This London hot spot lets you breathe in your cocktails via an 'alcoholic weather system'
A new cocktail spot in London doesn't require taking a sip to get intoxicated — all you have to do is breathe. In a soon-to-come installation at London's Borough Market called "Alcoholic Architecture," drinks are served in the form of a "walk-in cloud of breathable cocktail." The event description describes the "fully immersive alcohol environment" as an "alcoholic weather system."
Guests enter a chamber filled with a thick mist that City Lab reports is "one part spirits to three parts mixer" and then proceed to intake alcohol through their lungs and eyeballs. The room is immensely humid — apparently it's difficult to see more than a meter in front of you — and guests need to wear protective ponchos. Respiratory scientists have deduced that 50 minutes in the chamber is the equivalent of one liquid drink.
The beverage menu is inspired by the United Kingdom's earliest gothic cathedral, which is next to the installation, and by the installation's location on the site of an ancient monastery. Thus, all of the drinks served are spirits and beers made by monks. For those who prefer to drink their alcohol — or for guests looking to double up on their alcohol intake — there is also a conventional liquid drink menu available.
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The installation opens July 31, and tickets are $20 a pop and only available to those 18 and over. As the installation's slogan so aptly puts it, if you decide to pay a visit, be sure to "breathe responsibly."
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