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Noah's wine
Noah's wine is a term meaning alcoholic beverages. The advent of this type of beverage and the discovery of fermentation are traditionally attributed, by explication from biblical sources, to Noah. The phrase has been used in both fictional and nonfictional literature.
== Definition and origin ==
"Noah's wine" refers to alcoholic beverages.〔 In the Bible, the few chapters that come between the creation of Adam and the birth of Noah contain no mention of alcoholic drinks. After the account of the great flood, the biblical Noah is said to have cultivated a vineyard, made wine, and become intoxicated.〔, 〕 Thus, the discovery of fermentation is traditionally attributed to Noah because this is the first time alcohol appears in the Bible. Noah's wine has been described as a "pleasant relief for man from the toilsome work of the crop".
There is debate as to whether certain references to wine in the Bible are actually to a non-intoxicating substance, but, at least in this passage, the Bible states Noah became drunk after consuming wine. It has been suggested that Noah's wine must have been drugged as it could not have been strong enough to cause him to become intoxicated. Rabbinic literature goes as far as to suggest that the grape vine-branch had its origins with Adam, and that Satan, along with fertilization using animal blood, played a part in the production of wine.〔
Fermented beverages presumably spread throughout the world after Noah's supposed discovery as alcoholic beverages are historically widespread. Some climates are not suited for the growing of grapes; hence humanity was led to discover other means (e.g. beer) of not only quenching thirst but also stimulating the brain.〔
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