Dansk Mjod Vikingernes
Dansk Mjod Vikingernes is a 19% ABV (38 proof) Danish mead — honey fermented with water, hops, and a blend of spices — made in Billund, Denmark by the Dansk Mjød meadery. It's the house's more classic expression: semi-dry, slightly spicy, and often compared in character to a fine white port wine. Serve it slightly chilled in a wine glass as an aperitif, at room temperature in a port glass as a dessert wine, or gently heated (never boiled) in a mug as Danish gløgg, the traditional mulled winter warmer. Available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 19% (38 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Style: semi-dry traditional mead — honey, water, hops, and a blend of spices
- Production: Dansk Mjød meadery, Billund, Denmark; non-vintage, unaged
- Serving: chilled aperitif, room-temperature dessert wine, or gently heated as gløgg
A More Classic Take on Viking Mead
The meadery's own description calls Vikingernes a more classic mead than the one Vikings drank in days past — and the twist is the hops, added to give a more nuanced, semi-dry, slightly spicy character than a straight honey ferment would. It's a mead that drinks like a wine: floral, herbaceous, warming, and smooth. Browse more wines or see the full Dansk Mjod lineup.
Tasting Notes
Nose: port-wine aromas — sweet, floral, and herbaceous with wildflower and honey aromatics. Palate: slightly spicy and warming, smooth, semi-dry. Finish: smooth and warming with honeyed spice.
How to Enjoy
Slightly chilled in a wine glass as an aperitif; at room temperature in a port glass as a dessert wine; or gently heated (not boiled) in a mug as a winter warmer — the classic Danish gløgg treatment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Vikingernes Mjød a wine? It's a mead — fermented from honey, not grapes — made in Denmark at 19% ABV and served like a dessert wine.
How do you serve Dansk Mjod Vikingernes? Chilled as an aperitif, at room temperature as a dessert wine, or gently heated as Danish gløgg.
One of Denmark's great mead traditions — order Dansk Mjod Vikingernes online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.