10 Essentials For Staying At Home New Year’s Eve
Rooftop bar. Champagne fountain. Live DJ. Afterparty. Either those words just conjured an ideal night of revelry or they sent you into a mild panic. If you fall into the second camp, here’s what we propose: Good bourbon, on-point yet comfortable garb, and that most perfect of all foods, homemade pizza. With the right essentials, staying at home this New Year’s Eve will beat the pants off of any prix-fixe masquerade-ball champagne toast out there.
Dom Pérignon Vintage 2010 Champagne
Every bottle of Dom Perignon is a vintage Champagne, meaning the grapes were all grown in a single year. The year 2010 happened to be a surprising one in France, weather-wise, with a two-day deluge of rain that threatened to mold the grapes. The Dom Pérignon harvesters swooped in, saved the grapes worth saving, and created a fresh and zesty bubbly particularly suited to bidding adieu to a particularly precarious year.
Taylor Stitch Après Pants
You know that moment when you come home and change into house pants? You should start the year with that feeling. The Après Pants from Taylor Stitch are made from a warm yet subtly sophisticated waffle weave in a tailored cut that promises to never make you look like you’re wearing sweats. The drawcord is tipped in antique brass—which honestly symbolizes everything you need to know about these pants.
Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon
Champagne may rule the midnight hour, but bourbon is there for you from sunset to lights out. Four Roses distills a total of ten different bourbon recipes, and six of them are aged a minimum of six years and mingled by the brand’s master distiller to create their Small Batch Select, which was released for the first time in 2019 to a whole lot of acclaim. But all that really matters is how it tastes, which is fruity, spicy, and very good.
Aged & Ore Neat Glass
Once you acquire that beautiful bottle of bourbon, the glass you pour it into shouldn’t be an afterthought. Grab a couple of Neat Glasses from Aged & Ore and do your NYE spirit justice. The narrowed mouth and flared lip make the most of aroma and flavor, and the widest part of the glass denotes a perfect two-ounce pour.
Relwen Micro Waffle Crew
Well-made and warm, the Relwen Micro Waffle Crew is that good sort of indulgence. The kind of shirt you grab first every time the laundry’s clean. Each detail is impeccable—the pocket that accommodates your phone, the handsomely curved collar, the double layered construction. To say this shirt is just a thermal is akin to saying a Land Rover is just a car.
Davidoff Aniversario Perfecto Cigar
Davidoff cigars are made in the Dominican Republic where people have been practicing the art of cigar making for five centuries. The tobacco leaves are aged for four years giving the cigar full flavors that include notes of leather, black pepper, and roasted nuts—and a fitting cigar to ring in our next trip around the sun.
Zippo Classic Windproof Lighter
Few things in this world look good enough and work well enough to maintain both an aesthetic and basic design for nearly 90 years. That’s a Zippo for you. The fact that they’re still made in the same Pennsylvania city only adds to their cache. With a Classic Windproof Lighter in your pocket, you’ll be able to light celebratory sparklers, spark fire pit blazes, or set your home fires to roaring whenever the occasion calls for it.
Greats Bedford Slippers
At the intersection of simplicity and splendor lies the Greats Bedford Slipper. Made from premium leather that only gets better with age, they’ve got a padded footbed and rubber grips to keep you shuffling through the homestead in comfort. Plus the simple slip-on design and leather construction will mold to your foot over time, creating a pair of house shoes you’ll look forward to changing into all day.
The Joy of Pizza: Everything You Need to Know
You love it because it’s perfect but do you know how to make it? You will after reading this. Written by the chef of Razza, the New Jersey pizzeria that makes food critics cry and the NYTimes betray its own city, The Joy of Pizza covers every step in the pizza-making process. Using simple ingredients, you’ll make 2022 the Year of the Pie, using just your regular old oven. Or if you’re lucky enough to have one you can use…
Ooni Koda 12 Pizza Oven
The pizza ovens from Ooni make the most perfectly delicious, fire-baked pizzas your mouth has ever encountered. The Koda 12 is a propane-powered beauty that’ll cook a 12-inch pizza but is compact enough to fit into just about any outdoor space, from tiny balconies to expansive verandas. Heating up to 950 degrees, it’ll cook that New Year’s Eve ‘za in about 60 seconds.
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