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Dogfish Head Alternate Takes: Volume 1 Whiskey

Brewed on-site using the likes of applewood smoked, coffee kiln, and crystal malts, then fermented alongside a batch of fragrant boutique beers before being batch-distilled and aged on site in charred American oak barrels already propels Dogfish Head Alternate Takes: Volume 1 Whiskey to the top of our new favorite tipple tree. But the added bonus of being finished in honey rum barrels really knocked us and our taste buds of our feet!
Heinz Valentine’s Day Ketchup Caviar

Everyone’s favorite sauce has had a seriously posh–and limited–makeover just in time for every romantic’s favorite day. A sweepstake will see 150 lucky winners gifted a jar of Heinz Valentine’s Day Ketchup Caviar, but don’t worry fish egg-fearers, it’s not real caviar but rather sweet little pearls of ketchup. Click on the link to enter.
Edoughble Edible Cookie Dough

We all know that the bowl licking is the best part of baking, and now you can really knock yourself out with Edoughble Edible Cookie Dough. The “mom approved” concoctions are free of egg, raw flour and chemical leavener and yours in a choice of lip-smacking flavors like milk n cookies. Or opt for the awesome Dough-It-Yourself Kit.
Soylent Bridge

Stay healthy, full, and guilt-free with the craving-busting Soylent Bridge. This drinkable in-between meal will prevent your reaching for calorific snacks, with each tiny bottle boasting 15g of plant-based protein and 36 essential nutrients. What’s more, it’s low GI, slow burning carbs mean you’ll stay sated for for even longer while ingesting just 180 calories per drink.
Extract Labs CBD Tinctures

Did you know that hemp is the world’s most nutritionally dense seed? So, support your health and wellness routines, naturally, with Extract Labs CBD Tinctures, brimming with more than 80 cannabinoids and available flavored with the likes of raspberry, lemon and mango. Full spectrum hemp oil sourced from Colorado and complemented by only the best–and natural–plant compounds.
Rhetoric 25

See in Christmas and the New Year in style with Rhetoric 25, a quarter-century aged Kentucky bourbon from the Orphan Barrel Whiskey Company. The final offering of a six-part series (that begin with a wonderfully bodied 20-year-old), it boasts an oak and vanilla aroma with notes of nutmeg, caramel and cocoa with a soothing spicy finish.
Monocabin

Designed by the Milanese Mandalaki studio, the stupendously stylish, minimalist mini-home, Monocabin, was first conceived in Rhodes. Now, thanks to a partnership with US firm BoutiqueHomes, the highly affordable prefab 26-sqaure-meter home can be bought and built on any plot of land you wish (so long as it’s yours, or you have permission!). Modular elements make this a highly customizable option, and it ships in as little as three weeks.
Orchid Tiny House

The tiny living phenomena shows little sign of abating–with good reason–and the Orchid Tiny House is one gorgeous addition to the lifestyle craze. The farmhouse-inspired design cleverly creates extra room by neat tricks and twists such as an elevated kitchenette and cool Scandinavian elements like cedar wall, all illuminated by warming, well-placed LEDs.
Ming River Sichuan Baijiu

Taste the ancient with Ming River Sichuan Baijiu, a Chinese liquor that translates as “white spirits.” More than twenty generations’ worth of expertise have gone into crafting this exquisite tipple, produced from grain, in China’s longest continuously operated distillery and made to counter the region’s traditionally spicy food. Fun fact GearCulturers, China’s legendary baijiu shifts more bottles than vodka and whiskey combined, that many people can’t be wrong, so give it a go.
Session Bong

Forget those rudimentary homemade contraptions, the super stylish Session Bong ensures a smooth hit every time. Beautifully shaped and comfortable to grip–no matter how many of those smooth hits you’ve taken!–the sculpture-like handmade construction comprises a borosilicate glass body and silicone base and interchangeable accessories, while the downstem helps counter those inevitable accidents.