Do you want free alcohol? From vodka to rum, tequila to whiskey, and every other hard alcoholic drink in between, this post is for anyone who wants to try out new brands in the market or just receive alcoholic drink freebies from your favorite brands.
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Check out what free alcohol samples are available from old and new liquor brands here:
Places to Get Free Alcohol Samples
If you’re of legal drinking age (21 years old or older), learn the ways how you could get free samples of these alcoholic drinks:
1. Tito’s Vodka – You need to register to become a Tito’s Taster, so you could receive a free swag that may include any of the following: rubber magnets, stickers, drink recipe cards, metal swizzle sticks, journal, and samples of their handmade vodka.
2. Maker’s Mark – You need to answer a quick quiz before you receive a bourbon freebie (often near or during the Christmas season).
3. Bushmill – Purchase Bushmills Whiskey pour or cocktail for dine-in, delivery, to go or curbside pick-up from your favorite local restaurant or bar, photograph the receipt, and get your money back.
4. Whisky.com freebies – This site offers a ton of awesome resources, such as liquor posters, whiskey tasting pad, whiskey guide, and free whiskey samples every now and then.
5. Whiskey Advocate Sweepstakes – This isn’t open regularly, but if it opens up, make sure to join because there’s no purchase necessary. You do need to subscribe to the Whiskey Advocate newsletter to get
6. Don Julio Tequila sweepstakes – Many tequila brands host sweepstakes regularly. One such brand is Don Julio, but only newsletter subscribers are given the heads up whenever sweepstakes open.
7. Free Bacardi – Register for the company’s newsletter and take the quiz provided to get a chance to win a free bottle.
8. Drizly.com – Acquired by Uber to match UberEats, this site offers delivery of your favorite liquor brands straight to your home and free samples every now and then. Make sure to subscribe or download the app to get in with promotions.
9. SpiritHub.com – This one requires purchase, but every $1 gets you 3 sample bottles of any liquor offered on the site.
You can also join the Spirit Hub community, where you can discover premium wine and liquor brands, getting discount codes and free products, having first dibs on new product announcements through sneak peaks, and getting sales commissions from referrals.
10. Whiskey Tout – Sign up to Whiskey Tout’s newsletter once, and you’ll be included in the weekly giveaways. If you’re lucky, you’ll be one of the 5 picked to receive free whiskey samples. Note that the link to the giveaway livestream is e-mailed, so only those subscribed can watch.
11. Free Liquor from celebrities
Celebrities are generous when it comes to their own products. Some send you some snacks to match your drinks, while others actually give away free bottles.
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- Casamigos Tequila (George Clooney)
- Teremana Tequila (owned by Dwayne The Rock Johnson)
- Dos Hombres Mezcal (from Breaking Bad co-stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul)
- Barrymore Wines (Drew Barrymore)
- Hell’s Seltzer (Gordon Ramsay)
- SelvaRey Rum (Bruno Mars)
- King St. Vodka (Kate Hudson)
Make sure to follow these celebrities online. When Ryan Reynolds still owned Aviation Gin, he used to give away bottles of this gin everywhere and built a series of very-viral ads before successfully selling it to Diageo for $610 million in 2020.
Free Alcohol from Subscription Boxes
If you have money to spare and love your liquor, you can subscribe to certain tasting clubs.
Know that you have to pay upfront for your chosen subscription and that free stuff isn’t guaranteed but highly possible.
12. Taster’s Club – This subscription box club has the best “Tequila of the Month” plan you can find. They also have other alcoholic drinks, but for tequila lovers, this should be your go-to source.
13. Pour More – Pour More offers more options for those whose tastes are more varied. They have clubs for lovers of scotch, whiskey, tequila, bourbon, mezcal, rose, rum, and even a “surprise-me” subscription that gives the Pour More bartenders control over what to send your way.
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14. Flaviar – You can try before you buy Flaviar’s tasting boxes. They have fun, themed tasting boxes curated specially with a mix of either gin, rum, brandy, cognac, whiskey, and other spirits.
15. Sip Tequila – Join the Sip Tequila Club and let their in-house Tequila Expert hand-select 3 bottle bundles each month for club members to enjoy. As a member, you get to enjoy free tequila bottles, a ton of savings, and first dibs on new tequila brands.
16. Shots Box – If you love hotel “complimentary” liquor in tiny bottles, you’ll definitely love shots box products. Home to the famous Shots Box Whiskey Tasters Club, this alcohol subscription program lets members enjoy over 36+ whiskey samples.
17. Mash and Grape – If you join the Mashbox club, you get to pick from tequila, rum, whiskey, scotch, bourbon, and gin samples, then you just wait for your box of alcoholic drinks and spirits to arrive by your door.
18. Caskers Club – There are two things that make Caskers a unique site: their Caskers Concierge (a program that helps customers obtain small-batch bottles of rare and ultra premium spirits from around the world), and their Private Cask (yup, an entire cask of rye or bourbon totally customizable with your name, company). This can also be custom bottling of gin, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and other alcoholic drinks.
19. Craft Whisky Club – The Craft Whiskey Club not only curates bottles of craft whiskey, they also include food pairings with every box. All you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy your bottle and food delicacies.
20. Universal Fine Wine & Spirits – Pick a type of drink (rum, whiskey, scotch, tequila, mezcal, vodka, and more), choose the subscription time (3-month, 6-month, 12-month), and wait for your special box delivered straight to your door month by month for as long as your subscription is active.
21. SpiritedGifts – Spirited Gifts has one of the most comprehensive list of alcoholic drinks on their store. It’s hard to pick from their monthly clubs, but if you’re looking for discounted, full-sized bottles (with freebies sometimes), then check their “gift of the month” clubs.
22. Master of Malt – I love this one for their collaboration with Drinks by the Dram. If you’re trying to find your drink of choice, and want to taste-test 30ml adorable little bottles of brandies, vodkas, gins, rums, whiskies, and other alcoholic drinks, this is the place to check it out. Aside from free alcohol samples, Master of Malt usually have a Buy-2-get-1 promo).
BONUS FOR OUTSIDE THE US
23. If you live in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, make sure to register to Bevri.com, a sampling site that matches user’s profiles with current promotions. Those chosen will receive free samples of wine, beer, spirits and cocktails sent directly to their doors. A similar Canada-only site is MosaicOnTheHouse.
24. If you live in the UK, you can get a free bottle of Whiteley Neill Gin by filling out the form. Also try requesting a free sample from York Gin.
ALCOHOL VIRTUAL TASTING
The 2020 pandemic pushed virtual tasting to the front and center, and it looks like it’s here to stay. If you don’t have the funds to travel to distilleries or prefer enjoying your drink from the comforts of your home, watch out for similar virtual tasting events. Depending on the event you choose, you may be shipped a few sample bottles so you could participate in the online tasting.
Other Ways to Get Free Alcohol
Aside from the list above, you can also find samples of alcoholic drinks in the following places:
- Local liquor store. Sometimes, manufacturers ship out alcoholic drinks to the liquor store along with free samples. The local stores then give them away to their customers (sometimes randomly, other times as part of a purchase). You can also ask the stores for possible samples if you stop by their locations.
- Local grocery store. You may not be getting free samples of liquor here, but you might be lucky to find Buy 1, Get 1 promos of your go-to drinks. Often, the “Get 1” is a new release that manufacturers want consumers like you to try out.
- Local bars. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll be able to take home bottles of free alcohol samples. However, there’s a good chance you can get a free shot or two of new vodka, whiskey, tequila, rum, gin, brandy, or cocktails that the bar is planning to launch soon.
- Hotels that offer free drinks. There are some hotels that offer free drinks daily or weekly. For example:
- Kimpton Hotels – Since 1981, the hotel has been hosting wine hour from 5 to 6 pm every day.
- Embassy Suites by Hilton – The hotel complimentary drinks included are wine, spirits, cocktails and even snacks, available from 530 to 730 every night.
- Residence Inn by Marriott – This hotel has hosts their themed RI MIX happy hour days (on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays)
- Staybridge Suites – This hotel hosts their free “Social Happy Hour” every Monday-Wednesday.
- Homewood Suites by Hilton – There is an evening social at this hotel from Monday through Thursday around 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
- Franklin Hotel (New York) – Mingle with fellow guests and enjoy the hotel’s free wine and cheese reception every afternoon from 5 pm to 6:30 pm.
- Hotel Angeleno (Los Angeles) – Guests could enjoy daily wine hour every 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
- Restaurants with happy hour. Unlike hotels with free happy hour, the restaurant version of this promo doesn’t involve FREE alcohol. Instead, many chain restaurants mix their food with lower-priced drinks between $2 to $6. Examples of this include Chili’s, TGIF, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, Outback Steakhouse, and so on.
- Airlines. If you’re lucky and you took a flight on St. Patrick’s Day or other similar celebrations, you might enjoy free alcohol drinks up in the air. Just like what Southwest Airlines did back in 2018. Check the promo page of your preferred airline if you’re traveling soon.
You can also stalk specific liquor brands such as Jose Cuervo on social media and their respective websites (and newsletters). It isn’t guaranteed that you’ll receive a free drink when you sign up, but being up-to-date with their promotions gives you a better chance at joining future deals and promos especially near occasions like Father’s Day and Christmas.
Other Free Alcohol Samples: Beer and Beyond
We’ll be posting a separate post about free beers, so watch out for that one if you prefer beer over hard liquor.
If you’re looking for free alcohol because of an upcoming birthday or father’s day, don’t miss our post about free birthday stuff, a BIG list of free food, and of course, free ice cream to seal off your celebrations.
