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tepache.

Headword: 
tepache.
Principal English Translation: 

a mildly alcoholic beverage originally made from corn, but now also made from pineapple rind, etc.

Attestations from sources in English: 

in tepachnamacoyan huinonamacoyan = the place where tepache and wine are sold
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 121.

Cuix titepachtlalia? Cuix tocnamacac? = Do you sell tepache? Do you sell pulque?
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 97.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

in tepachnamacoyan huinonamacoyan = en la taberna
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 120–121.

Cuix titepachtlalia? Cuix tocnamacac? = Eres por ventura Tepachera, ò vendes pulque
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 96–97.

themes: 
Alcohol, Hallucinogens
Beverages
Corn, Maize