5 Best Boozy Gifts for the 2021 Festive Season
The festive season is a time to eat, drink, and be merry. And, shower your loved ones with gifts, of course! But, as much fun as it is spoiling the people you love, there’s always that one person on your gift list that is notoriously difficult to shop for. If you’re not sure what to get that someone, then you can’t go wrong with a boozy gift (provided the recipient isn’t a teetotaller!).
Whether you’re buying them a bottle of something you know they already love or want to give them the opportunity to try something new, a bottle of their favourite or soon-to-be-favourite alcoholic drink is sure to go down a treat this festive season. Here are our picks for the best boozy gifts for everyone on your list.
Monkey Shoulder festive season gift tin
You asked for a festive season gift pack, and Monkey Shoulder has delivered! Whisky fans will love this gifting option from the cheeky brand. The Monkey Shoulder festive season gift tin has had a make-over and is now shinier and packed with useful cocktail making tips. After all, a premium award-winning blended malt Scotch whisky like this needs to shine.
Rich with fruity aromas and mellow vanilla notes, Monkey Shoulder is perfect for sipping neat or mixing in cocktails. Whether you’re throwing an awesome socially distanced festive party or spending (more) time at home with family or friends, any of these delicious Monkey Shoulder cocktails found on the Monkey Shoulder website are sure to make your festivities merrier than ever.
Grab the Monkey Shoulder festive gift pack at a recommended retail price of R399. Â
Hendrick’s Gin Measurement Maestro gift pack
In order to prepare the measurably marvellous Hendrick’s and Tonic, a particularly peculiar measuring device is required. That’s why, this festive season, Hendrick’s is giving gin lovers the chance to give the gift of cocktail perfection, in the form of a lovely jigger.
This Hendrick’s Gin gift set contains a full-sized 750ml bottle of Hendrick’s Gin and a Hendrick’s Jigger. The simple-to-use cocktail jigger helps you make perfect cocktails at home. To concoct a gin and tonic of staggering perfection, simply fill the larger end of the jigger (50ml) with a tot of Hendrick’s Gin. Pour this into a highball glass over ice and add 150ml of premium tonic water. Lightly stir and garnish with three cucumber slices. Then stand back and marvel at your creation.
The Hendrick’s Gin Measurement Maestro gift pack retails for R449,95.Â
Disaronno Amaretto Fizz Gift Box
This festive season, get your hands on the world’s most popular Italian liqueur and its “fizz” glass in a gift box that will please liquor lovers. The famous Disaronno square bottle is a work of art in itself, made by a master glassmaker from Murano (Venice). Recognisable among a thousand by its design and its rectangular cap, it will be a gift appreciated by all liqueur lovers. Accompanied by a “fizz” edition glass, this special gift set is sure to delight a special someone on your gift list.
Disaronno Originale is the amaretto that you must have in your personal reserve and is one of the most appreciated Italian liqueurs in the world. Carefully selected ingredients, including almonds (fruit and stone) and vanilla from Madagascar, give this liqueur a sweet and mild flavour that is beyond compare. Drink it as an apéritif or digestive, as the basis of a cocktail or as a dessert liqueur. It also works very well with sparkling water and a little lemon.
Grab this Disaronno Fizz gift set at a recommended retail price R319.
Tullamore D.E.W gift set
Whiskey lovers will adore this award-winning Irish whiskey presented in a stylish and classic gift set, packaged with 2Â Tullamore D.E.W whiskey glasses. Share it with friends and family this festive season as a proper send off to the year that blended the full spectrum of emotions. Tullamore D.E.W is the second most widely consumed Irish Whiskey in the world, and number one in Ireland.
Tullamore D.E.W. is the original triple blend of Irish whiskey, by combining three spirits the blend gives us three dimensions of flavour to explore; malt whiskey gives us fruit, pot still whiskey gives us spice and grain whiskey gives us sweet. These three spirits come together to give us a balance of flavour like no other in the category.
Grab this Tullamore D.E.WÂ gift set at a recommended retail price of R299.95.
Ginato Italian Gin: Pizza lover’s gift pack
This festive season, treat a gin-loving, pizza-obsessed loved one a special gift pack they won’t forget! This fabulous Ginato Italian Gin gift pack comes packaged with a complimentary pizza cutter, so you’re ready for a pizza party whenever the mood strikes. But the festive vibes don’t stop there! If your loved one isn’t a big pizza fan, Ginato offers plenty of other gift set options. There’s also a gift pack with complimentary gin glasses or Fever Tree tonic waters. Take your pick and select the perfect Ginato gift for the special people in your life these holidays.
Ginato Clementino is a fresh and bright gin distilled using the peel of Clementine Oranges and blended using the finest Italian grown Nebbiolo Grape. This Italian gin embodies the spirit of Italy by expertly blending the finest Italian juniper berries botanicals and grape resulting in a collection of wonderful gins that are both extremely unique and exude the true essence of Italy.
Grab this Ginato set at a recommended retail price of R369.