Bizarre alcohol vapour bar launched in Brisbane - where you literally 'breathe in' your drinks
- A Queensland bar have introduced gin and tonic flavoured cocktail 'cloud'
- Patrons ingest the alcoholic air directly into the bloodstream by breathing
- The attraction is a new installment at the September Brisbane Festival
- 'With every breath you take, notice a fresh botanical or flavour in the spirit'
A Brisbane bar has become the first in Australia to introduce a bizarre alcohol cloud that allows customers to ingest a drink simply by breathing.
The bar, called Alcoholic Architecture, and set up for a Brisbane festival, provides 'vapourised' alcohol in the air which provides the alcohol equivalent to two drinks after 40 minutes.
Patrons must don a specialised plastic suit to protect themselves from the humidifiers, however must keep their face exposed to absorb the gin and tonic flavoured mist through their eyeballs and lungs.
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A Queensland bar have taken on the brainchild of design duo Bompass & Parr, introducing a gin & tonic flavoured 'cloud' that is ingested through the eyeballs of patrons
A mere 40 minutes inside the alcoholic bubble equals two standard drinks
Besides the innovative qualities the experience possesses, the main appeal of the 'cloud' is the supposed eradication of nasty hangovers.
The anatomical cocktail is also said to cut calories by up to 40 per cent as opposed to swallowing a drink, and it bypasses the liver completely.
The attraction is the brainchild of the UK design team Bompass & Parr, whose first walk-in cloud bar opened in Borough Market in London in July.
'With every breath you take, notice a fresh botanical or flavour in the spirit that can be hard to discern in a regular drink,' Harry Parr, half of the design duo, said of the experience.
Before entering the futuristic bubble, drinkers must put on a plastic 'space suit,' to protect them from humidifiers that saturate the air with the flavoured cloud, The Courier Mail reported.
The attraction is the brainchild of the UK design team Bompass & Parr, whose first walk-in cloud bar opened in Borough Market in London in July
The attraction is part of the Fear and Delight portion of the Brisbane Show that opens to the public on Saturday
'With every breath you take, notice a fresh botanical or flavour in the spirit that can be hard to discern in a regular drink'
Before entering the futuristic bubble, drinkers must put on a plastic 'space suit,' to protect from humidifiers
But, patrons must ensure they lose their sunglasses as the full effect of the mist works by absorbing through eyeballs, mucus membranes and the lungs.
Not everyone is excited by the concept however.
'It's not a good idea because what you're doing is you're inhaling and rapidly absorbing a toxic chemical, which is carcinogenic,' The University of Queensland's Drug Research and Education Centre's director, Professor Jake Najman, said.
'Alcohol is a toxic chemical and is known to destroy brain cells; you might as well just run into a brick wall.'
The bar will be part of The Southbank attraction, Fear & Delight at the Brisbane show and will run for three weeks from Saturday.
Patrons must ensure they lose their sunglasses as full effect of the mist works by absorbing through eyeballs
'Alcohol is a toxic chemical and is known to destroy brain cells; you might as well just run into a brick wall,' Professor Jake Najman, director of the University of Queensland's Alcohol and Drug Research and Eduction Centre said
The bar will be part of The Southbank attraction, Fear & Delight at the Brisbane show and will run for three weeks from Saturday
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