Thor the Mighty
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anyone have a recipe for this magical craziness? I tried some at a local bar...all i know is that its 19%abv, REALLY spicy in the finish and smells like pure unfiltered, untouched honey on the nose. wow.
Indeed, however, this Viking Blod is not that Viking Blood. This VB gets it's red color from an inordinate amount of hibiscus, I presume. There's nothing cherry about it.
In regards to finding this bad boy, I've only seen it one place; a very tiny specialty liquor store in Kennebunkport, Maine. They had one bottle.
This VB gets it's red color from an inordinate amount of hibiscus.
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I've only seen it one place; a very tiny specialty liquor store in Kennebunkport, Maine. They had one bottle.
Although I am hesistant to share an unproven recipe, I will as long as it is understood that what follows is a 1st-cut recipe with no guarantee as to its result (even though it seems to be be doing quite well...)Don "Ho";1580449 said:Would you be so kind as to share that reciepe? I have an empty 3 gal carboy needing to be filled.
No it is not - see above recipe...... Is the brandy added to stop fermentation at a certain spot ...
I haven't seen or tried this mead but it sounds great & I will be seeking it out.
If trying to clone the recipe I wonder if a similar hibiscus flavor could be accomplished by adding Red Zinger Tea which is made with hibiscus and brews tea of a red hue. I have seen and made meads that use other varieties of tea for tannin & flavor.
Ha! I came here just now for the sole purpose of asking if anyone had a clone recipe for this.
Viking Blod is delicious, albeit a bit pricey, but anyone who sees it should try it.
To quote a friend on his impression of Viking Blod:
"It has all the punch-you-in-the-face flavor intensity of a great cognac with a big honey hug, right at the end."
It says there's hops, honey and hibiscus in there. I'll be making a sample test batch this weekend. A two-gallon batch with 12lbs honey, a bunch of dried hibiscus flowers and a touch of orange peel and lavender. We'll see how it goes.
If anyone ever finds a way to clone this amazingness, please share, the world would be a better place with a clone recipe.
I'm not sure how you've arrived at these values, but using 12 lbs of 18% MC honey mixed with 15½ C of water yields a must whose OG is 1.214 ±0.005 and has a volume of 1.99 Gal. If that were fermented to a FG =1.010, it would have an alcohol content of 27.2% ±0.3%2 gallons of mead made with 12 pounds of honey is 1.264 og ....even if it attenuated to 1.010, you've made the following; Corrected Original Gravity : 1.264 Corrected Final Gravity : 1.010
Alcohol by Volume : 48.12%
I was fortunate enough to find and buy a bottle of Viking's Blod. At $40/bottle, i'm attempting to wait until a couple friends come over to try it out. Cannot wait to give it a try!
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