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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
Lifestyle
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

World-class spirits, classic cocktails, and no time spent shaking and stirring.

By Cool Material
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
Lifestyle
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

By Brandon Withrow
Features
LALO Tequila: An Everyday Blanco Descended From Tequila Royalty

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. Don Julio is an instantly recognizable name in the world of tequila. From the blanco to Don Julio 1942’s iconic bottle, the brand is, for many, a standard bearer…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Gear
Snow Peak Takibi Fire & Grill

We've long been fans of Snow Peak, providers of excellent camping and backpacking gear. And they've recently launched a camp cooking game changer. Introducing the Snow Peak Takibi Fire & Grill: Where rugged functionality meets outdoor culinary mastery. Elevate your campfire cookouts with this latest addition to Snow Peak's arsenal…

By John A. Paradiso
Takibi-5
Features
10 Beer Experts Tell Us The IPAs They Always Drink

If you were on a desert island with no immediate hope of rescue and you could only have a few supplies, what would you hope that you had with you? Probably some type of first aid kit, matches, blankets, maybe some food and water and means to make a shelter,…

By Christopher Osburn
IPA-Feature
Fashion
STEAL: Save Big During Huckberry’s Annual Summer Sale

While we will always love a huge big box store annual closeout sale, there's something to be said for getting best-in-class merchandise--from brands you might have never heard of before--at a discount during said sales that might not be from big box retailers. That's where Huckberry comes in to save…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
One of the Most Beloved Texas Breweries Now Makes Vodka, Moonshine, and Gin

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. It never made sense to me that more breweries don't have small distilling operations attached to them. Roughly speaking, you have to make beer to make whiskey--whiskey wash is…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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