10 BOTTLES OF BOOZE TO BUY YOUR FRIENDS THIS CHRISTMAS

We all know someone who is a pain to buy for.

However, don't be sucked in to buying them a cheap bottle of crap gin off the supermarket shelf, buy them one of these awesome bottles produced here in the Cotswolds.

REVEREND HUBERT WINTER GIN LIQUEUR

The "Rev's" Winter Gin Liqueur recipe was created in 1904 by The Reverend Hubert Bell Lester. It has since been updated by his great-grandson Thomas Lester and made into the wonderfully balanced, warming, rich and smooth liqueur it is today.

www.reverendhubert.com

COTSWOLDS RESERVE SINGLE MALT WHISKY

The latest whisky to join our growing collection at The Cotswolds Distillery, Cotswolds Reserve Single Malt is delightfully smooth and well-balanced dram. Light caramel, apple and vanilla with a touch of chocolate on the nose with toasted cereal and a sweet malt character on the palate.

www.cotswoldsdistillery.com

CAPREOLUS HART & DART MULBERRY BARREL AGED GIN

Winner of the hugely prestigious The Whisky Exchange Spirit of the Year 2017, this unique small-batch gin by Capreolus is made by ageing its Garden Swift gin in barrels made out of mulberry wood.

The mulberry wood adds a delicate sweetness mixed with notes of apricot, floral richness and spice, which sing in harmony with 34 flowers, herbs, spices, organic blood orange and complex fruits

www.capreolusdistillery.co.uk

BEAUFORT THREE TIDES SMOKED RUM

Fine Demerara rum with an oak-smoked cacao heart and a honeyed tobacco soul.

Elegantly finished with scorched gorse, wild elderflower and oats hand sourced from the British Isles. A complex spiced rum, to be savoured over ice or mixed with ginger or smoked tea as a sophisticated long drink.

beaufortspirit.com

WOOD BROTHERS SINGLE ESTATE SLOE GIN

The Wood Bros Sloe Gin is made with sloes picked from the hedges on their Oxfordshire farm, which are then steeped in our single estate, small batch dry gin for a minimum of 6 months. The result is simply divine.

Check out their incredible sloe and damson vodka liqueur too!

woodbrosdistilling.com

DEYA CRICKLEY HILL

Crickley Hill represents another foray into fruited oak aged mixed fermentation ales, this time with delicious Strawberry.

This beer was aged in oak for a year before being refermented on local strawberries from Carey Organic in Worcester for 4 weeks.

The taste is amazing, with a beaming strawberry aroma, gentle acidity and a soft finish.

shop.deyabrewing.com

DIDDLY SQUAT FARM GIN IN A TIN

Clarkson has done a thing. He's made a gin in a tin.

You can choose from two blends: Maris Otter Malt, Coriander seeds and Fuggles Hops or Juniper, Beetroot, Apple and Dill making these a unique gift for Christmas.

diddlysquatfarmshop.com

STEEPLECHASE DISTILLERY PINK GIN

Distilled just furlongs from the Home of Jump Racing in Cheltenham, Steeplechase pays homage to the history and heritage of horse racing in the town with some wonderful handcrafted small-batch gins.

; This single run, small batch, naturally sweetened pink gin, named after a Cheltenham Gold Cup hero, combines raspberries, hibiscus, and redcurrant to create a crisp, fresh gin full of red fruits and a hint of spice.

www.steeplechasedistillery.com

COTSWOLDS CREAM LIQUEUR

We all associate cream liqueur with Baileys, but forget that, this is better... so much better.

This Cotswolds Cream Liqueur is made by mixing a single malt spirit (unaged whisky) with fresh Irish cream, creating a wonderfully rich liqueur with notes of vanilla and butterscotch.

www.cotswoldsdistillery.com

DAYLESFORD COCKTAILS

These perfectly crafted, pre-mixed cocktails ready to pour 200ml bottles of cocktails are perfect secret santa presents of stocking fillers.

There are various mixes, including Hazelnut espresso martini, Ginger cosmopolitan, Yuzu margarita, Negroni, Bourbon old fashioned and Smoked rum sour.

If you want to make the gift a little more grand, you can buy one of their Cocktail Party Hamper which includes six bottles.

www.daylesford.com