The best affordable Father’s Day Gifts available from supermarkets nationwide. This Father’s Day, Sunday 16th June, treat your father figure to their favourite tipple without breaking the bank.
Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey – Currently £32 from Tesco with a Clubcard The ultimate Father’s Day gift for Bourbon connoisseurs and casual whiskey fans alike,
Elijah Craig Small Batch is the signature Bourbon bearing the name of Reverend Elijah Craig, who founded his distillery in 1789 along Elkhorn Creek in present day Georgetown, Kentucky. He is credited with being the first distiller to age his whiskey in charred oak barrels, earning his place in history as the Father of Bourbon.
Long before the term Small Batch existed, Heaven Hill’s Master Distillers were hand-selecting just the right number of barrels to make Elijah Craig. Elijah Craig knew he had discovered something great. He continued to refine the barrel charring process, imparting smooth, rich flavor to the spirit that would become known as Bourbon. 250 years later, he is still known as the “Father of Bourbon”. Heaven Hill Distillery craft the Bourbon today using the same time honoured methods.
The Master Distillers at Elijah Craig use malted barley, rye and local corn to produce this burnished copper coloured Bourbon, with a delightfully complex aroma, notes of vanilla bean, sweet fruit and fresh mint. The taste is smooth and warm, woody with accents of smoke and nutmeg and a long, sweet and slightly toasty finish. RRP: from £42 for 70cl. ABV: 47%. Available from:
Opihr Gin – Currently £20.50 from Morrisons and £21 from Sainsbury’s with a Nectar Card
Opihr is a unique style of London Dry Gin created by Master Distiller, Joanne Moore, one of the world’s first female distillers and distilled at G&J Distillers, England’s oldest gin distillery.
Opihr Gin is inspired by the adventurous nature of the merchants who traversed the Ancient Spice Route. It is infused with exotic hand-picked botanicals, spices and herbs including Cubeb Berries from Indonesia, Black Pepper and Ginger from India, Coriander from Morocco and Oranges from Spain.
RRP: From £27 for 70cl. ABV: 40%. Available From: Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons
Porta 6 Red Wine – Currently £7 from Asda
Porta 6 Red is a great-tasting and affordable Portuguese red wine, made from a blend of 50% Aragonês, 40% Castelão and 10% Touriga Nacional grapes. Porta 6 Red is complex, with red and wild berries and hints of nuts. It has a soft mouthfeel with a medium finish.
The Porta 6 bottles have a unique label which features a painting showcasing a slice of Lisbon life: a sun soaked, relaxed scene with one of the city’s famous yellow trams. Street artist Hauke Vagt, originally from Germany, settled in Lisbon in the early ‘90s, where he fell in love with the city and its relaxed lifestyle. He sold his paintings to tourists outside the Castle of St. George, probably never imagining this particular image would find itself on wine shelves in almost every corner of the world.
RRP: £7.50-£8.99 for a 75cl bottle. ABV: 13.5%. Available from: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Co-op, Waitrose and Morrisons
Mermaid Gin – Currently £38 from Tesco
Handcrafted on the Isle of Wight, Mermaid Gin uses ten locally foraged and sustainably sourced botanicals which are multi-distilled to deliver a smooth, clean and fresh delivery. Organic lemon zest, underpinned by peppery spicy notes with a hint of sea air from the locally foraged, fragrant rock samphire. A refreshing and invigorating serve for the free spirit.
RRP £41 ABV 42% Available from: Tesco and Morrisons
Greenall’s Gin (Paper Bottle) – Currently £15 from Sainsbury’s with a Nectar Card
A classic, crisp, well rounded and juniper-led gin. Greenall’s Original London Gin is the perfect base for mixing cocktails and makes a very English Gin and Tonic
Consumers can enjoy the same great-tasting Greenall’s Gin in a choice of glass or paper. The Frugal Bottle™ is an innovative alternative to glass that reduces weight, carbon footprint and water usage of their packaging by more than 75%. Made from recycled paperboard and a recyclable inner pouch, the bottle holds exactly the same amount of gin but feels lighter in the hand and treads lighter on the planet.
RRP: From £17 for 70cl. ABV: 37.5%. Available From: Sainsbury’s