Let me preface this by saying that last year, I didn’t know much about wine. Me and the Unfinished Men usually pound through a few litres of vodka a weekend, but I always wondered what it would be like to look all adult and classy by having a glass of wine to wave about knowingly. I love to drink… a lot. Like, a lot. But after countless nights spent quaffing sugary crap out of plastic safety cups in clubs, I yearned to get a little bit cultured and have a glass with dinner, or to swirl a goblet under my nose and actually know why the hell I was doing that. I tried a number of wines, hoping to dip my toe into a pool of ambrosia- unfortunately, because I am not a big spender, most of the wines I was trying were more like splashing around in a vat of acid. In fact, I was beginning to think I was going to become a staunchly anti-wine advocate. One night at dinner in Whistler, BC, I came upon See Ya Later wines…there’s a quirky dead dog on the label, the price was right (starting at about $15 a pop,) and upon extensive investigation of several dozen bottles of Pinot Gris, I realized I was in love. Since I realized there’s a lot of you guys who probably also don’t know a lot about wine, can’t find a bottle that you like, and don’t want to sell all your mint in box action figures in the hopes of getting something decent, I figured what the hell- I went straight to the source for your recommendation pleasure.
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Manly Ice Cubes for Macho Drinks
When a man entertains, things like tablecloths and charger plates should not be the focal point of the evening. The next time you serve up a scotch on …
Bacon-Flavored Oxygen Inhaler – BaconAir™
We’ve talked about a ridiculous amount of bacon-flavored products and I thought we pretty much covered it all. Boy was I wrong! It’s been scientifically proven that the human body needs oxygen to survive and bacon to satisfy hunger. What would happen if one were to combine the two together into one?
Bacontrepeneurs, Justin and Dave of JDFoods, did just that. After two years of research, they were able to perfect a formula and bring it to market as BaconAir™. The product combines the delicious taste of bacon with the health benefits of 95% pure Himalayan oxygen. The product is easy to use, the bacon (oxygen) enters the bloodstream in seconds, has zero calories, zero fat, and is the most delicious air you will ever taste or inhale.
Kitchen Klass – Bulthaup b2 Kitchen Tool Cabinet
The concepts behind modern design insinuate a departure from the conformity to aesthetics and construction. Abstract designs and exotic materials have often accentuated these specifications to your wallet’s content. Thankfully, minimalism has reigned and challenged designers to step into ‘out of the box’ thinking. With the Bulthaup b2 Kitchen Tool Cabinet, it appears they have embraced the box, much as every man happily does.
The Paleo Beef Jerky Showdown – Primal Pacs vs Hunted & Gathered
A few months ago I decided to give the “Paleo diet” a try. Not because I’m overweight (in fact, I’m quite the opposite), but for health reasons. I simply wanted to be healthier all around, and as someone prone to colds, it seemed like a good idea. It turned out it was, and I’ve been healthier than ever, but that’s not what I’m here to write about; Robb Wolf explains it much better anyway. No, I’m here to talk about jerky.
Beef jerky is a delicious snack. I’ve been a fan since as far back as I can remember, and I often stuffed myself to the point of near-vomiting on my summer camping trips. The problem, is that most beef jerky is absolutely full of
The Best Drinking Accessories: Ice Luges
If you’ve never been drunk enough to spend a few hours contemplating how to build a magical machine that will cool and deliver booze directly to your mouth, you should probably keep trying.
If you have, you probably know that despite the ridiculous amount of gears, pulleys, small animals and freeze rays you’ve worked into your design, it just isn’t going to work.
Luckily for your crushed spirit of whimsy, these fantastical devices do exist, and they’re called Ice Luges. You see them in movies and on TV, or maybe you’ve even been to a wedding where rum rains down upon you like the blessings bestowed upon that awesome couple for springing for an open bar. However, if you really want to have a party at home, you have to pay someone to carve you one of these magnificent alcohol delivery systems out of ice into a swan or a race car or maybe even a giant bust of yourself; this is expensive, and drastically effects the amount of booze you can buy to actually use on the damn thing. Unfinished Man figures that every guy should be able to fling ice cold liquids into his friends’ faces whenever he so pleases, so we’ve found a few reusable Luges you can make at home, whenever the need strikes you.
ESSLACK – “Delicious” Edible Food Spraypaint
You know those nights where you’re under a bridge, stealthily trying to spray paint your Mona Lisa of the graffiti world, and you think to yourself, …
