1856 15 525 Cocculus indicus..is used for no other purpose than adulterating beer, and is sold openly to brewers, druggists, and others, sometimes under the name of ‘multum’. Another name occasionally used is ‘hard mixture’.
1909 Feb. 266 The mixture of the cocculus with beer..was kept by brewers' druggists, and sold to brewers under the name of ‘multum’ or ‘hard mixture’.