When it comes to finding the perfect gift, you can’t go wrong with food or drink! We’ve put together the ultimate list of the best boozy alcohol gifts for Christmas, from champagne through to boutique gin.
Mermaid Gin
From The Isle of Wight’s Only Distillery, This Gin Contains ‘Mermaid’s Kiss’ Mermaid Gin comes in a striking bottle, is plastic-free and uses entirely recyclable materials – including a plant-based seal around its wooden cork.
The highly tactile bottle has sculpted scales that reflect and refract light. Swirling downwards around the bottle, the scales resemble the tail of the eponymous mythical sea creature, while the colours mimic the gin-clear blues of the Mediterranean, down to the deep greens of Mid-Atlantic rollers.
Behind Bars Cocktails Book
High class cocktails inspired by lowlife gangsters, Behind Bars is the perfect gift for mixologists. The book includes a brief history of the gangster, aswel as an introductory guide to the cocktail recipe and technique.
£9.99 from www.waterstones.com
CÎROC Black Raspberry
The new winter limited edition flavour CÎROC Black Raspberry promises an unforgettable taste experience to your palate. CÎROC’s Black Raspberry’s unique taste of fresh and ripe black raspberry, with notes of red berries and balanced sweetness, making it a perfect daytime drink or addition to your evening celebrations.
Pinkster Gin
Hand-steeped in fresh raspberries, the original Pinkster Gin makes for a deliciously dry gin, with a hint of fruit and an exceptionally smooth finish. Be sure to garnish with some fresh raspberries and a sprig of mint!
Available from: Marks & Spencer, Fenwick, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, and Majestic Wine, Ocado, 31Dover.com, Master of Malt and Pinkster Gin.com
Pogues Single Malt
Just in time for Christmas and in a festive bright red bottle, the Pogues Single Malt Irish Whiskey has just been launched. An ideal gift for adventurous whiskey lovers the world over, The Pogues Single Malt is an Irish rebel packing fine flavours whilst being a perfect whiskey for mixing and sharing with friends this Christmas.
Discarded’s Banana Peel Rum
Discarded spirits are a brand who are creatively using leftover (or discarded) products to create beautiful alcoholic beverages. The Discarded Banana Peel Rum makes the perfect gift for anyone who loves a fruity-forward spirit. The revealing quality behind this Discarded Rum comes from an unlikely source, Banana Peel. Once extracted, Banana peel provides a fresh toffee note with a fruity balance whilst maintaining the foundation flavour of an iconic Caribbean Rum
Adnams Pink G&T’s in a can
Adnams’ award winning Copper House Dry Gin* has just got juicier! Giving the world’s best gin a twist by packing it with fruity flavour to create Copper House Pink Gin & Tonic in an easy to drink can. With flavours of raspberry and hints of hibiscus and juniper, and combined with tonic water Adnams has created a ‘party in a can’.
Diablesse Rum is a female owned brand, comprised of two distinct, small-batch expressions: Diablesse Caribbean Rum, and Diablesse Clementine Spiced Rum.
Diablesse Clementine Spiced Rum (42.3% abv, £31.95 for 70cl) makes the perfect festive tipple thanks to its unique flavour profile that perfectly balances zesty clementine with toffee apple & warm pimento flavoured 100% naturally.
Diablesse Clementine Spiced Rum
Served in an eye-catching glass bottle which would be a showstopper on any drinks trolley, the spicy clementine flavour lends itself to the chilly winter months, with its undeniably Christmassy taste. The rum, which is perfect over ice or mixed with everything from ginger ale to prosecco to hot apple juice & cinnamon, has been distilled using centuries-old distillation methods in the famous Diamond Distillery in the Caribbean.
Black Fire Tequila
Black Fire combines three of earth’s most natural highs; coffee, tequila & a hint of chilli. Cold macerated & cut with 50% less sugar than other coffee liqueurs, it is superb drunk neat over ice or as a base for coffee cocktails.
Black Fire’s exceptional taste & unique bottle design comes with an accessible price tag of £20.95 (Amazon). Hitting two big consumer trends of growth in coffee flavours & tequila, we hope this piques interest.
All Shook Up Cocktails
All about that llama trend? All Shook Up’s newest limited-edition launch is here to provide you and your squad with the perfect canned bev; Llamartini, hitting shelves in Tesco this week.
Llamartini is a fun take on a classic Gin Garden cocktail. Think light, fresh and fruity, with a little mouth-watering twist. A fresh mix of cloudy apple juice, natural elderflower, cucumber flavours and sugar syrup, shaken with fruit alcohol and gin, hitting just about every 2019 trend, even down to the can design.
Other flavours include; Flamingo Colada, Espresso Martini and Passion fruit Martini.
Cranes Cranberry & Blood Orange Liqueur
Perfect product for any girls night, the Cranberry & Blood Orange Liqueur from Cranes. The double award-winning liqueur is ideal for adding to a glass of prosecco, creating cocktails with or enjoying neat. The most popular cocktail is the Cranbellini which is 4 parts prosecco and 1 part Cranes Liqueur.
Over 115 cranberries go into each bottle, giving the liqueur its rich and velvety flavour. Cranes Liqueur is now available on Ocado and costs £9.00.
Flor de Caña Rum
Flor de Caña Rum is sustainably produced, from field to bottle, and the only spirit in the world to be both Carbon Neutral and Fair Trade certified. Situated at the base of the San Cristóbal volcano, the tallest and most active volcano in Nicaragua, Flor de Caña is a fifth-generation family business, is distilled with 100% renewable energy and naturally aged without artificial ingredients or sugar. The company was named “Best Rum Producer of the Year” by the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London in 2017.
Ramsbury Single Estate Vodka
Ramsbury Single Estate Vodka makes a great gift for those trying to live more sustainably and enjoy vodka! Spanning 19,000 acres of rolling farmlands and woodlands in the heart of Wiltshire, the Ramsbury Estate is amongst just a handful of distilleries in the world to craft its spirits from field to glass, by growing its own wheat and using its own chalk filtered water source in a fully sustainable production process on the estate.
SIP 100 Gin Cocktails
New this year, Sipsmith have launched their first book SIP: 100 Gin Cocktails with only 3 ingredients, featuring 100 simple gin cocktails, each with no more than three ingredients and all using their uncompromisingly handcrafted Sipsmith London Dry Gin. It is borne out of the Sipsmith Team’s firm belief that, with a bottle of Sipsmith London Dry Gin, gin lovers can make a variety of cocktails that don’t need to be complicated to taste utterly delicious.
CBD Infused Spirits
Top Beverages, a new craft distiller of luxury CBD infused spirits, recently launched a CBD infused Gin and Spice Rum. Made only with the finest ingredients, Top’s first products to market are a CBD infused gin and CBD infused Spiced Rum. Distilled in Scotland, with each drink limited to a limited edition of 500. They are Navy strength (55% proof) and taste fantastic – they would stack up against the best gins and spiced rums, but have the added bonus of CBD, and contain no artificial additives, flavourings or sweeteners, marking them out against many of their rivals.
Timothy Taylor’s Pick & Mix Beer
The new, number one seller, ‘Pick & Mix’ pack lets you build your own beer box and choose Timothy Taylor’s bottled beers which are exclusive to the online shop. Create cases of 12, 16 or 24 of your favourites, perhaps combined with a couple beers you haven’t tried before. Gift it to a fellow beer-lover or maybe even yourself. These are alcohol gifts that can’t be found in any supermarket and even enables you to choose products that aren’t currently on sale!
Alcohol-flavoured chocolate pizzas!
The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company offer three iconic boozy flavours, including the classic Gin & Tonic, our all-time favourite Irish Cream (using Baileys fudge and truffles), and their brand new Spiced Rum – which perfectly captures the taste of Christmas with infusions of rum, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Each pizza is handmade using premium Belgian milk chocolate infused with the relevant flavouring for the base, and then is covered with either milk or white chocolate curls, and a selection of tasty toppings to help further complement the flavours.
Healthier alcohol gifts…
Jubel Low Calorie Fruit infused lager
Jubel is a fruit-infused lager that’s just 125 calories per bottle, perfect alcohol gifts for anyone who likes a drink but also health conscious. The range of beer includes flavours Peach, Grapefruit and Elderflower. At just 4% ABV, the light gold lagers are gluten-free, and vegan without losing any of the distinguishable flavours. Some people are put off by the connotations of fruit ciders but these beers are genuinely light, refreshing and delicious. Perfect for anyone counting calories! Available to order online with free delivery and from Sainsbury’s.
Shloer Bubbly
Popping the cork on Christmas, Shloer’s crisp and full-bodied bubbly is perfect for a girls night in, delivering an extra special sprinkle of sparkle with every pour. A glass with class, White Bubbly and Pink Bubbly are both crafted with a blend of the finest sun-kissed grapes, with finest real fruit juices as the not-so-secret ingredient in every bottle.
Suitable for vegetarians, vegans, gluten free and under 100 calories per glass. Now more than ever before we all deserve a moment to sip and sparkle at home with the girls (virtually of course). Shloer Bubbly is available from supermarkets nationwide, RRP £3.50.
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