Thursday Fun Fact 1-8: Rig Veda Mead isn't just a Viking thing. In fact, the Rig Veda had many references to mead 2000 years before the Vikings even existed. Here's just one of those quotes...
Thursday Fun Fact 11-27: Chaucer’s Pilgrims While it is unknown whether or not the Pilgrims drank mead at the first Thanksgiving, there is mead drinking in Chaucer's stories about some other pilgrims, so happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday Fun Fact 11-13: Moderation Drink your mead by in moderation, talk sense or be silent. No man is called discourteous who goes to bed at an early hour.
The Fantastic Death of Fiolner The Great Snorri Mead is awesome, but as with all alcoholic beverages, there is a very real danger. That’s right: Drowning. Did you know that Fiolner, one of the early...
Thursday Fun Fact 10-23: Old Advice 1000 years later, and this is still good advice from Havamal in the Poetic Edda.
Thursday Fun Fact 6-5: Mead of Poetry In Norse mythology, imbibing the Mead of Poetry immediately imbued the drinker with the ability to recite any poem or answer any question.
