Put those drinks down and eat them at your premium entertainment events instead. Baffled? Don't be. Eating your drink, means exactly that.

B2G Premium, a subsidiary of the Bars to Go Group of Companies, has introduced a new brand of cocktails - drinks you can eat. Patrice Wilson-McHugh, managing director of the company, also the island's only mixologist, explains, "The edible drinks from B2G Premium are made using a special form of mixing called 'molecular mixology'. Right now that is the hottest trend in cocktails; it's a shaker full of science and entertainment. We use gels, fire powders or foams for the process in order to intensify the flavours and today I used the gel process to make these drinks."

Flurry of flavours

Imagine being at a cocktail party and upon entry someone hands you a drink, but you can chew it. She says, "Immediately you're not only curious about the drink, but as a guest you feel special. You feel like the host put in a lot of thought about the event and how they want to please their guests and that's what we do at B2G."

At a recent sampling, McHugh presented two of her edible liqueurs: the Whiskey Sour and the Apple Martini, which, on the surface, looked like the average brown and green gelatin, respectively. However, when eaten, many were surprised at the flurry of flavours the gels unleashed.

"They are definitely intense, I can tell you that much!" said one person.

McHugh continued, "I know I'm easily bored so I'm always coming up with ways to keep people entertained through drinks. Drinks are a form of entertainment, because they are the biggest focus at any event. If your bar isn't up to scratch there is no way people will have positive things to say. Suddenly everything else is overshadowed."

Like everything else, persons who were included in the tasting had their preferences. Some said the Whiskey Sour made of Johnnie Walker Black lime juice and simple syrup was their favourite, while others said the Apple Martini made of Smirnoff apple vodka Midori liquor, simple syrup and lime juice was theirs.

"As a lover of hard liquor, I liked the Whiskey Sour. It was a nice twist to a drink that I'm used to drinking on the rocks or neat," said one person.

A sample of B2G Pre-mium's edible drinks. At top is the apple martini and below it the whiskey sour.