Drinking & Alcohol in the Viking Age
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Unveiling Viking Spirits: Alcohol and Drinking Culture in the Viking Age | Historical Revelry Revealed!
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00:00- Intro
02:40- Types Alcohol
06:20- Sober?
09:50- Obligatory
10:45- Germanic Origins
12:15- Sumbel
13:50- Beer Maiden
15:40- Odins Mead
17:20- Skål
🍻 Journey back in time with us as we explore the intoxicating world of alcohol and drinking culture in the Viking Age! 🛡️ Join our expert guides as they unveil the secrets of mead halls, ancient brews, and the rollicking revelry that defined the Norse lifestyle.
🔍 Unlock the mysteries of Viking drinking customs, from the legendary mead to ale-soaked celebrations. Discover how alcohol played a pivotal role in Norse social gatherings, rituals, and even religious ceremonies. 🌌
🏰 Dive into the heart of Viking mead halls, where warriors, chieftains, and storytellers alike raised their horns in honor of the gods. Explore the significance of the communal drinking horn, the boisterous toasts, and the bonds forged over shared libations.
🍺 Unearth the brewing techniques of the era, from honey-infused meads to hearty ales, and learn how these libations were crafted in the harsh landscapes of Scandinavia. Marvel at the resourcefulness of the Vikings as they transformed nature's bounty into liquid gold.
🌍 Venture into the depths of Norse sagas and Eddas to understand the mythical connections between gods and alcohol. From the boisterous feasts of Valhalla to the poetic mead of inspiration, witness how these tales shaped Viking perceptions of the divine.
🛑 Buckle up for a thrilling ride through history, blending academic insight with entertaining anecdotes, as we separate fact from fiction in the rich tapestry of Viking drinking culture.
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Drinking is still very prevelant across Europe. I'm from the east coast of Scotland. My cousins and i go walking for hours and drinking through the hills at Christmas.
Mead is making a come back. I am even thinking of starting a meadery. No hangovers, no bitterness. Delicious, natural mead :)
I have gotten a hangover from mead before. But I drank a lot of it, like a gallon or more.
You can definately get a hangover from Mead haha. I have gotten a hangover from high quality mead, and I am norwegian so that didn't help either lol.
Did you cut loose and let go or use moderation?
thanks to Skyrim
Late to the cause! A bunch have beaten you to the punch! If you can bring something new to the table then go for it!
3:57 actually as a meadmaker,mead isn't sweet unless you stablelize it or drink it too soon,if you let it ferment it will ferment until there is no more sugar to be eaten from the yeast meaning after some months of aging it's like dry wine
i wonder if they drank right away or did they let it age?
Interesting!
i usually drink mine within two months because its so good. ;) I could let it set but i make an apple cider ginger mead that its o good.
@@Mweedy420 ua-cam.com/video/1MAB-VVqjOE/v-deo.htmlsi=ohUni5CM59l6LZvS this video from tasting History has a recipe from meadevil England that says they drank it in a week's time from start to finish
@@jackietripp1716 that sounds delicious! do you mind sharing the recipe?
The down side of this is its expensive as heck to catch a buzz. When i was a teen it was awesome that i could out drink everyone and when i was in army it was a badge of honor to people in my unit to go out with me. but now that I’m old it’s sucks lol everyone else is passed out before i get a tiny buzz
I’m not Nordic but an Anglo Saxon and I battle with alcoholism. And I’m only 35 and when I binge my eyes turn yellow now. It’s ether keep drinking and die or give it up completely. I’m currently on day 6 and my pancreas and kidneys was hurtling earlier. I’m gonna start lifting weights again tomorrow if I feel ok. 💪🏻
As another Anglo who learned the hard way that alcohol isn't my friend, I'm glad you're still here, and wish you success on your journey back to health!
Blessed Yule, brother 🙏
@@bribbertyjibbert thanks brother I’m not going to let a liquid be the death of me. We got this 💪🏻
Man I feel for you. All my closest friends are alcoholics. Luckily for me I picked smoking Cannabis as a poison.
@@chrisnewbury3793 way better then weed. it fucks me up mentally when I run out of it so I just stopped smoking it plus it takes all my motivation away
Stay sober my friend. Don’t know what state you live in but maybe cannabis can help edge the cravings for the first months.
Glædelig Jul from Jutland, if there is something we Danes are known for, other than our funny pronunciation amongst our fellow Scandinavians, it is probally our somewhat “lose relationship” with alcohol, perhaps it is just a heritage within our genes
Happy Yuletide from Wisconsin! 🎄🎄🎄
As a sober Party Pooper I found your video very interesting and educational :D Thank you for your content!
i think slavic people also has drinking culture , maybe not always it enhace our perception and performance but it is part of culture, iam from Poland and indeed there is drinking culture here best regards and love your channel
Sacred and medicinal healing beers would've been great to have available again for a change
I will have my Dragons blood mead, Swedish glog and my drinking horn! God Jul and Skol to all!!
Every Yule season I buy (for myself, multiple times) this gift package - Historic Ales of Scotland. The recipes are apparently very old, and include spruce and pine ale, introduced by the Norse (?) and Fraoch, a heather ale that the brewers claim dates to 2000 BC (how they know this is not explained).
There is also an Elderberry Ale, and Grozet (with gooseberries), and even one with seaweed, which I have not tried.
But even without the ancient claims, these ales are always fun, delicious and worth exploring, especially for people who say they don't like beer.
Beer is a very broad umbrella. Someone saying "I don't like beer" is like saying "I don't like ice cream" just because they don't like vanilla.
Greetings from Finland. This topic is relevant to me. Have a great New Year. Skål!
great information as always, thanks brother! 💪🏻😎
Sober gang here, but I also don't care if anyone else drinks. I wish I could stop at one or two.
Ty for continuing your amazing videos my friend…. I hope life is treating you very well as always 😎 ✌️ ❤️
Thanks for the video 🥃
Great informative video ..
Thank you for sharing ❤ x
Thanks for the vlogs this year. Love the breadth of topics. Looking forward to the coming year. Happy Yule. Have a great New Year. Much peace and love from Cornwall , UK. 🎄🍻🍾🕊🤩😍🍻
I'm with you. I don't like beer but I love bourbon/whiskey and Mead.
It was more common for the peoples of the time to drink ale and beers because the water was usually contaminated and the fact that ale and beer were brewed and filtered, which made it safer to drink then water. not uncommon to find children to be drinking beer and ale also.
thats the cute common misinformation about the mediveal period in general, ofc you had the dirty rivers, but most people,
especially in scandinavia, had acess to clear and fresh water that was safe to drink.
😂😂it was true in england ale was drunk as safer than water but the alcohol content was much lower then very low
I got my a couple of my horns from the Louisiana Ren Faire years ago, they were resined nicely. but these days I get them at the flea market from a fellow who gets them from ranchers; They are raw, though.
Just got my Utgarda. Thanks brother!
My mead making style is very similar to making beer. I like to cook down different herbs to make a tea and use that to melt and combine my honey then add the water and yeast.
Duno about all these tradition but i know one thing… abit of whisky warms one from the inside so a toast to you brother.
I'm in the same boat as you with beer. Takes too much to get me buzzed and just makes me need to piss. Mead however has been my favorite lately. Dansk Mjod Odins Skull is a delicious sour apple and cinnamon mead
We love our beer over here in Canada ❤
BTW- Nothing wrong with LARPing or being a pagan larper. Alexander the Great LARPed as Achilles, Julius Caesar LARPed as Alexander, and Napoleon LARPed as Julius Caesar. If you draw inspiration from the past or great individuals, don't let people make you feel bad for larping. You're in excellent company.
How does Live Action Role Playing equate to being fake? If one is doing something then they are doing it. That is reality. The opposite of fake. And yes, inspiration is one of the greatest things in life.
I love beer!! And mead and wine
Bottoms up, my northern alcoholics! Regards from the drunk Czech Republic! :)
Unfortunately for me I'm one of those Germanic's who can't drink. Commonly known as a 2 pot screamer in Australia. However, I can handle my 🍄 like no one else 😅.
Awh man, I just got some tankards from Alehorn. Thankfully mine are not stinky or damaged, but I have heard some stories. Can't wait to try yours. :)
Very enlightening skol
Great work. Now I need an ale.
I like to enjoy a good ale or lauger after work merry Christmas
I'm half danish and alcohol can be a problem!💔
I'm Irish and I love Mead 😂I'm Irish of course I drink 😅😅😅
I had a thought about the Berserker and Ulfhedinn rituals. You mentioned the mixing of blood in alcohol. Could the ritual have involved a point of mixing the blood of a kill (whether Wolf pack, Single Wolf, Bear, or Feral Dog) into a sort of ceremonial alcohol?
The thing about alchohol is that it warms the body.
Rein = clean, reinheit = cleanness, gebot = law, command etc.
Reinheitsgebot = Purity Law or command. To use clean water and fresh, unspoiled, unmouldy ingredients.
And the use of insecticides and fungicides and the use of fertilizers were also originally prohibited by these regulations.
In the ‘reinheitsgebot’ was included the ‘law of recipes’ that terminates what is beer (or other products) and was is not.
But the law also applied to other products such as bread.
In fact, it was the first biologic food law we know of. That exists to this day.
I am amazed how alike we are. I have the same problems with beer im 21 right now and trying alcohol. I love my mead i made. No beer whatsoever though.
I never know what to make of this young man's thrust. My mother, Norwegian. Father, Dutch.
You make so much sense to me but I can not find the words to say to others what your tellings mean. I understand. We are misunderstood in our ways. I am glad that a young man tries because always this is not known. I am old now and no one does hear.
What’s the background songs in these videos
It sounds badass
"...so there ya go." 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Drinking beer is still very important in Belgium !
i got the mug working on the horn it always out of stock i saw what religeon did i chose not to bother with that ty
In middle age England they never drank water, they had different grades of ale.
The small ale they drank during the day and drank the stronger ale during the night when no work would be done.
Literally an alcoholism commercial before the vid played 😂
Unhopped beer is called gruit. I brew them all the time.
I will definitely buy some horns from your site
First! Hail Odin!
Hail Odin!
Hail odin !
Very informative. This explains why I get all hype when I used to drink rather than get tired. I have Norwegian blood. Live in the USA though. I wish they would teach history in the USA schools about this. That is irritating 🍻. Merry Christmas 🎄 🎁
Are there different translations for the story of Kvasir's Blood or am I misremembering?? I thought it was the Jotnar who killed him 😅
i'm sober...right now
I'm not 😂
Danes. Let's just say that. What else could you do back then for fun? There was only so much time in a day.
Not to mention, water was undrinkable! What did people expect?
Wow! A buzz? Let's add more!
No tv, no youtubenl, no telephone, no nothing! Just good food. Drinks, and storytelling.
What else can you do after harvesting, and trying to survive winter? It made it easier.
here we have the typical dumbass, still thinkin water was undrinkable when its been years since this dumb myth has been debunked, whats next? people all smelled in this time period? get some education before u leave snarky comments.
Omfg that was me. I had so much energy when I drank. And no one ever out drank me. I'm glad I gave it up
Long time viewer from Canada here. Looked up your products before even continuing with the rest of the video and unfortunately on Canadian Amazon all I see is three horns and no jewellery? (Which I could use a third horn anyways).
It’s funny how this came out right while I was on a bender 😂
So you are planning to make and release horns specifically designed for the ritual altered states at some point, meaning that those are different from the standard design?
Drinking water back in the day could have killed you.
EVERYONE drank wine, mead, or some type of alcohol.
Little kids drank lol.
Some kinds were low on alcohol yes so it would be like a spiced up welches grape juice but still none the less it’s still insane to think people back in the day didn’t drink
You've gotta try our Colorado IPA's best tasting beer and if you pound one on top of a mountain you'll be drunk
It’s interesting that even back in Roman times tacticus realized that he could use a cultures alcohol preferences against them. low proof beers and meads likely kept the celts away from overindulgence because it’s hard to get black out drunk on them, especially since they drank them when they whet still sweet, but there were certain Greek wines at the time that where know for there strength back then. (“Civilized” Roman’s and Greeks watered their wine down) The Roman could have introduced these wines, and the celts would have drunk them like their beer, but gotten 3x the alcohol. centuries later American colonists used alcoholism against Natives too.
It’s also interesting how specific practices arise around alcohol that conveniently encourage healthy relationships with it. A lot of times these are spiritual practices as well. Native Americans had a healthy and spiritual relationship with tobacco, but because alcohol had never been developed here, they didn’t have any social practices or expectations that controlled their liquor habits. Genetics are also believed to play a role in that.
Natives actually did have alcoholic drinks, but they were almost entirely preserved for very specific purposes before whites came. I know of Pulque in Mexico, Tiswin in the American Southwest, & a fermented Eastern Hemlock tea & black locust flower tea in the East. West Coast sources brought up "fruit cordials" a few times. The issue was convincing the Natives, who had a bit of an obsession with manliness, that getting drunk was manly, so they began obsessively going out of their way to do so- getting better alcoholic drinks from whites where they could & making their own when they couldn't.
@@MrChristianDT thank you! I did not realize that was the case so thanks for correcting me. I’ll have to research traditional Native American drinks now and see if I can brew some
@@quinnthehobbit6680I think you can buy Pulque. Mexicans still make it. As for the others, I made the non-fermented version of the spruce tea. I have no idea how to turn it into alcohol, though. If you find an Eastern Hemlock tree, specifically, there is a period in spring where it begins putting on new growth, like other pines. You should see lighter green packets of tender needles on the tips of the branches, called spruce tips. You pick those & brew it into a tea, as one would. People recommend steeping the tips in the water instead of pouring hot water straight onto the tips, though. Even weirder, you can apparently also make jelly out of those.
Having a barrel of beer or mead could be what saved you from a bitter winter. Having enough calories was essential. No northern culture has to rely on alcohol to survive winter anymore.
Ya ancient beer like gruit is delicious
dat es ol er's ist gut
Skål ril dig och skål til Göktanri!
Blood can ferment, though I am unsure if this is universal across species, or only with certain animals & I'm also unsure of if you have to do something special to make it work. But, Alaskan tribes have a dish which is essentially a seal sushi preserved in its own fermented blood.
EDIT: I think I found a clue to point us in the right direction as to the blood-liquor. A common witch superstition is that they would steal an animal's milk, curdle it, use magic to turn it to blood & drink it. So, my best guess is a milk based liquor that either is mixed with blood & fermented, or fermented then mixed with blood.
I am the same and only like vodka! But i drink moderately and dont get hangovers!
I think halvanål means dont drink on an empty stomach
would Mead be considered Schnapps?
Me personally I don't drink alcohol but I love making Mead beer and wine and alcoholic stuff that basically makes you blind because it's just fun making them all. And yes I do taste everything that I make before I offer it to anybody
You might have some swede. Vodka is popular there
And this is Solstice and the 12 days yours a Frieslander
13:26 *Drit?
I also hate beer lol, cider is the way
I'm in me cups right now 🤣
I'm from Scotland, but my hangover's use to last a week. But I can still drink more than you and all of your family and friends. And I've not drank for years.
know what u mean
I just can approve that too! I have the innate ability to metabolize alcohol very quickly. Medically proven!🍻 I come from the north east of Germany, the land of the Jomsvikings, and my family and my ancestors always lived here. At family celebrations, the hostess (queen) always makes sure that everyone always has enough to drink, even if you already have a lot to drink 😜 So I can confirm everything first hand!!!🥃🍷🍻👍 God Yule all ...Almost forgotten... there is also a custom that when you sit together by the fire and drink and talk and the conversation then reminds you of a deceased family member. At the next toast, a sip is poured into the fire and drunk. This has always been common.
I'm mediterranean.. I cannot stand liquors, I love breweds.
He also says not to hold on to the mead horn but to drink your fair share !
Ah so that's why when I drink and I wake up I feel fine, I always thought that the concept of hangovers was like some sort of joke or something going into Scientology of overloading your dopamine scale and then the next day you feel bored as hell, but I never knew that it went this deep. It's quite interesting, well I guess that means I could take on alcoholism! Joking obviously
MEAD is why we have Honeymoons
Doesn't Tacitus mention teetotalism among the Suebi?
u get me a drink lol
Being danish English and German does me favours when drinking I have to say 😂
odd, I mean I look pretty similar to you. But i must not be that germanic. I cannot handle beer anymore. I also have to stick to vodka, and even then I get digestive problems. it sucks.
Do Norwegians do Nu Har Vi Jul Igen? I'm danish-american, but we did this song every year. Although the littlest of us called it "you are a hooligan".
We were told that it means Christmas is here again and we will all be merry, but with merry having alcoholic overtones.
Mind you, the other only Danish I know is "Merry Christmas" and "eat shit".
@@mayahuston6860 so you call yourself "Danish-American" but u don't even know the danish language at all? have u even been to denmark before? tf is this xd
Being of Germanic origins, I could say that I an a really good casual drinker but rarely a drunk. My whole family is.
I am an American, with Mexican, Cherokee, Irish, German, Russian and French Canadian heritage. I'm literally made of beast drinkers. I've always mixed drugs and alcohol and been able to handle extreme conditions. I'm well known for stacking. It takes a lot to make me "lose my footing". 😂
Edit; drunk and high af right now.😂
🤘🏻🎅👉🏻🍻
Soooooo that's where I get it from. I would love to know what our totem poles looked like, do we have any idea? Or were the all burned when the Abrahamic religion took over, I'm a wood carver and would love to know.
I use to enjoy beer/ale when I was younger, but now, beer/ale gets me bloated and full. Vodka is my go to now, but I don't shy away from Whiskey or Rum. I've been making my own Mead these past couple years, strongest batch I've made so far was 13%.
Try some rakija
I only drink Vodka too.
Drinking is ok, over-indulging to the point of passing out and sleeping in the street, is not.
A pjolter, juleøl, dram of akkevitt are all fine, and I don't like a pjolter so ...
I must have missed out on that gene so I just replaced booze with coffee
Schol!
Beer 🍺 🍻 😃 Carlsberg Elephant 😋
My grandpa drank like a crate of beer a day, but was never truely drunk from it. Sow I can add that on the list of viking familie trades toghter with my red beard and extrordenairy strenght to size ratio. I actuely took a vow not to drink alchol untill I enter odins hall as a sacrifise to the god's. I don't believe drinking is bad eventhough it is poising yourself and I have wanted to try it, but purposefully don't allow myself to drink. I'm 27 and haven't drunk alcohol not even once. If it's not the ale from odins hall I'm not drinking it. I'm not judging you though go ahead and drink as you please.
😊 You know I brcome quite stupid when I drink. I will be the waitress. 🥰I prefer dark beer.