I'm reversing the flow from the New World, and coming to visit the Vikings in the Old.

Anyhow, what's that beverage you're drinking out of that strangely shaped horn? Yes, we have horned mountain goats where I hail from, but I've not ever thought to drink out of them.

*Quaffing*

Oh. What's this? It's excellent. A dry but firm hint of sugar, and I can just tell that two or three more of these will do something to my old bones. Mead, you say?

What's mead?

Oh, from a honey bee? We have bees in the New World, but they ain't nothin' like this!

I'm sold. I'll try another. And, mind you, those bardic sagas I'm hearing are incredible!