2006-09-20 13:19:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
China is one of the first countries to have invented alcohol as a drink. A large number of pottery wine vessels were discovered in Shangdong at the ruins of the Dawenkou culture which dates back 5,000 years. Recorded history tells about wine-making techniques of more than 4,000 years ago.
The earliest wines were made from food grains, mainly from various kinds of rice, broom corn and millet. As a result of improvements in brewing skills, the yellow wine made its appearance probably in the Warring States Period (475 - 221 B.C.)
From an ancient tomb of the Warring States in Pingshan County of Hebei Province, a large numbers of wine-storing and drinking vessels were excavated in the 1970s. Two of them contain an alcoholic drink made from wheat 2,280 years ago. It is probably the oldest liquor ever brought to light in the world.
2006-09-20 13:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by Beamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God. Fermentation is a natural process. Animals get drunk on crushed ripe fruits when the juices have fermented. Man just took it a step further and learned how to do it for himself. People have been tippling since prehistoric times.
2006-09-20 13:31:51 · answer #2 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one invented it, it's a naturally occurring chemical produced during fermentation.
2006-09-20 13:21:47 · answer #3 · answered by VTNomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows for sure but historians believe humans learned how to make fermented beverages from berries or honey at least 10,000 years ago.
2006-09-20 13:35:06 · answer #4 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not invented it was found/discovered. Fruits and yeast that fermented naturally.
2006-09-20 13:22:36 · answer #5 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe beer originated in Egypt,( the storage of yeast in a wet barrel or something? ) Plausible, but I do remember from school, beer originated in Egypt.
2006-09-20 13:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by Chriss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't care, but i do appreciate them! jk. it wasn't invented. it was probably discovered because it is a natural process....fermentation.
2006-09-20 13:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by jessica i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this last batch, I did.
2006-09-20 13:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by kekeke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the devil
2006-09-20 13:22:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋