Alcoholic beverage | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-01-08

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_drink


00:02:05 1 Fermented drinks
00:02:15 1.1 Beer
00:02:53 1.2 Cider
00:03:30 1.3 Mead
00:04:03 1.4 Pulque
00:04:23 1.5 Wine
00:05:13 2 Distilled drinks
00:06:55 2.1 Rectified spirit
00:08:07 3 Health effects
00:08:30 3.1 Short-term effects
00:10:56 3.2 Long-term effects
00:13:39 3.3 Congeners
00:14:48 4 Food energy
00:16:40 5 Amount of use
00:17:15 6 Reasons for use
00:17:24 6.1 Apéritifs and digestifs
00:18:10 6.2 Flavoring
00:19:51 7 Alcohol measurement
00:20:01 7.1 Alcohol concentration
00:21:47 7.2 Serving measures
00:21:57 7.2.1 Shot sizes
00:23:51 7.2.2 Standard drinks
00:25:41 8 Laws
00:27:53 9 History
00:30:00 10 See also
00:30:12 10.1 Beverage-related articles
00:30:41 10.2 Social and health



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An alcoholic drink (or alcoholic beverage) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar. Drinking alcohol plays an important social role in many cultures. Most countries have laws regulating the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Some countries ban such activities entirely, but alcoholic drinks are legal in most parts of the world. The global alcoholic drink industry exceeded $1 trillion in 2014.Alcohol is a depressant, which in low doses causes euphoria, reduces anxiety, and improves sociability. In higher doses, it causes drunkenness, stupor, unconsciousness, or death. Long-term use can lead to alcohol abuse, physical dependence, and alcoholism.  Alcohol is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world with about 33% of people being current drinkers. As of  2016 women on average drink 0.7 drinks and males 1.7 drinks a day. In 2015, among Americans, 86% of adults had consumed alcohol at some point, 70% had drunk it in the last year, and 56% in the last month. Alcoholic drinks are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and spirits—and typically their alcohol content is between 3% and 50%.
Discovery of late Stone Age jugs suggest that intentionally fermented drinks existed at least as early as the Neolithic period (cir. 10,000 BC). Many animals also consume alcohol when given the opportunity and are affected in much the same way as humans, although humans are the only species known to produce alcoholic drinks intentionally.