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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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7 Bottles to Understand American Single Malt, the Country’s Newest Whiskey Category

It’s not often that a new whiskey style emerges. It takes balancing different ideals between producers to land on the exact definition, along with proving that the style is, in fact, distinct from what’s already available. New styles can mean confusion for both producers and consumers. But it’s also an…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Worth The Hype: Barbour Jackets Balance Modern Cool With Old World Style

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. There’s very little that intersects in the Venn diagram of Japanese street style influencers and old British aristocracy. One of the few things that…

By Brett Braley
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10 Brilliant Rube Goldberg Machines That Are Endlessly Fun to Watch

When it comes to getting things done from a pure efficiency standpoint, the simpler the better. But when it comes to adding a little bit of flair (and internet cred), Rube Goldberg machines rule. And what, exactly, is a Rube Goldberg machine? While it can be many things, at its…

By Nickolaus Hines
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9 Cars From the 2000s That Are Actually Cool

When people talk about vintage cars, the first ones that come to mind may be vintage SUVs, classic cars from the ‘50s and ‘60s, or, of course, glorious rides from the ‘80s. But unless you happen to have near-limitless funds to purchase exclusive vintage collector cars that are beyond the…

By Amos Kwon
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Worth the Hype: The Proof 72-Hour Merino Tee Is the Only Travel Shirt You Need

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. A couple of months ago, after taking a flight from Denver to Chicago, running across the airport to make a tight connection, and then…

By Nickolaus Hines
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