To get alcoholic beverages and/or companionship
beer
Mainly because they make you feel good.
People did not stop drinking alcoholic beverages.
Many people are able to avoid outbreaks by reducing things that trigger flushing. Alcoholic beverages, hot beverages, and spicy foods are among the more common factors in the diet that can provoke flushing.
Tradition. Manners and etiquette. People like it.
Why not? People around the world enjoy wine and other alcoholic beverages.
For all I know beer
The general term for smugglers of alcoholic beverages was rum runners. Lots of people did it since it was a very profitable business. Several great fortunes were founded by rum running.
No one can tell. Humanity has been making and drinking alcoholic beverages for so long that' it's no longer possible to pinpoint when we started, where we started and who was first. Odds are that several people discovered alcohol independently from each other.
coz they're yummy
Most Alcoholic Beverages, especially those with yeast in them are known to exacerbate the condition in people with gout.