We’re feeling festive today on the Thursday Club! Here is an eclectic mix of delicious drinks, all perfect for this time of year. We’ve a flavoured gin, a spiced rum and a fortified wine.

Hortus Rhubarb & Ginger Gin (37.5%)

If you’re looking for something to elevate your G&Ts there’s something seriously moreish about this tangy rhubarb number. Try it with a Mediterranean tonic and a slice or add it to cocktails. The Hortus gin and gin liqueur range from Lidl is showcasing some delicious flavours at the moment.

Find it at Lidl from £14.99

Liberté Spiced Rum (40%)

Spiced rum is quite simply a rum that has been flavoured in some way, either with fruit, spices or herbs. This one features a blend of Trinidadian and Dominican rums aged in ex-bourbon casks. Smelling sweet but finishing drier than you would expect, this is all about coffee bean and cocoa powder, vanilla, orange peel and cinnamon. Good enough to sip alone and excellent in a dark and stormy.

Find it at Lidl for £14.99

Malamado Fortified Malbec (18%)

This is a top end Malbec red wine made in a style similar to port. Wine is fermented as normal but stopped early to keep the residual sugar, then fortified with grape spirit to 18%. Fermented aged for just over two years in aged French oak. Soft and dark purple with notes of dried fig, blueberry nuts and baking spice. Try it mixed for a different kind if aperitif:

15 ml Malamado Malbec,

25 ml Aperol

15 ml Red vermouth

25 ml Grapefruit juice

Find it for £15.99 for 75cl from TasteArgentina.co.uk, Field & Fawcett, NY wines.

£9 for 50cl from various supermarkets.