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Bar Cart Bracket: The Best Whiskies for March Madness
By Beau Hayhoe
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Nick Offerman Wants You To Drink More Lagavulin

We caught up with the distiller’s number one fan to talk woodworking, craftsmanship, and the best way to enjoy Scotch.

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
Entertainment
The Best Holiday Movies To Stream Right Now

You’re about to sit down with your family for Christmas dinner and spend a long (or, depending on your relationship with them, really long) weekend with them eating too much food and running out of ways to keep yourselves entertained. Streaming being the untamed landscape that it is, with curation…

By Andy Crump
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Clothing
Best Men’s Cardigans for Winter 2022

While the dictionary definition of a cardigan is "a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front," there are plenty of different ways to interpret that depending on the materials, closure type, style and brands that you love. Is it just a sweater? Is it a quarter-length…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best New Electric Cars That Aren’t Teslas

EVs are the next big wave in the automotive industry, and Tesla Motors is the Moby Dick juggernaut that's dominating the sea of electric cars. Hell, Elon Musk is on target to sell almost a million of its vehicles this year. Those numbers are staggering and pretty much match the…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
The Best Movies of 2021, According to the Cool Material Team

COVID tried to kill the movies. It’s still trying to kill the movies. But COVID’s best efforts have yet to succeed. Because lo and behold, there are still movies coming out, whether in theaters, on VOD, or both. And some of those movies are really damn good, like 9 of…

By Andy Crump
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The Best Beer to Drink This Winter

Wintertime has officially arrived. The holiday season is upon us, gifts have been purchased, and all that's left to do is cozy up to a roaring fire with a quality drink in hand. While the warming elixirs of scotch, bourbon, or rye might be tempting, we enjoy quality winter beers…

By John A. Paradiso
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