Day 5: Five Golden Cocktail Kits
How do you compete when someone’s willing to drop serious coin on five golden rings? You don’t. We suggest you reconsider running up your credit card, and sit back and enjoy a cocktail while you gift wrap one of these fine Canadian cocktail kits instead.
BarChef’s Cocktail Kit Redefined
This cocktail kit comes equipped with:
1 Bottle of BarChef Project Late Harvest Vesper
1 200ml Bottle Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water
2 Etched Stemmed Cocktail Glasses
1 Jigger
1 Stir Spoon
1 Aromatic Garnish of Grapefruit
$65 + Tax
BarChef’s bottled cocktail series has set the bar high. The kit’s Late Harvest Vesper – a high octane gin cocktail brimming with green notes, lychee, tropical fruits, exotic spices and spruce tips – has a gorgeous nectar-like texture. On its own, it rockets your true love’s palate around the globe. Or, mix it with tonic water for a more a refreshing experience. Don’t forget to spritz your creations with BarChef’s grapefruit aromatic garnish.
Mad Lab Distillery Cocktail Series Mix Pack
This four-cocktail mix has plenty to choose from to suit (or set) your mood:
50ml Bottle S’mores Old Fashioned
50ml Bottle Blue Negroni
50ml Bottle Godfather
50ml Bottle Chocolate Spiced Mad Dog
$17.41
Distiller Scott Thompson, the mad science guru who runs Vancouver’s Mad Laboratory takes mixology well beyond cocktail alchemy with this selection of palate pleasers. Whisky cocktail lovers will especially enjoy The Godfather which noses barrel tones while treating your loved one’s palate to cherry juice and ripe fruits. These are all carefully sweetened, so remember the old adage: Candy is dandy but liquor’s the tricker.
Reid’s Distillery Cassia Spiced Negroni - Social Pack
Can’t be with friends this year? No need to distance yourself from this tasty cocktail:
750ml Bottle Reid's Spiced Gin
750ml Bottle Sandeman Ruby Port
750ml Bottle Campari
Pack of Dehydrated Apples
Cassia Sticks to infuse into Campari
$110.00
Toronto’s gin distillery makes this trio of bold gins each great for stirring or shaking in your favourite gin cocktail. The distillery’s signature Cassia Spiced Negroni highlights the range. Aromatic baking spices swirl in the glass with cloves, cinnamon and cardamom balanced by ginger and an earthy peppery note. No need to bake this holiday season, just open a bottle and let the gin naturally diffuse Christmas spices throughout your home.
Hiram Walker Distillery J.P. Wiser’s Cocktails & Cherries Gift Set
This gift set includes:
375ml Bottle J.P. Wiser’s Old Fashioned Whisky Cocktail
375ml Bottle J.P. Wiser’s Manhattan Whisky Cocktail
1 Jar Jack Rudy X J.P. Wiser’s Canadian Cocktail Cherries
$44.00
When Ontario’s Liquor Control Act put an end to the province’s prohibition, Hiram Walker’s Harry Hatch was ready with a lineup of bottled cocktails. At the time, drinking alcohol in public spaces was not exactly legal. Bottled cocktails were not only convenient, they were also approachable and delicious. Joy to the world! They’re back and all you have to do is supply the ice. Everything else is in the kit, including cherries to garnish your Manhattan.
Nickel 9 Distillery Rise and Shine Cocktail Kit
Wake up with a Rise & Shine Espresso Cocktail right in your own home.
This kit includes:
750ml Bottle Northern Temple Vodka
375ml Bottle Ni9 Maple Butter Syrup
100ml Bottle Ni9 Chocolate Hazelnut Coffee Bean Bitter
Espresso Bean for Garnish
Two 355ml cans of Propeller Coffee Co. Cold Brew
$84.50
Nickel 9’s resident cocktail guru, Michael Pez has taken Nickel 9’s entire range of spirits and bitters to build a cocktail list that is longer than Santa’s nice list. Now you and your true love can enjoy them at home. Northern Temple’s buttery bright vodka with its subtle apple notes is one of the new wave of Canadian sipping vodkas. With a full bottle included, you’ll understand why Canadian vodka is breaking new grounds in flavour.
Join us tomorrow for Day 6: Eau-de-View and Brandy suggestions. Or, if you’d rather figure it out on your own, there are many more spirits to be found in our book The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries – a gift suggestion in itself and one that’s worth its weight in five gold rings.