Dansk Mjod Ribe Mjod

Dansk Mjod Ribe Mjod is a 750mL Danish honey wine at 19% ABV, made from honey and water with fresh apple juice, hops and myrica gale (bog myrtle) added — "Nordic honey wine," in the words on its own label. It was created by Dansk Mjod of Denmark to a recipe dated to about the year 1700, in a matte stoneware-look bottle sealed with a wooden stopper. Order it online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• ABV: 19%
• Size: 750mL
• Style: Mead — Nordic honey wine
• Ingredients: Honey, water, fresh apple juice, hops, myrica gale (bog myrtle)
• Recipe: Based on a recipe from about the year 1700 (label)
• Production: Fermented about 6 weeks; hops added in the maturation tank; unfiltered, unpasteurised apple juice
• Origin: Denmark — Dansk Mjod

Mead for Scandinavia's Oldest Town

Ribe Mjod was brewed to celebrate the 1,300th anniversary of Ribe — Scandinavia's oldest town — with the recipe prepared in cooperation with the Ribe Viking Centre, the living-history museum that reconstructs the town's Viking Age. Where Dansk Mjod's other meads lean on spice, this one leans on fruit: fresh, unfiltered, unpasteurised local apple juice is added to the honey-and-water base to lift the flavour and bring a line of acidity against the honey's sweetness, while hops go into the maturation tank as a bittering balance and bog myrtle — the old Nordic brewing herb, called porse in Danish — seasons the finish. It pours from the range's signature matte, rune-shouldered stoneware-look bottle. Browse the meadery on the Dansk Mjod vendor page.

Tasting Notes

The producer and importer publish no formal tasting note for Ribe Mjod; by its construction, expect the Dansk house signature — deep honey sweetness first — cut by fresh apple fruit and acidity, with the hops and bog myrtle drying the finish. The importer notes the mead ages well and may throw a natural yeast sediment.

How to Enjoy

The importer suggests serving it cooled or at room temperature, as a dessert honey wine — pour small glasses after dinner, with blue cheese, apple desserts, or on its own as the sweet course. More after-dinner pours are in our dessert wine collection and the wider wine collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ribe Mjod?
A Danish mead — honey wine — made by Dansk Mjod with apple juice, hops and bog myrtle added to the honey base. It was created for the 1,300th anniversary of Ribe, Scandinavia's oldest town, in cooperation with the Ribe Viking Centre.

How strong is Ribe Mjod?
19% ABV, as printed on the bottle's own label — mead at the fortified end of the honey-wine range, which is why it is poured in small glasses like a dessert wine.

What is myrica gale?
Bog myrtle — a aromatic shrub (Danish: porse) used to season drinks in northern Europe long before hops became standard. Here it adds a resinous, herbal note alongside the hops.

Viking-town honey wine — order Dansk Mjod Ribe Mjod online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.