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The Best Irish Stouts (Other Than Guinness)
Guinness’s centuries-long dominance of Irish stouts is no accident. It’s the result of highly persuasive marketing, a romanticized drinking culture, extensive product refinement, and longstanding tradition. It’s also a really good beer and Arthur Guinness…
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6 Podcasts To Better Understand All Things Style and Menswear
If you think about it, there is a lot of blank space in a day to learn something new. While I know that we all need some mental downtime, there’s something to be said about…
The Best Leather Jackets That Will Never Go Out of Style
The leather jacket is one of those garments, like good denim, which will never go out of style. And this isn’t just some hyperbolic statement. It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which a quality…
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I like many things about going to the barber: the big comfy chairs, the smell of aftershave, the images of well-coiffed men on the walls, the chance to socialize. But if I could have that…
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Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. It’s easy to find gimmicky vodkas. You know the kind: They list an overabundance…
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The Core Beer Styles Every Guy Should Know
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Single malt Scotch is often unfairly labeled as “fancy” or “expensive,” when in reality it isn’t. Sure, countless bottles of long-aged, highly acclaimed single malt Scotch whisky fetch thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of…
The Best Chronograph Watches, from $175 to $3,000
With all the utility one can get out of smartwatches and phones these days, few guys are using chronograph watches to time events and activities. Let’s face it, hardly anyone used chronographs to perform that…
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For those who haven’t spent hours studying bartending books and have never worked as a bartender or barback themselves, watching someone mix up a drink at your favorite cocktail bar or speakeasy might make you…
ProTek’s Field Series 3000 Is a Durable, Luminous, Eye-catching Watch
Watches often fall into two categories: lookers and doers. Pretty much everybody loves a looker—beautiful watches get commented on for a reason, after all. It’s doers that get the most use, however, because reliable toughness…
Everything You Need To Know Before Buying a Vintage Motorcycle
So you want to buy a vintage motorcycle. Congrats! Welcome to the club. I’ve owned quite a few old bikes in my day, but I’ll never forget my first. I was 18 years old. Fresh…
Classic ’90s Airport Style To Have You Looking (and Feeling) Your Best While Flying
Maybe I’m biased, but the ’90s stick out to me as one of the best eras of fashion. As the pendulum swung from ’80s excess and glamour, the ’90s were a little more subtle, offering…