Boozing it up at home? These top cocktail kits come to you.
These days, it’s easier than ever to drink a quality craft cocktail in the comfort of your own home, thanks to a number of cocktail kit delivery services, which you can order online to be delivered directly to you.
American Cocktail Club
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Subscribers can sign up for any time from one month to a full year and choose between the “Everything Box” (exactly what it sounds like) or all the mixers minus the spirits. Each box contains mixers—often a carbonated element and a juice blend—plus garnishes or bar tools and recipes. Each Everything Box includes four 50-mL spirit bottles—just right for making four drinks. From $28 per month (billed annually)
Cocktail Courier
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This Chicago service makes creating cocktails super easy, so even if you’re a beginner, you can still shake up a winner. Subscription boxes can be ordered with or without spirits and are filled with high-quality ingredients sufficient for making six to 12 cocktails: house-made syrups, bottled tonics and fresh produce and herbs, with easy-to-follow instructions from top bartenders across the country. Don’t want to commit to a multimonth subscription? You can order individual cocktail kits from a sizable list, organized by spirit. From $30 per month alcohol-free; $50 per month with alcohol
Crafted Taste
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SaloonBox
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This monthly subscription box comes with the ingredients to make two servings each of two original cocktails, such as a mezcal-based Oaxacan Paloma or an Alpine 75 with hibiscus-infused organic gin, with recipes created by the SaloonBox team or by hand-selected bartenders. You get notified ahead of each shipment of what each box will include and can skip a shipment if it’s not to your preferences. Subscribers in any of the dozen states where SaloonBox can’t ship alcohol can still get its “Everything But the Booze” kits. Three-, six- and 12-month prepay options are also available. $59 per month (shipping included)
Shaker & Spoon
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This is a perfect service for someone who either has a good stash of booze or likes to pick their own bottles at the store. Why? Each box features three recipes created by bartenders around the country and the booze-free ingredients needed to make four servings of each but no bottles of alcohol. Ahead of getting the box each month, S&S emails you with bottle recommendations and outlines what bar tools you’ll need. $40–$50 per month
Sourced Craft Cocktails
What started five years ago as a craft cocktail experience company for larger-scale events quickly pivoted to employing bar industry folks laid off due to the virus pandemic in creating made-to-order nonalcoholic batched cocktail mixers and then delivering them to your door, along with a full-size bottle of alcohol from a licensed local retailer. It’s not a subscription service per se; kits are ordered individually, and current options include a Spicy Margarita, Brown Derby, and Black Cherry Old Fashioned. Each kit makes 12 drinks; the package also includes bar tools, instructions, cups and a tote bag. The service is currently active in Austin, Dallas, New York and San Francisco; it’s launching in Los Angeles March 27 and then in Denver and Houston in the coming weeks. The best part? The bartenders get paid $15 an hour, and 5% of each sale benefits the USBG Bartender Relief Fund. From $72 per kit
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