Date night drinks for Valentine’s Day

We’re just glad Valentine’s Day comes around after Dry January

Craft Cocktails Valentine’s Day limited edition cocktails (€12.50)

While flowers and chocolates make wonderful Valentine’s Day gifts, sometimes you need to think outside the box to really impress your date. Maybe your valentine this year is a whiskey aficionado, or a wine connoisseur, or just somebody who likes the taste of something new. Either way, we’ve got a round up of drinks that double up as the ideal Valentine’s gift for that cutie with the drinks cart.

Foxes Bow whiskey (€39) by Together We Create, available at select SuperValu stores, at the Celtic Whiskey Shop on Stephen’s Green in Dublin or online through irishmalts.com

Double Bubbles gift set (€60), Wines Direct

Grove 42 | Distilled Non-Alcoholic Spirit | Seedlip — Non-alcoholic Grove 42, Seedlip (€32)

Or DIY with a Rosie Negroni with Dingle Gin

Dingle puts a Valentine’s twist on one of the world oldest cocktails. Take a nice rocks glass full of ice. Add measures of Dingle Gin, Rosé Vermouth and Campari. Stir the ingredients to your taste and top with Prosecco.