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Don LeClair
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Wine picks up and takes the lead over beer as the luxury beverage and trade commodity. About 2000 years it it was most popular in Rome and Greece. Loved that "symposia" was the Greek term for a drinking party.
We thank the arabs who developed and documented the joys of distilled spirits. As concentrated alcohol that was easily transported spirits became a huge part of international trade in the colonial era.
— Jul 06, 2025 05:51PM
We thank the arabs who developed and documented the joys of distilled spirits. As concentrated alcohol that was easily transported spirits became a huge part of international trade in the colonial era.
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Don LeClair
is on page 42 of 336
This book is off to a fun and interesting start. At some point over 6000 years ago people starting making and drinking beer in Mesopotamia, and Egypt shortly afterwards. One survey said the Egyptian word for beer is recorded more than anything else.
Apparently the norm in Mesopotamia was to drink beer through a straw made from a reed. Seems unappealing to me.
— Jul 05, 2025 06:55PM
Apparently the norm in Mesopotamia was to drink beer through a straw made from a reed. Seems unappealing to me.
