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Thursday Fun Fact 12-6: Slightly Dented Sleigh

12/6/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 12-6 - Groennfell Meadery - Ricky the Meadmaker is off to Maine to deliver holiday joy to all the good girls and boys! Thanks to

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-29: Not On Fire

11/29/2018

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Our thoughts go out to all the employees of J&B International and their families; we’re so glad you’re all safe! Thank you to all the First Responders both behind the scene and on location!

Thursday Fun Fact 11-29 - Groennfell Meadery - Talk about a Thursday Fun Fact! Thanks to the amazing work of 55 firefighters, every employee of J&B International is safe and our meadery did not burn down yesterday!

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-22: Completely Ahistorical

11/22/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-22 - Groennfell Meadery - The type of mead served at the first Thanksgiving is referred to either as “completely ahistorical” or “a modern fabrication.”

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-15: Mead Riddle

11/15/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-15 - Groennfell Meadery - Here’s a riddle for you: What rhymes with “plane,” touches Canada and New Hampshire, and gets its first delivery of Vermont Craft Mead the first week of December?

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-8: Károly Kerényi

11/8/2018

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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!

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-1: Elvish Honey

11/1/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 11-1 - Groennfell Meadery - If you made a homebrew batch of Valkyrie’s Choice with Elvish honey from Turkey, it would cost approximately $21,000. And that’s not including the $1.22 for yeast!

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-25: Hot Toddy

10/25/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-25 - Groennfell Meadery - Hot Toddies are unusual in that they’re an alcoholic beverage almost always made with honey. Why isn’t it a mead? The honey is added in the mug and not the fermenter.

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-18: Super Fine

10/18/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-18 - Groennfell Meadery - Our bartender Eric was on live TV this morning... and he was looking Super Fine.

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-11: Real Men Drink Pink

10/11/2018

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-11 - Groennfell Meadery - We've teamed up with Smugglers’ Notch Distillery to drink pink this October! Every Thor's Day this month, we'll each be donating $1 to the American Cancer Society for every Nordic Spike It! we sell!

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Thursday Fun Fact 10-4: Video Fun Fact

10/4/2018

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It’s our first Video Fun Fact!
Did you know that the Viking Chef starts a fire at 5 AM every Feast Day at the Mead Hall?
Find out all about it at Harvest Fest this Saturday!

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