Top Ten Gift Ideas for the Stylish Alcoholic

Just because someone enjoys drinking themselves into a stupor, doesn’t mean they can’t do it in style. 

This holiday season here are a few tips on what to get the person who drinks everything.

1. Automatic Corkscrew – Not only do these gadgets look cool, but they also help drinkers avoid the task of looking for the always elusive corkscrew in the drawer. It also saves time (more time equals more drinking) by using a needle and propellant cartridges to force the cork out with almost no work at all on the user’s part.

2. Oxford Pocket Flask with Shot – From Ashmont Engraving comes this stylish and useful flask for those times where you just need a drink. The flask has a leather center with a removable shot glass that can be easily removed from the flask itself. It can also be engraved with an initial.

3. Electronic Ice Crusher – The days of using an ice pick or a blunt instrument to crush ice for your favorite cocktail is over. Now there is a machine that will do it for you. These machines take cups of ice at the top and use steel blades to finely cut and chop the ice. Some of them are even so easy to use, just a simple on and off switch. Besides, who really wants a drinker wielding an ice pick nowadays? These machines are not cheap at all, with most running over $100, but great technology never starts cheap.

4. Substitutes for plain ice – Plain old ice isn’t very stylish anyways so why not trick out your drinks with other ways to make them cold. You can get ice cube trays to turn the cubes into different stylish shapes like the Playboy bunny symbol. If you are allergic to ice, or just ran out, then try the Piet Hein Drink Cooler. This stainless steel egg shaped gadget has a liquid center, that if put in a freezer beforehand for an hour, keeps drinks cold for a good while.