March Drinking Day Hub

Sam Trathen
03/16/2022 3:52pm 4 minute read

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Here, you'll find all the information you need to join us for our virtual March Drinking Day Events!

Click the image below to go to our EventBrite and see all the events, times, and links for their locations. You don't need to register to join the event, but it will help us get a sense of how many people are coming.

You can also get a list of all the ingredients needed to cook alone (or drink along with our cocktail recipes) here.

And finally, our hamantaschen recipe is a combination of this pastry recipe and this poppy seed filling.

We're excited to see you at our events over the next two days!

Use code 'MARCHDRINKINGDAY' for 25% off all Feastware from now until the end of March Drinking Day!

EVENTS

Purim Kick Off Party

Weds 3/16 6:30-?? pm EDT

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Costume Contest
Great Jewish Bake Off - Hamantaschen
Make an Obnoxious Grogger from your Empty Can of Mead with Kelly!
Cocktail: Purim Another One

This drink was designed specifically for the start of Purim. Remember, the marathon of March Drinking Day, like all marathons, is about pacing. Enjoy this drink on the rocks.
- Splash of Angostura Bitters
- Squeeze of lime
- 6 oz. of Root of All Evil
- Repeat

St. Patrick's Day Planning Session

Thurs 3/17 9-10 am EDT

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How are you feeling after last night?
Do you have your drinking buddy for the day?
Cold leftovers for breakfast!
Cocktail: Sunrise on the Emerald Isle
Good morning, friends! I hope you slept off all the hamantaschen! Another day of feasting is upon us! Again, we’ve got a big day ahead of us, so start easy. This drink either requires two glasses and a mug or a willingness to have your seltzer taste like tea, your tea taste like Valkyrie’s choice, and your Valkyrie’s choice to taste like… well, Valkyrie’s Choice.

1 Glass of Seltzer
1 Glass of Valkyrie’s Choice
1 Mug of Tea
Drink in that order, repeat if necessary

Irish Cooking Class with Sam

Thurs 3/17 11 am EDT

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Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvYfG_m6I4g

or view us live in the Meadiacs group: facebook.com/groups/meadiacs

Learn how to prepare a traditional Irish meal for St. Patrick's Day-- and a little Irish culture, history, and language along the way.
Not your grandma's cornbeef and soda bread! (Those aren't even Irish anyway!)
Cocktail: The Mordechai O'Shannessey

Recipes used:
Lamb Stew: https://natashaskitchen.com/lamb-stew-recipe/
Blaas (Irish Bread Rolls): https://hostessatheart.com/waterford-blaa/
Boxty: https://www.christinascucina.com/traditional-irish-boxty-best-ever/

Cocktail: The Mordechai O'Shannessey

The Mordechai O'Shannessey
This is the perfect drink for mid-day on March Drinking Day! While we usually prefer our beer in its pure form, this drink brings a beautifully honey character to this creamy delight that is Nitro Guinness.
6 oz. Valkyrie’s Choice

2 oz. Vanir

Top with Guinness, ideally Nitro

Brewers Hangout

Thurs 1 pm EDT

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Our brewers Jake and Jon will share a behind the scenes look at Groennfell Meadery and talk all things brewing.
Plus, Ricky the Meadmaker stops by for an Ask Me Anything session!
Cocktail: Choose Your Own Saga

This is a great basic formula for building your own mead cocktail and where we start a lot of the time. This is also a great time to open a few bottles of homebrew!

1 oz. Brandy or, if that’s not your thing, a white liquor
2 oz. Something from the Ancient Collection
6 oz. Valkyrie’s Choice, Old Wayfarer, or any craft mead that you’re particularly fond of

Purim Ends and St. Patrick's Day Kicks Into High Gear

Thurs 6 pm EDT

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Saint Patrick’s Day Singing Competition - Please Don’t Sing Danny Boy or Sweet Caroline
More Cocktails with Ricky
Jess gives a slightly intoxicated but very impassioned speech about the importance of bringing community together
Cocktail: Ould Inishowen

You’ve made it this far, so remember that our goal is to wake up happy and contented tomorrow morning. Don’t get cocky. This drink packs a serious punch.

2 oz. Irish Whiskey of Your Choice
1 oz. Root of All Evil
4 oz. Valkyrie’s Choice
Splash of Simple Syrup
Maraschino Cherry and Orange Slice to Garnish

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Popping my Cherry Psychopomp

Psychopomp is a sleeper hit. I usually am a chad normal honey mead enjoyer without adding a lot of stuff to it, but Psychopomp is definitely pretty good even for someone like me.

Lookers: Cool looking ruby red color with carbonation bubbles clinging to my Glencairn glass. Smellers: Strong tart sour cherry smell, but not overpowering or potent, just a nice cherry tickle in my schnozzle. Tasters: Smooth tart sour cherry in a nice balanced manner. The cherry smoothly slides up in your DM's and is like nah bro no strong alcohol nail polish taste with me, here have so of this sour tart cherry now with some carbonation tickles. Then we will end this dance with some extra sour on the finish. I couldn't really taste honey, but I could feel its essence.

I wish there was a bit more of a honey flavor but others have mentioned tasting the honey, it also might be the fact I drink everything cold. Overall, it is pretty good and that is from someone who does not really care for cherry, or flavored meads for that matter. If you like tart sour cherry then you will definitely like it.

Using my Valkyrie's Voice to review this Valkyrie's Choice

Intro - Valkyrie's Choice was probably the first of Groennfell's craft mead lineup I tried many years ago from the variety case. It was immediately one of my favorites for the price, with Old Wayfarer taking first place. However, I do not know if the formula changed over time if my tastes changed, or if I am remembering wrong because it's not quite the same now as it was back then. With that said even though it's different it does taste cleaner, probably due to them no longer using sulfates and the like.

Lookers - Valkyrie's Choice has a very pretty golden wheat appearance that is much lighter than Old Wayfarer, it reminds me of a Moscato wine appearance. It is a little bit misty yet you can almost look through it, and a slight amount of carbonation bubbles cling to the side of my glass.

Sniffers - The aroma is hard to pick up on, especially with the liquid being cold, as well as my air leaving my nose dry and sad, making it even harder to pick up any smell. It has a very subtle honey smell (who would have guessed) and not much else, I could not even smell any alcohol which is good.

Tasters - Smooth and crisp honey flavor with a slight fizzle in the mouth like it's giving a little hello how are you to me. The honey flavor is very light especially if you are used to "full" bottled mead's, but still nice and honey in my tummy feeling. There is a strange other cereal grainy flavor in there somewhere, but still enjoyable. It is very smooth as I barely pick up any alcohol taste. A faint but obvious fizzy taste tickles my tongue like it is giving me a goochy goochy goo. The aftertaste is a stronger honey flavor and the other mentioned flavor is gone.

Conclusion - If you are like me and you enjoy pure honey flavor mead more than wacky mead flavors like blueberry mead (if mead was supposed to be blueberry flavored then Bee's would be blue :p) then you will like Valkyrie's Choice by Groennfell Meadery. Just keep in mind if you are new to these types of craft mead's that they are much lighter than "full" mead's you would find in a bottle, so do not expect a honey elemental to pop out and slap you across the face.

With that said I do wish it had a stronger honey flavor as it is pretty mild, so you might prefer something with a bit more honey flavor along with a bit extra flavor such as Old Wayfarer or Hop Swarm both of which are in my opinion stronger honey flavors with other additional flavors but don't tilt to the dark side of cherry/blueberry mead. It is still pretty good and worth a try though, the old Barrel Aged Valkyrie's choice was a better version but the new iteration which is Shieldmaiden was much worse (the original release), however I have not tried the new Shieldmaiden formula so take that opinion with a grain of salt.

Fire on Snow

Nice balance of the cinnamon and vanilla. The heat from the peppers isn't very strong. Color reminds me of some of the meads I've tried when I first started drinking mead

SKOLL !

The perfect mead to ride our current epic California storms. This Crisp, refreshing mead has helped me ward off cabin fever and focus on better weather ahead. I'm saving the majority of my order for springtime frolicking in fields of green grass.

Oh sweet mysyery of life at last I've found you!

I love Nordic Farmhouse so much I would marry it! My favorite flavor profiles are sour and sweet, and this festive mead is very refreshingly tart! I especially love to drink it and serve it to my guests at the cranberry holidays (ie. Thanksgiving and Solstice/Christmas)!

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March Drinking Day Hub

Use code 'MARCHDRINKINGDAY' for 25% off all Feastware from now until the end of March Drinking Day!

EVENTS

Purim Kick Off Party

St. Patrick's Day Planning Session

Irish Cooking Class with Sam

Brewers Hangout

Purim Ends and St. Patrick's Day Kicks Into High Gear

Let customers speak for us

March Drinking Day Hub

Use code 'MARCHDRINKINGDAY' for 25% off all Feastware from now until the end of March Drinking Day!

EVENTS

Purim Kick Off Party

St. Patrick's Day Planning Session

Irish Cooking Class with Sam

Brewers Hangout

Purim Ends and St. Patrick's Day Kicks Into High Gear

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