How do you get through the holiday season? In the words of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, “I had a lot of help from Jack Daniel’s.” Hence, here these whiskey advent calendars that should do the trick. Try not to imbibe them all on day one.
Toast to a very happy holiday with some of the best whiskeys (and whiskies) around. From the best bottles of bourbon to the most scrumptious samples of Scotch, check out our list of the best whiskey advent calendars for 2022.
14 Whiskey Advent Calendars
1. Japanese Whisky 24-Day Advent Calendar
We’d love to be whiskey-ed away to Japan one day. But in the meantime, we’ll have to just enjoy this Japanese Whisky 24-Day Advent Calendar, filled with top brands like Hakushu, Nikka, and Yamazaki.
Available at Master of Malt
2. The Whisky Advent Calendar Explorer’s Edition
If you’ve got someone in your life who has never branched out from their favorite Johnnie Walker (looking at you, Uncle Ted), introduce them to a world tour of whiskies.
With whiskies from lesser-known distilleries from Scotland and beyond, this Explorer’s Edition advent calendar might just introduce them to their new favorite. Or, they’ll lose interest three days in and you’ll get the rest.
Available at Master of Malt
3. That Boutique-y Whisky Company Advent Calendar
Pinkies up! This advent calendar from The Boutique-y Whisky Company is for the whisky drinker in your life who just screams class (not literally because that wouldn’t be classy). Filled with exclusive releases including 10-year-old Islay, 15-year-old Irish single malt, and a 24-year-old bourbon, there’s something for even the pickiest of drinkers.
Available at The Loch Fyne
4. Fireball Countdown Calendar Set
It’s our belief that Fireball tastes like rubbing alcohol mixed with cinnamon gum with just a hint of regret. But it’s also our belief that drinking those bad boys during your college years is a right of passage. Gift this Fireball Countdown Calendar Set to someone ready to relive them.
Available at Total Wine
5. Bourbon and American Whiskey Advent Calendar
George Thorogood may want one bourbon, one Scotch, and one beer, but we don’t like hangovers, so we’re going to stick with just one spirit at a time. This advent calendar is a salute to all American whiskeys, and features bourbons and ryes from Four Roses, Basil Hayden’s, Sagamore, and others.
Available at The Whisky Exchange
6. Flaviar Whiskey Advent Calendar
Flaviar is hoping you’ll join them on a journey through the “seven seas of whiskey.” Which is confusing because there are way more than seven types of whiskey.
But as long as the whiskey’s good, we don’t really care how Flaviar wants to advertise its advent calendar that comes with a leather coaster and tasting glass.
Available at Main Street Liquor
7. Tour of Scotland 24-Day Advent Calendar
For some people, the one true whisky is Scotch whisky. And for those people, we say, “You’re technically wrong, but we respect you.”
Gift them this Tour of Scotland 24-Day Advent Calendar, complete with a beautiful handmade wooden cabinet storing all these delightful drams and photos of Nessie. Whiskys include those from Campbeltown, Auchroisk, Invergordon, and more.
Available at Hard To Find Whisky
8. Jack Daniel’s Holiday Countdown Calendar
Jack Daniel’s isn’t a great fit for the whiskey connoisseur in your life. So, if someone in your life orders their whiskey neat, probably spring for a different brand. But the Jack Daniel’s Holiday Countdown Calendar is the perfect fit for the person who always wants a Jack & Coke in their hand.
Available at Main Street Liquor
9. Peaty Whisky 24-Day Advent Calendar
If your friend or family member loves smoky mezcals, consider introducing them to Scotland’s peated whisky. This advent calendar filled with 24-wax sealed drams (one for each hour of the day), is smoky thanks to the compounds released when peat fires are used to dry the malted barley.
Available at Hard To Find Whisky
10. Irish Whiskey Collection 12-Day Advent Calendar
Every whiskey has a different makeup of its mash, and for Irish whiskey, the foundation is barley. If you know someone who is Team Irish Whiskey, they’ll love this advent calendar, filled with unique finds from the best Irish whiskey producers like Teeling Single Grain and Hinch Peated Single Malt.
Available at Hard To Find Whisky
11. Single Cask Whisky 24-Day Advent Calendar
With more intense flavors and higher alcohol content, your whisky-loving friends will love this Single Cask Whisky 24-Day Advent Calendar. And you’ll love the online shopping you help them do after they enjoy it. Yes, you definitely should order that cashmere scarf for us.
Available at Hard To Find Whisky
12. Johnnie Walker’s 12 Days of Discovery Whisky
Provide your favorite whisky drinker with this comforting collection of drams so they can explore Johnnie Walker’s line of blended Scotches. We’re all for discovery. Just call us Leif Erikson. Okay, he was Norse, not Scottish, but you get the point.
Available at Hard To Find Whisky
13. The Old and Rare Advent Calendar
That old can of beer in the back of your fridge from New Year’s 2001? Not so great anymore. You know what does get better with age? Our terrible jokes. And whiskey. From 33-Year Old Fiona Macleod to Glenburgie 1989 (cask 14087) they’ve got plenty to enjoy within Old and Rare Advent Calendar.
Available at Cask Cartel
14. The World Whisky Advent Calendar
You may not be able to send your loved one on a world tour to go whisky tasting. But you can give them the World Whisky Advent Calendar and let them enjoy the whiskies from Australia, Finland, Ireland, and France from the comfort of their couch.
Available at Cask Cartel
She's also a published short story author who has appeared in anthologies like A Murder of Storytellers and the Abstract Elephant. Jacqueline challenges herself to learn one new skill per year, so you can often find her struggling to master crocheting, knitting, and embroidery when she's not writing.
Connect with her on her website or LinkedIn.
- I Tried the New Liquid Death Iced Teas and Was Surprised - March 14, 2023
- Your Doctor Said To Eat A More Colorful Diet, So Start With These Rainbow Desserts - March 10, 2023
- Unlock the Secrets of Irish Whiskey: Discover Its Types and Flavors - March 9, 2023
Leave a Comment