The holiday season is here and along with the gifts to unpack, sporting events, and a family dinner, folks will probably be craving an adult beverage or two. Shifting things here at Spirit.Ed, we’ve got some bottles that’ll be perfect to gift for the 2024 holiday season.
Oddly enough, the gifts I usually get around this time of year are your usual gift cards, underwear, and the occasional scarf and gloves combo. I don’t think I’ve ever been given bottles of spirits or wine for the holidays, nor have I given any. Since I want to change that this year and in the future, it was a treat to put together this quick holiday guide of bottles featuring premium spirits of all sorts.
Among the offerings below, I can safely state I’ve tried most of them and feel comfortable with the suggestions. Also, some of the bottles featured are lauded for their quality as sippers mostly but I’m a big fan of making a cocktail with whatever base you feel like.
For now, one of the brands below will hopefully become a new favorite of your loved one. Just be sure to have them share the goods with you. Lastly, if you do indulge in adult beverages this holiday season, please do so responsibly. I have so much more to share with you so let’s stick around for each other, okay?
Happy Holidays from the CASSIUS team.
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Spirit.Ed: Check Out These Bottles For Gifting For The 2024 Holiday Season
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1. Barceló Imperial Rare Blends Porto Cask
Source:Barceló
Barceló Imperial Rare Blends showcases the premium stock of the rum brand along with unique finishes. In my travels, I haven’t had a rum finished in former port casks. Porto Cask is matured briefly in former Tawny 10 port casks, giving the rum a new dimension of flavors.
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2. Casa Noble Marques De Casa Noble Tequila
Source:Marques de Casa Noble
Casa Noble already produces a fantastic anejo and they’ve upped the ante with their premium Marques de Casa Noble tequila. You don’t shoot this one, you sip it slow.
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3. Cedar Ridge Distillery
Source:Cedar Ridge Distillery
Cedar Ridge Distillery has become one of my favorite whiskey producers in the States and I’m especially fond of the brand’s rye whiskey. With the American single malt category expanding, Master Distiller Murphy Quint has the brand’s fourth limited edition whiskey, The QuintEssential Special Release: Wine Club – First Meeting. This expression is finished in wine casks, Amontillado Sherry, Tokaji, Moscatel, and Pinot Noir.
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4. Crown Royal Reserve
Source:Crown Royal
Crown Royal is what I typically think of when it comes to Canadian whisky and that isn’t meant to be a slight to other brands out there. That said, there is a reason Crown Royal stands out, and that is the brand’s consistency. The new Crown Royal Reserve expression takes the best of the brand’s juice and ages it for 12 years, elevating the experience.
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5. Espolòn Tequila Flor de Oro
Source:Espolòn Tequila
Espolòn Tequila Flor de Oro is the latest expression from the brand, which takes its already solid reposado expression and finishes it with marigold extract which transforms the profile.
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6. George Dickel Aged 18 Years
Source:George Dickel
I’ve had a lot of George Dickel whiskies over the years with my first being the brand’s 15-year single barrel expression which remains a fave. While the brand has a ton of offerings, including its 8-year bourbon, the collaboration series with Leopold Bros, and more, the brand’s 18-year expression isn’t cheap but is reportedly a strong representation of all things George Dickel.
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7. Gran Coramino
Source:Gran Coramino
Gran Coramino, owned by Kevin Hart, could be written off as yet another celebrity tequila but the additive-free bottlings from the brand are solid. Not only that, the bottles will look good on your bar car or shelf.
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8. Hendrick’s Midsummer Solstice
Source:Hendrick’s
Hendrick’s is the first gin brand I tried many years ago and remains a go-to in my home bar and when I’m out and about. The brand’s limited-edition Midsummer Solstice expression would make a great gift for the gin lover in your life.
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9. High West A Midwinter Night’s Dram® Act 12
Source:High West
The High West distillery makes one of my favorite whiskies in their Rendevous Rye but perhaps one of the brand’s most coveted releases is their A Midwinter Night’s Dram® expression with the newest being Act 12.
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10. Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye
Source:Knob Creek
Knob Creek is one of the many standout brands in the Beam Suntory portfolio and a recent visit to the Jim Beam Distillery exposed me to expressions of the brand I hadn’t encountered. Knob Creek’s rye expression is already solid and now, their Bourbon x Rye expression combines the best of both worlds.
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11. Martingale
Source:Martingale
Martingale is a new cognac brand created by Guillaume Thomas and Amaury Thomas., both of whom are well-versed in the business of cognac. With a cosign from DJ D-Nice, an early investor, Martingale is a bright and delicious cognac that might even convert whiskey fans.
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12. Milagro Tequila
Source:Milagro
Milagro Tequila has a wide range of core tequilas, along with its premium select range. Among the core offerings, the brand has a new Cristalino Añejo expression that shows off the brand’s aged tequila in crystal clear fashion.
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13. Still G.I.N.
Source:Still G.I.N.
Still G.I.N. is the first spirit venture between Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, spinning off from their Gin & Juice ready-to-drink canned cocktails. We haven’t tried this one yet but will change that soon.
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14. Teeling Whiskey Phoenix Legends
Source:Teeling Whiskey
Teeling Distillery produces several award-winning Irish whiskies with finishes in ex-rum barrels and ex-bourbon casks among other maturation methods. The brand has partnered with Notre Dame University and commemorated the Fighting Irish’s 100th anniversary of winning its first College Football National Championship. This whiskey is part of the new Phoenix Legends series from Teeling and is aged for 24 years.
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15. Tequila Don Gato
Source:Tequila Don Gato
Tequila Don Gato is the brainchild of actor Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals) and built on the story of Don Gato, who we assume is a fictional luchador wrestler that McBride says inspired him to get into the tequila business. The company’s irreverent and humorous messaging is what one can expect from McBride yet the additive-free tequila has already notched a pair of awards.
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