Bevshots Quiz: Can You Identify These Alcohol Photos?

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Jan 26th 2011 @ 1:00PM

Photos Courtesy of BEVSHOTS / WENN

A chilled Martini is truly a work of art. But the chemist/photographers behind the company BevShots have taken that idea to the microscopic level. Research scientist Michael Davis, of Florida State University, crystallizes cocktails on a lab slide, then photographs them using a camera attached to a light microscope. According to Davis, the light is polarized, resulting in these wild images of, say, a Tequila Sunrise or a Margarita. Oh, and you can buy the photos to memorialize cocktail hour 24-7. (Davis also made the images into ties, in case you want to sport your Guinness at the office.)

Think you really know your drink of choice? Take our quiz after the jump and find out.

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Cocktails Under the Microscope

This liquor is traditionally served straight up, but can also be found in mixed drinks like the Bloody Mary and White Russian.

Gin
Rum
Vodka
Bourbon

This refreshing drink can be found at many resorts, beaches and poolside.

Piña Colada
Strawberry Daiquiri
Margarita
Bahama Mama
Sex on the Beach

Sure, it's easy to pair wine with food, but can you tell whether this is a glass of:

White wine
Red wine
Sparkling wine
Rosé

This drink has its own song, chain of restaurants and merchandise:

Manhattan
Margarita
Sidecar
Mint Julep

The term used to describe a beer that is dark and strong is:

Lager
Pale Ale
Pilsner
Stout

When the Spanish conquistadors ran out of their own brandy, they started to produce agave for this spirit:

Gin
Tequila
Rum
Moonshine

Filed Under: Science, Drinks
Tags: quiz, science, spirits

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-28-2011 @11:21PM joan ayling said... This is old news about the alcohol under a microscope. Years ago when I worked at The Broadway (now Macy's) in Orange, CA we carried a line of ties that were called Cocktail Ties - the designs of cocktails under a microscope. There were some really beautiful ties in the bunch.
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1-31-2011 @4:37PM doedill7 said... it's all a big cycle / what is the new "in thing"

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1-29-2011 @12:38AM old enough to remember said... I was going to make the same comment! I remember the ties very well.

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1-29-2011 @12:58AM Dave said... Copycat idea with a new spin on it thought out through a major alcoholic binge.
Isn't Florida State a big party school?
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1-28-2011 @11:43PM TONY DEE said... CAN YOU IDENTIFY A LUSH BY LOOKING AT HIS "LABEL" ?
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1-28-2011 @11:55PM Alyssa said... I thought I was looking at a map where someone had put down clay locating some recently sighted UFO's..that's probably why I didn't even bother to read what was underneath to begin with.
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1-29-2011 @12:54AM jazzman said... stout is "dark and strong"?...the guinness stout you show has less alcohol than budweiser...dark?...absolutely...strong?...hardly...you're showing us something that's considered a "session beer" (low alcohol so drinking sessions can last longer)...an imperial stout (much higher alcohol than most beers) would be both dark and strong, but describing a guinness as such is misinformation...
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