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January 16, 2011

Open Thread: BevShots Creates Art With Booze
— rdbrewer

BUMPED: NEW AND IMPROVED! Now includes tequila and white Russian!

If you have often wondered what exactly lies within the various concoctions that make our favourite alcoholic drinks, then here is your answer.
These incredible pictures show popular cocktails magnified up to 1,000 times under a high-tech laboratory microscope.
Produced by U.S. firm Bevshots, they reveal the incredible molecules and kaleidoscopic colours created by the different combinations.
Capturing the constituent parts of favourite drinks such as vodka, pina colada and Chablis, the pictures were taken in Florida State University's chemistry department.
'What you can see in the magnified pictures are the crystalised carbohydrates that have become sugars and glucose,' explained Bevshots founder Lester Hutt.
'Each image was created by using a pipette of each particular drink and squeezing a crop onto a slide.
'Then the droplets are allowed to dry out and then once they have the slide is placed under the microscope and a picture taken.'

That one is Australian pale lager. Beautiful! Below the fold are several others. In no particular order, they are whiskey, vodka, vodka tonic, scotch, sake, rum & coke, red wine, margarita, Irish stout, German pilsner, martini, daiquiri, tequila, and white Russian. Test your skillz.

Here is the key in white font: The pictures appear in the order they were listed in the previous paragraph.

BevShots on the web.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 12:47 PM | Comments (70)
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1 Fabulous.

Posted by: CheeseRadish at January 15, 2011 10:29 AM (4ucxv)

2 A most awesome new blog from....Marcos Krugman

Posted by: beedubya at January 15, 2011 10:29 AM (AnTyA)

3 White text!

Posted by: Tiff, like totally at January 15, 2011 10:30 AM (F95bj)

4 You don't eat it, Jim; you drink it

Posted by: Bones McCoy at January 15, 2011 10:30 AM (UqKQV)

5 Right into the crapper.

Posted by: SurferDoc at January 15, 2011 10:31 AM (o3bYL)

6 I see mesophases. The third one looks like a map of meteor impacts.

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2011 10:31 AM (0aJSF)

7 I can't tell you what it it, but I know it when I see it

Posted by: Potter Stewart at January 15, 2011 10:31 AM (UqKQV)

8 So, is it trippy to look at booze art while you're stoned?

Posted by: nickless at January 15, 2011 10:33 AM (MMC8r)

9 Comments go kaka?

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2011 10:33 AM (0aJSF)

10 You can't buy this art, you can only rent it.

Posted by: nickless at January 15, 2011 10:34 AM (MMC8r)

11 Who wants to look at booze?

Posted by: Vic at January 15, 2011 10:36 AM (M9Ie6)

12 I think most of them look like they taste.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 15, 2011 10:36 AM (MGUzf)

13 You can't buy this art, you can only rent it.

Posted by: nickless at January 15, 2011 02:34 PM

Hah!

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 15, 2011 10:37 AM (MGUzf)

A most awesome new blog from....Marcos Krugman

Good Lord.

Who's up for a game of 'Pin the Molotov on the Cop Car'?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 15, 2011 10:38 AM (x1/q8)

15 Not shocking, I like margarita the best.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 15, 2011 10:40 AM (x1/q8)

16 Val-U-Rite dries out to a thin layer of amorphous bullshit.

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2011 10:40 AM (0aJSF)

It's weird that sake looks like oragami

Posted by: dagny at January 15, 2011 10:42 AM (+Z6ve)

18 Wait, isn't this supposed to be CAC's post?

Posted by: journolist at January 15, 2011 10:42 AM (LwLqV)

19 Stop inciting hatred, wingnuts!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at January 15, 2011 10:43 AM (PaSAU)

20
anybody ever see FANTASTIC PLANET (1973)?

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at January 15, 2011 10:45 AM (uFokq)

21 Now if NASA wants to waste my tax money doing this stuff, fine. Art and booze: finally a reason to pretend to appreciate art. Would it be racist to ask for some done with OE800 in time for MLK jr Day?

Posted by: cali grump at January 15, 2011 10:46 AM (hL0k8)

22 Would it be racist to ask for some done with OE800 in time for MLK jr Day?

Posted by: cali grump at January 15, 2011 02:46 PM (hL0k

Yes, but why should that stop us?

And what about Colt 45? Are you a hater?

Posted by: ErikW at January 15, 2011 10:48 AM (88XnG)

23 My liver instantly recognized the Guinness.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 15, 2011 10:49 AM (b6qrg)

24 Would it be racist to ask for some done with OE800 in time for MLK jr Day?

Nah.

Posted by: Billy Dee Williams at January 15, 2011 10:50 AM (PaSAU)

25 Crap. Prominent University of Washington basketball player has been accused of raping a 16 year old girl. He hasn't been charged yet, so his name hasn't been released. Crap. I have a feeling I know who it is, though. Crap.

Posted by: runningrn at January 15, 2011 10:50 AM (ihSHD)

26 Trouble, trouble, think I need a double.

Posted by: baryon oscillations at January 15, 2011 10:51 AM (le5qc)

27 Funny that's what it looks like after I hurl.

Posted by: JavaJoeX (twitterhandle) at January 15, 2011 10:51 AM (e9JZd)

OE 800, yes that's my brand

Drink it in a bottle, 40, quart or can

Drink it like a mad man, yes I do

Forget the police and the 502

Posted by: Easy E at January 15, 2011 10:52 AM (88XnG)

29 25 Rape-rape or rape?

Posted by: dagny at January 15, 2011 10:53 AM (+Z6ve)

30 Oh, BEV shots.

Ripoff.

Posted by: Pupster at January 15, 2011 10:53 AM (Fwqtm)

31 Wow, was reading all over a little today while trying to avoid doing what I have to do. It's unbelievable how you can be in the middle of reading a financial thread or the comments after a news article that will have absolutely nothing, nothing to do with politics and, in the midst of all the comments will be a horrendously vicious post about Sarah Palin. sometimes people respond but most times they don't they just ignore the post. I'm almost feeling like the kewl kids have dictated that "the new black" is to hate Sarah Palin and to express that sentiment everywhere you can, even on the gardening and sewing blogs. I feel as though people who support her are afraid to even say anything against that "random poster" full of hatred. It's coming to a point where people are so in your face about stupid and horrible and hateful Sarah Palin is that people will walk away from her and it so as to avoid the painful conflict in public and at their jobs.

Posted by: curious at January 15, 2011 10:54 AM (p302b)

32 Check out this comic. I made it with the comic generator in the sidebar.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 15, 2011 10:56 AM (MGUzf)

33 the pictures were taken in Florida State University's chemistry department. Well, that certainly explains everything. I believe the FSU chemistry department operates out of Floyd's down on Tennessee Street.

Posted by: baryon oscillations at January 15, 2011 11:00 AM (le5qc)

34 You should see some of the other pictures taken by the FSU chemistry department IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: baryon oscillations at January 15, 2011 11:01 AM (le5qc)

35 You know someone I know who saw her in person says that she looks like bloomies twin....well maybe they weren't far off, if the parents have their way she may not even last the month. You just don't say stuff like this in NYC.....:"Parents fume over Black's 'birth control' quip about overcrowding"
I mean does she want to be the object of Glenn Beck's attention?

Posted by: curious at January 15, 2011 11:03 AM (p302b)

36 It's unbelievable how you can be in the middle of reading a financial thread or the comments after a news article that will have absolutely nothing, nothing to do with politics and, in the midst of all the comments will be a horrendously vicious post about Sarah Palin.

Substitute "George Bush" for "Sarah Palin" and welcome to the last ten years.

Posted by: CheeseRadish at January 15, 2011 11:07 AM (4ucxv)

Wow, just read the story about the Southwest Airlines pilot holding the plane for a grandfather (who was delayed in long lines at LAX) so he could get to see his 2 year old grandson before he got removed from life support. Thanks for posting that, you made me cry in my lunch!

America is the greatest country in the world!

Posted by: runningrn at January 15, 2011 11:16 AM (ihSHD)

38 No wonder I feel hungover after drinking. Just looking at it makes me dizzy.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 15, 2011 11:30 AM (swuwV)

39 anybody ever see FANTASTIC PLANET (1973)?

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at January 15, 2011 02:45 PM (uFokq)

Yep.

Neat movie, very imaginative.

Posted by: YIKES! at January 15, 2011 11:40 AM (8/QZP)

40 And the Chinese think we've lost our edge. Ha!

Posted by: RushBabe at January 15, 2011 11:58 AM (urYpw)

41 Man, this is old.

Posted by: Methuselah at January 15, 2011 12:02 PM (yaqZK)

42 i have one of these necktie patterns based on similar photos you have here. one I have is tequila

Posted by: GrogNerd at January 15, 2011 01:01 PM (tJxhQ)

43 These should be in the Musee des Booze-Arts.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 15, 2011 01:35 PM (MGUzf)

44 Makes a great technicolor yawn bathroom chart. "Oh, he was drinking screwdrivers all night."

Posted by: Corona at January 15, 2011 05:41 PM (CdbZP)

45
This is recycled.

How green of you.

Posted by: GOPSoothsayerproudbootylover at January 16, 2011 12:49 PM (v77ig)

46 2 A most awesome new blog from....Marcos Krugman

Posted by: beedubya at January 15, 2011 02:29 PM (AnTyA)

how about adding Kerry Tazing Bro.

Posted by: willow at January 16, 2011 01:08 PM (h+qn8)

47 so lemme get this straight.

some asshat is using booze for purposes other than getting drunk, and I'm supposed applaud that?

/boggled

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 16, 2011 01:09 PM (eCAn3)

48 48 so lemme get this straight.

some asshat is using booze for purposes other than getting drunk, and I'm supposed applaud that?

NIH and NSF funds at work?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 01:14 PM (0iM3Z)

49 Evening, 'rons.

Extreme Makeover Savannah is on tonight. D'oh and I are in the stadium for a fundraiser to pay off the couple's mortgage. Look for a slightly tipsy blonde in black. That'll be this moronette (wait, there may have been other blondes in black....have to rethink this).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 16, 2011 01:25 PM (UOM48)

50 Wow, just read the story about the Southwest Airlines pilot holding the plane for a grandfather (who was delayed in long lines at LAX) so he could get to see his 2 year old grandson before he got removed from life support. Thanks for posting that, you made me cry in my lunch!

Where is that post?

Posted by: jmflynny at January 16, 2011 01:28 PM (piMMO)

51 #51 Where is that post?

Not a post, its a story in the Daily Mail:

'They canÂ’t go anywhere without me and I wasnÂ’t going anywhere without you': Pilot delays plane so passenger can say farewell to his murdered grandson

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 01:31 PM (0iM3Z)

52 That pilot delays plane story was on the sidebar, twice actually, but I'm not sure if it's still over there or it got pushed down.

Posted by: Lilikoi at January 16, 2011 01:33 PM (qQU5j)

53 This gives a whole new meaning to the term "Technicolor Yawn".

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 16, 2011 01:34 PM (vitGv)

54 Southwest has a very good reputation, now more than ever. Aren't they the only airline that didn't ask for help after 9/11?? Whoever runs that outfit knows what they are doing. This story is just heartbreaking though. My God, what a beast. Hope he fries in hell for eternity.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 01:40 PM (Z71Vg)

55 No Shirley Temples.....

Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 16, 2011 01:40 PM (GKQDR)

56 If you spend precious limited time getting soused, I guarantee you - you will not be ready for the zombie apocalypse. _{(Shakes head disapprovingly)}

Posted by: T. Totaller at January 16, 2011 01:42 PM (hlG96)

Oh good. Another deep thought provoking thread.

Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 01:42 PM (eqsrg)

58 57 If you spend precious limited time getting soused, I guarantee you - you will not be ready for the zombie apocalypse. _{(Shakes head disapprovingly)}

Posted by: T. Totaller at January 16, 2011 05:42 PM (hlG96)

Horseshit, I do some of my best work shitfaced.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 16, 2011 01:45 PM (eCAn3)

59 We find these paintings racist due to the under-representation of black colors.

Posted by: NAACP at January 16, 2011 01:52 PM (UqJ8A)

60 Pull my finger!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 16, 2011 01:52 PM (yQWNf)

61 58 Oh good. Another deep thought provoking thread. Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 05:42 PM (eqsrg) That's what I like about this place: "AoSHQ: come for the thought-provoking moral analysis- stay for the booze and cheerleaders."

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 16, 2011 01:53 PM (vitGv)

62 except we have a retard that dehydrates good booze and then takes pics of it.

they oughta be clubbed like a baby harp seal for that insult.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at January 16, 2011 02:00 PM (eCAn3)

63 Territorial AOSHQ Cob Theater

lauraw: You only gave me 27 minutes in the top spot on a Sunday, RD. I have a terrible desire to push your post down like a fat girl.
But looks like Dave in Texas beat me to it. And nobody fucks with Dave.

Listen. I'm trying to help you here.
There's a ham n' swiss on rye in the AOSHQ company minifridge. It is mine. My name is clearly marked in blue marker on the outside of the bag. I have very little in this world, besides this delicious sandwich, and the small carton of chocolate milk and the tangerine.
Touch it, noob, I will put your bloody pulpy teeth in a shot glass and make you shoot it. Do you understand me?

rdbrewer: Check out this puppy video I just put on the sidebar!!! Squeeeeee!!!

Posted by: lauraw at January 16, 2011 03:04 PM (DbybK)

64 "bevShots"? Careful now.

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2011 03:24 PM (0aJSF)

65 Heh, Laura, I figured I'd give you twice as long as you gave me yesterday.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2011 03:34 PM (nNdNS)

66 What video?

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2011 03:34 PM (nNdNS)

67 Just don't touch the sangweech

Posted by: lauraw at January 16, 2011 03:38 PM (DbybK)

68
put up a new post already

the fat woman needs to be pushed down

Posted by: GOPSoothsayerproudbootylover at January 16, 2011 03:57 PM (2O5Hd)

69 I have several ties based on these designs - they have been around for a while.

Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at January 16, 2011 04:04 PM (9Uxl0)

70 I have a UV torch (flashlight). On exposure to UV radiation, the quinine in tonic water glows the most delightful pale blue. It's gorgeous. Makes my G&T's even more delicious.

Posted by: David Gillies at January 16, 2011 04:59 PM (xb68W)

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