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Drinking an elixir explicitly requires an action

The Rogue's feature says:

Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

So you can Use an Object as a bonus action, unless there is a rule witch says otherwise, since specific beats generic.

For instance, drinking a potion requires an action because the rules says so:

Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.

Therefore, you can not drink a potion using the Fast Hands feature.

Experimental Elixir has a similar wording:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Therefore, you can't do it as a bonus action nor use the free object interacion. You have to expend an action in order to drink the elixir.

It doesn't matter

Experimental Elixir requires an action:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Which means Fast Hands isn't applicable according to DMG p. 141 "Activating an Item":

If an item requires an action to activate, that action isn't a function of the Use an Item action, so a feature such as the rogue's Fast Hands can't be used to activate the item.

Magical or not, you still can't drink an elixir using the Fast Hands feature.

Experimental Elixir explicitly requires an action

The Rogue's feature says:

Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

So you can Use an Object as a bonus action, unless there is a rule witch says otherwise, since specific beats generic.

For instance, drinking a potion requires an action because the rules says so:

Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.

Therefore, you can not drink a potion using the Fast Hands feature.

Experimental Elixir has a similar wording:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Therefore, you can't do it as a bonus action nor use the free object interacion. You have to expend an action in order to drink the elixir.

Drinking an elixir explicitly requires an action

The Rogue's feature says:

Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

So you can Use an Object as a bonus action, unless there is a rule witch says otherwise, since specific beats generic.

For instance, drinking a potion requires an action because the rules says so:

Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.

Therefore, you can not drink a potion using the Fast Hands feature.

Experimental Elixir has a similar wording:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Therefore, you can't do it as a bonus action nor use the free object interacion. You have to expend an action in order to drink the elixir.

Experimental Elixir explicitly requires an action

The Rogue's feature says:

Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

So you can Use an Object as a bonus action, unless there is a rule witch says otherwise, since specific beats generic.

For instance, drinking a potion requires an action because the rules says so:

Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.

Experimental Elixir has a similar wording:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Therefore, you can't do it as a bonus action nor use the free object interacion. You have to expend an action in order to drink the elixir.

Experimental Elixir explicitly requires an action

The Rogue's feature says:

Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

So you can Use an Object as a bonus action, unless there is a rule witch says otherwise, since specific beats generic.

For instance, drinking a potion requires an action because the rules says so:

Drinking or administering a potion takes an action.

Therefore, you can not drink a potion using the Fast Hands feature.

Experimental Elixir has a similar wording:

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir

Therefore, you can't do it as a bonus action nor use the free object interacion. You have to expend an action in order to drink the elixir.