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The Zunis made fermented beverages from aloe, maguey, corn, prickly pear, pitaya and grapes. The Creek of Georgia and Cherokee of the Carolinas used berries and other fruits to make alcoholic beverages. The Huron made a mild beer by soaking corn in water to produce a fermented gruel to be consumed at tribal feasts.
In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl ( −OH) functional group bound to carbon. [2] [3] Alcohols range from the simple, like methanol and ethanol, to complex, like sugars and cholesterol. The presence of an OH group strongly modifies the properties of hydrocarbons, conferring hydrophilic ...
Alcoholic beverage. 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 ...
Witbier ("White Beer", made with herbs or fruit instead of or in addition to hops) Cauim (made from cassava or maize) Cheongju (Korean, made from rice) Chicha (made from cassava, maize root, grape, apple or other fruits) Cider (made from apple juice or other fruit juice) Perry (made from pears)
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Fermentation would occur and they noticed the change in taste and effect. Yeasts would settle on the mixture and rapidly consume the oxygen in the mixture. The low oxygen would then cause the yeast to digest sugars by anaerobic respiration, which causes the release of ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide as by-products and, hence, beer was born.
Alcohol consumption is fully legal and available in most countries of the world. Home made alcoholic beverages with low alcohol content like wine, and beer is also legal in most countries, but distilling moonshine outside of a registered distillery remains illegal in most of them.
Mead ( / miːd / ), also called hydromel (particularly when low in alcohol content), is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. [1] [2] [3] The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV [4] to more than 20%.