Bar Serving Alcoholic Mist Gets You Drunk as You Breathe

This Thursday through Saturday, Londoners will be able to drink without ever lifting a glass: The gin and tonics at "Alcoholic Architecture" are served as a fine mist in the air. About 40 minutes standing around is the equivalent of one "fairly strong drink," according to Wired UK. The project was created by Bompas and Parr, a jokey British design outfit that specializes in food. They're best known for flavor tripping parties, which feature bizarre taste experiences, their "bespoke jellies"--custom molded party confections that can even glow in the dark--and a scratch-and-sniff cinema experience they created last February, which augmented The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover with scents ranging from rotting meat to dusty books.

Obviously, a gin-laden mist isn't exactly great for your clothes, so you don a plastic suit before paying £5 for an hour inside the bar. It's not well gin either: They're vaporizing nothing less than Hendricks. They opted for gin because of its (relatively) fresh, botanical smell. Sounds like fun. Here's to hoping that the fad comes stateside, for a longer run. In the meantime, if you want to get your food fixies through your nose, there's always Le Whif, a sniffable chocolate mist designed to salve chocolate cravings.

[Via BLDGBLOG; image via Around Britain with a Paunch]