Choose the very best bottles from our selection of boozy Christmas gifts to give in 2020. Treat someone to top-notch gin or spiced rum.
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Looking for a gift for a loved one who likes to keep their spirits collection up to date? Look no further. We’ve rounded up the very best spirits for gifting, including the most beautiful bottles and tastiest flavours.
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El Bandarra al fresco
Similar to a classic bitter Italian aperitif but slightly lighter and fresher, this has a subtle red berry taste and is excellent with soda – a lovely gift for the spritz drinker in your life. Get some inspiration from our best-ever spritz recipes.
A unique spiced rum with notes of almond, clove, ginger and cinnamon and a subtle treacle-like sweetness. It’s delicious sipped over ice or in a dark & stormy cocktail. Get even more sensational drinks inspiration from our best ever rum cocktails.
Made from a base of blanco tequila and Jalisco coconuts, this liqueur has notes of rich caramel and toasted coconut. It’s great sipped ice-cold alongside spicy Mexican dishes, or even a Thai curry.
Made with strawberries, raspberries and cranberries, this fruity gin is loaded with fresh red berry flavour, complemented by classic botanicals. Sweet, without being sickly, it’s great with tonic water and ice, or try adding a few frozen cranberries for a bit of festive flair. Try our best pink gin cocktails.
Any serious beer drinker will know Adnams. Now the brewery and distillery has launched its first premium English lager, Kobold. It’s bright, crisp and refreshing, made with English hops to leave your palate dancing with grassy, lemony flavours. If that wasn’t enough reason to enjoy, sales will support marine conservation projects, starting with Blue Marine Foundation to help protect our coastlines.
A real winter warmer, this limited-edition whisky from the award-winning Scallywag Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky is matured in sherry casks for a richer flavour. It’s packed full of classic Christmassy notes, including dried fruits, cinnamon and cloves. A great gift for whisky lovers, this is perfect for sipping neat. Check out our review of the best Scotch whisky 2020.
A classic that’s sure to be pride of place in anyone’s cocktail cabinet. A smooth, crisp vodka with slightly zesty, peppery notes. Plus, for every bottle sold, a tree will be planted. Crack out your cocktail shaker and try out our top vodka cocktail recipes.
Made in the style of an Italian amaro (a bittersweet, herbal liqueur), the Cotswolds Distillery whisky liqueur is the perfect balance of fruity, floral and bitter. A deliciously rich digestif, it’s lightly spiced, with underlying herbal notes and citrus flavours, plus a hint of sweet vanilla. Even those who don’t consider themselves whisky lovers will enjoy this incredibly smooth drink.
One for serious coffee aficionados, Mr Black’s new coffee liqueur has an intense, almost umami flavour on its own, but in cocktails it really shines. We used 60ml Mr Black and 30ml espresso shaken with ice to create a complex espresso martini. It has a hit of coffee rounded by toffee-like sweetness. Take your evening up a notch with our favourite coffee cocktails.
Like Christmas in a bottle, this has harmonious notes of dried fruit, citrus, and brown sugar that meld together like a fine fruit cake, without being sickly or overpowering. Add some fizz and a twist of orange peel, and you’ve got an easy holiday cocktail.
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