Essentials: Pregame
What’s better in the fall than pouring a few drinks, tossing around a football, and listening to some of your favorite tunes with friends before you head out to the real party, someone else’s pregame party, or before your favorite team takes the field? Nothing is better.
Pregaming is perhaps an overlooked part of your weekly style equation, but we don’t think it should be that way. From essential, handy accoutrements like a smokeless fire pit and a limited barrel-strength bourbon to rugged, durable menswear built for the crisp fall air, these essentials should be added to your collection before you ever start pregaming this week.
Relwen Quilted Flannel Shirt Jacket
The quilted pattern maximizes insulation without making it excessively bulky, ideal for temperatures between 30 and 45 degrees.
Price: $248
Solo Stove Ranger 2.0 Fire Pit
The portable option in the Solo Stove lineup, the Ranger 2.0 weighs just 15 pounds. It can burn foot-long longs and features air flow technology that recirculates the smoke for a second burn, resulting in far less smoke.
Price: $200
Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea Boots
Handmade in Northern Italy using only European leather and environmentally responsible construction, they’re comfortable, supportive, and incredibly sophisticated.
Price: $250
Yeti 48 Wheeled Cooler
Virtually indestructible, this cooler will hold up to 42 beer cans (using a 2:1 ice to can ratio), or 39 pounds of ice and comes with a retractable periscope handle for easy mobility, and puncture-resistant wheels.
Price: $400
Taylor Stitch Jeans in Mid Wash Organic Selvedge
The crisp November air is closing in, and there’s no better way to welcome it with open arm than in a pair of Taylor Stitch’s denim jeans. They were designed for daily wear and to make your next pregame attendance worth the wait.
Price: $168
Bulleit Topflight Series Single Barrel Bourbon
Bottled from the second barrel in the first series of Bulleit’s partnership with Bulleit, this 104-proof, full-flavored bourbon delivers bold, spicy notes of leather and burnt sugar followed by a “fruity and oak finish” according to Topflight panel member Brian Schmidt.
Price: $65+
Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT Watch
Tudor has expanded the FXD lineup with the new FXD GMT watch, which meets the needs of the French Naval Aviation thanks to a GMT movement that can keep track of up to three different time zones, including Zulu time.
Price: $4,625
Wilson The Duke NFL Football
The Duke is as close to a pro football as you’ll get. It sports the iconic red, blue, and silver shield and is built from genuine leather that breaks in beautifully the more you use it. It’s the perfect ball to toss around at all pregame shindigs before heading out or watching the big game.
Price: $150
Sonos Roam 2 Portable Smart Speaker
Every pregame needs a playlist, and we recommend playing it on the Roam 2 Speaker. Not only can you listen to your Spotify playlists, but you can even get the radio on it as well. And if you pick up more than one, you can sync them up.
Price: $179
College Flags & Banners Co. Pennant Flags
Whether you’re rooting for the Tennessee Vols, the Georgia Bulldogs (please don’t), or any other obscure team playing from your hometown, an easy way to show your support is to sport one or more of these bad boys.
Price: $12+
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