origin of booze?
On Jul 9, Mark Lipton wrote:
But I was wondering about distilled liquor - it's a
sophisticated, nonintuitive process. *This must have
appeared much later.
Anybody have any ideas when/where/how distillation
was invented/discovered? *What are the earliest records?
Certainly, the Islamic scientist
Geber is widely credited with the development of "scientific"
distillation, and the name alcohol itself reveals its Islamic origins
(from Arabic al-kuhl, meaning "spirits" or something like that).
Interesting... doesn't the Koran have a few
words on the use of spirits?
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Rich
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