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The Zunis made fermented beverages from aloe, maguey, corn, prickly pear, pitaya and grapes. [51] The Creek of Georgia and Cherokee of the Carolinas used berries and other fruits to make alcoholic beverages. [52] The Huron made a mild beer by soaking corn in water to produce a fermented gruel to be consumed at tribal feasts. [50]
Consumption by type of alcoholic beverage (2019 data) The table below for 189 countries uses 2019 data (three-year average of 2017, 2018, and 2019) from the WHO report published in 2024. [ 6] The recorded consumption values were based on data from government sources, statistics from economic operators, and FAOSTAT data and estimates the amount ...
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 ...
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, wines, and spirits —and typically their alcohol content is between 3% and 50%. Many cultures have a distinct drinking culture, where ...
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 ...
The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic drinks. The suffix -ol appears in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the ...
An old whiskey still A display of various liquors in a supermarket Some single-drink liquor bottles available in Germany. Liquor (/ ˈ l ɪ k ər / 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.
Common uses. Alcohol (chemistry), a class of compounds. Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life. Alcohol (drug), intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverage, an alcoholic drink.