A new British bar fills its air with a mist of alcohol and aromatics:
For the past six years, Bompas and Harry Parr have been working with scientists to perfect getting drunk on vapor. They recently opened a pop-up in London where you can—you guessed it—inhale your intoxicant.
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As they enter, imbibers don a plastic poncho and enter a misting chamber. Bompas & Parr's mixture isn't a gin and tonic, really. It's a mix of gin—alcohol, water, and aromatic molecules from botanicals like juniper—and a bit of quinine, the bitter part of tonic water. (Tonic's other ingredients didn't make the cut—sugar's too sticky and citrus had, Bompas says, too many allergens.) As bar-goers lounge about, they're encouraged to breathe deeply, drawing in the smoky taste of the frankincense-infused gin.The air inside Alcoholic Architecture is at 140 percent humidity; the booze droplets waft around in a dense fog. Visibility is less than three feet. "It's a little like a masquerade," Bompas says. "It's also great for hooking up."
The article does not mention any provision for designated drivers.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday August 15 2015, @09:44AM
Never mind the crowds, what about the staff?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 15 2015, @11:55AM
Oh, they're the bristly leathery guys you usually see lying around in the Tube; they're immune.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 4, Informative) by forkazoo on Saturday August 15 2015, @05:04PM
There is mention of the "misting chamber" so I assume the staff is meant to spend most of their time outside of the chamber. They say the concentration is such that one hour is about the same as one stiff drink, so it would probably take quite a while to get dangerously drunk if you weren't already topped up when you got there, or drinking liquid drinks in addition to inhaling. This specific bar may well be quite safe. The big danger might be when somebody opens one across the street that proudly advertises better value for the money, and they get into a concentration competition. Seedy mist bars around the corner would probably have completely uncalibrated mists, etc.
It sounds a bit like the prototype for mist bowls from The Culture novels. I'd certainly try it out if it were convenient.
(Score: 2) by naubol on Saturday August 15 2015, @05:22PM
Hi,
Would you please take your reasonablenesh to another post, it has no place in this discushion! (hiccup)