Ok, so a gin advent calendar is nothing, but it doesn't stop us getting excited about the prospect of opening up a door to a little bottle of gin every day in December. And we're super excited to hear this cool gin and tonic advent calendar is back for 2018.

Rather than a single serve of different gins or pre-mixed cans of G&T hiding behind each door, the owner of the calendar gets a different, interesting tonic to open each day. And don’t worry, you’re not lacking on the gin front either - the calendar comes with a full-sized 70cl bottle of The Lakes Gin. Result!

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So what tonics can you expect to find?

There are some brand favourites in there including Fever Tree and Fentimans, as well as offerings from Double Dutch, Franklin and Sons, Bottlegreen, Ledgers and London Essence.

And it’s not just your standard Indian tonic water available, gin aficionados can get mixing with flavours including cucumber and watermelon, pomegranate and basil, tangerine, cinnamon, liquorice and grapefruit and rosemary.

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Let the countdown to Christmas begin!

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