts of fruity notes with hints of oak flavors. If You Like Porter  Porter boasts of the flavors of dark fruits. It is also quite pungent because of the spices incorporated in it. You might want to try Syrah wine as a substitute. It has similar notes and also has distinct spicy flavors.  If You Like West Coast IPA   There is a unique savory flavor to West Coast IPA. It also tends to have a bitterness and a solid mouthfeel. The flavors of IPA are so complex that en...

Mixing alcoholic drinks with fruits can go a long way in improving the depth of flavor of those spirits you can get from a liquor store in Richmond. There is no drink from a liquor store in Richmond that can’t be improved with the addition of fruits. Whether you are mixing it with hard spirits or with beer, there is room for fruits in the mixture. Here are the recommended ways to use fruits in alcoholic drinks:  1. Soak it. You might have heard about fruit infusions. They can be used to mix in cocktail drinks. Choose your preferred alcoholic drink and soak sliced fruit in it for as long as recommended. The length of time will depend on how infused you want the alcohol to get and the kind of fruit you are using. 2. Use the juice.   Rather than buy the processed juices out there, use the fresh one instead. Lemon and lime juice aren’t the only fruit juices you can try. Be creative and use an assortment of fruit juices. Many bartenders utilize exotic fruits l...