Top 10 novelty gifts for drinkers
It’s Christmas, and you’re searching for a gift for a fellow drink enthusiast, but you need to be careful not to drift too far into the realm of kitsch. See what you make of these suggestions.
Ideally, you’d just throw some alcohol their way, but that seems a bit unimaginative. You want to get them something a bit different, a bit unique, a bit special, but still booze related.
Now you’re faced with the societal minefield that is the novelty gift.
If you choose poorly, your gift will be looked down upon and trashed before you can say, “Get it? Because you like vodka!” But if you choose well, it can become a treasured and beloved artefact.
Fortunately, we’ve braved the minefield for you and have returned with the top 10 novelty gifts for drinkers.
Click through to see for yourself…
Beer Foamer: £29.99
Beer going flat is one of mankind’s greatest failures. Okay, maybe not one of our greatest failures… but it’s still a waste.
The Beer Foamer solves this problem by sending ultrasonic waves through your beer to froth it up and release its flavours.
So next time you pour a brew out from a can or a bottle, stick it on this brilliant little platform first.
Party Drinking Dice
How could relaxing and drinking with your friends at Christmas be made even more fun? With a rigid set of rules of course.
Introducing Party Drinking Dice, the inanimate wooden cubes that think they know better than you.
In fairness, it can be fun to chill out and let chance control the party for a bit.
It’s the most fun you’ll have mindlessly following seemingly random orders.
Bottle Light: £9.99
Finally, a way to justify all those empty wine bottles around the house.
This rechargeable light is in the shape of a cork, which means it can slip into the top of a discarded bottle and light it up.
At only £9.99, this is the perfect way to fill up your garden with cheap, booze-related art.
Stainless Steel Straws: £7.99
Straws are great. They stop wine getting all over your teeth!
But at the same time, straws are awful. They’re flimsy, plastic and childish. They have all the chic of drinking out of a sippy cup.
Luckily, salvation is at hand with these sophisticated looking metal straws. This gift has all the practicality of normal straws without the shame.
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Holy Water hip flask: £6.99
With the holy water hip flask, blasphemy has never been so much fun.
At only £6.99 this product is great for when you need a few slugs of divine inspiration. Just don’t drink too much or you might need three days to resurrect yourself out of bed.
Cocktail Chemistry: £19.99
Live out your Breaking Bad dreams and mix some drinks in this chemistry-themed cocktail mixer.
Jesse, we need to mix!
This £19.99 set comes with a recipe book of 30 suggested cocktails, a specially designed bung to stop spillage and is 100 per cent guaranteed safer than going into the meth business (FYI, ‘the meth business’ is not affiliated with the drinks business).
Bar Butler: £24.99
This present is a classic, and perfect for anyone who loves spirits.
Holding four spirit bottles at once (that’s twice what a bartender can hold), this gift looks good in the kitchen, the lounge or even the bedroom.
Plus you can stock it with your own personal selection, meaning you’ll never be unable to get a shot favourite drink.
Cocktail Shaker Lip Balm: £2.49
Make your lips taste like Friday night with this great lip balm.
This stylish, 6.5cm gift may look like a cocktail shaker for mice, but is actually just a lip balm that tastes like a cocktail.
Flavours include Tequila Sunrise, Cosmopolitan, Piña Colada and Margarita.
Gas Pump Liqueur Dispenser: £13.49
Have you ever wanted to feel like a car being filled up at an old fashioned American gas station? No? Okay, nor us.
Still, this gas pump liqueur dispenser looks nice. It’s just on the right side of kitschy. And the transparent middle holds a generous 900ml of your favourite drink.
Personalised Giant wine glass: £19.99
Yes, this may seem a slightly hackneyed gift to close the list on. Giant wine glasses, Champagne flutes and whiskey tumblers are nothing new.
And a glass of wine might seem like it belongs next to iPhones and satnavs on the list of “things that don’t need to know your name”.
But what makes this gift stand out is the perfect pairing of ideas. After all, the only time you need to remind yourself of your name is probably after you’ve consumed a giant glass of wine…
Drinking wine with a straw, are you kidding me????
I would like to prefer home bar butler.