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There are many varieties of beer, wine and liquor throughout the world

=== Mellifera ===

The history of alcohol in Mellifera dates back to the arrival of the Jesuits in the 1600s. In the colonial period, the Jesuits imposed strict restrictions on the importation and production of alcoholic beverages into Mellifera, due to low tolerance among the native peoples. Members of the Society were strictly forbid drinking, with an exception for the sacramental wine during Communion. In the 19th century, with the beginning of large-scale immigration to Mellifera from Sarpedon and Levantia, Temperance gradually broke down and was eventually abolished by an act of the Temporal Courts in 1878. The long period of illegality strongly influenced Melliferan alcohol culture. To avoid detection and increase profits, and due to geographic and labor constraints, illegal alcohol was generally distilled as poteen via practices brought to Mellifera by Gaelic immigrants. It was primarily individually distributed by farmers, who made the alcohol with excess crop, but in urban areas a number of Gaelic-Melliferan crime syndicates rose to prominence through bootlegging. Poteen continues to be the spirit of choice for Melliferans, making up about half of all alcohol consumed by volume, but the popularity of wine and beer has grown in recent years, the former benefiting especially from Mellifera's rich soils and relatively warm climate. When compared to the states of Levantia and Sarpedon, Mellifera has elevated rates of alcohol consumption, alcohol related injuries and deaths, and public intoxication. Public consumption of alcohol is legal, and while laws against public intoxication exist in most regions, they are rarely enforced. The drinking age is 16, though this can be waived by parental permission. Home distillation is popular, legal, and largely unregulated, and has been responsible for a number of deaths in recent years.