| No Images? Click here  Great Gifts for Cocktail, Wine, and Beer Lovers When it's the holiday season, alcohol-related gifts tend to be guaranteed crowd-pleasers. Most hosts will be swimming in actual booze from their guests, but you can stand out from the crowd with a bar cart–worthy drink accessory, be it a decanter and glassware set or a remarkably classy-looking carbonation system. Our collection of gifts for drink lovers pairs attractive design with the kind of functionality that'll last far longer than a bottle of wine. Here are a few of our time-honored favorites, along with some new items we've fallen in love with in 2018.   Cocktail Books This year we were delighted by the release of not one but two excellent cocktail books written by Serious Eats alums. Organized by spirit, Maggie Hoffman's The One-Bottle Cocktail is all about making the most of your favorite booze. Meanwhile, Carey Jones and husband John McCarthy recently published Be Your Own Bartender, which features over a dozen flowcharts to guide you to the perfect drink for every mood and occasion.  A Nice Mixing Glass and Stirrer Treat your giftee to a refined cocktail-making experience with an etched mixing glass and bar spoon (currently on sale)—essential items that happen to look mighty good set atop a bar cart. This spoon is particularly useful for stirred cocktails—its slender profile will easily navigate ice while minimizing splashing and spilling.  A Pretty Pitcher We consider a nice pitcher a super-versatile gift. Sure, it's wonderful for pouring big-batch cocktails, decanting wine, and holding water handsomely for group dinners. But when you're not entertaining, pitchers make fabulous vases. Given its versatility and recognizable name brand, this pitcher will please grandmothers, newlyweds, and roommates alike.  A Corkscrew That Actually Works We've all been there when the party is getting started—you grab a bottle of wine, twist in your corkscrew, and...the cork breaks. Twenty messy minutes of cork-pushing and wine-filtering ensue, dashing everyone's hopes for a nice, crisp sip. Avoid this situation with a corkscrew that actually works. We tested quite a few and found this lever model to work smoothly and easily, puncturing only corks and never dreams. 
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