Food & Drink
The Perfect Mix: 6 Of The Best Pre-Mixed Cocktails
Hosting Christmas drinks this year? These pre-mixed cocktails taste freshly made and are all ready to go.
Christmas drinks season is in full swing and, rather than chancing it with multiple spirits and a cocktail shaker, the savvy host is ordering in pre-bottled cocktails that taste freshly made. For many years, top bars have been bottling their own cocktails to chill in advance and serve when the time is right. Follow their example and serve guests with pre-bottled cocktails saving yourself the stress of measuring, mixing, and muddling ingredients.
Play bartender in your own home courtesy of these six sites selling pre-mixed cocktails. Guaranteed to make for a very merry Christmas.
Kocktail
If there’s no Terry’s Chocolate Orange, is it even Christmas? Treat your guests to a dangerously moreish chocolate orange-enhanced pre-mixed whisky sour by Kocktail. A bottle of this would make a most perfect gift.
Swygge
Nobody wants a sickly-sweet drink or a cocktail laden in calories. For low-sugar pre-mixed Christmas cocktails that are ridiculously delicious, you’ll struggle to find better than those from Swygge. Simply shake, pour and serve the Passion Star Martini made from natural, fresh, organic ingredients without preservatives and stabilisers.
Master of Malt
Stupendously easy to enjoy, the bar quality ready-to-serve cocktails from Master of Malt require no fancy ingredients or specialist equipment. For a festive touch, the addition of gingerbread syrup peps up this pre-bottled Espresso Martini bottle.
NIO Cocktails
For sheer convenience and minimal fuss, shrewd Christmas hosts have long known all about NIO (Needs Ice Only). This at-home delivery site selling readymade sachets of cocktail is a genius concept. Among its festive selection are Christmas Margarita (spiced ginger and apple) and Christmas in Manhattan (Bourbon and sweet vermouth), both ready in one simple pour.
Cocktails by Candlelight
When it comes to creating a date night to remember, look to Cocktails by Candlelight who sells candle and cocktail making kits. Choose your candle recipe and two jars of expertly crafted cocktails; every jar is enough for two servings. The Stargazer comprises Bombay Sapphire Gin, Raspberry, Elderflower and Lemon. There’s a QR link to a spotify playlist of chosen tunes.
Lockdown Liquor
A favourite with the fashion pack, Lockdown Liquor will deliver famously delicious readymade cocktails straight to your door. Their fiery bestseller is the pre-bottled Picante, comprising reposado Tequila, lime and agave nectar. What’s more, there’s a non-alcoholic Picante blend on offer too so you could just feel better in the morning.
By Annabel Jack
December 2023
Play bartender in your own home courtesy of these six sites selling pre-mixed cocktails. Guaranteed to make for a very merry Christmas.
Chocolate Orange Whisky Sour, £27
Kocktail
If there’s no Terry’s Chocolate Orange, is it even Christmas? Treat your guests to a dangerously moreish chocolate orange-enhanced pre-mixed whisky sour by Kocktail. A bottle of this would make a most perfect gift.
Passion Star Martini, £14
Swygge
Nobody wants a sickly-sweet drink or a cocktail laden in calories. For low-sugar pre-mixed Christmas cocktails that are ridiculously delicious, you’ll struggle to find better than those from Swygge. Simply shake, pour and serve the Passion Star Martini made from natural, fresh, organic ingredients without preservatives and stabilisers.
Bottle Bar Gingerbread Espresso Martini, £22.96
Master of Malt
Stupendously easy to enjoy, the bar quality ready-to-serve cocktails from Master of Malt require no fancy ingredients or specialist equipment. For a festive touch, the addition of gingerbread syrup peps up this pre-bottled Espresso Martini bottle.
Christmas Margarita, £19.50
NIO Cocktails
For sheer convenience and minimal fuss, shrewd Christmas hosts have long known all about NIO (Needs Ice Only). This at-home delivery site selling readymade sachets of cocktail is a genius concept. Among its festive selection are Christmas Margarita (spiced ginger and apple) and Christmas in Manhattan (Bourbon and sweet vermouth), both ready in one simple pour.
Stargazer, £14
Cocktails by Candlelight
When it comes to creating a date night to remember, look to Cocktails by Candlelight who sells candle and cocktail making kits. Choose your candle recipe and two jars of expertly crafted cocktails; every jar is enough for two servings. The Stargazer comprises Bombay Sapphire Gin, Raspberry, Elderflower and Lemon. There’s a QR link to a spotify playlist of chosen tunes.
Picante, £12.99
Lockdown Liquor
A favourite with the fashion pack, Lockdown Liquor will deliver famously delicious readymade cocktails straight to your door. Their fiery bestseller is the pre-bottled Picante, comprising reposado Tequila, lime and agave nectar. What’s more, there’s a non-alcoholic Picante blend on offer too so you could just feel better in the morning.
By Annabel Jack
December 2023
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Annabel Jack
Contributing Editor
Annabel is a regular contributor to The Guide, with a taste for the finest in food, fashion and interiors.
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