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12 calendars, 8 new for 2026, most of them 24 doors. Full stats
Gin advent calendars for 2026 are Virgin Wines' box: 24 craft gins at 5 cl (a double measure a door), every one named, with Warner's, Edinburgh, Rock Rose, Masons, Portobello Road and Brockmans among them, for 99.99 GBP. Three of the 24 are liqueurs rather than gin, and the list leans to flavoured gins over dry ones.
12 calendars, 8 new for 2026, most of them 24 doors. Full stats
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24 doorsThe 4 editions below are from 2025 and before. Most are sold out; the pages stay for the prices, the door lists and what changed year to year.
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25 doorsEditors’ pickOne for each way of asking. Every row clears the same bar — rated 4 out of 5 or better by an editor, or where none has scored it, an editors’ pick or contents worth more than the box — and nothing older than last season. How we review
The earlier gin calendars on this page (the 24- and 25-day premium boxes) are the record. For a whisky drinker the same shelf has five boxes this season; for someone who wants a bottle rather than a dram, the wine page's Christmas Day fizz is the only full bottle in any drinks calendar here.
Whisky calendars are wax-sealed 30 ml drams, one a day, from a bottler who keeps the line-up secret by design; wine boxes are 187 ml minis, a full glass, mostly with the list printed; the gin box is 5 cl a door, a double. Which of those the drinker wants decides the shelf before any price does.
8 of the 8 here come with the maker's list of what is behind the doors — Drinks by the Dram 12 Dram Gin Advent Calendar 2026, Drinks by the Dram Premium Gin Advent Calendar 2026 and Fever-Tree Ultimate Gin & Tonic Advent Calendar 2026 among them; 0 do not. On a whisky shelf the secret is the format, so buy on the bottler's record and the strength; on wine and gin the list is printed and worth reading.
Across the 8 here with a list price, a door costs from about $3 to about $6, and the median is about $4.99. That is 4 GBP a dram at the standard whisky box and 8 at the premium; the difference is the tier of the whisky, not the amount. How the door price is counted
8 of the 12 on this page are 2026 editions and every one carries a verdict from us. The earlier editions stay listed for the record; the grid puts this season first.
The best value among the calendars here that we have rated this season, rated 4.5/5, £99.95, 25 doors. The better gin box of the two: Monkey 47, Gin Mare, Ki No Bi, Isle of Harris and Sipsmith's V.J.O.P. are bottles most people taste one at a time, and the list ranges from Kyoto to Goa to California. A couple of everyday London Drys sit among them, and every dram is a 3 cl taster.
25 doorsEditors’ pick8 gin calendars for 2026, a median of $4.99 a door.
| Pick | Calendar | Stock | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First pick | Drinks by the Dram Premium Gin Advent Calendar 2026 | £99.95 | 25 | £4 | 23 | — | 4.5/5 | — |
| women | Drinks by the Dram 12 Dram Gin Advent Calendar 2026 | £49.95 | 12 | £4.16 | 9 | — | 4/5 | — |
| men | Fever-Tree Ultimate Gin & Tonic Advent Calendar 2026 | £70 | 24 | £2.92 | 12 | — | 4/5 | — |
| — | Master of Malt Gin Advent Calendar 2026 | £74.95 | 25 | £3 | 20 | — | 4/5 | — |
| — | That Boutique-y Gin Company Advent Calendar 2026 | £59.95 | 24 | £2.50 | 2 | — | 4/5 | — |
| — | The Curious Drinker Gin Advent Calendar 2026 | £89.99 | 24 | £3.75 | 24 | — | 4/5 | In stock |
| — | Virgin Wines Gin 2026 | £99.99 | 24 | £4.17 | 14 | — | 4/5 | — |
| — | The Curious Drinker Gin & Rum Advent Calendar 2026 | £89.99 | 24 | £3.75 | 23 | — | 3.5/5 | In stock |
Median price $110 across the 8 priced; door price across 8. Rough dollar rates, for ranking only.
Yes. 8 of the 12 gin advent calendars we list are 2026 editions. The other 4 are 2025 and 2024 boxes, which some retailers still stock.
Most gin advent calendars have 24 doors, 7 of the 12 we list. The rest run 12 and 25.
7 brands make the 12 gin advent calendars we list. Hard To Find has the most with 3, then Drinks by the Dram with 2 and The Curious Drinker with 2. The other 4 have one or two each.
Across the 8 2026 boxes that print a door list, 175 items: mostly gin (151), rum (12) and gin liqueur (6). Every calendar page carries its own list where the maker prints one.
