Dansk Mjod Viking Blod
Dansk Mjod Viking Blod is the Billund meadery's best-known bottle — 19% ABV, 750mL, a traditional honey mead brewed with dried hibiscus and ginger that pours reddish, sweet and floral, in a heavy ceramic crock. The producer itself likens it to a good Madeira. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 19%
- Size: 750mL (this listing)
- Style: Spiced mead (metheglin style)
- Ingredients: Honey, hibiscus, ginger, water, spices (producer list)
- Origin: Billund, Jutland, Denmark (Dansk Mjod A/S)
- Presentation: Heavy ceramic bottle/crock
Viking Blood, Poured from a Crock
"Viking Blod" means Viking Blood, and the name is the hibiscus talking: dried hibiscus flowers give this mead its reddish colour along with its floral, spicy aromatics, while ginger adds the warmth underneath the honey. It is brewed by Dansk Mjod A/S in Billund, Denmark, and US importer material describes the house's recipes as based on Danish recipes from about 1700, with honey as the major ingredient and no additives. Serve it where you would serve a dessert wine. Browse more in our wine collection, or see the ginger-led sibling on the Dansk Mjod vendor page.
Tasting Notes
Character (producer): Sweet and floral, spicy and aromatic from the hibiscus-and-ginger combination — a mead the producer compares to a good Madeira. Importer notes: A soft, citrus-like flavour under the floral aroma, with a warming, spicy finish.
How to Enjoy
Serve it at room temperature or slightly chilled as an after-dinner pour, the way you would a Madeira or a dessert wine — a small glass goes a long way at 19%.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Viking Blod mean? "Viking Blood" — the name nods to the drink's reddish colour, which comes from dried hibiscus, one of its defining ingredients alongside ginger.
Is mead a wine? Not a grape wine — mead is fermented from honey. Viking Blod is a spiced mead (a metheglin) at 19% ABV, sweet and floral, served in dessert-wine territory.
What sizes does Viking Blod come in? The producer bottles it at 75cl — the crock sold here — as well as a 25cl small format and large 3L and 10L formats in Denmark.
Blood-red, honey-sweet — buy Dansk Mjod Viking Blod online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.