Beowulf and "Father of the Wolf"

"So he found the heart in barren land, it was beating still alive... he held it gently in his hand and looked up to the sky..."

A Battle Cry Heard
Trudging through the highlands in search of the ultimate secret weapon to make this victory your own, you notice something glimmering in the distance. As you approach, the gleam fades in and out. You ponder what this thing in the distance could be. Just a piece of a shattered helmet, remnants of a previous battle?... A gem that possesses the powerful magic you've been searching for?... Maybe it's your mind playing tricks on you... You can't overlook the possibilities that lay ahead! To the next mountain peak you dash, assailing any obstacle in your path as your heart beats faster and faster, triumphant images racing through your mind. Your army's morale is dwindling. The numbers stagger. You need something powerful to fend off the foes ahead. Something they'll never suspect. As you scurry up the last bit of the peak and look over the majestic land before you, you can't focus on anything in the vast distance, for before you lies something curiously radiant. At first glance, it merely looks like an old drinking horn. After looking closer, however, you can see what was shimmering in the light from afar. The drinking horn is covered in dirt and blood, but on one end a protruding jewel has nothing to camouflage it's brilliant shine. As you begin to wipe it with your pelt, you notice how ornate it is. The engravings on the kantsi read an ancient language you haven't seen in many moons... a language reserved for the uttering of spells. Your eyes widen when you realize what you've stumbled upon...

Viking Blod poured for the Father of The Baby Wolf

Beowulf
I† glistens in the Nordic sun. Your spirits lift. You crouch to pick up this gift from the Gods. You bring the kantsi to your lips for an un-knowing taste. As it flows through the bristles of your unkempt, element-battered mustache you realize this is Beowulf, the forgotten ancient mead potion. With a recipe lost centuries ago, you begin to wonder how this made its way here. This desolate peak upon these towering cliffs is the last place you'd expect to find something this rare and magical. You remember your father drinking Beowulf with his closest compatriots. They would laugh of tales from previous battles and ambiguously practice sword techniques. You must somehow unlock the recipe of this rare elixir. You wish to bring it back to life, like the witch you saw die in flames all those years ago. Your calvary deserves to toast to battles won with a horn full of the mighty...BEOWULF!!

Ingredients:
1 1/2oz Montelobos mezcal joven
1oz Viking Blod mead
3/4oz sweet vermouth
1/2oz lemon juice
5oz Skull Splitter Orcadian Ale

Method:
Place mezcal, mead, sweet vermouth and lemon juice in a shaker tin. Add Ice. Give it a short vigorous shake. Pour Skull Splitter Ale into the shaker with the rest of the liquid. Strain into a pilsner glass or your favorite Kantsi. Garnish with hammer of Thor.

5,000 years in the making
            

Skull Splitter

Skull Splitter is an 8.5%abv wee heavy beer. Skull Splitter won the award of Supreme Champion Winter beer of Britain 2001 at CAMRA's national winter celebration of beer. Skull Splitter takes it's name after Torfinn Hausakljuv who was nicknamed "Skullsplitter". Hausakljuv was the 7th Viking Earl of Orkney circa 950 AD.

Skull Splitter was in the center of some controversy over it's name with The Portman Group. Dubbed "the alcohol watchdog group", Portman carried out an investigation based on complaints that the ale had an "aggressive theme". The Portman Group decided on December 23rd 2008 (Henry's 22nd birthday) not to uphold the complaint after the brewery launched a strong campaign to save this 20-year-old beer, informing the group of the beer's namesake.

"the first blow makes the helmet crack, the axe cut to the teeth"

"the last with Pagan blood"

Viking Blod Mead (Roughly translated Danish)

To create this mead they have combined the traditional brew with different spices and dried hibiscus. In addition to the color adds this mead one kryderet, aromatic and floral aftertaste, as a good Madeira. Based on a recipe that dates back to the year 1700.

Nordic honey wine with added hibiscus and hops

19%abv

"seek the wolf in thyself"

Montelobos is an artisanal mezcal made in Santiago Matalán Oaxaca produced with 100% organically certified agave espadín. This mezcal is meticulously crafted by world renowned agave expert Iván Saldaña. It is made according to his vision and passion for agave and artisanal mezcal with respect for traditional production methods, sustainability, and the quality of life in the communities and families who have produced mezcal for generations. Montelobos achieves extraordinary balance and complexity through a bold integration between agave, fermentation notes and smoke. Montelobos Mezcal is proudly produced by Casa Montelobos, a Mexican company based in Oaxaca and Mexico City.

Of Wolf and Man

Father of the Wolf
Complete with HD mini-movie, this battle-hymn has you ready to charge into enemy shields. In the past, alcohol has been dubbed "liquid courage" and we feel this tune will fill your kantsi with a similar fortitude. When paired with the mead and mezcal-laden Beowulf, this song will transform you into a goliath of viking strength and valor. The syncopated opening guitar riff kicks your heart into gear much like the hiss that can be heard when opening a "Skull Splitter." Johan Hegg begins to growl, as your revered Herse would, just before a battle making you thirst for blood. The face-melting guitar solos fill you with a pre-mature feeling of victory, though this crusade with Loki has not yet begun. You then find yourself stampeding down the mountainside to the relentless Thor-hammering pace of the double kick drums. With Oden on your side, ready to split skulls, you grip your sword and charge into the chorus...

             








"Serpent's kin, born of sin, dark within, FATHER OF THE WOLF!!"  

"twenty ships with Norsemen"

Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, founded in 1992. The band takes it's name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Vikings, their mythology and their history, leading to the band often being labeled as Viking metal. The band comprises of vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg and bassist Ted Lundström. Amon Amarth has released nine studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, one video album and eight music videos.

A Kantsi is a traditional Georgian drinking horn. In drinking culture, typically made from ram or goat horns, sometimes also from bull horns. \,,/

We hope you crush this tonic with your favorite Vikings.

Valhalla awaits!

Skål 

Henry & Jehiah