alch - Timeline

Italy begins distilling alcohol (12th century)

Medieval Arabs begin to distill wine (9th century)

distillation of water discovered for alchemy in Egypt (1st Century)

Fractional distillation was developed by European Taddeo Alderotti (13th Century)

Years pass and alcohol is widly used, the mayflower brought more alcohol than water with it across the ocean! (16th Century)

After 1657 almost every major town in the US had a disillery to meet demands

the Anti Saloon, 1893, leads for banning alcohol, especially liquor and doesn't stop until the 1930s where globally countries begin repealing bans on alcohol

Currently liquor serves as the 3rd drinking choice of alcohol consumers behind 1st beer the wine 2nd but with less banning and more restrictions and punishments in place alcohol is drank at a rate of millions of gallons per year