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THE SHY RETICENT POET
Muslims were
actually the first
to distill liquor
nearly a thousand years ago.
For that alone
I’m forever grateful.
Of course,
they weren’t looking
to come up with
an enhanced drinking experience.
They were distilling
to create
explosive devices.
Move forward
a couple centuries later
and some goofy Europeans
decided to try drinking
the distilled spirit
and they said,
“Hey, you know something. . .”
and the rest,
as the pundits say,
is history.
Neanderthals Invented Alcoholic Beverages
It made cave dwelling tolerable. Off to get a martini descended from arabic states trying to blow things up. For my glassful, I say they were right on the 21st century's mark. Theirs probably did not blow up either. And the rest, as they say, will be history. :D
psst: Actually, I gave up distillates a few years ago.
I'm aware that fermented
I'm aware that fermented beverages go back a few millennia. Actually distilling of liquor is a more recent process. It made those wimpy 6 and 7 percent beverages into something much more potent.