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Why Your Favorite Bartender’s Favorite Drink Is Amaro
By Christopher Osburn
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

By Cool Material
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Bar Cart Bracket: The Best Whiskies for March Madness

Whether you’re toasting a perfect upset or coping with a completely busted bracket, these bottles have you covered.

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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7 Better Dog Leashes

If your dog doesn’t live a better, healthier, and more pampered life than you, you’re dogging wrong. Period. Our dogs play harder than we do, eat better than we do, rest more than we do, and have the kind of quality of life we imagine Egyptian Pharaohs would likely have…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Best Mobile Games, According to Reddit

Reddit has a lot of opinions. Some of them you don’t need to listen to. Other ones, like when they put together lists of great mobile games, are worth clicking through. If you do, you’ll probably find yourself a few new distractions. And really, some of the suggestions are so…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 10 Best Whiskey Bars in America

Whiskey. The nectar of the gods. Seldom a word in the English language exists that gets our blood pumping as much as that sweet, sweet word. Whiskey. And when you hang it on a door outside a brick building, or on the flier to a party invitation, or even on…

By Maxwell Barna
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The 12 Best Diners Remaining in America

America’s longstanding obsession with diners and diner culture is one that seems out of step with an era dominated by dating apps and streaming media services. The reality, however, is that we need diners now more than ever. Why? Because they symbolize simpler times, times when families, teams, colleagues, groups…

By Maxwell Barna
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7 Beers Perfect for Camping

If someone could please tell us why certain beers taste so much better while we’re camping, we’d be very grateful. Our main guess has to do with being outside hiking or fishing or swimming all day, then coming back to the campsite to relax outside, then eventually heading to bed,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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