Whatever the occasion, cocktail gifts are always are good idea.
Everyone loves cocktails: making them, but especially drinking them. So getting someone you love (or even just someone you tolerate) the right equipment to make quick, easy, and delicious cocktails at home is a safe bet.
Here,we’re going to run through our favourite cocktail gifts to help you pick perfect gift for the perfect person.
Let’s get started.
Cocktail Equipment
The best place to start off for cocktail gifts is by taking a look at Cocktail Equipment.
These are the tools of the trade that helps take your cocktail-making game to the next level and beyond…
The first item that needs to be on your cocktail equipment list is a Cocktail Shaker.
Our recommended Cocktail Shaker comes with tonnes of awesome cocktail tools to help you up your cocktail game, including:
- A 24 oz Cocktail Shaker.
- A Muddler.
- A Mixing Spoon
- A Jigger.
- Liquour Pourers.
- A Hawthorne Strainer.
- Ice Tongs.
- A Corkscrew and Knife.
- A Stand.
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Strainer
If you (or perhaps the person your buying for) don’t have a Hawthorne strainer as part of a cocktail shaker set, it’s a great, and incredibly useful, cocktail gift you need in your cocktail toolbox.
The strainer is typically used to remove the ice (or any other unwanted solid ingredients) from your cocktail as it’s poured from the cocktail shaker into your glass.
For a Hawthorne Strainer, we recommend:
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Jigger
A Jigger is what’s used to measure alcohol quantities.
Mixing is a science and like all science, measures have to be right. Too much or too little booze can ruin a cocktail – a Jigger makes this precision easy.
A Jigger comes include in most good cocktail shaker sets, but this Jigger takes precision to the next level.
I have this All-in-1 Jigger as well as a standard one, because this provides a variety of different measurements.
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Ice Maker
Another lifesaver and fantastic cocktail gift idea is an Ice Maker.
If you have a fridge that’ll make ice cubes for you in a flash, use that. If you have a whole site of ice of ice trays and the room to use them, do that.
I have neither of those things, nor do I have the space to store shop bought bags of ice either.
So this Ice Maker is exactly what I need.
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Lemon Squeezer
When life gives you lemons, put them in a squeezer and make cocktails, right?
Seriously, the amount of Lemon and Lime juice I go through making cocktails is ridiculous – this little lemon squeezer has saved me tonnes of time.
It’s easily to use, easy to wash, and easy to squeeze.
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Glassware
Cocktails taste better when you drink them out of the correct glass.
Don’t ask me to back that statement with facts or science, but it’s absolutely true. Trust me.
So, any great list of cocktail gifts for cocktail lovers has to have a great set of glassware for the cocktails they love.
Let’s take a look at the list.
Champagne Flutes
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Champagne Flutes are great for any kind of Champagne Cocktail such as the Mimosa.
Copper Mugs
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Copper Mugs are primarily used for Mule cocktails.
Mule cocktails are offshoots of the Moscow Mule cocktail that offer slightly different ingredients in addition to the standard Ginger Beer and Line Juice.
For example, the Jamaican Mule or the slightly more extravagant Mermaid Mule.
Old Fashioned Glasses
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Old Fashioned Glasses are basically Whiskey Glasses, but in the cocktail world they’re ideal for making the classic Old Fashioned Cocktail.
Hurricane Glasses
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Hurricane glasses are a traditional glass for the flamboyant cocktail, such as the Blue Hawaii. However, the most popular cocktail ever to be served in a Hurricane glass has to be the Pina Colada.
Highball Glasses
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Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from The Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.
Cocktail Glasses
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Cocktail Glasses are used for the more elegant of classic cocktail, such as the Manhattan or a Pornstar Martini.
Margarita Glasses
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The Margarita Glass is famously used for…yeah, you guessed it…Margarita’s!
Cocktail Kits
Maybe you want cocktail gifts for someone who isn’t really into cocktail-making…yet.
That’s cool – there’s kits for that.
Cocktail Box Co cocktail kits are fantastic; they’re easy to use, look great, and you can pick them up for a good price.
Here’s their range.
Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit
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Moscow Mule Cocktail Kit
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Mai Tai Cocktail Kit
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Margarita Cocktail Kit
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Want Cocktail Recipes Now?
So you have seen all of our best Cocktail Gifts and wanna go make some cocktail recipes now? We’ve got ya covered!
Find more cocktail recipes in the following places on ThatCocktail:
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