The best gin advent calendars 2022 to have you feeling merry this Christmas
Gin advent calendars are the best way to get in the festive spirit. Advent calendars are a far cry from the traditional lighting of candles that they used to be, so what better than one of the gin advent calendars 2022 has to offer to bring the merry to your Christmas.
We all love a tipple, right? While we're not ones to turn down the classic chocolate countdowns, we can certainly get behind something a bit more grown up. Especially as we have Christmas as the perfect excuse.
There's lots of choice when it comes to counting down to Christmas these days, with beauty advent calendars and chocolate advent calendars reigning supreme. But the thought of coming home to a boozy drink and warming ourselves up from a cold and dark winter’s day? That's even better. We’ll take several of the best gin advent calendars, please.
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The best gin advent calendars on offer this holiday season
- Best overall - Gin advent calendar 2022, £99.99, Virgin Wines - TELL ME MORE or BUY IT NOW
- Best gin and tonic advent calendar - Fever-Tree Ultimate Gin & Tonic Advent Calendar, £60, John Lewis & Partners - TELL ME MORE or BUY IT NOW
- Best 12-days of Christmas calendar - 12 Gin Selection Box, £39.99, Amazon - TELL ME MORE or BUY IT NOW
- Best craft gin advent calendar - Gin Advent Calendar - Premium (2022 Edition), £99.95, Master of Malt - TELL ME MORE or BUY IT NOW
- Best reusable advent calendar - TheLittleBoysRoom Refilable Wooden Advent Gin Christmas Tree, £169.95, Not On The High Street - TELL ME MORE or BUY IT NOW
Grab a glass and some mixer and continue down to 17 of the best gin advent calendars 2022
- Includes - Wax-sealed drams of gin
- Some brands include - All from That Boutique-y Gin Company
- Number of doors - 24
They've done it again, Drinks By The Dram have teamed up with That Boutique-y Gin Company for their annual gin calendar and, this year, it's especially luscious. With everything from yuzu to pink gin, you certainly won't need flavoured mixers to spice up your evening serve this December.
- Includes - Classic and flavoured gin miniatures
- Some brands include - Gordon's, Greenall's and Berkshire Botanical
- Number of doors - 12
With brand favourites, five-star reviews and a nice £5 discount right now, this 12-day advent calendar from The Bottle Club is certainly not one to be overlooked.
- Includes - Flavoured gins and gin liqueurs
- Some brands include - Edinburgh Gin, Malfy Gin and Whitley Neill Gin
- Number of doors - 24
Complete with brands big and small to satisfy those cravings for specific gins - Malfy orange gin, we're looking at you - as well as tickling your fancy with some new flavours, this gin advent cracker is available to order now and is just the ticket for the gin lover in your life. After all, who wouldn't want a little bottle of gin a day to countdown the festive season.
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- Includes - Double measure craft gins plus an “exclusive tipple” for the final day
- Some brands include - Tarquin's, Salcombe distillery, Otterbeck distillery, In The Welsh Wind distillery from, you guessed it, Wales and the ‘Craft Gin Club presents’ Philip Schofield's gin
- Number of doors - 25
With extra door for you to open on the big day, the Craft Gin Club's annual Christmas gin calendar is looking better than ever and is making it straight onto our wishlist for Santa. While it's not filled with some more classic gins like Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire, it'll tickle your tastebuds with only the best small batch gins and tipples from independent distillers - you won't be disappointed.
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- Includes - Wax sealed drams of craft gin, London dry gin, flavoured gin, cask aged gin and old Tom gin
- Some brands include - Kyrö Gin, Inverroche and Bathtub Gin
- Number of doors - 24 days of Christmas countdown gins
Adorned with gorgeous pine branches and gold stars, this craft gin advent calendar will look at home on your bar cart and make settling into your sofa at home all the more inviting in the lead up to Christmas. You'll sample gins both familiar and small, off-the-beaten-track types, too, not to mention some rogue flavours like gunpowder & rosehip - ooh-err.
- Includes - a refillable advent tree plus small batch gins, gin liqueurs, flavoured gins and classic London dry gins all in 5cl bottles
- Some brands include - Whitley Neill, Ophir, 6 O'clock gin
- Number of doors - 24
What a gorgeous way to ring in the run-up to Christmas. Not only can you reuse the wooden tree next year, filling it with your choice of gin, tequila, rum etc. but you'll be treated to a perfect mix of independent and well known gin distillers for the 2022 festive season. What could be better?
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- Includes - 1 x personalised bottle of spiced Christmas gin liqueur
- Some brands include - N/A, filled with gin from the United Kingdom's Friary Drinks' Christmas gin liqueur
- Number of doors - N/A, features 12 marked measures on the side of the bottle
With the option of a 500ml or 700ml bottle of gin, this personalised gin bottle makes for a gorgeous Christmas gift or addition to a Christmas hamper, not to mention it even comes complete with a Spotify code on the side so you can listen to more than 50 Christmas songs while you or a loved one gets…merry.
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- Includes - Gin liqueurs
- Some brands include - N/A, all filled with Friary Drinks' gin liqueurs
- Number of doors - 12
Cute Christmas decorations and a winter tipple? We're sold. Plus, for sustainability focused buyers, if you're nifty, you could even reuse the baubles next year, filling them with sloe gins and Prosecco thimble's full as you desire.
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- Includes - Old Tom, London Dry, Navy and flavoured gins
- Some brands include - Keepr's, Warners, Two Birds and Aber Falls
- Number of doors - 24
Much like Australian buyers get the Gintonica advent calendar each December, here in the UK we're lucky enough to get the premium gin advent calendar from Virgin Wines each year. For this year, they've pulled together a gift set you'd be really lucky to find under your Christmas tree this year and, what's more, they've even got some whacky flavours like Whitley Neill's rhubarb & ginger. It's not available to buy just yet, but you can pre-order it and reserve it today for just £10 - go on, don't miss out.
- Includes - Flavoured gins, gin liqueurs, navy-strength gins, old Toms and regular dry gins
- Some gin brands include - Ramsbury, Whitby and Masons
- Number of doors - 24
Another Virgin Wines gin advent calendar, this time through Very, this Christmas countdown of different gins really does take you through the gin dictionary from top to toe, with award winning brands like Whitley Neill and flavours as whacky as pear and pink peppercorn, your Christmassy tipples will most certainly keep you on your toes.
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- Includes - Small-batch craft English gin, vodka, and rum liqueurs with Tiptree preserves' signature flavours
- Some brands include - N/A - all Tiptree
- Number of doors - 24
With free delivery for Amazon Prime members, this luxury Tiptree gin, rum and vodka advent calendar is a top pick for buyers with a bit of a sweet tooth, and offers a wide selection of wacky flavours including salted caramel vodka and damson gin. Mmm, now all you'll need is a few bottles of tonic, lemonade and soda water for the perfect serve.
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- Includes - Half and half Fever-Tree tonics and popular classic and flavoured gins
- Some brands include - Hendricks, Sipsmith, Chase pink grapefruit & pomelo gin (oo-err)
- Number of doors - 24
With brand favourites including Edinburgh Gin and the new kid on the block, Ramsbury gin, this Fever-Tree advent calendar provides everything you could need for an after work tipple, and it's relatively affordable, too.
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- Includes - Wax-sealed drams of gin
- Some brands include - Hendrick's, No. 3 Gin, FEW American Gin
- Number of doors - 24
With everything from Bathtub Gin to Conker Spirit and Kyrö, this Premium gin advent calendar from Drinks By The Dram has certainly got our vote. Chic design, delicious innards - we'll take four.
- Includes - Classic and flavoured gin miniatures
- Some brands include - J.J Whitley, Berkshire Botanical and Whitley Neill
- Number of doors - 12
Accessibly priced, in an icy colourway that'll elevate your current Christmas decor and, being a 12-door calendar, a perfect pick to give as a Christmas gift for use in the 12-days after Christmas, this gin calendar is certainly going in our basket (especially with rhubarb and ginger gin on the menu - YUM).
- Includes - Miniature pink gins
- Some brands include - Gordon's, Bombay Sapphire Bramble, Cheeky Gin
- Number of doors - 12
What could be better than a pink gin advent calendar? Complete with different variations on that ‘pink’ flavouring, including pink grapefruit, rhubarb and raspberry, you won't want to miss out on this bad boy.
- Includes - Craft 50 millilitre classic and flavoured gins
- Some brands include - Beefeater, Silent Pool distillers, hotel chocolat and Tarquin's
- Number of doors - 24
With unique gins like cacao gin, cherry bakewell and chamomile gin cordial, this Blue Tree gin calendar really is a feast for the tastebuds and a top pick for gin fanatics both professional and novice.
- Includes - Hand picked 5cl gins, both flavoured and classic
- Some brands include - Greenall's, Sipsmith and Kopparberg gin
- Number of doors - 24
What could be better than a sparkling wine or cider, you ask? Well, we'd answer, why not a cider-inspired gin flavour? Yep, this calendar comes complete with Kopparberg gin as well as some family favourite brands and it certainly won't disappoint.
What is one of the best gin advent calendars on the market?
It depends on whether you like a household name brand like Gordon's or you're more of a small batch craft gin type but, that said, if you're after something with a bit of everything, we'd take a look at the Virgin Wines Luxury Gin advent calendar. It's a handful of pounds cheaper than the Virgin Wines advent calendar on their website and boasts all the same flavoured, navy strength, old Tom and liqueur gins in an icy blue gift box.
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