History of alcoholic drinks
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Purposeful production of alcoholic drinks is common and often reflects cultural and religious peculiarities as much as geographical and sociological conditions.
"History of alcohol" redirects here. For the history of the chemical substance, see History of ethanol.
Discovery of late Stone Age jugs suggest that intentionally fermented beverages existed at least as early as the Neolithic period (c. 10,000 BC).[2]