Page 21 - Thirst Magazine Issue 1 (Feb 2017)

When The Light
Goes Out created
for Doka Bar
in Volkshotel,
Netherland
Blood type 666 for
Roof Alchemy Bar in Yangon (above) about the glassware. At times, it is the
rituals surrounding the drinks and
If you get this result back from your how to make a glass more than just a
doctor, run, hide and get an antidote glass. One example is we put a glass
at Roof. This is a dangerous mix inside a lantern then lit it up with LED.
of different fresh fruit juices and The whole thing looks complicated
homemade syrups together with three but it’s not, it’s just a glass inside a
types of spirits. The 7 flavours in this very elaborate decoration. Even a
cocktail are taken apart and layered on high volume bar can cope with fancy
top of each other by using the different looking drinks like that.”
weights of the liquid. Shake it to enjoy
this cocktail. Ceci n’est pas un pipe for
THE GLASSWARE Roof Alchemy Bar in Yangon (below)
This is a cocktail for strong men who
“Before we pick any glassware, want to be boys again. Named after
we already have in mind the concept the art piece of Rene Magritte, it looks
of the cocktails we will be creating. like a pipe, but it’s surely not. In the
First, it has to look cool, then pipe you’ll find a cocktail that is spirit
we figure out how to use it. Then we driven with warm, strong flavours of
figure out how to use it. Sometimes cognac, rum and cherries. A nice sour
we improvise, combine other things touch of fresh lime finishes the cocktail
into the glassware or glassware into and goes together deliciously with the
something else because it is not just spicy salted tip of the pipe.

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