Engineer’s Guide to Drinks
Seeing as the weekend is just about here, I'm sure many of you can find a use for this guide. It's drink recipes hand-drawn like schematics to some circuitry system. I like how color wasn't an option, so instead they used 42 stripe and dot patterns to differentiate ingredients.
See the full version here [pdf].
My sister sent this one along, but I couldn't find the original source. Anyone know?
This is really great.
I am going to start a bar.
The original was in color, in fact, I i still have the framed copy in my basement from 15 or so years ago. I think I bought it at the local mass produced dubious art store.
hi mark,
can you maybe scan your copy in high quality? i couldn’t find it anywhere else!
thanks a lot!
It’s 20″x30″ or so, difficult to scan, Contact me directly and I’ll send it to you.
Hi, can you send it to me in color too. I would LOVE that!
Thanks,
kentonmann@gmail.com
I was going to send the physical copy to Nathan.
@Mark – that’d be cool, although i don’t have a giganto scanner either, so i feel like it’d go to waste. maybe just take a digital photo and email that to me?
Hey Mark,
Could you add one more stragler to the list of people you send the color chart.
thanks
Yep, I don’t have the original anymore (some girlfriend or another tossed it) but it was definitely an art store offering in the late 80s or early 90s. It was in color, although the patterns were all distinct so it could easily have been originally in black and white and then color added to sell to the mass market.
I have a 42″ sheetfed scanner, I could scan it for whoever wanted it… contact me at kevin.marsh at gmail.com
I wouold love a poy and am willing to pay – great gift for my engineer husband who loves to play bartender – color preferred. please send info to kagajdos@aol.com
I have a similar version that I bought from the LSU Mechanical Engineering Student Society in the early 1980s. I don’t know if that was the original, but it uses the same graphics for the ingredients. My version has fewer drinks and it’s in blueprint reverse blue (symbols and lettering in white on a blue background.)
I’d love to have a good scan too, for my blog. Judith
The original was used as a demo print for Calcomp pen plotters back in the late 70′s (which corresponds with the first date in the rev box); so, the original was not in (solid) color. They could have used different color pens, but it still would have been a drawing like the above using stipples for the different ingredients. I used to have a copy that was only in black pen.
That seems correct, my color version has a copyright date of 1987.
Hi Mark,
thank you for your reply.
i don’t have your email, but if you can send it to nixgibts@gmx.net ?
if the quality is good enough i could make a scaleable vector image out of it!
thanks again
Hi Mark,
If at all possible I’d love the colour scan too of this. I know who would benefit from the full thing perfectly! My email is jpmellor@gmail.com
Jean-Pierre
iI don’t understand what are you talking about…. I can’t find the picture’s mean… Anyone want to tell me..?
this is just so cool, it’s such an awesome geeky idea d=
keep up the good work on your blog! i love what you’ve been sharing!
Those “stripe and dot” patterns are called hatch patterns. I don’t think they exist just because of lack of color, but also because CAD drawings used to be far more commonly plotted rather than printed. Plotters can’t readily mix colors, and filling areas with solid color is slow and expensive on a plotter.
Also, one can distinguish between patterns more precisely than colors. Imagine you’re trying to differentiate between 50 different materials in a drawing. If two different shades of orange were used to represent two of the materials it’d be a lot easier to get them confused than if two different patterns were used.
The drawing suggests that it was created in AutoCAD (note “DRINKS.DWG” in the corner). Searching on Usenet I found a post from 1997 mentioning a poster of mixed drinks that was used as part of a plotter demo at a tradeshow.
It has been several years, but I have used machines at a copy place that could copy and reproduce large plans like this. Is it possible for one of the folks that own a copy of this in the original size to generate a full size scan file of it?
I’d be happy to look into doing the job myself if you are in the Seattle area.
( we still have that big plotter at work, haven’t used it in years, but I bet I could print myself a copy if I only had the full sized file )
I called kinkos and they wanted $7.50 a sq/ft to do it. So between $37.50 and $45 to do the job. Any suggestions for a cheaper alternative?
@Mark – I think the best option is the free digital camera option.
@Nathan,
If you have access to a flatbed scanner, you could just do multiple scans. If you sent me those scans I could piece them together in PhotoShop, and then distribute the resulting whole image.
Let me know if you are interested.
I guess that should have been @Mark… oops. :)
Check a local Uni, if you’ve got one. Mine had a part of the library where students/faculty/anyone who could get in the building (which was unlocked in the day) could use the computers and pay cash to print. B&W line graphics on a plotter up to 60″ was like $2 a sq ft? Super cheap. Just be courteous and pay cash ;)
*cries*
I want a copy of the .dwg!
So sad… I may have to just redraw it myself… >:)
i’m redrawing in vector as we speak, but i need the colour information on the different items
can anyone maybe take a picture with his/her digital camera and email me? nixgibts@gmx.net
thx a lot
drawing as a vector ruins the “engineering” aspect of it.
@”engineer”: you think i’m a moron or what?
i think i did more technical drawings in my life than you have seen in yours…
@all:
i’m already 80% done, but i need the colour information – otherwise i can’t finish…
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9848/tempvr.jpg
I’d like a copy of the vectorized version if you get the data you need, I wouldn’t mind printing this up as a poster. Could you send a copy to gschwindt1@cox.net? Much appreciated, if possible.
Hey, If you finish the vectorial form, could you please also send it to me. in DWG form. Thanks a lot. Would be very thankfull.
Nicely done! I’d be just as content with a black & white only version. Would it not be possible to do it all in B&W and add then add the colour at the end? I’m sure it would look cool in colour, but I kind of like the old-school feel of black and white only.
Looks amazing Flo! Keep it up! DWGs Please!
WOW. I’ve LOVE a copy when you’re done! frenchmoo@gmail.com
Can I also get a finished copy please? admin@foxed.ca
@flo – it looks like you’ve got a line waiting for your finished rework. if you like, you can just send me a link instead of emailing everyone, and i’ll just post it :)
Flo
Can you please send me the DWG file as well? Looks great what you have done so far.
I agree, I have never staked a vector dwg!! Rasters just adds a pretty picture to the Vectors, where all the work gets done
Charley, RLS
can you send one too? my addres is
wiggers wouter gmail com
thanks! i work as a bartender in the weekends and i love it!
i mean
wiggers(dot)wouter(at)gmail(dot)com
@Flo
Keep us updated on your progress. Will you be updating the jpg as you make progress?
Thanks!
Can I get the DWG too PLEASE!!!
robertseidel
at
gmail
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com
I’d love a copy too, at wpaulsonb (at) gmail
I would also really like to have a poster of this!
I love this, Hope it becomes my next wallpapwer.
@flo, Great work. Please add me to your mailing list if you choose to distribute. mikebenstead@hotmail.com
If you serve someone a Rusty Nail with scotch and rum they will kill u.
Let us know when it’s ready and what the link is. I want a copy too!
Nice work on the DWG!
Great :)
I’d like to see the finished version, too.
Can you make something to make it look older and not so shiny? :) It will definately have a flavour.
Ivan.
For that you have the PDF version attached to the article. The resolution of it is enough to plot it on an A0. To make it “oldish” i have a suggestion use an older paper in the plotter and there you have. But right now we don’t have yet the DWG version.
I don’t know if the resolution is enough, but the small text is not readable on the PDF.
Superb.. I want one too. But preferrebly downloadable. I don’t mind if as eps, jpg or anything else.
Do i have to check back here to see if something has happend or will it be a new post?
Beautiful! Must have it on my wall ! :D
@flo
I would also like a copy please. dragos dot jeleriu at gmail dot com. Thanks !
Me too, I work for an Engineering Company and I would like to put it together power plant’s schemas.
ecuesta at empre dot es
Thanks in advance.
Awsome! i;m going to print it out Bigtime, because i work as a bartender…
“If you serve someone a Rusty Nail with scotch and rum they will kill u.”
This guy is right – has anyone actually checked the blueprints? It suggests serving a rusty nail with scotch and demerara rum!! This is without doubt incorrect. Rusty Nail should be scotch and drambuie.
Has anyone checked the others to make sure they are right?
Robert Hess, the author of “The Essential Bartenders Guide” is a friend of mine (www.drinkboy.com). He’s also a geeky engineer at Microsoft. I’m sure we could get him to “approve” of the receipes, an added bit of veracity that would make this even more useful today. -scott at vertigo dot com.
Margaritas with lemon juice? What planet is that bar on?
Someone definitely needs to correct some errors if they’re trying to remake this. It was clearly intended as a novelty item, but there’s no sense propagating its original inaccuracies.
@flo Could you send my a CAD version of this? DWG format would be awesome.
Thanks.
I forgot to give my email.
steveeckert AT gmail dot com
work in progress:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3843/temp2j.jpg
but this week i can’t do anything (already spend two full days on it)
anywho, i will keep you updated but be patient
Flo, you are doing God’s work with this, sir. ;)
I would love this for a friend’s birthday. It would go well with the patent design for a toy raygun I made him last year.
Flo, excellent work. Can’t wait to see the final result. Take your time, it’s better to have something of good quality than something rushed.
And thanks for doing this !
Amazing work Flo! I thought about recreating the chart myself but decided I didn’t have the skill to do it justice… looking at your work, I was right! Can you send me a high quality eps or pdf (or whatever) when you’re done too?
r a b 4 2 8 0 @ r i t . e d u
@Flo doing great work please add me to the patiently waiting list :)
broth1969@gmail.com
Great work. Can you send me the result in svg, eps or whatever. want to try printing it on the large format printer :)
tom at nova5 dot co dot uk
wow! it’s great that you’re recreating this awesomeness.
Hey, great works, I’m sure It’ll looks fantastics on the walls of my school of architecture, may I get a copy too please?
nabozo.lelapin@laposte.net
thanks again!
please Flo! add me …
leandro
at uol
com ar
I would love a copy of the spruced up version if possible. Thanks for doing this!
sheeter {at} gmail {dot} com
@Flo
thank you very much, you are doing a really good job!
I wait with patience.
Alessandro
This is amazing stuff!
I’d love a copy of whatever comes from this project! Please send to:
mikef
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tho
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org
Thanks, Flo!
Agreed. This is an awesome project. Add me to the email distro whenever it gets done.
thebobfoster
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gmail
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com
Also, as an update, If someone handed me a Tom Collins with Vodka instead of Gin, I’d ask for a refund. That’s an obvious, glaring mistake that needs to be corrected if possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Collins
Makes me wonder what other inaccuracies are on the original.
As long as we are going there……
The Margarita with 1oz of Triple Sec and 1oz of Tequila (and is that 1oz of lemon juice it calls for instead of lime?) would also warrant a refund. Double the tequila and half that Triple Sec, better yet replace with 1/2oz Cointreau, 1/2oz lime and shake until you arm is numb….
Triple Sec puts that coating on your tongue that can not be removed without paint stripper.
Not requesting a change I just wanted to share the proper method :)
@Blake
You are correct. The original has lemon juice in the margarita instead of lime. Yuck.
I guess it would be a huge PITA to go through and try to make sure every drink was “standard”, but there are some things that (hopefully) Flo will fix if he notices them and has the time. This is an engineering drawing after all…so several revisions might be required to get the bugs out ; ).
Hey, I found a slightly earlier posting of possibly the same file:
http://playing4keeps.wordpress.....ent-geeks/
I think the above version, someone tried to “clean up”, but I don’t know for sure.
It appears to be crooked in the same way as the one posted here.
From the top and bottom of the files here and there. Somebody likes their Canon Imagerunners. Does the line with width and height mean anything as to the relative resolution of these two?
Here:
<<
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/CropBox [0 0 1222.56 790.92]
/Parent 2 0 R
/Rotate 0 /Resources <<
/ProcSet [/PDF /ImageC /ImageB /ImageI]
/XObject <>
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/Contents [ 4 0 R ]
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There:
/Type /Page
/MediaBox [0 0 1224.00 792.00]
/CropBox [0 0 1224.00 792.00]
/Parent 2 0 R
/Rotate 0 /Resources <<
/ProcSet [/PDF /ImageC /ImageB /ImageI]
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My best guess is that the file here is a cropped, threshholded version of the file there. No idea why.
@Flo : Hello, Great Job (from France !!)
When you finish, can you send me the .dwg file -> I have got a plotter and I want to print it in A1 or more :-)
-> golfe222@antibesnews.com
If you need help to finish, send me a mail (I’m a drafter)
Thx
Golfe222
Was Edward Tufte consulted for this?
Did you get the color information you needed Flo? Also, are you correcting the “recipes”, as noted by several above?
Thanks again!
could you add me to the list for the dwg file…
rgoliver (at) gmail (dot) com
Thanks, and great job!!
Flo,
If you need a hand or any input let me know, I also like to convert to 3D or add to the file, if you can send me the .dwg when you done, much appreciated;
athanasius_of_alexandria@yahoo.co.uk
ok guys, i haven’t forgotten about you, but i had a busy week (including moving to a new apartment), so this thing is not nr.1 priotity at the moment ;)
but you can trust me i will finish it as soon as i have some spare time!
Great work so far! Please add me to the list…I can’t wait to run a 32″ x 48″ print on our plotter!
dale_wassum (at) yahoo (dot) com
Ah someone else also started drafting, nice.
I stopped at the hatch part, because I cant add hatches like the original has with the letters like the pf-pf-pf hatch for passion fruit.
http://f.imagehost.org/downloa.....eer_drinks
Still have a lot to do, if I do find out how to do the hatches i’ll finish it, or I might try to use other standard hatches in stead.
If you’re done can you post a wmf file too? I just started drafting a year ago and im curious how it will match up ^^
GL
I would greatly appreciate getting it at me@arty.name
Great work Flo! I was thinking about recreating this drawing in AutoCAD myself, until I stumbled upon this little website. What you’ve done so far looks great. I can’t wait to see the finished product!
sign me up for it too! fooshmusic@gmail.com
Flo,
If you get this done, please contact me. I can think of a few poster companies who might be interested in printing this, so you might be able to make a few bucks for your efforts.
Topher Kersting
First Art Source
topher@firstartsource.com
Not too sure how the copyright on such would work, tricky thing intelectual property
I would like a copy as well
ok, here it is!
http://engineers-drinks.blogspot.com/
no dwg format because i had problems converting.
but pdf and eps is vector as well and the jpg is big enough to print it on A0!
enjoy and if you like it go ahead and buy me a cocktail ;) thx
Great work !!! Thanks Flo !
Thanks, great work
Great work, man. Can’t wait to print this out and hang it on my wall.
Great work Flo… I’ve already sent the link to several friends!
Thanks for all your hard work!
Very nice I plotted the original one as a an E sheet and hung it in our lab can’t wait to replace it with this one. Man this makes me thirsty and I am sure you are. Good work!
Pick your favorite assembly and it’s on me to get the color version going ;)
Great job, what format did you draft it in? if you send me a copy i can look at the conversion
Any chance of uploading this somewhere else? Rapidshare blows and is currently “overloaded” with no download slots available. Might I suggest Mediafire.com or sendspace.com? Or even Dropbox?
Thanks a ton for doing this, I can’t wait to plot the sucker.
Yeah it does suck but I just had to loop through the retry sequence maybe 5 times and it finally started…..
Put it on a server I have access to :-)
I will keep it there for a couple of weeks unless i forget about it lol
http://www.dnu.org.uk/tmp/Engi.....s-2010.zip
Thanks so much Tom! I’ve mirrored it on dropbox here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/354914.....s-2010.zip
@Flo: Thank you for your great work !
@Tom & @Jared: Thanks for replicating it to different servers !
Thanks!! Mirrored here for a couple of weeks.
http://milky.snoo.ru/Engineers.....s-2010.zip
Really-really GREAT job,
But there are two discrepancies comparing to original ;)
In Tom Collins there is Gin instead vodka.
In Rusty Nail there is Drambue instead of De Meraba Rum.
Maybe on the next revision we could add the Sourtoe
http://www.sourtoecocktailclub.com/
Retract one’s words. Thre was mistakes in the original ;)
So now cocktails recepies are correct.
Flo:
You mentioned that you had problems converting to dwg. Is the file in dxf format? Perhaps I can help.
Peter
Converting the pdf file to dwg/dxf results in having messed up hatches… at least thats my result when I’m converting the pdf.
What is the source format that this drawing was done in?
I can understand if there is a translation issue from pdf to dwg/dxf
Peter
This is great, especially the vector rebuild! Thanks for that, and great job! It also looks like some mistakes have been fixed, such as the Tom Collins which should have Gin (fixed). There are a few others, and without stirring up disputes over minor recipe details, I think everyone would agree that both the Daiquiri and the Margarita should be made with LIME not LEMON juice. Beyond that you get into historical references and variations, such as the Singapore Sling, which should have Dom Benedictine (often overlooked).
Thanks again Flo.
I’ve converted to dwg and started hatching, not sure what colours to use though anyone have a photo of the original?
If anyone elso wants to continue the hatching that would be great as i’m outa free time for a week or 2, also how does one create the letter hatches?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/.....-to-Drinks MAILLE 2010 – Standard.zip
I hadn’t looked into this, and am flummoxed for why it’s missing from AutoCad. There seem to be a few commercial solutions, but I also found this on the Cadalyst site, which is always good for finding problem solvers:
http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/patterns/hatch-maker
good tip I got the letters hatching and added more layers, anyone have the correct colours?
laminated A3 prints are just readable;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/.....drinks.zip
i am not an engineer – do not know how to download this or add anything to it but would love to know how to buy a color version suitablke fro framing for my engineer partying hubby. can anyone help me -
Kathleen,
There are a few services out there like Zazzle.com where you can upload images for printing 8x10s and colossal posters as well. With Flo’s permission, I could put an appropriately sized (rasterized at a high enough resolution) version up on Zazzle and link to it here, but I think there are a few more revisions happening before this comment thread is finished!
I’m surprised no one has been able to track down the J. GOTTA (Joey?) that is listed as the last revision on 2/15/08 as redrawing in CAD. (http://flowingdata.com/wp-cont.....inks11.pdf)
Seems recent enough? Regardless, three cheers to Flo for the great work!