Chartreuse debuted in 1607, and other famous liqueurs followed, including Cointreau, Grand Marnier, and Vieille Cure. Drambuie, derived from scotch, is made in Scotland from a French formula obtained in 1745. Probably not soon. But even though the basic spirits may remain the same, the possibilities of new mixed drinks remain virtually without limit, and, each year, enterprising mixologists develop novelties of temptation. Spirits are alcoholic beverages in which the alcohol content has been concentrated by distilling alcohol-bearing liquid produced by fermentation.
Alcoholic beverages predate recorded history and are certainly as old as civilization.
Fermented beverages have ancient lineage. Distilled spirits did not come into wide use in the West until the Middle Ages.