However, the history of this particular type of cup has not always been so glamorous. With their elegant shape, luxurious decoration and sophisticated yet artisanal style, the goblet has rightly been the favored drinking vessel of kings, lords, ladies and the nobility for centuries.
Your Profile: Sophisticated, Noble, Powerful Perhaps you’re also not the best when it comes to sharing – you like to keep your precious mead all to yourself, and if you can stick a lid on it to stop others from trying to steal a sip, well, that’s even better. You like your booze to come with plenty of volume, and are no fan of half-measures of anything in life. You haven’t got time for messing around with fancy-pants inlaid gems, or dainty cups for small quantities of mead. If you’re a fan of the tankard, the chances are you’re a no-nonsense sort of mead drinker.
The Germans were particularly famed for their lidded tankards, and this type of drinking vessel is seeing something of a resurgence today. The earliest known examples from 2000 years ago were made out of wood, and could be absolutely enormous (a 4-pinter was found recently at a dig in Wales), which suggests that the people who owned them were somewhat strangers to the idea of drinking in moderation.īy the age of Viking Europe, tankards made from pewter and silver were more common, meaning they could last a very long time and carried from place to place with the owner. Masculine, heavy, practical and durable, the tankard is – for many – the archetypical old-fashioned drinking vessel. Your Profile: No-Nonsense, Old Fashioned, a Heavy Drinker On top of that, you’ve got a slightly flashy, ceremonial side to yourself, and have no problem proudly displaying your love for this ancient and delicious drink. Whether that means going on a road trip with your mates, jetting off to some far-flung location on holiday, or loading up your longboat and pillaging the monasteries of Northumbria, you’re somebody that appreciates wide open spaces and has a thirst for adventure. If you’re the kind of mead drinker who likes to lift a honey’d horn to your lip, then it’s likely you’re someone who’s happiest when on the move. The epic hero, Beowulf, necked a quart of mead from his before slaying Grendel, and it clearly did the trick his actions were recorded and praised forevermore. No true Viking would ever set out from his longhouse without his trusty horn – to drink from this type of vessel is to pay homage to the great god Thor, who stored the seven seas within his mighty and elaborate horn. As one of the oldest known drinking vessels there is, it pops up in the illustrated histories of Ancient Greece, the Balkans, Scandinavia, Georgia and Armenia, and remained a consistent feature of ceremonial drinking well into the medieval age. Your Profile: Rugged, Zealous, and (ahem) Horn-y.īefore the time of glass, or the invention of the cup, there was the viking horn.
Whether you’re a fur-wrapped marauder from the frozen north, a cloistered hermit, or a contemporary bar-crawler with a taste for the sweet stuff, we reckon we can make a fairly solid judgement from the way you sip your mead.Īnyway, enough idle chatter! Let’s dive right in… The Viking Drinking Horn Make no mistake – your choice of cup or chalice is something which expresses plenty when it comes to your personality, approach, and dedication to our beloved drink. As such, it’s high time we posed the question: what does your mead-drinking vessel say about you? We’re seeing dozens of types of mead coming onto the market every year – spiced versions, flavored meads, traditional drinks and those with a more modern twist. Today, the mead industry is booming once more. Is there a finer drink on this green earth? Is there any nectar which warms the belly more, ignites the senses further, or which can delight and excite in quite the same way? We certainly think not, and – if you’re reading this blog – we’d hazard a guess that you feel much the same way.
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