{"id":778,"date":"2008-08-23T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T22:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.widmann.org.uk\/2008\/08\/23\/778\/"},"modified":"2008-08-23T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T22:27:35","slug":"periodic-table-of-mixology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/periodic-table-of-mixology\/","title":{"rendered":"Periodic table of mixology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPeriodic table of mixology<\/a>
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This poster (“The Periodic Table of Mixology”) that I once bought for my sister is hanging outside my parents’ bedroom (click on it for a more readable version).<\/p>\n

As its name implies, it’s presenting cocktails in a format similar to the periodic table of elements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I first saw it, I thought it was great. However, the more I study it, the more annoyed I get.<\/p>\n

The real periodic table is systematic, but the only feature resembling a system here is having tequila-based drinks in the first columns, vodka-based ones in the next ones, and so on.<\/p>\n

As far as I can see, nothing else is systematic. Column 1 is not different from column 2 in any systematic fashion, and the rows don’t display any regular differences at all.<\/p>\n

Somebody should redo this properly.<\/p>\n

First of all, I think a higher number should imply a stronger drink. That is, cocktail number 1 should be almost non-alcoholic, number 2 should be slightly stronger, and so on.<\/p>\n

Second, there should be similarities both horizontally and vertically. I wouldn’t necessarily order it by spirit, but perhaps rather by appeareance or taste.<\/p>\n

It won’t be easy, I realise, but surely it would be a worthwhile research project for some inebriated chemistry students…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Periodic table of mixology Originally uploaded by viralbus This poster (“The Periodic Table of Mixology”) that I once bought for my sister is hanging outside my parents’ bedroom (click on it for a more readable version). As its name implies, it’s presenting cocktails in a format similar to the periodic table of elements. When I first saw it, I thought it was great. However, the more I study it, the more annoyed I get. The real periodic table is systematic, but the only feature resembling a system […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,106,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en","category-fooddrink","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}