WHY WE GET DRUNK
May 12, 2022
2 minutes
WORDS AILSA HARVEY
ether you’re old enough to enjoy the occasional alcoholic drink yourself or have seen some of the bizarre behavioural effects it can have on other people, it’s known that drinking alcohol makes people drunk. But what does this mean? What is it in those glasses, bottlesHOH. Ethanol is produced when yeast ferments the sugars in fruit, grains and vegetables. Different alcoholic products are named based on the source of the alcohol. Gin is made from fermented sugar in grains, such as wheat and barley, vodka uses the sugar from potatoes or grain and wine is made from grapes.
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