Art distilled from a whiskey glass, neatly explained by science
New York
ERNIE Button, a photographer in Phoenix, found art at the bottom of a whiskey glass. Howard A Stone, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at Princeton University, found the science in the art.
Eight years ago, Mr Button was about to wash the glass when he noticed that leftover drops of Scotch had dried into a chalky but unexpectedly beautiful film.
"When I lifted it up to the light, I noticed these really delicate, fine lines on the bottom," he recalled, "and being a photographer for a number of years before this, I'm like, 'Hmm, there's something to this.'"
He and his wife began experimenting. The Scotches with smoky, peaty flavours, like those from the islands of Islay and Skye in western Scotland, were inconsistent, needing more trial and error to produce the picturesque ring patterns. By contrast, those from the valley around the River Spey in north-easte…
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Lifestyle
Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh
Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito
Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant
If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too
Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal
What the fish? Diving for flavour at Fysh – Aussie chef Josh Niland’s Singapore debut