Adam's ale

[8] Water is provided by nature and was therefore presumably the only drink available to the first man in the Garden of Eden;[2] hence it was considered pure by the movement.

Our father Adam had nothing better for his wedding-day, and before the earth was cursed, or sin had entered it, Paradise produced nothing better than this pure element.

It was the drink of Adam and Eve when the morning stars sang together, and when the sons of God shouted for joy.

[11] After his release he wrote the poem called "The [Terra Cotta] Jug of Rum", criticizing alcoholic beverages.

Later on Freneau used the phrase in a second poem concerning a legislative act prohibiting the use of spirituous liquors by prisoners in certain jails of the United States.