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The Best Sour Beers To Drink This Summer

Increasingly, craft beer brewers and patrons have turned toward lagers - pale, dark, Pilsners, Helles, bocks - as the breezy de facto alternative to the God Emperor of the craft industry, the IPA. People want options, and they want beer they can recognize immediately as “beer” as codified by America’s…

8 Things You Need To Add To Your Beach Day Packing List This Year

If there’s one thing that really encapsulates the best that summer has to offer, it’s the weekend beach trip. Being able to pack up after work on a Friday, drive with your buddies to the nearest body of water, and hang out for a couple of days--well, there’s nothing quite…

Want To Know How To Talk About Beer? Start Here

Beer comes with its own language, most of which makes talking about beer an intimidating and alienating prospect for casual drinkers. Conversely, this separate language is a delight for pedantic, gatekeeping nerds clamoring for an intellectual edge on people at parties. I don’t like those nerds and am always looking…

The 9 Hops That Every IPA Lover Should Know

You don’t have to be a scientist or a horticulturalist or a brewer to appreciate beer. You just have to have a lively palate and a sense of adventure. You don’t need an advanced degree to grasp the role hops play in shaping beer, either, but beer education is fun,…

The Best Jackets, Pants, and Tees In Harley Davidson’s H-D Collections

Last year, I was invited by Harley-Davidson to participate in one of its riding academies to learn how to ride a motorcycle. While I still haven’t pulled the proverbial trigger to get my license, I have learned a lot about Harley-Davidson’s legacy – and it goes way beyond the motorcycle.…

To Fully Live La Dolce Vita, Look to the Life and Art of Slim Aarons

Saturated Mediterranean beaches. Exiled Russian aristocrats. Senators’ wives. Roman temples. Palm Beach mansions. Striped umbrellas, tiaras, and Cuban cigars. These are, of course, only a small portion of what Slim Aarons documented during his decades-long career. Aarons, whose work has had a resurgence since the Instagram age, is best remembered…

50 Things Every Guy Should Own

In the era of fast fashion and consumerism, it's easy to amass an over-flowing closet full of clothes, accessories, and knick-knacks you hardly ever look at, much less use. This isn't a judgment - we're in the same boat. So, every now and then, it's worth considering what is genuinely…

The Best Booze You’ve Never Heard Of

The beverage industry moves quickly and spirits that were once considered obscure or under-the-radar suddenly dominate cocktail trends for years. It wasn't long ago that mezcal was considered a hipster oddity. Now you'll find mezcal drinks on nearly every cocktail bar's menu. More recently the world of Italian amaro has…