This gift guide is ideal for every cocktail, spirits and hosting enthusiast you know—or maybe that's you.
This year, we've curated a collection of small businesses that bring creativity and passion to the cocktail, spirits and hosting world. Each brand shares our commitment to quality and craftsmanship and offers unique products that make for great gifts this holiday season.
We've thoughtfully designed our guide into gifts under $50, under $100, over $100, and the ultimate stocking stuffers. Cheers!
Gifts Under $50
1. Love & Victory: For the creative soul who loves to elevate their craft with a touch of style.
Love & Victory makes stylish cocktail pins and picks designed to elevate your cocktails and outfits with playful, handcrafted and drink inspired details.
Founded in 2008 by designer Meg Moorhouse, Love & Victory is a Brooklyn based creative studio. With over 20 years of experience in product design and a background in hospitality, Meg’s passion for delicious food, stiff drinks and soulful tunes is infused into each design of this small business. Thanks to @reallyicetomeetyou and Shaker & Spoon for the introduction to this amazing brand.
2. Surfside Sips: For the eco-conscious cocktail enthusiast who enjoys sipping their favorite drinks with a touch of fun and flair.
Surfside sips offers a sustainable and customizable solution to single-use plastic with handcrafted glass straws made of durable, high-impact borosilicate glass.
The owner, Andrew, has his own glass-blowing studio in Northern California where he hosts a weekly Instagram live feed of his creative process. He became heavily focused on straws after the banning of single use plastic straws in California. Each straw can be made to order, allowing you to create a design that is completely your own. Thanks to our crafter Shirley (@shakenup) for the introduction!
3. Aged & Infused: For the adventurous mixologist who loves to explore and experiment with all things cocktail-related. Extra points if they love cats!
Aged & Infused provides all natural, at home infusion kits with your favorite spirits and cocktails in mind. Just add booze, infuse for 3 days, then enjoy!
Jess and John, a husband and wife team, founded the company in Chicago 8+ years ago. Their journey began when Jess crafted a homemade whiskey infusion as a thoughtful holiday gift for John and the idea quickly evolved into a full-fledged business. Recently they opened a vintage barware shop in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, where they frequently host cocktail classes and parties. Throughout their journey, their cat, Mr. Biscuits the tri-pod cat, has become an internet sensation.
4. Siligrams: For the home bar enthusiast who wants to add a personal touch.
Siligrams combines 3D printing and mold making to produce one of a kind silicone products, from bar mats, coasters, wine stoppers and more!
Founded by Ben and Clay, Siligrams began in Baltimore but made its way to Boston. The two friends first met in high school, where they bonded over rowing and building quirky contraptions. They both caught the entrepreneurial bug after college and began making ice trays and confection molds modeled after Baltimore's landmarks for their cooking group. The rest is now history. Our founder, Chase, had the pleasure of meeting Clay and Ben this past spring and got an inside look at how it's all made.
Gifts Under $100
5. AppyHour: For the foodie with a taste for the finer things who loves savoring premium, curated meats and cheeses delivered right to their doorstep (who doesn't?!).
AppyHour delivers a box of expertly curated artisan cheeses, premium charcuterie and thoughtful pairings, right to your door making hosting a breeze.
Inspired by his mother, founder Neil Jirele saw how great food enhances family gatherings. Based in Boston, AppyHour sends out a monthly menu highlighting a particular geography or season that is expertly curated, unique and provides a complete spread for any occasion.
6. Shaker & Spoon: For the mixologist who loves to learn and is looking to master the art of cocktails.
Shaker & Spoon helps teach you to mix up bar-quality cocktails from recipes designed by award-winning mixologists, all while exposing you to new flavors & combinations. They offer a subscription, in which you'll receive 3 recipes and everything you need to make 12 drinks (4 from each recipe), excluding alcohol. You can subscribe yourself or gift it.
Born out of a frustration with overfilled liquor cabinets and hard to find ingredients, Mike and Anna founded Shaker and Spoon in 2015 in Brooklyn to make at home craft cocktails easy, fun and informative. Thanks to Sother Teague, a Klaris Crafter and frequent Shaker & Spoon collaborator for the introduction!
7. August Morgan: For the host with a playful sense of style who loves adding charm and wit to every gathering—perfect for those who know a great party is all in the details.
August Morgan blends irreverence with elegance, creating a playful twist on classic cocktail napkins with over 60+ whimsical napkin designs. We all know that a good napkin can complete any cocktail party and make people smile.
Founded by Kate Hersch, August Morgan's journey started over a decade ago with repurposing vintage needlepoint into unique pillows sold at boutiques like Barneys New York. Based in Austin, Texas, the brand has bloomed from pillows to cocktail napkins and now includes women's apparel.
8. Smokeshow: For the cocktail connoisseur who wants to elevate their mixology game with rich, smoky flavors and unforgettable presentation.
Ever wonder how you can create an amazing smoked cocktail at home? Smokeshow Cocktail Smoker has you covered. They provide you with everything you need to start making smoked cocktails in seconds with their Smokeshow Starter Bundle.
Jack & Paul founded Smokeshow in 2021 after the two met on Reddit and decided to modernize the process of making smoked drinks at home. They have been building and scaling their small business in North Carolina and continue to expand their smoked drink flavors and complimentary accessory line. Klaris has been fortunate to have them as collaborators as well as mentors as we've scaled our business.
9. Viski: For the cocktail drinker who believes that the details do matter and appreciates the perfect trifecta of presentation, taste, and quality.
Viski offers all the tools and glassware you need to enjoy the craft cocktail experience at home. Their glassware will help craft your cocktail experience and enhance the flavors of your creations. Even better, they have barware that is designed for both style and functionality.
Viski, founded in 2012 in Seattle, is the brainchild of home mixologists who wanted to create high quality bar tools and glassware that blend function with refinement. Klaris has done a few collaborations/giveaways with Viski and now offers Klaris-approved Viski glassware and ice mallet on our website. Shout out to the team at Siptaptow for the introduction!
$100+ Gifts
10. Klaris: For the cocktail enthusiast who values the cocktail experience and wants to add a layer of luxury to their craft drinks at home.
Klaris makes it easy to create ultra clear, craft ice at home for your favorite drinks with The Clear Ice Maker.
Founded in 2020 by Chase, Klaris began as an experiment in a basement and grew into a thriving small business in Minneapolis, shaped by countless prototypes, thousands of ice cubes, late nights and the support of family and friends. Klaris and Chase have intertwined milestones like no other, from a proposal with a ring frozen in a cube, wedding with over 300 custom stamped cubes and welcoming of his first child, Ceci, a day before the first, big shipment of icemakers for the holidays in 2023.
11. Hoste Cocktails: For the one who loves to create memorable experiences with beautifully crafted and stylish drinks drinks with high-quality ingredients.
Hoste raises the bar for bottled cocktails, offering an elevated at-home experience and the ideal gift for cocktail lovers. Each bottled cocktail is masterfully crafted and comes in a beautifully designed gift box with a citrus atomizer allowing for an interactive garnish that enhances the drink’s aroma.
Hoste was created by a passionate duo, Robby Haynes and Jordan Tepper. Their dedication to crafting exceptionally ready to drink cocktails was formed on the idea that great drinks should be as enjoyable to serve as they are to sip. They are now in the process of building a larger production facility and tasting room in Chicago. Chase (Klaris founder) & Jordan connected via their alma mater - the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
12. Pearl Street Caviar: For the adventurous yet refined spirit who loves to elevate their day through the finer things in life.
Pearl Street Caviar is on a mission to make quality, sustainably-sourced caviar accessible to anyone who wants an experience that is indulgent and healthy, new and timeless, elevated and approachable. They offer gift sets, or you can shop for individual collections of caviar.
Pearl Street Caviar was launched in Brooklyn by Craig Page. With a passion for adventure, sustainability and bartending, he envisioned a caviar as much more than a luxury. He believed it could be a nutritious, soulful indulgence even after a long shift. All of their caviar is sourced from high flow waterways where sturgeon are raised in environments closely mirroring the wild, ensuring top quality eggs with just a touch of salt from the Alps. Thanks to Shaker & Spoon for this introduction!
13. Elevated Craft: For the home mixologist seeking tools that make each cocktail more than just a drink—it’s an experience.
Elevated Craft set out on a mission to make cocktail shaker better and they made it happen. Their elevated barware is designed for the home mixologist. Whether you’re crafting a cocktail or hosting friends, their barware is designed for precision and style. They recently released their Diamond Edition Hybrid Cocktail Shaker. The Diamond Edition isn’t just a shaker—it’s a statement.
Founder Adam Craft, a mixology enthusiast, grew tired of leaky, cumbersome bar tools. So, he set out on a journey to reimagine the classic cocktail shaker. In 2019, he launched his flagship design, the Elevated Craft® Hybrid Cocktail Shaker. Since then, Elevated Craft has added the Hybrid Cocktail Glass, Hybrid Pint Glass, and Diamond Edition Hybrid Cocktail Shaker – their most premium product. Elevated Craft is more than barware – they are a global community of cocktail explorers who share an infectious passion for elevating their craft.
Extras/ Stocking Stuffers
Let's Get Blitzen by Sother Teague, a celebrated mixologist and a Klaris crafter based in New York and originally from New Orleans.
Pretty Simple Cocktails by self-taught cocktail expert and talented Klaris crafter, Juliana Mclintosh, offers 85 delightful recipes for every occasion, making it a must-have for home bartenders.
Ice by Amy Brady, a journalist and historian shares the strange and storied two-hundred-year-old history of ice in America: from the introduction of mixed drinks “on the rocks,” to the nation’s first-ever indoor ice rink, to how delicacies like ice creams and iced tea revolutionized our palates, to the ubiquitous ice machine in every motel across the US.
