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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)

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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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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

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The New Dango MC01 Titanium Money Clip Is the Next Evolution of the Wallet

Whether you're talking wallets, watches, pens, notebooks or any other pieces of your EDC, if there's a piece of equipment you're carrying on the daily, it's a fair bet that Dango makes a better version than what you're using right now. Case in point--the Dango MC01 Titanium Money Clip, a…

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The Cool Material Guide to Bourbon

While whiskey is made and enjoyed all over the world, bourbon is distinctly and proudly an American-made spirit. Hoarded, beloved, and highly sought after, this complex elixir is at the pinnacle of connoisseurship. We believe that everyone should at least have a passing knowledge of bourbon. We also think that…

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Daggerfish Single-Origin Black Walnut Handreel

There's nothing quite like a day out on the lake. Fishing rod in one hand, beer in the other. But modern fishing gear often feels a little too high-tech for the bucolic scene I'm trying to set. If you're looking for a more rustic way to catch your fish, check…

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How to Drink Whiskey like a Master Distiller

Appreciating whiskey or bourbon, like appreciating anything in life, requires a certain level of attention. But what should you paying attention to? Brian Nation, Master Distiller at Jameson’s Midleton distillery, walked us through his sampling process so you could learn to drink whiskey like the man responsible for everything from…

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Pagani Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta

Ahead of its official in-person reveal at the 2021 Monterrey Car Week, Pagani announced the release of an upgraded Huayra BC dubbed the 'Pacchetto Tempesta.' The hypercar manufacturer has a solid track record of combining industry-leading designs with track-ready performance. And the Pacchetto Tempesta is no different. The new package…

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