Vernika Awal
Deputy Editor
Hello and behold, we’re now deep into the festive season. There’s a slight hint of the coming winters in the morning Delhi air, and you can’t help but feel excited. And while the winter’s just about to come to us, what better time than now than to step up your home bar?
Right on cue, we’ve got you covered with the best spirits to lift your spirits this festive season. From the purist’s pick of The Macallan Double Cask and Ardbeg Traigh-Bhan, they say that a single malt connoisseur’s choices are evergreen–and the distillers are upping their game to match the festive fervour, too!
But it’s not just the single malt game this season. From India’s best known crop of gin distillers to the smorgasbord of Indian beer picks, this festive season, brands domestic and global alike have the best of their offerings on offer. Which would be your pick?
Well, if you’ve figured that out, there’s a good chance at picking up a hefty hangover on the Friday and Saturday night parties in the coming weeks. But this season, restaurants aren’t leaving you to your devices to deal with the hangover that follows. On Sunday, Worli’s swanky Slink & Bardot is tying up with Mumbai’s intravenous fitness specialists–at a brunch!
From a room where the good folks at Reviv will seek to ‘revive’ you to your elements, to a full-spread a la carte menu where you can eat until you please at the ‘Hangover Brunch’, this unique experience sounds like a rather good recipe for the morning after an after-party!
Once you’re done with the brunch, though, be sure to take cues from your luxurious, hand-crafted indulgences that make for some of the best Diwali gift hampers for the year.
Pro tip: Be sure to explore the ingenious takes on the classic Indian mithai–you may thank me later!