The Best Advent Calendars Ever

I never thought I would ever be writing about Advent calendars but here I am – a changed man. You can blame the booze.

This the Ginvent Calendar, a collaboration between Drinks by the Dram and the Gin Foundry. Each of the 24 windows hides a different 3cl sample of fantastic gin. There are market leaders and craft treats alongside new brands and even some hard to find gems, but we won’t give it all away just yet… You may wish for it to be a surprise! Buy it here.

This is the Whiskey advent calendar by Drinks by the Dram. Behind each of the 24 windows lies a different 3cl Drinks By The Dram sample of delicious whiskey, so this year be sure to count down to Christmas in style. Highlights among this year’s 24 drams include a rare 50-year-old Scotch, an award-winning Japanese whiskey and the World’s Best Blended Whiskey (World Whiskies Awards 2014). Each handmade, wax-sealed dram allows whisky fans to sample a new whisky, tasting everything from single grain whiskey to rare Scotch worth up to £350 a bottle…buy it here.

 

Don’t worry if you don’t like Gin or Whiskey, they also make a vodka and tequila advent calendar.

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Christian has been a cultural and style junkie since the age of 6; while most kids were swiping cookies, he was swiping his grandfathers' Patek Philippe. Raised to appreciate art, fashion,design and  literature (yeah, this one actually reads) by a single mother fondly called Jackie-O. Christian quickly went from childhood cultural capital thief to academia protégé. Referred to as the cat's meow by some, too clever by half by others, Christian eschewed the academic life and ran away to join the circus -the fashion circus. Several well-appointed positions later and a career on the rise would be most people's dream but it was time to say fuck off and start all over again.

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