It's a really cool effect, but never in a million years did I think you could actually drink something like this. Turns out I was wrong. Worse, it looks like mixing shimmer powder into a drink might be a million dollar idea. I present to you..."Viniq Shimmery Liquor"!
The makers advertise it as "A delicious combination of Premium Vodka, Moscato, Natural Fruit Flavors, and a one-of-a-kind shimmer". Fine brandy it ain't, but it's still a cool gimmick. Here's a video from a distributor describing the...uh..fine craftsmanship that goes into producing the product.
And here's a far more entertaining look at the product. Lots of F-bombs, so it's NSFW. Heh.
While Viniq is obviously a novelty, infusing consumable liquids with food safe mica powder seems like a bang-up idea for Halloween parties and LARP potions. Unfortunately, in pure water it settles out of suspension pretty quickly. I suspect you would need to increase the specific gravity of the liquid with glycerin or sugar syrup to keep the particles in motion.
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I did that a month ago for a friend, a small vial of Felix Felicis:
(Made to be drunk, not kept, so I didn't bother aging it)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ILS_Qsrx78cpsBrhcUmg7tMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
The dose of powder was very small (just the point of a knife), to avoid potential ill-effects, but as long as you shake the bottle a bit before, it looks decent.
Oh yeah, I can't see ANY side effects from drinking THAT!
You can also try using edible luster instead of mica. Something like "Wilton Pearl Dust" would work well.
My brother bought a bottle of that it taste like very alcoholic cough syrup. And the shimmer settles out fast.
Looks like a kidney stone in a bottle.
Hey, that would be a neat trick to do with my home-brewed absinthe.
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