# Norse Alcohol & The Mead of Poetry — WHE Article Discussion

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**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/norse-alcohol-the-mead-of-poetry-whe-article-discussion/16129 "2019-01-07T17:01:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/norse-alcohol-the-mead-of-poetry-whe-article-discussion/16129/1 "2019-01-07T17:01:34Z")

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Alcohol played an integral part in Norse culture. People drank ale more than water because the brew had to be boiled as part of the process and so was safer to drink. The Norse of Scandinavia had four main types of fermented beverage: ale, mead, fruit wine, and _syra_ (basically fermented milk). These were all initially made and served by women and were brewed in the home until men involved themselves in the process and it became a commercial and, finally, religious endeavor once monks became brewers.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1307/norse-alcohol--the-mead-of-poetry/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1307/norse-alcohol--the-mead-of-poetry/)._

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/norse-alcohol-the-mead-of-poetry-whe-article-discussion/16129/2 "2026-07-30T15:37:37Z")

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