Viking Blod | Dansk Mjød A/S
Brewed by:
Dansk Mjød A/S
Denmark
mjod.dk
Style: Fruit and Field Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 19.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Not a beer
Nordic honey wine with hibiscus and hops added. Based on a recipe from about year 1700.
Added by Wobbly on 08-31-2014
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 64 | Reviews: 15
4.24/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.89/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Best mead I've ever had-- hands down. Too bad it's retired and so hard to find these days. Price is a bit high too (~30 bucks), but that would never deter me because it's 100% worth it. Very glad I got to try it before it goes entirely extinct. You can't go wrong with it, really, IMO.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Best mead I've ever had-- hands down. Too bad it's retired and so hard to find these days. Price is a bit high too (~30 bucks), but that would never deter me because it's 100% worth it. Very glad I got to try it before it goes entirely extinct. You can't go wrong with it, really, IMO.
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4.52/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
An exceptional mead. Not your typical beer. Very sweet and something that really makes you happy to be alive. Enjoy!
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look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
An exceptional mead. Not your typical beer. Very sweet and something that really makes you happy to be alive. Enjoy!
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4.73/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Really well made and extremely tasty. Price is quite high at $30 but this is something that should last, most moderate drinkers, quite awhile. This mead also has a huge bite to it so drink it cautiously... Definitely something I would recommend.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Really well made and extremely tasty. Price is quite high at $30 but this is something that should last, most moderate drinkers, quite awhile. This mead also has a huge bite to it so drink it cautiously... Definitely something I would recommend.
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4.21/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Look: Beautiful honey color with a ring of small bubbles, like pearls, around the top along the edges.
Smell: Dominant honey smell with a hibiscus undertone.
Taste: Honey and hibiscus with a light minty aftertaste. It has a bit of a bite due to the ABV but the aftertaste is very smooth.
Feel: It's like drinking honey, very pleasant and rich texture.
Overall: Not something I would indulge again, but that's just my preference.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Look: Beautiful honey color with a ring of small bubbles, like pearls, around the top along the edges.
Smell: Dominant honey smell with a hibiscus undertone.
Taste: Honey and hibiscus with a light minty aftertaste. It has a bit of a bite due to the ABV but the aftertaste is very smooth.
Feel: It's like drinking honey, very pleasant and rich texture.
Overall: Not something I would indulge again, but that's just my preference.
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2.7/5 rDev -34.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 1
If Viking blood tasted like the souls of a honey bee's butthole, this would be it. Plus a buzz ton of booze.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 1
If Viking blood tasted like the souls of a honey bee's butthole, this would be it. Plus a buzz ton of booze.
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4.37/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
2.5/5 rDev -39.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Purchased October 2017 in Door County. Amazing mead that does not taste 19% ABV but does have a little boozy bite (but not a 19% bite). Sweet as a after dinner drink like a port I suppose. Lots of honey and molasses(?) in this. I wonder what hops are used. A little expensive even for Door County in the off season but love this. Certainly NOT a beer
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Purchased October 2017 in Door County. Amazing mead that does not taste 19% ABV but does have a little boozy bite (but not a 19% bite). Sweet as a after dinner drink like a port I suppose. Lots of honey and molasses(?) in this. I wonder what hops are used. A little expensive even for Door County in the off season but love this. Certainly NOT a beer
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4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.24/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
Striking golden color, pours as a mead would. Nose is aggressively floral, tons of hibiscus, basil, pepper, medicinal alcohol with some crystal sugar & grassy hop underneath. Taste is obviously sweeter with a robust honey backbone, but those flower notes are still very muscular and borderline overwhelming. There is also a bit of oaky alcohol in there too, vaguely brandy / cognac, which helps even it out a little. A nice occasional alternative to a glass of port but there are better meads out there.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
Striking golden color, pours as a mead would. Nose is aggressively floral, tons of hibiscus, basil, pepper, medicinal alcohol with some crystal sugar & grassy hop underneath. Taste is obviously sweeter with a robust honey backbone, but those flower notes are still very muscular and borderline overwhelming. There is also a bit of oaky alcohol in there too, vaguely brandy / cognac, which helps even it out a little. A nice occasional alternative to a glass of port but there are better meads out there.
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4.44/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Draught. Reminds me of sherry. Very expensive.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Draught. Reminds me of sherry. Very expensive.
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3.81/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Hmmm... Seems more like a sweet scotch than a beer. I don't understand why any of the other ratings don't note the smokey/peaty flavor? It's super sweet, with a honey/smokey/peat finish. I don't get the hibiscus, champagne notes that others speak of. Still it's not that noticeable that your drinking that heavy of a beer. Note my thing, but definitely a different experience. Try it once and never again, but not your typical beer. Not delicious, but different. And it will f--- you up quick if that's your thing, although that's a lot of sugar to get lit on!
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Hmmm... Seems more like a sweet scotch than a beer. I don't understand why any of the other ratings don't note the smokey/peaty flavor? It's super sweet, with a honey/smokey/peat finish. I don't get the hibiscus, champagne notes that others speak of. Still it's not that noticeable that your drinking that heavy of a beer. Note my thing, but definitely a different experience. Try it once and never again, but not your typical beer. Not delicious, but different. And it will f--- you up quick if that's your thing, although that's a lot of sugar to get lit on!
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3.44/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.28/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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Look: light amber, no carbonation, and obviously no head
Smell: Honey, Peach, Floral
Taste: Absolutely amazing! While I like mead on occasion, I have never particularly liked sweet mead. That changed today. Tastes like it smells but better. The alcohol is present, but not at all overwhelming. Simply delicious.
Mouthfeel: nothing surprising here...slightly syrupy with a mild astringency from the alcohol.
Overall: Really glad I put down the $15 for this at Pouring Glory in Ft. Worth, TX. A big departure for this hop-head, but a really pleasant one.
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look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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Look: light amber, no carbonation, and obviously no head
Smell: Honey, Peach, Floral
Taste: Absolutely amazing! While I like mead on occasion, I have never particularly liked sweet mead. That changed today. Tastes like it smells but better. The alcohol is present, but not at all overwhelming. Simply delicious.
Mouthfeel: nothing surprising here...slightly syrupy with a mild astringency from the alcohol.
Overall: Really glad I put down the $15 for this at Pouring Glory in Ft. Worth, TX. A big departure for this hop-head, but a really pleasant one.
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Viking Blod from Dansk Mjød A/S
Beer rating:
4.14 out of
5 with
64 ratings
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