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Norwegian Producer of Liquor Gathers Viking-Herbs

Arcus, a Norwegian Producer of Liquor, was out in the Norwegian woods Monday to look for the same herbs that vikings used to make their liquor. Pors is the name of the herb that apparently had such a strong effect on King Harald Hårfagre that he simply forgot to rain the country for about three years, according to the Snorre Saga. Now, a bus load of Arcus employees find the plant so fascinating that they want to produce liquor with it.

”Our goal is not to make people go crazy from drinking pors liquor,” says Chief of Information in Arcus, Hege Ramseng. We only want to use this herb to add flavour to liquor that goes well with food, for example aquavit.

Normally they import the herbs from suppliers around the world, but for this particular mission the team went out themselves. They received assistance from the Porsgrunn Club, that knew exactly when and where to find them, and hoped to find at least 20 kg leaves to bring home, explains sensor technician Håkon Urdal.

(NRK)

Julie Ryland


Written by thenpn@online.no

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