sweetwort

noun3

1. •
   A sugar-rich liquid, as that used in fermentation.

   • In Alcoholic fermentation yeast is added to some saccharine fluid—such as the "sweetwort" or infusion of malt used in the preparation of beer. — 1884
2. •
   An fermented beverage made from malt.

   • It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine. — 2024
3. •
   Any of a variety of sweet-tasting plants.

   • […] then boil the buds or bark of elder, sweetwort and green brier leaves — 1855