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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 Bourbons for an Old Fashioned, From Budget to Luxury

Yes, the Old Fashioned was originally made with rye whiskey (and for Wisconsinites, brandy has long been the spirit of choice). But even if that’s where the Old Fashioned started, ending up in bourbon territory isn’t a terrible shift. If anything, it makes the cocktail a little more widely appealing,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Worth The Hype: The James Brand Elko Knife

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. My dark chocolate almond obsession led me to the ultimate solution for those everyday simple-but-frustrating tasks. I stop at the local grocery store to…

By Sean Ryan
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Everything You Need to Know to Get Into Irish Whiskey

Few countries are as known for their whiskey as Ireland. And while today a lot of that is thanks to one brand in particular, Ireland has been a whiskey powerhouse for centuries — for good reason. It doesn’t matter if you’re typically a bourbon drinker, a Scotch whisky drinker, or…

By Nickolaus Hines
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7 Extinct Car Brands We Wish Still Existed

The new crop of electric SUVs and cars are obviously things to be excited about, but there's just something about a classic automobile (and those great old school automobile advertisements) that defines cool. Internal combustion engines, manual transmissions, timeless designs, analog gauges, and even the accompanying lack of reliability come…

By Amos Kwon
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The Most Iconic Harley of Every Decade Since 1903

There are motorcycles, and then there are Harley-Davidsons. Imbued with a mystique that transcends motorcycle culture, Harley-Davidson has built an empire not just on good branding, but on unimpeachable quality and time-honored tradition. Telling someone you ride a Harley (or better still, learned how to ride on a Harley) is…

By Eben Diskin
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