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Any whisky (or whiskey) enthusiast will tell you: half the magic happens in the barrel. Bourbon barrels, made from American oak and only used once, can absorb up to eight gallons of the spirit in their staves. Since Bourbon requires fresh barrels, used ones typically get sold to other distilleries … Read More
Yearn for a more stylish yesteryear, when men wore hats and cars looked like this? Yeah, us too. Except cars still do look like that, and classic style is still in the cards, if you know where to look. So but down those duffle bags, laptop cases, messenger bags, and … Read More
There were two big winners at the 2008 American election: Barack Obama, and Nate Silver. Silver correctly predicted forty-nine out of fifty states, and his website, fivethirtyeight, has since become required reading for political junkies of all stripes. In 2012, he cut through the “too close to call” nonsense spouted … Read More
What’s a bathymetric chart? It’s the sailor’s equivalent of a topographic map; it measures the contours of the ocean floor, because that sort of information is pretty important to someone in charge of making sure that their boat doesn’t touch said ocean floor. So why are these bathymetric charts made … Read More
The best wine is gravity defying wine; we’ve always said that. This particularly striking wine rack, a minimalist take on bottle storage and display, is all about gravity-defying. The six-bottle version ($160—we guess calling it lame-party sized would hurt sales) will either stand on its own or can be wall-mounted. … Read More
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