This Is What Booze Looks Like Under a Microscope

Turns out Great Uncle Phil was right all along: Concocting the perfect whiskey ginger nightcap really is an art form

A website called BevShots captures photographs of alcohol taken through the lens of a microscope. The rainbow-like patterns it produces are then converted into metallic prints, bar accessories and even clothing, meaning you can (almost literally) say you're wearing what you drink.

Granted, it's less this:

Image: Tumblr, never-perfect-always-original

...and more this:

Image: BevShots

The idea dates back to the early '90s. Michael Davis, a research scientist at Florida State University, was looking for new ways to fund his lab. He'd compiled hundreds of photographs of DNA, biochemicals and vitamins from working for more than 20 years as a researcher, and figured they had the potential for commercial art. Read more...