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We’ve put together a best gins to buy for Christmas list. You know, just to make your Christmas shop that much easier.
London dry gin, Old Tom, flavoured gin, sloe gin, cask aged gin, they’re all here. Whether you’re a Martini lover, you adore a G&T, or you want to try something new there will be something here for you.
If it’s delicious and contains juniper, then it’s a contender. All of the bottles below will make a great gift for a gin lover.
The best gins to buy for Christmas
Yuletide Gin (That Boutique-y Gin Company) 50cl
Yuletide Gin from That Boutique-y Gin Company is packed with gold (just check out the sparkles), frankincense, myrrh, and even an entire gingerbread house along with more traditional winter botanicals: nutmeg, cloves and Christmas tree needles. Shake it up and you’ve got your own boozy snow globe. Is it the most Christmassy gin of all? Yes.
Cask Aged Pineapple Christmas Gin (Master of Malt) 70cl
Cask aged. Pineapple gin. Seriously. Our special edition gin for Christmas 2026 is a unique proposition. A suitably unexpected gift for the gin lover who’s tried almost everything. There’s just 290 bottles total though. Don’t wait around.
Silent Pool Gin Gift Pack with Glass 70cl
A swanky gift set from Silent Pool, which comes with a bottle of Silent Pool Gin (of course) and a branded glass. This is a brilliant gift for a gin-loving pal, or as a treat for yourself. It’s super easy to wrap too. Never underestimate that.
Bathtub Gin 70cl
It just wouldn’t be a best gins to buy for Christmas line-up without our old favourite. The mighty Bathtub Gin is made with a very high-quality copper pot-still spirit infused with ingredients including juniper, orange peel, coriander, cassia, cloves and cardamom to produce a powerful gin with a creamy, viscous mouthfeel.
6 O’clock Sloe Gin 70cl
Christmas is a great time for sloe gin and 6 O’clock makes a very fine one indeed. Using a proportion of handpicked sloes from near the distillery in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, it follow the tried-and-tested method of using a high sloe-to-gin ratio, a healthy helping of sugar and plenty of time.
Fords London Dry Gin 70cl
Created by bartender Simon Ford in conjunction with Thames Distillers in London, to is a (Christmas) cracking all-rounder. Featuring a varied selection of botanicals from around the world, Fords London Dry Gin contains grapefruit peel from Turkey, jasmine from China, angelica from Poland, lemon peel from Spain, as well as juniper from Italy.
Renais Cask Aged Gin 70cl
Renais’s Cask-Aged Gin has been aged for over a year in a single Grand Cru Chablis cask. Each individually numbered, limited-edition bottle balances crisp gin botanicals and refined wine-cask character. The winner of a gold metal at The Luxury Spirits Masters 2025 is fit to serve neat, over ice or in a cocktail such as a Martini or a French 75 with extra swagger.
Cherry Gin (That Boutique-y Gin Company) 70cl
And now for something completely different. This was produced by That Boutique-y Gin Company, who created this Cherry Gin in the finest sloe gin tradition, with both sweet and sour Marasca cherries. Works well with a range of mixers. Try it with cola.
Dingle Original Gin 70cl
Not just another ‘while we wait for the whiskey’ gin, Dingle Original Gin was never an afterthought. Containing rowan berry, fuchsia, bog myrtle, hawthorn and heather, this gin from the Dingle Distillery in Kerry is a World’s Best Gin winner at the World Gin Awards. And when you taste it, you’ll understand why.
Hernö Old Tom Gin 50cl
Rounding out our best gins to buy for Christmas selection is a sweet, lip-smacking Old Tom Gin. It’s the same botanical selection as Hernö Dry Gin but with the meadowsweet dialled right up. After distillation, they add a touch of sugar, giving it the classic sweetness you look for in a traditional Old Tom Gin. The cat on the bottle nods to a familiar Old Tom origin story involving cat-shaped signs outside London gin houses.
