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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
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The Best Watch Gifts For Men That Aren’t Just Another Watch

Buying gifts for watch guys has the same pitfalls as buying gifts for any other guy who’s shown a disproportionate interest in a single thing: Their holidays and birthdays end with them surrounded by a pile of new watches without much in the way of variety. Sure, you could branch…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Inspiration From Ernest Hemingway: 6 Things To Lead a More Adventurous Life

When one thinks of Ernest Hemingway, it’s hard to not think that, in some ways, the world will never have another man like him. A sensitive outdoorsman with a cosmopolitan (though often pessimistic) worldview, Hemingway was able to slide seamlessly through cafe life in Paris, the trenches of Italian war…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
5 Menswear Items That Have a Royal Warrant From the British Monarchy

I’m the first to say that I’m a bit pretentious. While you may have a more polite way of saying it, don’t worry, I know the truth. This has only been exacerbated with the newfound hoopla surrounding the British Royal Family lately – Prince Harry’s book deal, Meghan Markle’s podcast,…

By Brett Braley
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Entertainment
The 7 Best Books About What War Is Really Like

As Dan Carlin frequently said, there’s something fascinating about being forced to live at the extremes of human endurance. And there’s nothing more extreme than combat. While most people (thankfully) won’t go through combat themselves, you can get a feel for it through the right war books. You could argue…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Fashion
The Best Watch Box For Every Type of Collection

Collections tend to quietly build up on you when it comes to things like wallets, sneakers, and watches. Thankfully, wallets can easily be stuffed in a drawer until they're ready to use and new sneaker shelves are easy to install. But when it comes to your handsome set of watches,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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