For thousands of years, humans have gathered in the flickering firelight to ask an eternal question, will it booze?
Alcoholic drinks are nearly ubiquitous across ancient human cultures, with many independently developing them at some point in time.
You think drunk texts are bad?
Try sending a drunk cave painting.
We've made alcohol for religious rituals, food preservation, nutrition, medicine, and of course, throw in lively parties.
But which one was oldest?
What was the first substance ever for which the answer to, "will it booze?" was yes?
Let's take a journey through the archaeology of alcohol, to find the very oldest drink.
All of the beverages we're talking about today were made through fermentation by yeast, and sometimes bacteria.
If your favorite drink is a bit stronger, then it probably also involves distillation, which concentrates alcohol through evaporation and condensation.
