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Subject: Re: blacklight glowing drinks / new years??
From: Kent Garber
Posted: Wed Jan 10. 2001, 04:26 UTC
Followup to: "blacklight glowing drinks / new years??"  by Naena  (Fri Dec 29. 2000, 02:53 UTC)
> Does anyone know of any drinks that glow under a blacklight?  Or does 
> anyone know of some good punches or other new years drinks? Thanks.

"This is a piece that I cut out www.about.com.  I don't have the web page 
because I entered throu another web page and it only shows the link page I 
came from - Charmingbartricks.com.  but this is just 1 of the pages of 
information that they have on this subject:" 


I'm often asked how to make glow in the dark cocktails. This can't really be 
done unless you are on the Starship Enterprise. But, you can make blacklight 
reactive drinks and use glow in the dark accessories for some neat effects 
though.

Tonic water is made from quinine. The bitter taste is quite refreshing with 
Gin or Vodka. It is made from the bark of the Cinchona tree which is found in 
the Andes mountain range in Peru and Ecuador. It was used to treat Malaria. 
Its properties help to reduce fevers and leg cramps as well. The neat thing is 
that Quinine is also photochemical reactive. That means it glows pale blueish 
white when exposed to ultraviolet or blacklights. The fluorescent quality is 
best when you use a lot of tonic water in your drinks. The next page has some 
cocktail recipes using tonic. 

Blacklight also makes different colors and properties standout. Remember how 
you could see all the lint on your clothes? It works the same way if you're 
mixing cocktails. Instead of shaking a drink, a swirled drink will have a 
different effect. The trick is to not really mix the ingredients. A Dirty 
Martini is a good example. Though I don't recommend mixing anything with 
Mountain Dew, it also gives a neat effect.


©Photo courtesy of Omniglow There are tons of new glow products on the market 
today. You can find glassware that reacts to blacklight, and glasses and shots 
that light up. Someone had the bright idea awhile ago of using the five and 
eight inch bracelets as swizzle sticks. It definitely caught on and new and 
improved straws and swizzle sticks are being developed. There are even 
coasters being patented that bracelets are stuck into to light up your drinks. 
Cocktail trays and shot tubes are out there also. 


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