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Nick Offerman Wants You To Drink More Lagavulin
By Beau Hayhoe
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The Iceland Most People Don’t See

From glacier caves to fermented shark, a deeper dive into the island’s raw, ritual-filled world.

By Brandon Withrow
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Oscars Postmortem

What won, what should’ve won, and what really should’ve won.

By Andy Crump
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Golf Style, But Make It Guinness

The second TravisMathew x Guinness collab leans into heritage, performance, and a color palette pulled straight from a perfect pour.

By Beau Hayhoe
Fashion
3 Menswear Stores Redefining Rust Belt Fashion

If you’ve lived in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Detroit in the last few years, you know the cities are in a bit of a Rust Belt renaissance. Having grown up in Western Pennsylvania, it’s been surprising to see once depressed-looking cities take on a new life as entrepreneurial and tech hubs…

By Brett Braley
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Kindred Motorworks Turns Vintage Broncos, VW Buses, and More Into Modern EVs

The right vintage vehicle turns heads no matter where it’s driven. There’s just something about that old school cool of a classic car, even for people born long after the model’s heyday. Actually driving one, however, is a different story. Kindred Motorworks is working to change that by modernizing beloved…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Fashion
Colder Months Are Here. Replace Your Cumbersome Blanket With This Quilted Shirt

This is Worth the Hype, where our writers and editors put popular products to the test to see if they are, in fact, worth the hype. Fall is my favorite season. Cold is finally here, Santa is coming, my son is on his way home soon, and we're in the…

By Sean Ryan
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Drinks
The 5 Best Whiskey Glasses for Bourbon

There are enough whiskey glasses on the market that you could probably use a different one every day of the year and two on federal holidays and still have some you never quite got to. A lot of those glasses also come with various claims about how effective they are…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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12 Luxury Desk Accessories Perfect For Writers, Journalers, and Stationery Lovers

There’s something charming about a well-used desk: A few spare notebooks stacked up for when an idea hits you. A wastepaper basket filled with crumpled notes. A tea you forgot about because you were deep in thought. Pencil shavings. Ink splotches. The occasional bit of cigarette ash. A desk is…

By Brett Braley
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