Viejo Indecente Smokeless Mezcal

A vibrant, natural agave flavor profile that defies category

You may ask yourself, can a product call itself mezcal if it doesn’t contain that signature smokiness? To a certain degree, a question like this harkens back to some people’s perception of scotch—where only the peated, smokey iterations are familiar to sense memory. In fact, however, smokeless mezcal is a thing—and no, it does not taste like tequila. Instead, it boasts a pure agave profile, …

Camden Town Brewery’s Annual Beer, 2015

The British microbrewery releases its flavor of the year

Once again, British microbrewery Camden Town Brewery has distilled the flavor of the year gone by into an annual beer. “It’s the third year we’ve done this and the second year it’s been a barrel-aged beer,” brand manager Zoe Wulfsohn-Dunkley tells CH. “The beer tells a story, as it’s been aged for quite a large proportion of the year—we brewed it really early on.” The …

Bottle Opener

Discommon Goods’ meticulously machined bottle opener is more of a sculpture than basic bar accessory. Made from aerospace aluminum, the ergonomic opener bears a hand-chiseled aesthetic thanks to super-precise CNC machining—adding both grip and a beautiful web-like texture to its surface. It’s still just a bottle opener, but it makes the simple process so much more satisfying.