My friend says that alcohol was introduced to the inhabitants of the New World by the Europeans, but I totally disagree. Who is right? If I'm right, then what crop did the Natives use to make their alcoholic drinks and what did they brew these drinks for? If my friend is right, then why didn't the Natives discover alcohol? It seems to me that it would be a really easy thing to discover.
2007-03-04 08:50:18 · 3 answers · asked by Link 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
From Mexico south various Native Americans brewed alcoholic beverages. The Aztecs used maguay, a cactus. The Mayans brewed beer, probably from corn. However, brewing and certainly distilling of spirits was unknown to most Native Americans north of Mexico. Rum and brandy hit the Native Americans like crack cocaine hit the ghetto.
2007-03-04 09:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they did. The Incas were known to have brewed an alcoholic beverage known as 'Chicha' from corn, for example.
2007-03-04 17:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mesoamericans did but i dont know about the North American Natives
2007-03-04 17:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Rainer P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋