HISTORY OF ALCOHOL

CONTENTS:

• What is alcohol?
• What was the first alcoholic bevarage?
• When was alcohol prohibited in the USA??
• Old time alcoholic beverages??
• Fun facts of alcohol

WHAT IS ALCOHOL??

• A liquor that contains ethanol and has the potential to intoxicate drinkers

WHEN WAS ALCOHOL PROHIBITED IN THE USA?

• In 1920 the US made a law that prohibited the sale and import of intoxicated liquors
• The illegal alcohol trade boomed and by 1933 the prohibition of alcohol was cancelled.
• Some alcoholic beverages were not prohibited because they were used for medical purposes

OLD TIME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

• Alcoholic beverage called sura is distilled from rice and was used between 3000 and 2000 BC
• Mead a alcoholic beverage made from honey and and water was first beverage to gain popularity
• Andes region of South America were created from corn, grapes or apples, called “chicha"
• The first evidence for wine production has been found in Jemdet Nasr, dating back 3000 BC

FUN FACTS

• The Babylonians worshiped a wine goddess as early as 2700 BC.
• In the sixteen century alcohol was used for medical purposes,alcohol was called spirits
• In 1964, the U.S. Congress recognized bourbon as a "distinctive product of the United States.
• Poland was the first country to make Vodka its national drink
• Whiskey was not prohibited during the USA era when alcohol was prohibited

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