Why did people in ancient times drink thousands of glasses of wine, and how much alcohol did the ancients drink? Is it higher than it is now?
Nowadays, there are many varieties and degrees of liquor in society, and liquor is a relatively high degree of liquor, usually the degree of strong liquor can reach more than 50 degrees, and there are many fruit wines, and the degree of fruit wine is generally about 15 degrees.
There is another kind of wine that is more popular, that is, beer, the degree of beer is generally between 7 and 15 degrees, and the degree of beer of each brand will be a little different, but the degree of beer will not be too high.
Nowadays, when people drink alcohol, they generally drink more beer, but they don't drink too much liquor, and they can drink about half a catty with a good amount of alcohol.
But in ancient times, people often talked about not getting drunk when they drank a thousand glasses, and there will also be many people in film and television works who drink with a big jar.
Nowadays, most of the liquor that people drink is brewed from grain, so the alcohol content is relatively high, but when liquor first appeared in this world, it was an accident.
In ancient times, people's IQ at this time was gradually improving, and they began to have requirements for eating, and people would choose some longer and better foods when eating fruits from trees.
Some rotten fruits will fall to the ground after ripening, and after a long time, the rotten fruits piled on the ground will become more and more, and finally fermented over time to form a natural alcohol.
After fermentation, it gives off a very pleasant aroma, which attracts people to taste it, and people taste it and find that this liquid makes people feel dizzy and sleepy after drinking, and people name this liquid sake.
Later, after people saw that wine could be produced in natural fermentation, they slowly began to learn to ferment wine Xi fruits, put the fruits in containers, and fermented them after many improvements, and later people succeeded in making fruit fermented wine.
Until the Shang Dynasty, a grain merchant was particularly fond of drinking, he thought that wine was the most delicious drink in the world, once he was a little drunk, so he wondered if the rice could be fermented into wine in the grain storehouse, and he fermented the rice in the same way as fruit wine.
However, after fermentation, rice did become a kind of liquor, and the taste was different from that of fruit wine, so rice wine was successfully brewed.
Later, people began to like to drink rice wine, because after drinking rice wine, it will have the fragrance of grain, and the taste is very good, and people found that rice wine will become rice wine after being stored for a period of time, and rice wine will be dizzy faster than the rice wine just made.
This is because the degree of rice wine is higher than that of rice wine, and the degree of rice wine that has just been brewed is relatively low, and after a period of time, it undergoes secondary fermentation and becomes rice wine.
However, at this time, the alcohol brewed from grain was very low, and it was not even as high as the degree of modern beer, so the ancients could drink more.
The real change in the degree of liquor is due to the emergence of distilled spirits, which are distilled and purified, and the degree of liquor has changed significantly at this time, and the degree is completely different from the past.
However, before the emergence of distilled spirits, the rice wine and rice wine that the ancients drank were very low, only about 5-10 degrees, or even lower.
In addition, the taste of the wine made at this time is very good, and the taste of the wine is sweet, and because it cannot be completely sealed, the alcohol in the wine will also volatilize after brewing.
This also leads to the fact that people are not easy to get drunk when they drink, and part of the reason why the ancients said that a thousand glasses are not drunk is because of the container containing the wine.
In ancient times, men who loved to drink would not say that they were not drunk after a thousand cups, and many farmers would drink two bowls of good wine and get a good night's sleep after returning home from their busy work.
However, some literati and scholars also drank alcohol when discussing literature and poetry, and the cups they drank were very small, so even if they actually drank thousands of glasses, they might not get drunk.
And at this time, there will be some impurities in the wine, and the degree is lower after people have processed it, so the ancients can indeed drink more wine at this time.
Later, after the advent of distilled spirits, the ancients' views on drinking wine were also very different, and the wine at this time was very different from before, and it was impossible to achieve a thousand glasses without getting drunk.
With the gradual progress of industry, winemaking has become more and more formalized, and the brewing and requirements for wine have also made great progress, and people have slowly learned to seal and preserve wine to ensure that it does not volatilize.
Nowadays, people don't drink liquor without getting drunk for a thousand cups, and many people who don't try to drink liquor will experience dizziness after drinking two taels.
This is because the degree of alcohol has been significantly increased now, so it is completely different from what the ancients said in the past that they would not get drunk with a thousand glasses.
However, there are also different situations of alcohol, some people have a better physical acceptance when drinking, so the amount of alcohol will become better, but some people are not suitable for drinking, and they will be dizzy and vomiting after taking a sip.
Wine has been passed down from ancient times to the present, but people must do what they can when drinking, and must not drink too much to hurt the body.
