First Things in the world of Beverages

First Things in the world of Beverages

in the world many things invented of beverages and bar, some things have evidences and somethings have just myths and stories. here you will know about when first things about beverages introduced.

First Whiskey Distillation 

1000-1200 AD the origin of whiskey began over 1000 year ago when distillation made the migration from mainland Europe into Scotland and Ireland via travelling monks. The Scottish and Irish monasteries, lacking the vineyards and grapes of the continent, turn to fermenting grain mash, resulting in the first distillations of modern whisky.

First Whiskey

1405 The first written record of ‘whisky’ appears in the Irish Annals of Clonmacnoise, where is written that the head of a clan died after “taking a surfeit [excessive amount] of aqua vitae” at Christmas.

First Commercial Distillery

1783 The first commercial distillery is founded in Louisville, Kentucky on the banks of the Ohio River by Evan Williams.

 First Corn Whiskey 

Old Bourbon was the first corn whiskey that most people had come across. It wasn’t until 1840 that it was officially given the name Bourbon, when a distiller by the name of Jacob Spears was the first to label his product as “Bourbon whiskey.

First Blended Whisky

1850 The first blended whisky comes into production. Andrew Usher mixed traditional pot still whiskey with that of a new batch produced in a Coffey still. Usher met stubborn resistance from traditional Irish distillers, many of whom claimed that this new blend was not whisky at all. Still, his company became the first to produce and mass-market a bottled blended scotch, and even became a popular import in the U.S. after finding distribution with Nicholas & Co. in 1853.

First Bartender

Jerry Thomas (bartender) Jeremiah "Jerry" P. Thomas (October 30, 1830 – December 15, 1885) was an American bartender who owned and operated saloons in New York City. Because of his pioneering work in popularizing cocktails across the United States as well, he is considered "the father of American mixology."

First Bar 

The first bar in the country opened in Boston 382 years ago on March 4. Alcohol was served to early settlers of the Shawmut Peninsula thanks to a Puritan man named Samuel Cole. Born in 1597, Cole and his family made the voyage to the colonies with John Winthrop in 1630.

First Beer 

In Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq), early evidence of beer is a 3900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, which contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley via bread. Approximately 5000 years ago, workers in the city of Uruk were paid by their employers in beer

First Winery

The oldest-known winery was discovered in the "Areni-1" cave in Vayots Dzor, Armenia. Dated to c. 4100 BC, the site contained a wine press, fermentation vats, jars, and cups. Archaeologists also found V. vinifera seeds and vines. Commenting on the importance of the find, McGovern said, "The fact that winemaking was already so well developed in 4000 BC suggests that the technology probably goes back much earlier."

First Champagne

In 1772, Philippe Clicquot-Muiron established the original enterprise which eventually became the house of Veuve Clicquot. In 1775, it was credited to be the first Champagne house to produce rosé Champagne, using the method of adding red wine during production

First Coffee

The story of Kaldi, the 9th-century Ethiopian goatherd who discovered coffee when he noticed how excited his goats became after eating the beans from a coffee plant, did not appear in writing until 1671 and is probably apocryphal.

First Milk Shake 

When the term "milkshake" was first used in print in 1885, milkshakes were an alcoholic whiskey drink that has been described as a "sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc., served as a tonic as well as a treat".However, by 1900, the term referred to "wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrups." By the "early 1900s people were asking for the new treat, often with ice cream." By the 1930s, milkshakes were a popular drink at malt shops, which were the "typical soda fountain of the period ... used by students as a meeting place or hangout."

First Mix Drink

Peychaud's Bitters, which are a must for the Sazerac, were also created in New Orleans, in the 1830s, by a pharmacist named Antoine Amedie Peychaud (in fact, the cocktail was actually first mixed by Peychaud, before it even had a name). Despite what some claim, the Sazerac is not the original cocktail.

First Tequila 

Jose Antonio de Cuervo y Valdes obtained land from the King of Spain in 1758 and began producing tequila – all before Mexico became an independent republic. In 1795, his son, Jose María Guadalupe de Cuervo, began selling the very first Vino Mezcal de Tequila de Jose Cuervo after receiving the first official charter from the King of Spain to produce tequila commercially.

First Tap Beer

John Lofting invented the original beer engine in the late seventeenth century. However, it was after Joseph Bramah developed and patented the technology that beer commonly started being served from a tap as opposed to a cask.

First Cognac

The Dutch, not the French, invented cognac as we know it. In the 17th century, merchants from Holland brought French wine home for distillation—and soon found that wine from the Cognac region produced a smoother spirit than that from anywhere else. Eventually, the Cognaçais began making wine expressly for distillation.

First Liqueurs

Liqueurs are historical descendants of herbal medicines; they were made in Italy as early as the 13th century and were often prepared by monks (e.g. Chartreuse). Nowadays, liqueurs are made worldwide and are served in many ways: by themselves, poured over ice, with coffee, mixed with cream or other mixers to create cocktails, etc. They are often served with or after a dessert. Liqueurs are also used in cooking.

First Gin 

The first written evidence of genievre is found in the 1552 Constelijck Distilleer boek (Constelijck Distillery Book). There is also evidence suggesting juniper flavoured distillate where made in the 1560s by Hugenot  refuges in Flanders, on the north border of France , and by this time juniper flavoured spirits were also available throughout the low countries (Holland, Belgium, and parts of northern France.) 

 First Canned Beer

1935: The first canned beer in the United States goes on sale in Richmond, Virginia. By the end of the year, 37 breweries follow the lead of the Gottfried Krueger Brewery.

The American Can Co. began experimenting with canned beer in 1909. But the cans couldn't withstand the pressure from carbonation – up to 80 pounds per square inch – and exploded. Just before the end of the Prohibition in 1933, the company developed a “keg-lining” technique, coating the inside of the can the same as a keg.

First Fermented Beverages

Fermented beverages existed in early Egyptian civilization, and there is evidence of an early alcoholic drink in China around 7000 B.C. In India, an alcoholic beverage called sura, distilled from rice, was in use between 3000 and 2000 B.C.

First Cocktail Shaker

Long before there was the Boston, the French or the cobbler, the cocktail shaker had been invented in South America. Fragments of gourd with traces of alcohol in them have been identified as being for the purpose of mixing drinks as early as 7000 BCE. By 1520 CE, explorer Hernando Cortez wrote back to Spain of frothy cacao mixtures prepared in a "golden cylinder-shaped container."

First Rum

Rum is one of the oldest distilled spirits and it has one of the most colorful histories of any alcoholic beverage. Entire books have been written that detail rum's history and Wayne Curtis' "And a Bottle of Rum" is one of the best available. We will only touch briefly on its expansive history here. Columbus introduced sugarcane to the West Indies in 1493. The first rum was produced in Brazil, Barbados, and Jamaica, making rum the first distilled spirit of the New World. By the mid-1700s, rum was being made throughout the Caribbean and South America. It soon became popular in New England and was produced there as well. Today, rum is produced throughout the world.

First drinkable man-made glass of carbonated water 

In the 17th century, street vendors in Paris sold a version of lemonade — the first drinkable man-made glass of carbonated water was invented in the 1760s. Natural mineral waters were thought to have curative powers at least since the Roman period, and the earliest soft-drink makers wanted to reproduce those in the laboratory. The earliest inventors used chalk and acid to carbonate water.

First Soft drink

The history of soda pop (also known in different regions of the United States as soda, pop, coke, soft drinks, or carbonated beverages), dates back to the 1700s. Let's take a brief look at the timeline of the creation of this popular drink. 

 First Barrel

Around 350 BC they were already using watertight, barrel-shaped wooden containers that were able to withstand stress and could be rolled and stacked. For nearly 2,000 years, barrels were the most convenient form of shipping or storage container for those who could afford them. All kinds of bulk goods, from nails to gold coins, were stored in them. Bags and most crates were cheaper, but they were not as sturdy and they were more difficult to manhandle for the same weight. The use of barrels for the transportation of bulk goods slowly lost its importance in the 20th century with the introduction of pallet-based logistics and containerization. However, they are still of great importance in the aging of wines and spirits.

First Tonic Water 

Quinine was added to the drink as a prophylactic against malaria, since it was originally intended for consumption in tropical areas of South Asia and Africa, where the disease is endemic. Quinine powder was so bitter that British officials stationed in early 19th century India and other tropical posts began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858. The mixed drink gin and tonic also originated in British colonial India, when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin.

First Energy Drink

Energy drinks were an active subset of the early soft drink industry; Pepsi, for instance, was originally marketed as an energy booster. Coca-Cola's name was derived from its two active ingredients, both known stimulants: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine). Fresh coca leaves were replaced by "spent" ones in 1904 because of concerns over the use of cocaine in food products; the federal lawsuit United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola pressured The Coca-Cola Company into reducing the amount of caffeine in its formula by 1916. These developments brought an end to the first wave of energy drinks.

First Tea

A great deal of legend and myth surrounds the story of the origin of tea. One legend says that, in the year 2737 BC, the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung noticed that a green leaf had blown into a bowl of boiling water, colouring the water and creating what became known as tea. From then on the emperor desired nothing but tea to drink. Tea is first mentioned in Chinese documents some 4,700 years ago. It follows that tea probably originated in China. Today, the teabush grows in different regions of the world, among them India, Sri Lanka, China and Africa. The map of the world illustrates which varieties are grown in which countries.