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Kentucky’s Most Experimental Whiskey House Made the Perfect Bottle for Scotch Drinkers
Lifestyle
Kentucky’s Most Experimental Whiskey House Made the Perfect Bottle for Scotch Drinkers
By Andy Vasoyan
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

The drinks, the music, the vibes, and everything else you need to end summer on a high note.

By Cool Material
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Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?

More than a dozen championship courses, legendary designers, great resorts, and plenty to do after 18 holes make a compelling case.

By Cool Material
The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland
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The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland

Two lesser-known Alpine destinations. Two very different takes on the year-round après-ski lifestyle.

By Jay Gentile
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We Put Whiskey in a Keurig to Make Irish Coffee On Demand

A couple of months ago, we had the idea to fill our Keurig with Guinness Extra so it could spit out coffee stout. It was, perhaps, our worst idea of all time. (You can read about it here.) Recently, we thought to ourselves: How can we top that? The answer: Fill…

By Mike Newman
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Olympia Ceramica’s New Sinks are Modeled After Turntables

Inspiration can find you when you least expected it. That's what we imagine happened here. Gianluca Paludi was probably at a club when the designer saw what to model a new set of sinks after. Turntables. Yup, turntables. The new line of bathroom fixtures from Olympia Ceramica is inspired by…

By Mike Newman
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The Pi Bike

Pi Day may have just passed, but if you own the Pi Bike you can celebrate everyone's mindfuck of a number every day. Designed and created by Martijn Koomen and Tadas Maksimovas, the Pi Bike will provide for countless enjoyable rides that offer time to think about how we've discovered…

By Mike Newman
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This St. Patrick’s Day, Drink Poitín, the Irish Moonshine

Before you can be famous for great whiskey, you have to invent whatever comes before it. For the Irish, that was poitín (puu-tcheen). It means “little pot” in Gaelic, named for what early Irish distillers used to make the spirit. It’s been the subject of poetry, music, stories, fairy tales,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Joey Ruiter Snowmobile

Designer, artist and transportation nut Joey Ruiter has come up with some pretty crazy pieces over the years. First, there was the Growler City Bike. Then there was the Tinnie 10 Vessel. Ruiter is back with another far out creation in Snoped Version 2, the single track snowmobile that looks like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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