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The 10 Bourbons We’re Drinking Long After Bourbon Heritage Month
Lifestyle
The 10 Bourbons We’re Drinking Long After Bourbon Heritage Month
By Beau Hayhoe
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

By Lanny Fuller
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Lola Méndez
Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection
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Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection

Tailgates, bonfires, and kicking back with a cold one after a long day just got more stylish and functional for fall.

By Beau Hayhoe
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You Can Buy Steve McQueen’s Malibu Beach House For $12.2 Million

For a cool $12.2 million, you can own a piece of Hollywood history. Sotheby's has recently listed the late Steve McQueen's beachfront 5 bedroom, 5 bath Malibu home. Located on a private gated street, this sunwashed home is a surreal getaway just steps away from the Pacific. According to listing agent Shen…

By John A. Paradiso
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This A-Frame Cabin Concept Literally Hangs Off a Cliff

If you've been a Cool Material for any amount of time, you know that we love A-Frame cabins whether they're the small, homebuilt operations on private property or larger, complex-style mass-production options for resorts. One thing that's still new to us is the suspended option imagine by Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pin-Up Houses DIY Gaia Container House

Tiny houses can cost upwards of a couple of hundred thousand dollars, which seems like overkill for undersized. The folks at Pin-Up Houses have something else in mind. Build your own with some affordable full instructions and plans. Their Gaia Container house is actually a smart home that's self-sustaining with…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Truff Black Truffle Olive Oil

Forget what everyone who experimented with edible fungi during their college years told you about prices, the most expensive edible mushrooms in the world are not the ones that get you high, they're the culinary classic black truffles. With an average price per pound that ranges from insane to downright…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nomad Outland Whisky

When it comes to bourbon and rye, we're all about the single barrel expressions bottled at barrel proof. But when it comes to Scotch, it's all about the blending and the finishing. Nomad Outland Whisky is in the latter camp because it's a blend of 30 different malt and grain…

By Cooper Fleishman
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