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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: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:02AM
While i expect inhaling *small* amounts of vaporized pure ethanol to be reasonably safe, can these people prove that long term regular users won't experience health problems from this, especially the additional flavor molecules? The linings of lungs and stomachs are very different.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by kryptonianjorel on Saturday August 15 2015, @06:46AM
Long term regular users of standard gin experience plenty of health related issues
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @02:05PM
What you say?
I thought it was a known fact that British royal family members owe their longevity to generous application of oral gin.