Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. While bourbon is usually the first spirit to come to mind when thinking about…

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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. With the cooler weather and…

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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. Redemption Whiskey has made a name for itself in the world of rye thanks…

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If my name is familiar to you, it’s most likely because I’m the owner of two of New York’s most acclaimed and awarded whiskey bars, Fine & Rare and The Flatiron Room. It’s not easy…

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If we didn’t need water to survive and coffee to function, it’s a fair bet we’d be consuming what we consider America’s favorite drink–bourbon–all day long. That’s obviously not sustainable, but we can all dream,…

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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. The Sazerac is an American…

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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. The weather is ever so…

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Knob Creek is celebrating the holidays this year with a new and special iteration of their award-winning rye whiskey. As you might have guessed by the name, this is Knob Creek Straight Rye Whiskey (2016…

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The downside of the recent cocktail resurgence is there are a ton of delicious recipes that depend on ingredients you can’t reasonably be expected to have at home. They’re made of things that come from…

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Call it cask strength, barrel proof or overproof, there’s always a case to be made for a good, high proof whiskey. It gives you the opportunity to taste the spirit as if it had just…

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For brewing and distilling, these are days of revival. Brewing was a macro-lager mess up until a few years ago, when craft brewing exploded, giving us roughly ten million choices in even the smallest liquor…

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Whiskey is ripe for experimentation right now and distillers are switching up every step of the process. They’re using new grains, changing their casks, and taking the aging process mobile. Some of these experiments make…

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Buying whiskey from craft distillers is not only a responsible way to spend your drinking money, but it will also net you some seriously good booze from people who aren’t afraid to experiment with the…

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