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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 18]
demigods would not touch any kind of liquor. Nor is  soma  a kind of drug. It is a different kind of beverage available in the heavenly planets.  Soma  is far different from the liquors made for demoniac people, as explained in the next verse.
TEXT 16
दैतेया दानवा वत्सं ग्रहादमसुरर्षमम् । विधायाद्दुहन् क्षीरमयःपात्रे सुरासवम् ॥१६॥
daiteyā dānavā vatsaṁ prahlādam asura-rṣabham vidhāyādūduhan kṣīram ayaḥ-pātre surāsavam
daiteyāḥ—the sons of Diti; dānavāḥ—demons; vatsam—the calf; prahlādam—Prahlāda Mahārāja; asura—demon; rṣabham—the chief; vidhāya—making; adūduhan—they milked out; kṣīram—milk; ayaḥ—iron; pātre—in a pot; surā—liquor; āsavam—fermented liquids like beer.
TRANSLATION
The sons of Diti and the demons transformed Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was born in an asura family, into a calf, and they extracted various kinds of liquor and beer, which they put into a pot made of iron.
PURPORT
The demons also have their own types of beverage in the form of liquors and beers, just as the demigods use  soma-rasa  for their drinking purposes. The demons born of Diti take great pleasure in drinking wine and beer. Even today people of demoniac nature are very much addicted to liquor and beer. The name of Prahlāda Mahārāja is very significant in this connection. Because Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of demons, as the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, by his mercy the demons were and still are able to have their drinks in the forms of wine and beer. The word  ayaḥ  (iron) is very significant. Whereas the nectarean  soma  was put in a golden pot, the liquors and beers were put in an iron pot. Because the liquor and beer are inferior, they are placed in an iron pot, and because  soma-rasa  is superior, it is placed in a golden pot.