World's oldest booze making a trendy comeback (2024)

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29/11/2018. World's oldest alcoholic drink making a trendy comeback. Mead — the world's oldest alcoholic drink — is fast becoming the new drink of choice for experimental co*cktail lovers. English Heritage

Arak is enjoying a revival. Arak might just be one of the most interesting spirits you've never heard of – and the Middle Eastern drink is having a revival across the globe. The anise-flavored liquor is one of the oldest spirits in the world.

The oldest known evidence of mead was discovered in the Henan Province of Northern China and is estimated to be around 9000 years old. Mead also appears in Norse mythology, and was a staple in Scandinavia during the Viking Age (775 A.D.E.–1050).

From Ancient Roman times to its vibrant resurgence in modern America, cider has a fascinating history that's weaved into cultures all over the world. As the oldest drink in the US, its production methods and cultural significance have evolved since the first American settlements.

Poitín - 6th Century CE. Poitín, pronounced “put-cheen,” is an Irish concoction thought to be the oldest spirit in the world. A spirit, or liquor, is an alcohol that has been both fermented and distilled. Popular examples include gin, whisky, and vodka.

Research shows that when put together these known western spirits don't get close to the consumption of Baijiu in China and suggest that Baijiu is the highest volume spirit consumed globally.

Dr Pepper was created in 1885 and believed to be the first soda as we know it today followed by Coca-Cola one year later. The story doesn't end there; there have been many modifications to the way soda has been enjoyed between its invention and today.

The Sazerac may very well be America's oldest co*cktail. It's also the official co*cktail of New Orleans—a fitting designation, since it was invented there in 1838!

Schweppes started in 1783

According to Coca-Cola, which owns the distributing rights to Schweppes in much of Europe and Asia, he later moved its headquarters to England. At 239 years of age and counting, Schweppes is not only the oldest soda brand in existence but the first bottled soft drink, period (via RFDTV).

What was the first alcohol in the world? ›

Chemical analyses recently confirmed that the earliest alcoholic beverage in the world was a mixed fermented drink of rice, honey, and hawthorn fruit and/or grape. The residues of the beverage, dated ca. 7000–6600 BCE, were recovered from early pottery from Jiahu, a Neolithic village in the Yellow River Valley.

Baker's Pure Rye Whiskey 1847

This is a brandy that epitomizes the zenith of luxury and rarity. Distilled over 260 years ago, this cognac is not only the world's oldest but a bottle of unparalleled historical significance.

For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and the Son of God.

Baker's Pure Rye Whiskey 1847

This is a brandy that epitomizes the zenith of luxury and rarity. Distilled over 260 years ago, this cognac is not only the world's oldest but a bottle of unparalleled historical significance.

In recent years, some U.S. craft distillers have bottled modern apple brandies, iterating on what some consider America's oldest spirit. “Any fruit with sufficient natural sugars may be fermented and distilled into brandy,” writes Matthew Rowley in The Oxford Companion to Spirits & co*cktails.

1. Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany Vodka. The world's strongest liquor is a rectified Polish spirit typically used by home distillers to create their own flavored vodkas.

The first distilled spirits were made from sugar-based materials, primarily grapes and honey to make grape brandy and distilled mead, respectively. The earliest use of starchy grains to produce distilled spirits is not known, but their use certainly dates from the Middle Ages.