December has finally landed, so team SB is inviting you to join us in counting down the days until Christmas with our own spirited advent calendar.

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it is finally socially acceptable to put up your Christmas tree, watch The Holiday on repeat, and pimp your morning coffee with a generous splash of cream liqueur. But if you're still looking for something to get you in the festive mood, The Cotswolds Distillery has returned its Cloudy Christmas Gin to retail shelves. If that doesn't put a spring in your slippers, we don't know what will. Distilled in a traditional copper pot still and featuring nine botanicals, including sweet, zesty clementine and cardamon, this classic juniper-led 46% ABV gin promises to bring 'a touch of Christmas magic' to your bar cart this holiday season. Once you've grabbed yourself a bottle from www.cotswoldsdistillery.com, or from their three shops in Stourton, Broadway or Bourton-on-the-Water for £37 (US$47), the best way to make this spirit sing is in a cocktail. Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks for further spirited releases, as we'll be opening more doors as part of our SB Advent series until Christmas Eve.

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Clementine Martini

Ingredients:

• 30ml Cotswolds Christmas Gin
• 10ml Dry vermouth
• 10ml Triple sec
• 5ml Grenadine
• 40ml Fresh clementine juice
• One Clementine

Method: Place all ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, shake and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with a clementine wheel.

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Mulled Bramble

Ingredients:

• 50ml Cotswolds Christmas Gin
• 20ml Mulled blackberry liqueur
• 25ml Fresh lime juice
• 10ml Honey syrup 2:1
• A handful of blackberries

Method: Add the gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice. Drizzle the mulled blackberry liqueur over the top to create a layered effect. Garnish with fresh blackberries and a lemon slice.

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Cotsmo Cosmo

Ingredients:

• 30ml Cotswolds Christmas Gin
• 30ml Triple sec
• 50ml Cranberry juice
• 15ml Lime juice
• Orange peel
• One cherry

Method: Place all ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker, shake and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with orange peel and a cherry.