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Thursday Fun Fact 9-10: Saxons

9/10/2020

Thursday Fun Fact 9-10 - The inimitable, but rather inconsistently accurate, Edward Spencer insists that the “hardy, independent Saxon” breakfasted each day on “venison pasty and the flesh of goat, washed down with ale, or mead.” - Groennfell Meadery

Thursday Fun Fact 8-6: Keras

8/6/2020

Thursday Fun Fact 8-6 - In ancient Greece, the word for any drinking vessel was simply Keras meaning

It wouldn't confuse us any more than Ancient Greek already does, at least.

You can get your own drinking horn (plus some mead to put in it) here!

Thursday Fun Fact 2-20: Soma

2/20/2020

Thursday Fun Fact 2-20 - Strangely, Wikipedia and other sources say that the earliest reference to mead is

Thursday Fun Fact 12-5: Miód Pitny

12/5/2019

Thursday Fun Fact 12-5 - There are many types of mead made in Poland, each with its own unique name, but the generic word for mead in Polish is miód pitny, which literally means “drinkable honey.” - Groennfell Meadery

Thursday Fun Fact 8-29: Icelandic Mead

8/29/2019

Thursday Fun Fact 8-28 - Although mead is a near constant element in Viking-era myths, the early compilers of the myths may have had almost no real life experience with the beverage since honey bees didn't show up in Iceland until 1930! - Groennfell Meadery

Thursday Fun Fact 5-16: More to Learn

5/16/2019

Thursday Fun Fact 5-16 - Groennfell Meadery - Although mead has been around for millennia, the Wikipedia page for mead is updated on a weekly basis. Apparently after 10,000 years or so, there are still things to learn.

Thursday Fun Fact 1-31: Medhu

1/31/2019

Thursday Fun Fact 1-31 - Groennfell Meadery - The word mead is originally derived from the Proto-Indo-European *médʰu which meant both

Thursday Fun Fact 1-3: Original Mead Recipe

1/3/2019

Thursday Fun Fact 1-3 - Groennfell Meadery - The Mead of Poetry from Norse Mythology was made from a giant's blood, swallowed by Odin, and barfed back up. We stick with the more common recipe of Honey, Water, and Yeast.

Thursday Fun Fact 11-8: Károly Kerényi

11/8/2018

Thursday Fun Fact 11-8 - Groennfell Meadery - According to Károly Kerényi, mead was the preferred drink of Ancient Greece. Who was Károly Kerényi? He’s basically the FOUNDER of modern studies of Ancient Greece and Greek mythology!

Thursday Fun Fact 9-6: De Re Rustica

9/6/2018

Thursday Fun Fact 9-6 - Groennfell Meadery - The oldest known recipe for mead starts with the advice “take rainwater that has been kept several years.” This seems like an appropriate start to a hobby that is 90% weird superstitions about brewing ingredients.

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