Gift Guide 2015: For the Cocktail Crowd

One pleasant side-effect of the never-ending cocktail craze? Beautiful displays of fruit-filled liquor bottles winking at you from behind every bar.  

Leave it to the folks at The Aviary in Chicago to come up with a better way. Their friends at Crucial Detail  invented this clever alternative to jars and bottles, one that maximizes the beauty of the operation. The Porthole is an infusing vessel that allows you to arrange your raw ingredients into a bouquet you can gaze at from across the kitchen. It's like looking into a small, private world. 

Once reserved for the exclusive use of Grant Achatz's cocktail club, The Porthole is now available to everyone.  It costs almost a hundred bucks - but I can't think of a better present for a mad mixologist.