Today in Gear: November 24, 2014

Ezra’s
With quality small-batch distillers popping up everywhere, Ezra’s seeks to be the hub that connects you to all of them. They’re not only a marketplace, but a center for well-informed opinions about the products they offer as well. Think of Ezra’s as your most trusted bartender, if that bartender lived in your computer. ezras.com

Shrine Sneaker Bags
Attention, sneaker aficionados: the San Francisco based luggage company The Shrine is releasing a duffel with two large, water-resistant side compartments, specially designed to stow sneakers. Looking handsome in a charcoal exterior and matte sides, this small 6-pound bag (22 x 12 x 10 inches) complies with all airline carry-on standards. $185

ONA Leather Union Street Camera Bag
ONA’s Union Street camera bag can hold your entire photographic arsenal: a camera, 15-inch laptop and up to three lenses. It’s available in either canvas or full Italian leather; a downside has yet to be found. $299+

Shwood RX Collection
When it comes to shades, Shwoods has you covered; but now, alongside their wood-frame sunglasses, Shwood is offering the same au natural style for prescription lenses in three different designs, two in walnut, one in zebrawood. Now you won’t have to chop down a tree and whittle your own frames. $350

PolyLife App
Sometimes you have too many friends; other times you have too many romances. Pretty good burdens to bear, all told. That kind of life can get pretty hectic if you’re not safe, which is why the PolyLife App makes the polyamorous life easier. It organizes calendars, appointments, dates and then some. Because you definitely don’t want to piss off five different romantic partners. $4

Rapha Cross Shoes
Made in collaboration with Giro, these shoes stand up against the gnarliest of terrains familiar to cyclocross mud racers, featuring Giro’s proprietary carbon fiber EC90 sole with dual-compound nylon treads, along with a durable synthetic leather upper. The shoes also fit all two-bolt cleat systems for easy ridin’. That is, when the course hasn’t forced you off the bike. $350

A Collector’s Guide to Rare Bourbon
Call it the Pappy effect if you want, or just plain business savvy, but most distilleries saw an opportunity in limited, premium bourbons in the early 2000s. At one of Lexington’s best bourbon bars, the Blue Grass Tavern, we laid eyes on some of the absolute best. Read this story

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