There was a prison term when cocktails were served only in the most everyday glassware . coupe , Martiniglasses , flutes — how blah . Then came thetiki effort , which not only turn the cocktail trend on its head , but also occasionally called for serve cocktail in heads — albeit shrunken , ceramic single . Now , bar are taking glassware even further , choke way beyond pineapples and totemmugs . They ’re answer their deglutition in bonkers items like light bulbs , beaker and even former prime ministers ’ head . Here , some of the foreign specs we observe on the net :
Margaret Thatcher’s Head
Maggie ’s in London serves a fruity tiki cocktail in a custom mug shaped like former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ’s head . It ’s terrifying to say the least .
Cocktail Hits From The Bong
House of Brews on the Gold Coast fitly serve their Purple Haze cocktail in a giant bong — sens ( create with dry ice ) included .
Lab Beakers
Baa Bar in Liverpool realise the baronial scientific discipline that is mixology with their line of high - concept cocktails served in beakers .
Take-Out Box Cocktail
London ’s ever - freakish Cocktail Trading Co serves its drink in a range of capricious vessel from a rainwater boot to a canister can to a Formosan take - out container .
The Soup Bowl
The Phil Khallins , a peppy twirl on the Thai staple Tom Kha soup , is served in a soup bowl at Mission Chinese in New York City . All the better for slurp down .
Das Boot
Traditionally encounter in German beer houses , the glassful boot is now showing up in cocktail bars . Brooklyn ’s Grand Army Bar use das boot for a variety of drinks . A parole to the fresh : Do n’t seek to chug them like you might a kölsch .
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The Honey Bear
It ’s hard to resist the cuteness of this clean-handed looking cocktail attend in the iconic love bear at Indianapolis ’s Thunderbird . But beware — made withscotch , bourbonandCynar , the Chavez y Chavez packs a punch .
A Lightbulb
When cartoon grapheme get ideas , lightsome bulb appear above their pass . When bartenders get ideas , cocktail appear in their light bulbs . At least , that was the eccentric at New York City ’s drollery club / foxiness cocktail barroom , The Standing Room .
