Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery might anger some – mostly because of lack of availability on the East Coast – but the critics are regularly wowed by the operations offerings. Twilight, the summer brew, is a two time gold medal winner. “A lighter, yet full-flavored, aromatic Ale for the long days of summer. Twilight’s solid malt foundation pairs with distinctive Amarillo hops for flavors every bit as intriguing as bigger, heavier ales. A back porch, lingering sunset wonder.”

Find a bottle.

Krane continues to work the men’s market with looks that mix well on all fronts. Shots on the rocky shores, the lookbook present both garments and bags tailored for today’s man. We enjoy the belted overshirt shown above, which is just one example of the warm weather casual play that Krane is taking for Spring 2011. Be sure to check their signature bags now available in new colors and leathers.

More looks after the click.

Levi’s Made & Crafted was founded on a simple premise – “Modern items based on the principles of good design.” In that mission, the Levi’s DNA forms a backbone for forward thinking approaches to classic garments and accessories, all of which privileges the right fabrics and the correct manufacturing. For Autumn 2011 the line, now in its second full season, has expanded to include knits, shirting, and a special capsule collection of “Made in the USA” denim. The looks are contemporary and fresh, but with a decidedly familiar feel; the balance of new and old in the pieces struck admirably.

We caught up with the Amsterdam based Made & Crafted design team to chat about the Autumn 2011 collection and to see what the future holds for the line.

Our discussion, and some fine garments, after the jump.

What up Berlin. Looks like Vibskov’s giving you the love with his new scent “TYPE B, for Berlin, captures a cold winter’s day in the former Eastern part of the city, where – even today – numerous buildings and houses are heated with coal.” Coal. They describe the scent as starting off spicy with some black pepper and sulphur smells that resemble a burning match. It them moves into woody territory and then “burns” its way to a musky birch and coal tar.  Colette has it.

Someone send me a sampler.

ps: We love the knit coozie around the bottle.

Another look after the click.

Canada’s Viberg works a special edition boot for Japan’s Iron Heart company. One of my favorite rugged real street/moto brands from Japan, Iron Heart gives it the full treatment on this Scout boot that comes wrapped with a 21oz and a buffalo leather wrapped vamp. Nicely done. Available now from the Ironheart UK online shop.

More looks after the click.

While this type of announcement would usually land on Curated first, I didn’t discover the show directly through the ACE itself. Rather, I found it while reading one of my favorite Tumblr pages, WhereNext. WhereNext is more of a less the clearing house for all information Sandwell District. For those who have been following any of the current movements in techno, the name should be familiar. For those that do not know the backstory, it is one of mystical interest and disinformation around very quality music. To be honest, I don’t even know how to begin explaining what Sandwell District is.

What I do know is that the back cover art to their Feed-Forward CD is being shown at the ACE Hotel in New York City during the “These Friend at ACE.” The specific piece I very curious to see is “The Loveless” by Juan Mendez. He’s part of SD. It’s been used across various Sandwell District releases for about a year at this point.

Of course many others will be showing including: Will Bryant, Danny Clinch, Chris Duncan, Yudi Echeverria, Erin Garcia, Daniel Gibson, Jim Houser, Mel Kadel, Noah Kalina, Justin Thomas Kay, Curtis Kulig, Geoff Mcfetridge, Bryan Sheffield, and many more.

From watm: Videographer, Paul Tamayo, captured the summer (capsule) NYC men’s show very well in this clip.

“Coverage of Capsule New York. Thanks to BPMW. Special thanks to Dixon Wong and Nelson Isava who helped me out on the project as well. Music by Richard Powda – ‘Valentine’ .”

Han Kjøbenhavn shares the Autumn/Winter 2011 looks with us in photo and video form. The new season brings use of new materials including waterproof fabrics, heavyweight thermo padding (found in their parka jackets), taped seams and more. The movement is to something more technically inspired. Some garments like their Field Shirt are made from “Japanese oat mélange ecru dyed wool” and feature hand sewn four hole antic brass metal buttons.

Much to see here in the new Han collection.

Many more looks after the click.

We apologise in advance. This isn’t available until September 22nd – we’d understand if you couldn’t wait that long. Heck, we don’t even use paper clips and we’re gonna buy a bunch to use on this. And if you’re wondering if we’re so simple that we’re excited by a tree shaped paper clip holder then the answer is yes. Yes we are. (Muji)

Lamps are the new Trickers:

“This set of whimsical lighting from French lighting studio Challières Paris, designed by Mathieu Challieres, the Voilere lamps are constructed with cooper wiring and faux birds. There are several varieties, ranging from the tambour drum table lamp (shown above) to giant pendant shade.”

See more over at the C the U the R the A, Curated.