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16 Limited-Edition Holiday Bottles For All The Booze Hounds On Your List

Expect to see a lot more ugly sweaters this season—on your favorite drinks, that is.

By and Rheanna O'Neil Bellomo
Holiday Alcohol Bottles
Ethan Calabrese

It's official: Ugly sweater parties have become so entrenched in the holiday zeitgeist—like quoting Will Ferrell's Elf or owning your own fra-gil-lay glass leg lamp from A Christmas Story—that they're now the coolest way to accessorize your booze of choice, too. It's a definite trend this year, but if you're not into the matchy-matchy look, never fear—we've got plenty of other options to slake your thirst for seasonal spirits.

Budweiser Aluminum Bottles

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These ruby red beauties are in celebration of the brand's 140th holiday season. The minimal-yet-bold design will start rolling out to stores now and be available through Christmas.

Absolut Elyx Gift Set

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Every year Absolut Elyx rolls out a new novelty cup and this year's copper gnome is a combination of cute, kitschy, and swanky. The brand even gave him a name: Felix. But the bottle of high-end sipping vodka, which is copper distilled and crafted from single estate winter wheat, is just as pretty. Pre-order this set for$144 on Reserve Bar before it sells out.

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Chandon Holiday Limited Edition Sparkling Wine

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Gift this gilded bottle of bubbly and you'll be lauded as the chicest in your clique. Available in both black and white, this year's limited-edition Chandon brut is covered in gold studs (designed by Rebecca Minkoff!) that are as badass as they are fancy. They're available in stores and on Chandon.com until the end of January, and retail for $24 each.

Absolut Spark

Absolut Spark
Absolut

When you said you wanted to get lit up, Absolut took the term literally: Its limited-edition Spark bottles of vodka have a button on the bottom that illuminate the drink, casting a disco-ball-meets-Holy-Grail glow. The brand only made 50,000 bottles, which come in three sizes: 750ml ($25), 1 liter ($30) or a shut-down-the-party-size (AKA 1.5 liters, for $35).

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Jack Daniel's Winter Jack

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The knit sweater on this bottle of Jack can't be found in stores—the brand's only giving them away via social media as a holiday promotion. You can, however, find the bottle underneath (Jack Daniel's Winter Jack) in liquor stores everywhere. The limited-edition drink is a blend of Jack Daniel's Old Tennessee Whiskey, apple cider liqueur and seasonal spices intended to make each sip taste like a liquid apple pie. It retails for $18, and don't worry—the actual bottle features a snowy, forest scene that's every bit as festive as the knit cover shown.

One Hope Christmas in a Box

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One Hope Wine

This gift box is perfect for the friend who moved much too far away and has left you devastated, wondering who will be your partner-in-crime for all things cookie swapping, tree trimming and ugly sweater partying. You can choose any bottle of One Hope wine, which will be delivered with an 18-inch faux tree, battery operated lights, ball ornaments and a star topper. Plus, the company will plant one tree for every $49 box sold.

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SKYY Vodka

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Nobody's owning the bundle-up-your-booze trend quite like SKYY Vodka, which has released its 80-proof vodka wrapped in a blue and white, Fair Isle-inspired "sweater" for the holiday season. It's sold in liquor stores nationwide with a suggested retail price of $19 per 750ml bottle, but that's only the beginning: The brand will be hosting ugly sweater parties in cities across the U.S., wrapping bus shelters in Boston and downtown Chicago in knit graffiti, and having artist Magda Sayeg create large-scale knit pieces inspired by the bottle's design at Chelsea Market in New York.

Patrón Silver 1-Liter Bottle

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For that friend who displays empty Patrón bottles like trophies of a party he's successfully conquered, the brand has designed your pal's new crown jewel: A 1-liter container featuring an art-deco silver band that's hand-applied to each glass. The tequila is made in small batches from 100 percent Weber Blue Agave, so the taste is just as smooth as the bottle looks. It's available in liquor stores nationwide. You can find it for $62 at Reserve Bar.

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The Jolly Traveler Winter Shandy

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Proving that a shandy isn't a summertime drink, the Traveler Beer Company has unveiled a special winter brew: A wheat ale made with oranges, pomegranate and holiday spices. It's sold in six packs across the U.S., but if you want to get your hands on one of the moustache-bedecked knit koozies, you'll have to enter the brand's Jollydays giveaway.

Smirnoff Peppermint Twist

Smirnoff Peppermint Twist
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Who needs a gift bag when the bottle itself already looks gift-wrapped? Smirnoff suggests drinking this peppermint-infused vodka straight as a shot, or mixed into a cocktail. (How about spiked hot chocolate?) As if that weren't enough seasonal kitsch to delight you, consider this: The bottle itself is scented. SCENTED.

Find it in liquor stores for about $13.

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Deep Eddy Vodka

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For vodka purists (AKA anyone who can't get into the thought of liquor that's flavored to taste like cotton candy, bacon or any trendy dessert ever), you could always pick up a bottle of Deep Eddy's classic vodka. This season, it's dressed up in a seasonal tin case, which you can find in liquor stores nationwide for $20.

Casa Dragones Special Holiday Edition Tequila Gift Set

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Casa Dragones

Casa Dragones—Dr. Dre's tequila of choice, apparently—has released one seriously high-end gift set this year: Each $275 package includes two hand-engraved Riedel tequila glasses and a matching crystal decanter filled with 750 milileters of the brand's Joven Sipping Tequila.

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Flora Springs 2012 Holiday Blend

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Flora Springs

It's definitely a splurge compared to two-buck Chuck, but if you're looking for a bottle to impress the in-laws, you might want to try Flora Springs 2012 Holiday Blend. This red wine features Bordeaux grapes, with touches of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, and tastes like black cherries, dark chocolate, cinnamon and licorice. Each $57 bottle is engraved and handpainted with a Nutcracker or holiday tree design.

Kahlúa Peppermint Mocha

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You don't have to head to Starbucks to enjoy a peppermint mocha—and this one's boozy! Just add a shot of this chocolate- and mint-flavored, rum and coffee liqueur to your homemade latte (or regular cup of coffee). Suddenly, even a Netflix-and-Chill kind of night seems a lot cooler.

You can find it in liquor stores across the country for about $27.

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Campari

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These limited-edition bottles aren't holiday-inspired per se, but they do feature the work of Futurist artist Fortunato Depero, who reimagined a 1933 sketch of a Campari pavilion. It can add some mod swagger to your bar cart, for about $30 per bottle.

Pinnacle Peppermint Bark Vodka

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While the bottle itself may not seem too different from every other variety of Pinnacle out there, the flavor will immediately remind you of Christmastime—or snagging free samples from Williams-Sonoma every December. This Peppermint Bark-flavored vodka has a distinctly chocolate-y, minty taste, perfect for spiking hot chocolate. It's sold in liquor stores nationwide and typically sells for $14 a bottle.

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