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The Best-Looking Coffee Gear to Display on Your Counter
By John A. Paradiso
The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party
Food
The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party

Your next dinner party will be better with a caffeinated kick, and coffee concentrate makes a variety of tasty drinks and desserts easy.

By Nickolaus Hines
KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat
Food
KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat

KOW Steaks might just be the best beef we've every enjoyed.

By John A. Paradiso
The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon
Food
The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon

In my house, there are two distinct coffee moments each day: the 7 a.m. brew and the 3 p.m. treat. The former is a slow, deliberate, and tactile experience with tools I love getting my hands on—grinding beans in a Fellow Ode Brew and filling up a Moccamaster. I stand…

By Cooper Fleishman
Features
The 2022 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout to Buy Based on What Type of Beer Drinker You Are

Goose Island introduced its Bourbon County Stout to the world in 1992. I, too, was introduced to the world in 1992. And while that means I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of the evolution of the much-hyped releases over the past 30 years, it does mean that I only know…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Entertainment
Churchill: A Drinking Life: Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails

It's not exactly a secret that Winston Churchill enjoyed the occasional cocktail or two. However the legendary indulgences habits of the former Prime Minister are often blown out of proportion or simply untrue. Churchill: A Drinking Life: Champagne, Cognac, and Cocktails, written by Gin Sander and Roxanne Langer, is a…

By John A. Paradiso
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Drinks
How a Blind Bourbon Tasting Can Make You Rethink America’s Spirit

On a recent zoom tasting with a group of whiskey experts, I sat with two bourbons in front of me. The taster bottles were unlabeled other than a sticker that read “BOURBON WITH NO BOUNDARIES,” with “sample 1” underneath one bottle’s label and “sample 2” under the other. It was…

By Nickolaus Hines
How a Blind Bourbon Tasting Can Make You Rethink America’s Spirit
Features
Add to Bar Cart: Redemption Sur Lee Is a Rye Whiskey Unlike Any Other

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material's writers and editors recommend the spirits that they're enjoying most right now. Redemption Whiskey has made a name for itself in the world of rye thanks to an accessible price point and big flavor that's perfect for cocktails. It doesn’t hurt…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Features
7 Gins For People Who Think They Don’t Like Gin

Gin inspires drinkers to fall strongly into one of two camps: those who love the spirit in all its forms, and those who despite it. A lot of that has to do with the piney juniper flavors that define London dry gin and those that style themselves after that most…

By Nickolaus Hines
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