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WhistlePig’s The Boss Hog XII: Feather & Flame Is a Deliciously Unconventional Rye Whiskey

Another winning release in the exclusive Boss Hog lineup.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Percival’s SS23 Collection is an Up-Tempo Beat for the British Brand

British tastemakers Percival recently released their Spring/Summer 2023 collection and it's a feast for the eyes. Entitled the Blue Willow Club, the brand took inspiration from live music, jazzy nightclubs, and a joie de vivre that continues to challenge the notion of stuffiness for British design. As the name denotes, the…

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Single Grain Bearface Whisky Makes the Most of Canada’s Extreme Weather

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. Canadian whisky conjures a certain set of biases among whiskey drinkers. It typically uses a mix of corn, rye, wheat, and barley that are all distilled and aged separately…

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

The best books for men aren't necessarily all what you might think of as "manly." At their core, the books that men should read (yes, even if you don't like to read) teach a lesson. Sometimes that lesson is straightforward: self help books that improve life and general wellbeing. Others…

By Mike Newman
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Grind, Smoke, and Store: 9 Weed Accessories To Take Your Cannabis Experience Higher

There are seemingly endless ways to consume cannabis these days. The state-level legalization boom over the past decade means that, in much of the country, you don’t have to buy a baggie of mystery weed and search for smoking products at a headshop anymore—you can just go to your friendly…

By Nickolaus Hines
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What to Drink This Weekend: Chocolate Martini

Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. Valentine's Day is fast-approaching so we thought it'd be appropriate to whip up a romantic (and not too complicated) cocktail…

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