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Making alcohol by fermenting fruits is comparatively much easier, but then again, cultivating and harvesting fruits is a pretty laborious process.
Then actually brewing beer is not that simple.
Even today, with availability of source materials and technology, homebrewing is a rather involved hobby. Same with producing wine that's drinkable.
On the other side, we have literally a weed that needs very little to grow, and requires nearly zero processing.
I really see no comparison here.
The theory that we started making alcohol for food safety/nutrition reasons makes the most sense to me.
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Making alcohol by fermenting fruits is comparatively much easier, but then again, cultivating and harvesting fruits is a pretty laborious process.
Then actually brewing beer is not that simple.
Even today, with availability of source materials and technology, homebrewing is a rather involved hobby. Same with producing wine that's drinkable.
On the other side, we have literally a weed that needs very little to grow, and requires nearly zero processing.
I really see no comparison here.
The theory that we started making alcohol for food safety/nutrition reasons makes the most sense to me.