It combines 60ml gin, 120ml blood orange syrup, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken up, poured into a Champagne flute or tumbler, charged with Prosecco, and garnished with sliced blood oranges. 12. Hot Toddy Just by looking at it, especially when you’ve topped it up with a splash of tonic, you can tell that it’s special. Its swirling, cloudy appearance, reminiscent of the mists of a Cotswolds Christmas Eve, offers a clue to its unique flavour and mouthfeel.

To make a Sloe Gin Fizz, you simply add some lemon juice and sugar syrup, shake it up, decant it into a glass with fresh ice, and then top it up it with soda water. 8. Hot Gin Old Fashioned Almost 200 gins - all distilled in Scotland - were blind tasted this year and medals awarded in 11 categories. The beauty of an advent calendar, however, is you'll be introduced to a small amount of different flavoured gins every day. This 1920s gin-laced sour is a tour de force that combines the zesty tartness of good gin, bitter orange botanicals and lemon juice, which are beautifully tamed by rich egg white that adds a silken texture for sophisticated sipping. 5. Gin & Tonic

Dan selected three talented distillers and together they set about creating the recipe for Cotswolds Dry Gin. It's a fantastic way to taste-test some new gins before going all out and purchasing a full-sized bottle. Christmas is a time for indulgence and what better way to embrace that than spoiling yourself with one of the best alcohol advent calendars of 2023? Whether your preference is gin, wine, whisky or even alcohol-free beer, there’s plenty of choice online from mainstream brands like BrewDog and Laithwaites to lesser known craft options. They had an idea of what they wanted, but they were determined to leave no stone unturned. They began by identifying 150 different botanicals they could use, and then distilled them one by one in small batches to see how their flavours came through in a liquid.

Much like a chocolate advent calendar, a gin version will feature a set number of doors for you to open in the run-up to Christmas – each with a treat inside (gin, naturally).

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First of all, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the snowball – an acquired taste maybe, but if mixed well, this drink which uses Advocaat, is a wonderfully refreshing long festive drink. Serve with a glace cherry of course. Beinn an Tuirc Distillers, South Loch Gin and Linlithgow Distillery also won multiple taste medals. Most gin calendars come with a selection of spirits from different artisans and brands, so they're a great way to sample new flavours or discover your new favourite gin distillery. Is Morrisons doing a gin advent calendar this year?