Breathe in the spirit
Cocktail fans in London will want to take a deep breath when they enter a pop-up bar on the site of an ancient monastery in Borough. Alcoholic Architecture features a walk-in cloud of cocktail composed of fine spirits and mixer at a ratio of 1:3. Powerful humidifiers super-saturate the air with the concoction. Alcohol enters the bloodstream mainly through the lungs - but also the eyeballs.Guests are advised to "breathe responsibly".It's the project of Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, who specialise in experiences based on flavour. Previous Bompas & Parr events included one at which whiskies were consumed from the contours of the bodies of people of the same age as the drink.Guests will descend through a series of dimly lit passages into a monastery-themed robing room in which they will change into protective clothing to prevent them smelling like a cocktail when they go home. ..
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