cervisia

In 1392 "iiiis pro ligacione septem librorum et Id pro cervisia in eisdem ligatoribus, VId erario pro labore suo circa eosdem libros, et IId Johanni Lokyer pro impositione eorundem librorum in descis."

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

They have neither wine, cervisia, (a beverage composed of grain and herbs,) nor mead, but only intoxicating liquors.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

"In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli."

CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries 2010

In the West it became, (Romaic, Xythum and cerevisia or cervisia, the humor ex hordeo, long before the days of King Gambrinus.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006