What Was the First Alcohol?

Alcoholic drinks are nearly ubiquitous across ancient human cultures, with many independently developing them at some point in time. But which one was oldest? Let’s take a journey through the archaeology of alcohol to find the very oldest drink. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: ., Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Bethany Matthews, Blood Doctor Kelly, Cye Stoner, Anita, Anne Herrington, Friso, Jeremy Mattern, Garrett Galloway, Chris Curry, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, David Johnston, Eric Jensen, J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Jacob Puthoff, Jason A Saslow, Jon Coffman, Joseph Ruf, Jp Lynch, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Piya Shedden, Shaji John, Steve Gums, Timos Gies, Toyas Dhake, yeyette ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT6_Q0isRnzbugHM5mgqqQNA01zMK0W4gKuSHz7uJjmBlxsRrH3cl7M9K6PATtrmvLLO4LIom31PPqv/pub