Development of alcoholic beverages

The production of wine was much earlier than the production of words. Archaeological evidence shows that there were containers for wine as early as the Stone Age. According to the material conditions of brewing and relevant records, our ancestors knew how to make alcoholic beverages from wild fruits, honey and grains as early as primitive society. The material conditions for alcohol production are natural, so that apes who can do simple imitation work can also "make wine".

According to Li Rihua's "Night Talk", there are many apes in Huangshan Mountain. In spring and summer, flowers are picked in stone caves, and soup is made. The fragrance is overflowing and every step is heard. This nectar fruit wine is made by natural fermentation of wild flowers and fruits accumulated in high temperature season. Ape wine. "The predecessors also recorded that" monkeys pick flowers to make wine, and natives get them in caves "in Wuzhishan, Hainan Island. The development of agriculture has promoted the development of wine-making industry. Same. The essential difference between "ape wine" and "artificial grain wine making" can be traced back to the Yangshao culture period in China in 5000 BC, that is, the qu tiller fermentation wine making invented by the ancients in China. After the Shang Dynasty, the variety and output of grain developed greatly, which made the brewing technology more developed. Since then, distilled liquor has been invented. China's wine-making technology is not only used as a kind of. Culture "and the goal of social civilization are also brilliant achievements and great contributions in the history of world wine making.

Traditional alcoholic beverages in China include yellow wine, rice wine and white wine. Zhang Qian introduced wine from the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty. Beer, brandy, whisky, vodka, etc. /kloc-It was introduced to China from the west after the 8th century.

Brandy originated in France. In our country, it is customary to call the wine distilled from wine brandy, while the wine distilled from other fruits is named after the fruit, such as calvados and cherry brandy. The origin of whisky came into being long before words appeared.

Gin (gin, originated in the Netherlands, is made of barley and corn as raw materials, and then soaked in gin? Made by distillation.

Whiskey:

Whisky is a kind of strong distilled liquor brewed from grains such as barley. It is aged in oak barrels for many years and blended to about 43 degrees. The British call it "the water of life". According to the origin, it can be divided into four categories: scotch whisky, Irish whisky, American whisky and Canadian whisky.

The brewing process of whisky is divided into six steps: germination, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging and blending. [2]

Vodka is a traditional distilled liquor in the Soviet Union. It uses potato or corn as the basic raw material, which is made into edible alcohol by liquid fermentation and distillation, then distilled water or edible water is added in proportion, and then impurities and odor are removed by carbonization. Beer originated in Egypt in 1200 BC. Early beer was made from malt. After 12 century, the Germans pioneered the method of adding hops to brew beer, which made the beer have a cool and bitter flavor.