They're drinking qwete, an alcoholic brew made from maize and millet.

Duckweed can be turned into biofuel by converting its starch by fermentation into ethanol, currently widely made from maize.

In Nicaragua "chicha," a kind of light beer, made from maize, is still the favourite Indian beverage.

For provisions they carried roots and grain, a sort of wine made from maize, and great quantities of almonds.

They brought maize and other eatables, with beverages, some white, made from maize, others green, expressed from various fruits.

The drinks in common use are Indian, and have Indian names; tiste, pinul, pinullo, and chicha, all made from maize, sugar, and chocolate.

The Fathers give us some spirits distilled from the papye and pineapple which are very good and beer made from maize which is not.

We found they had a bread, not cassava, but made from maize, and a drink much like English ale, and also a food called cacao.