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THE WINDOW

The OVERTON Window of media and public opinion possibility is defined as the ever-moving range of ideas, brands, and products the audience is willing to consider and accept. 

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THE DEsert

The Chihuahuan Desert is home to the Madrean Sky Islands, isolated mountain ranges topped by 12,000-foot peaks that rise from the mystical and ancient desert valleys below. One of the world’s most fascinating hotspots for biodiversity, many of the ultra-rare plant and animal species found here exist nowhere else on earth.

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THE MIDWEST

Al Capone, a.k.a. “Scarface,” was one of the most notorious gangsters in Chicago — and he made about $60 million in 1927 selling nothing but hooch.

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THE JUNGLE

The bedrock of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is littered with natural sinkholes — also known as cenotes — which vary in size from tiny openings to vast water-filled caves. They are all mysteriously connected, forming the world’s largest underground river network.

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THE mountains

Vermont is home to mountains with peculiar and ominous names like Terrible Mountain, Devils Gap, and Vulture Mountain. But if you can make it in this frigid, rugged landscape, you’ll unearth an iconic tradition of craft distilling ready to revive your spirits.

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THE Farm

Once upon a time, “Hog” was slang for an old shilling; to “go the whole hog” was to spend all your money at once. Try it sometime. (Preferably on a spree shopping through this holiday gift guide.)

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THE Forest

The Pacific Northwest’s Cedar Tree, otherwise known as Giant Arborvitae, literally translates to “tree of life.” These giants can grow up to 200 feet in height with 19-foot diameter, with some reaching 1,400 years or older.

A Drink Is Always Becoming

Dr. Abraham Maslow, psychology OG and creator of the iconic “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs,” believed that “what a man can be, he must be.” We happen to agree. And since we also believe that the same must be true of a drink, Dr. Overton and his attending staff of credentialed beverage psychologists have set forth to update and improve Maslow’s esteemed pyramid into a ziggurat of our own — in the spirit of self-actualized drinking, of course.

Consider our curation your call to adventure. In the following annual guide, explore the beverage world’s latest and greatest new landscapes, categories, and fast-rising cult brands. Unearth OVERTON’s most thrilling liquid discoveries of 2024. . .

From Mexico’s mystical and suddenly-on-trend desert spirit, sotol, to the single-origin coffee leading a roast renaissance — from an Aristocratic treasure trove of the oldest spirits on earth, Armagnac (of course), to the insurgent N.A. craft beer set to disrupt the exploding category like never before — from cult tequila crafted with the purest waters of a secret jungle spring, to the trailblazing lineup of the history-making distillery that overturned a racist Andrew Jackson-era law from 1834 to win Indigenous peoples the freedom to distill in America. 

Talk about self-actualization. And we’ll also certainly make sure you get your Hogsworth with what we know to be the most innovative, original, and exceptional American whiskey made in a great many years.

OVERTON’s revelations are in your hands. Let the discoveries commence — and let them become more than mere wants. Because what new drinks can be discovered, must become needs. And what could make a better gift than liquid self-actualization?
Onward,
Dr. Overton