Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ancient Greece. While the art of wine making reached the Hellenic peninsula by about 2000 BC, the first alcoholic beverage to obtain widespread popularity in what is now Greece was mead, a fermented beverage made from honey and water. However, by 1700 BC, wine making was commonplace.
This is a list of national liquors.A national liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation.
The Merry Drinker (c. 1628–1630) by Frans Hals. Drinking culture is the set of traditions and social behaviours that surround the consumption of alcoholic beverages as a recreational drug and social lubricant. Although alcoholic beverages and social attitudes toward drinking vary around the world, nearly every civilization has independently ...
Some single-drink liquor bottles available in Germany. Liquor ( / ˈlɪkər / LIK-ər) or distilled beverage is an alcoholic drink produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Other terms for liquor include spirit, spirituous liquor or hard liquor.
Kasiri (made from cassava) Kumis (Central Asia, traditionally made from horse milk but now primarily cow milk) Makgeolli (Korean, made from rice) Mead (made from honey) Nihamanchi (South America) a.k.a. nijimanche (Ecuador and Peru) (made from cassava) Palm wine (made from the sap of various palm trees) Parakari (made from cassava)
A selection of alcoholic drinks (from left to right): red wine, malt whisky, lager, sparkling wine, lager, cherry liqueur and red wine. An alcoholic beverage (also called an adult beverage, alcoholic drink, strong drink, or simply a drink ) is a beverage containing alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are typically divided into three classes— beers ...
Tea is the most popular manufactured drink consumed in the world, equaling all others – including coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol – combined. [9] Most tea consumed outside East Asia is produced on large plantations in the hilly regions of India and Sri Lanka and is destined to be sold to large businesses.
Timeline of alcohol fuel. Ethanol, an alcohol fuel, is an important fuel for the operation of internal combustion engines that are used in cars, trucks, and other kinds of machinery. Ethanol was first isolated from wine in approximately 1100 and was found to burn shortly thereafter. These early solutions distilled from wine-salt mixtures were ...