Non-Alcoholic Beverage Primary Sources

Non-alcoholic beverages may yet be as interesting to the artisan as alcoholic beverages. These include vinegars, nut milks, dairy beverages, malt beverages, and others.

Sources

Name	Date	Country	Language	English Translation	Description	Panels
Naturalis Historia by Pliny	79 CE	Rome	Classical Latin	1601 translation, [1855], others exist. this 20th century translation is more complete.[1855], others exist.	A survey of the natural world, contains references to vinegar in chapters 21, .
al-Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ of Abu Muhammad al-Muthaffar ibn Nasr ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq	900-1000 CE	Iraq	Arabic	available, in print	The earliest known Arabic cookbook, it has several beverage and vinegar recipes in it.	Almond Fuqqa
Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook	1200-1300 CE	Andalusia	Arabic	Available	This cookbook contains many recipes for syrup drinks, notably, sekenjabin.
Le ménagier de Paris	1393 CE	France	French	available, in print	A guidebook for women running a household.
Das Kochbuch der Sabina Welserin	1553 CE	Germany	German	Available	This cookbook on German cuisine contains recipes for vinegars.
The commonplace book of Countess Katherine Seymour Hertford	1567	England	English	(in English)	This book contains a selection of medicinal and culinary recipes at the end, including vinegars.
The English Huswife	1623	England	English	(in English)	Barely post-period, this cookbook contains a recipe for malt vinegar.

See Also

Elska á Fjárfelli of Aethelmearc's list, which also includes some partial translations of Dutch works.