Today in Gear: Summer Essentials Edition

Do you pine for the experience of slowly perusing the stacked shelves of a bookstore? Even with the abundance of options online (too many?), the IRL options for finding a book can without a doubt be more satisfying. They help you uncover books the algorithm might not have served up. Now, a few new apps are here to help bring the benefits of the bookstore to your phone. Today we’re looking at new watches, spirits and a carbon natural tent. This is Today in Gear.

Irish Whiskey and American Bourbon, Together at Last.

Keeper’s Heart

Check out this brown-spirit dream-team pairing: world-renowned Master Distiller Brian Nation, formerly of Jameson, Redbreast and Midleton whiskeys, and High West distillery founder David Perkins have mixed their vast, combined experience and blended Irish and American distilling traditions to create a true two-birds-one-stone spirit. This is Irish + Bourbon. (and it’s probably making your one mouth drool just a bit already.) Together in a single bottle are a “rich Irish pot still, smooth Irish grain, and bold American bourbon” for an internationally complex whiskey that’s flavorful and layered in delightfully surprising ways. Irish + Bourbon is the collaboration you’ve been waiting for.

The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots Paperback.

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Looking for a deep dive on grilling, look no further than our Glossary of Grilling. Looking for a new recipe book wholly dedicated to the dark arts of the grillmaster? Look to The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots. The name alone is fire.

Grand Seiko Blue Cloud Watch.

Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko is at it again with ANOTHER insanely textured dial that’s sure to make the GS superfans go nutty. This time with the 44GS 55th Anniversary Limited Edition SBGP017, which features a dial inspired by the sea of clouds that form near the mountains in the Shinshu region, where GS produces its timepieces. Sounds as dreamy as it looks.

NEMO x L.L.Bean Impact Tent.

L.L.Bean

This is not your grandfather’s L.L. Bean tent. The NEMO x L.L.Bean Impact Tent is the self-described first carbon-neutral tent. It’s made of recycled fabrics and additional carbon offsets result in a zero-carbon footprint, giving new meaning to leave no trace.

Turning Tide Taylor Stitch X Fair Harbor.

Taylor Stitch

Just in time for summer, two trusted brands have joined up to create a capsule collection of swim trunks that not only look seasonally sharp but are also easy on the planet. Each pair is made of 90% recycled plastic waste, and repurposes about a dozen single-use plastic bottles.

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