Drinks Deliveries & Subscriptions
Who said staying in isnt fun?
Are you missing bars as much as I am? If yes, I feel your pain and I am here to tell you that all hope is not lost. It turns out, the bars and alcohol brands miss us just as much as we do and are now delivering! And because I don’t want us to suffer sober, I have collated all of the best drink deliveries and subscriptions so that you can social distance in style.
Deliveries - Cocktails
Funkin Cocktails
Funkin Cocktails are the market leading fruit purée and cocktail mixer brand, I have ordered their puree to make lychee martinis and pornstar martinis too.
Funkin has recently launched a Funkin House Party Pack (£12) a six-pack of Funkin Nitro Cans delivered straight to your doorstep. Flavours include Espresso Martini, Pina Colada and Passionfruit Martini.
Delivery: Standard Delivery (2-3 working days), £3.99. Belfast/Scottish Highlands/Islands, £7.99. Free standard delivery on orders of £50 or above.
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Three Sheets
Three sheets is an amazing cocktail bar in Dalston and they are currently doing cocktail delivery via top cuvee. They have an array of cocktails on offer, the cocktails include: Old Fashion, Negroni, Earth Martini and Gin Martini. These are priced at £40 which gives you 3x 200ml bottles (in total 6 servings)
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Lollipop
Lollipop are bringing bar-quality cocktail to your home so you can enjoy bar quality cocktails from the comfort of your home. Lollipop even supply garnishes in a little pouch to go with the drinks. All of the drinks are bottled by hand in Chelsea and delivered all over the UK.
You can buy individual bottles (small bottles with one serving or large bottles with three servings), or a box of 6 or 12. Prices start from £6.90 per cocktail and £32 for a box of 6.
Their Espresso Martini is pretty special as they have developed a special foaming formula which froths the drink when you shake it. They also sell ‘The Valentina’ a 1 litre Bellini..perfect to NOT share!
They also sell a monthly subscription box which is available at £25 per month.
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Tincture
Hidden beneath Neil Rankin’s Simplicity Burger on Brick Lane, Tincture is a sustainable, plant-based cocktail bar which just opened in February!
It offers two distinct cocktail menus: The Modern Apothecary, which features innovative zero-waste cocktails based around four seasonal tinctures; and the Alternative Speakeasy, serving booze-free creations that use punchy ingredients to mimic the warmth of alcohol.
Seasonal cocktails are (£10 each) and five-serve bottles (£40). But take note: Tincture’s online shop is live on Wednesdays and Fridays only from 12pm until it runs out. Only ten of each flavour are available, so make sure to be quick. Same-day delivery is free to addresses within 6km of the bar.
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Ladies & Gents Bar
Ladies & Gents is known as a 5-star dive bar (it even rhymes!). They have jumped on the bandwagon and have created their own ‘Quarantinis’ and will be delivering them to houses throughout North London.
The cocktails on offer are the Quarantini made with either gin or vodka and the Zombies, they also have classic blends like Old Fashioned’s and Negronis.
A minimum order of 5 x cocktails at £6.50 per cocktails, or full 700ml bottle of Ayurvedic juice for £5.50 is required and all delivery and payment is contactless. To order, email attendant@ladiesandgents.co
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Discount Suit company
East London ‘speakeasy’ the Discount Suit Company (it actually used to be a discount suit company) are selling at-home cocktail kits for £30.
Choose from Martini and Tonic, the Quarantini Kit (Old Fashioned, Negroni or a Boulevardier), Beer & Bump (Brewing Ginger Beer with 250ml of Irish Whiskey thrown in) or let them pick for you and opt for the Lucky Dip Box of eight beers.
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Mac & Wild
Mac & Wild, the famed Scottish restaurant has always featured a strong cocktail list. They have now released their cocktail menu to order online at home, all cocktails are made with some of Scotland’s top spirits and botanicals.
Priced from £28 for 500ml (about 8 cocktails).
https://www.macandwild.com/product-category/mac-wild-scottish-cocktails
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Hacha Dalston
Hacha in Dalston is the famous agaveria. The team are offering their signature Mirror Margarita by the bottle for £35 - enough for four (large) drinks. The bar is also introducing mini agave flights. Nationwide delivery is £5.
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Quarantinis Hackney
Quarantini has recently popped up on Instagram and offers professional pre-batched martinis of all varieties delivered to your door (East London only at the moment). A 750ml bottle will cost you £50 - but that’s enough to last at least six happy hours.
Quarantini’s Instagram is private so I have used an image from Unsplash!
Nio Cocktails
Nio Cocktails offer a selection of 14 pre-batched cocktails delivered to your door. They have a particularly unique look too - all the cocktails are sealed inside mini flat boxes. Their best seller box includes six classic cocktails and is priced at £39.
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Micro Bar Box
Micro Bar Box specialise in cocktail gift boxes which are categorised by spirit. Their gin box contains the ingredients to make four different cocktails and is priced at £43. The vodka box features items like Sweet Potato Pink Marshmallow Moonshine and allows you to make a Cosmo and a Toffeetini among other drinks.
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Poison Cocktails
Poison cocktails offers ready-made cocktail boxes which come in single servings, but they also offer large batches. A 330ml cocktail is £7.50 and if you fancy stockpiling you can get 5 litres of their Woo Woo for £65. Each box contains everything you need to make cocktails like a Bramble of Espresso Martini - you just supply the glass and ice. They also sell kit boxes which are priced at £27.50 and you can make your own cocktails, each box is enough for two large cocktails.
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Happiness forgets
Happiness Forgets, the bar in Hoxton is offering Same day cocktail delivery until 9:30pm Wednesday - Saturday, within a 3 mile radius. Fear not if you live outside the 3 mile radius they will do our best to delivery, but can only guarantee next day (London only). They have a seriously great cocktail selection on offer with more than 10 cocktails to choose from.
Minimum order £15, outside the 3 mile radius £30. Ice and garnish included with all cocktails.
https://www.happinessforgets.com
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Bottle delivery
The Bottle Club
The bottle club offer a delivery service for pretty much every drink type imaginable; they offer spirits, cocktails, beers, champagne and wines and much more.
Delivery: Standard deliveries are charged at £4.99 or free when you spend £100 or more.
Next day deliveries if placed before 2pm will be processed the same day and arrive the next (working day).
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31 Dover Street
31 Dover Street is central London’s leading premium drinks distributor. Their online website has an array of wines, champagnes, mixers and spirits on offer. They also are offering next day delivery which is ideal in these crazy times! Not only this, 31 Dover have my favourite cocktail bottle in stock… the Pornstar Martini - http://tiny.cc/utclmz and it is currently only £17.
Clos19
If you are feeling fancy, Clos19 offers premium and high-quality champagne, spirits and wines. They are also offering free nominated delivery for orders over £40. Clos19 is my go to for ordering limited edition Hennessy bottles as they always have them in stock!
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Bevy
Bevy delivers spirits, beer, wine, snacks, beverages and other premium alcohol and specialty products across London. They pride themselves on their affordability and their delivery service which aims to bring your order to you within 30-45 minutes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CA7gYp576/
Deliveries - Wine
Renegade Urban Winery
A new urban winery has opened which specialises in producing small batch wines made from UK & European grapes. The team are currently offering free contactless delivery across London and throughout the UK (no minimum order required).
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Hedonism Wines
One of Central London’s most recognisable wine and spirits shops which has a range of 6500 wines and 3000 spirits - a great place if you are after something specific. The team are now offering contactless delivery throughout zones 1-2 via their own vehicles.
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Humble Grape
Despite the fact that all of their shops have shut, Humble grape is delivering UK wide, and have two discount codes for 10% off 6 bottles (THANKYOU10) and 20% off 12 bottles (THANKYOU20).
They are also hosting "Tuesday Wine Chats" every Tuesday at 6.15pm on Instagram live.
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Diogenes the Dog
Diogenes the Dog have launched a virtual sommelier service. Simply tell them what you’re cooking for that week their experts will offer advice on what to buy over the phone.
There is a two-bottle minimum order, which will be delivered to the door, free of charge by Diogenes sommeliers (within one mile of the bar).
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St John
Fancy some fancy boxed wine!? St John, the London restaurant famed for its nose-to-tail eating, are selling “bag in a box wine” these boxes can hold four bottle’s worth of wine and keep up to four weeks. You can choose from white, red or rosé; all from the Languedoc region.
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Subscriptions - Cocktails
Flaviar
Flaviar’s drink membership subscription delivers one full-size bottle of carefully selected spirits every quarter, alongside a Tasting Box of samples. With each bottle valued at £30 or more you definitely get your money’s worth, it’s a great way to find new brands of alcohol for yourself or even to send to someone as a gift. When you send a membership as a gift, you’ll get a Tasting Box for yourself to try! Prices start from £150.
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Craft Gin Club
The craft gin club is an annual subscription which is sourced by resident gin sipper Clementine Beach. The gin is sourced from small-batch distilleries, and the subscription includes six UK gins and six from around the world, plus mixers and snacks
The subscription costs £40 a month.
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The Cocktail Man
A mail delivery cocktail subscription service featuring pre-mixed bottle cocktails as well as kits which make 4 bar quality cocktails. (3 months’ worth is £60) They also sell cocktail kits for £28 which make 4 cocktails, at the moment they have two alcoholic flavours (blueberry & lavender martini and a mango & passionfruit mojito)
https://www.thecocktailman.co.uk/product-page/lux-lychee-lavender-sour-cocktail-kit
The Dram Team
The Dram Team is a whisky subscription, each month you receive a stylishly presented box full of five 25ml measures of diverse whiskies, as well as a 10ml “Sixth Dram” of an extra unique whisky. The 3-month subscription is £99
https://www.thedramteam.co.uk/collections/our-gifts
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Subscriptions - Beer
Beer52
Beer52 is the go-to delivery company beer lovers. The team handpick beers from over 40 countries and have over 700 beers to choose from, not only this, customers can earn points and rewards as they shop. The subscription is £24 p/m
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Hoppily- Craft Beer Club
Hoppilly offers a monthly selection of 8 or 10 unique craft beers that have been sourced from local independent breweries. With Hop Trump cards provided in every box, you’ll become quite the craft beer connoisseur as you learn all about the fascinating details of where your beers have come from.
8 beers for 3 months is £72 and 10 beers for 3 months is £85.
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