Wine bar
Unclaimed profileViking Alchemist Meadery
Smyrna, GA · $$$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Viking Alchemist Meadery built its reputation on mead, and the record shows why: Bliss, a sweet mead with pear and almond, has been voted Best Mead in Georgia five times in the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Challenge. The program also includes cyser, braggot, and sour mead styles, with more than 16 meads on tap. A DIY braggot program lets guests blend from those meads and 16 specialty beers, creating 256 possible combinations. Blood Stripe, an Irish Red braggot with Brazilian Pepper honey, is a named pour. Craft sodas Doc Holiday and Twisted Wisdom give non-drinkers something specific.
- What should I order?
- Start with Blood Stripe, the Irish Red braggot made with Brazilian Pepper honey. For a mead-focused order, ask for Bliss, the pear-and-almond sweet mead that has won Best Mead in Georgia five times, or build a flight from the more than 16 meads on tap to compare sweet, tart, dry, and unusual styles. Non-drinkers can order Doc Holiday or Twisted Wisdom.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- People who want to compare meads rather than commit to one pour, and anyone curious about braggots built from a blend of meads and specialty beers. Non-drinkers and younger visitors have craft soda options in Doc Holiday and Twisted Wisdom.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The DIY braggot program is the standout: more than 16 meads and 16 specialty beers create 256 possible combinations. The meadery also produces mead, cyser, braggot, and sour mead styles, and its Bliss mead has been voted Best Mead in Georgia five times in the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Challenge.
Beverage categories
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Wine
The mead list leans on Bliss, a sweet mead made with pear and almond that has been voted Best Mead in Georgia five times in the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Challenge. The meadery produces mead, cyser, braggot, and sour mead styles, with more than 16 meads on tap, giving drinkers a range to compare.
Menu strengths
- — Bliss has been voted Best Mead in Georgia five times in the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Challenge.
- — More than 16 meads on tap span mead, cyser, braggot, and sour mead styles.
Standout selections
- — Bliss, a sweet mead made with pear and almond, has been voted Best Mead in Georgia five times in the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Challenge (s5).
Beer
Mandatory Fun Beerworks, a Viking Alchemist experiment, adds beers made with select honey, and the DIY braggot program lets guests blend from more than 16 meads and 16 specialty beers for 256 possible combinations. Blood Stripe is an Irish Red braggot with Brazilian Pepper honey, and new beers rotate into production each week.
Menu strengths
- — The DIY braggot program offers 256 possible combinations from more than 16 meads and 16 specialty beers.
- — Beers are made with select honey under Mandatory Fun Beerworks, with new beers rotated into production each week.
Standout selections
- — Blood Stripe, an Irish Red braggot with Brazilian Pepper honey.
Nonalcoholic
Craft sodas are available, including Doc Holiday and Twisted Wisdom, and they are appreciated by non-drinkers and younger visitors. The selection is small but gives a clear alternative to mead and beer.
Menu strengths
- — Craft sodas including Doc Holiday and Twisted Wisdom are available for non-drinkers and younger visitors.
Standout selections
- — Doc Holiday, a craft soda option.; Twisted Wisdom, a craft soda option.
- — Doc Holiday; Twisted Wisdom; Reviewers note the availability of craft sodas, including Doc Holiday and Twisted Wisdom, which are appreciated by non-drinkers and younger visitors.
Spirits
The mead and cyser range runs from basic to sweet, tart, dry, and unusual flavors, and reviewers recommend sampling or ordering a flight to compare. Bliss, Sonic Boom, Ethereal, and Mangata are named as favorites, with Bliss carrying five Best Mead in Georgia wins.
Menu strengths
- — The range of mead and cyser options spans basic, sweet, tart, dry, and unusual flavors.
- — A flight format lets guests compare several meads side by side.
Standout selections
- — Bliss, the pear-and-almond sweet mead and five-time Best Mead in Georgia winner.
- — Sonic Boom, a named favorite among the meads.
- — Ethereal, a named favorite among the meads.; Mangata, a named favorite among the meads.
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