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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
Lifestyle
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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Lifestyle
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
Lifestyle
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
Food
The Insta Pot Is the Only Kitchen Gadget You Need to Buy in 2018

The hubbub over the Insta Pot started last year when The New York Times fell head over heals for the do-everything kitchen gadget. And when we say "head over heals," we mean the newspaper wrote many articles about it in the span of a few months that were too sappy to…

By Mike Newman
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Food
PicoStill Home Distiller

PicoBrew wants to do for home distilling what it did for homebrewing. The company that brought you the PicoBrew, a homebrewing setup that made brewing as easy as pressing a few buttons, has just introducing an add-on device that allows you to distill pilot batches of spirits in the comfort…

By Mike Newman
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Home
LEGO Ship in a Bottle

If you're not familiar with LEGO Ideas, do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes perusing the site. It's a forum where LEGO fanatics can submit design ideas that could, with enough fan support and a blessing from LEGO, get turned into real deal, purchasable sets. Last year, Jacob…

By Mike Newman
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Features
8 White Noise Machines to Help You Get Some Sleep This Year

One in three Americans doesn’t get enough sleep. That statistic, though somewhat jarring, probably doesn’t shock anyone who reads it. Is sleep important? Absolutely. But does it usually come secondary to our lives’ more immediate daily struggles? Definitely. So, when it comes to getting better quality sleep and more of…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
Rose Colored Gaming Clear SNES

Started in 2012 by a couple of guys modding gaming systems, Rose Colored Gaming has grown into a studio creating some of the coolest pieces of gaming tech and accessories you'll find. Their latest creation is The SNES Re-imagined, a fully-functional SNES stripped from its dilapidated original housing and installed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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