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The Creek of Georgia and Cherokee of the Carolinas used berries and other fruits to make alcoholic beverages. [51] The Huron made a mild beer by soaking corn in water to produce a fermented gruel to be consumed at tribal feasts. [49] The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island produced a mildly alcoholic drink using elderberry juice, black chitons, and ...
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Cider or cyder (/ ˈ s aɪ d ər / SY-dər) is a fermented alcoholic drink made from any fruit juice; apple juice (traditional and most common), peaches, pears ("Perry" cider) or other fruit. Cider alcohol content varies from 1.2% ABV to 8.5% or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, cider may be called "apple wine". [34]
It Launched Boozy Fresca. Coca-Cola began selling its first alcoholic line of drinks in 2018. The beverages, a lemon-flavored "alcopop," have mostly been available only in Japan and Latin America ...
Alcoholic drinks were prohibited by law, but the production of alcohol, wine in particular, seems to have thrived. [88] Wine was a subject for many poets, even under Islamic rule, and many khalifas used to drink alcoholic beverages during their social and private meetings.
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Old English: Beore 'beer'. In early forms of English and in the Scandinavian languages, the usual word for beer was the word whose Modern English form is ale. [1] The modern word beer comes into present-day English from Old English bēor, itself from Common Germanic, it is found throughout the West Germanic and North Germanic dialects (modern Dutch and German bier, Old Norse bjórr).
The Shirley Temple, a non-alcoholic cocktail featuring grenadine and cherries, was first invented in the 1930s. The exact origin of the beverage, however, is somewhat disputed, with several iconic ...