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Brew It Yourself
Old Engine Oil, Kim Jong Ale, Hoptimus Prime, Moose Drool, Old Leghumper, Tactical Nuclear Penguin. Just a few of the weird and wonderful names that have appeared on the labels of beer bottles around...
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Call the local shots
Global recipe; local taste. That’s the formula behind Pernod Ricard’s brand ‘Our/Vodka’. And it seems to be working a dream. After launching in Berlin, Our/Vodka has just found its way to American...
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Taste eruption
Stone-cooked? Flame-grilled? Pah, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Food design studio Bompas & Parr has collaborated with a team of scientists and artists to cook meat with lava and high-voltage...
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Normcore is the new black
Hardcore, softcore, normcore. Meet the new buzzword taking the fashion world by storm, one slouchy jersey t-shirt at a time. Apparently, Millenials are fed-up with over-styled, pretentious fashion and...
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Waste makes taste
The saying goes that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Whilst it’s difficult to pinpoint the precise author of this pithicism (possibly Chambers Journal of popular literature, science and...
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Pour homme, pour femme, pour down your throat
An office party; a birthday celebration; a few drinks with mates that turned into a few too many. Whatever the excuse, returning home stinking of alcohol is something that many of us have suffered...
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Another dimension for 3D printing
It all began in 1984 when Charles Hull (Chuck to his mates) created the first 3D printer. In the thirty years since we’ve seen toys, bikes, cars, prosthetic limbs and replacement hips run off the 3D...
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Feel-good shopping
Eco-friendly. Upcycled. Community-focused. Artisanal. No, we’re not playing buzz-word bingo. These are the four categories of product stocked in Nordstrom’s new shop within a shop: TMRW TGTHR. (That’s...
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Bubble bath
Milk? Nope. Chocolate? Try again. Gold? As if. According to Hungarian craft brewery Hedon, the most hedonistic substance to bathe in is good old beer. They’ve chosen a little man submerged in the stuff...
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Espresso yourself
Leave the flasks to the hikers. What you need is a Minipresso, a dinky espresso machine for popping in your bag and pouring out when you’re on the move. (Hot stuff, Damo.) At just seven inches, the...
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See-mail
Remember how exciting it used to be getting real post? No, not bills. Or direct mail. Or slips from the post office saying your Amazon order has been taken to the depths of beyond. Real post, in nice...
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Bumped not stirred
Let’s talk bumps. No, not the kind you slow down for in the road. Or the pregnant kind. The bumps we’re on about are flavoured additives that give your drink an extra boost. Never heard of them? Next...
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Writers’ block
Write a sentence. Scroll through Twitter. Write a sentence. Check your emails. Write a sentence. See how many bids your velour jacket is fetching on eBay. Anyone who has to write for a living will...
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The latte mermaid
What does the Jolly Green Giant do at weekends? Where does the Michelin Man go on holiday? Is Ronald McDonald always that cheerful? Unless you’ve got a lot of time on your hands, you’ve probably never...
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Age-It-Yourself
Watch out, whiskey drinkers. Everything you know – or think you know – about taste, process and quality could be about to change. Having realised that the difference between top-shelf whiskey and...
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Season’s greetings by (robot) hand
Part of our 12 Pokes of Christmas. Look out for more throughout December. With the holiday season upon us, it’s time to ask the tough questions. Like, who gets onto the Christmas card list this year?...
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The day I won a Warhol
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAm8nZHoCgk Perhaps more closely associated with canned soup than Swedish vodka, the spirit of Andy Warhol lives on in the latest collaboration from Absolut....
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Breaking the mould
If you need an excuse to stick out your tongue, we recommend these designer popsicles from Nuna. Co-created by Berlin-based architect Manu Kumar and designer Stefan Gendl, these geometric popsicles...
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Cut the mustard
Nope, there’s not a blockage in your beer pump. That thick, yellow liquid flowing from the tap is actually mustard. And very nice mustard at that. French brand Maille has just opened its first...
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Grandma gets a makeover
In Brazil, cooking and dining together is very much a family affair. Recipes are handed down from generation to generation and home cooks will often follow instructions handwritten by their...
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