A Game of Thrones-Themed Bar Has Popped Up In Edinburgh

It's enough to send you scurrying over land and sea like a lost Stark child.
Sarah Ward
January 15, 2017

Winter has come to Scotland — and with it, the perfect place for Game of Thrones fans to have a pint or two. Here, pretending that you're wetting your whistle in a boozy establishment in the Seven Kingdoms is easy as heading to Edinburgh's latest popup.

Taking inspiration from the pages of George R.R. Martin's epic 'A Song of Ice and Fire' as well as the accompanying TV adaptation that no one can stop watching, Blood & Wine is the latest venture from events team The Pop Up Geeks. Every Wednesday and Thursday evening throughout January and February, they'll serve up GoT-inspired wines, ales, spirits and infusions. When you're sipping on Myrish fire wine and eating Frey pies (yep, they went there), you'll forget that new episodes of everyone's must-watch program aren't slated to return until June.

Drinks wise, you'll also find the likes of Dornish Sour Red, The Imp's Delight and The Old Bear's Hot Spiced Wine on the menu, as well as a flight of seven tipples that lets you sample everything that Westeros and its fellow realms has to offer. Or, if you still have a Lannister-like thirst, opt for a Goslings Hot Mead or a glass of Icelandic Mountain Vodka. If the picture on the back of the bottle doesn't tip you off, the latter is made by a company co-owned by Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson, the actor who plays Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane on the show.

To add the requisite finishing touches, the whole candlelit space is decked out with the appropriate bits and pieces; think shields, swords, posters, props and medieval-like flourishes. If that's not enough to send you scurrying over land and sea like a lost Stark child, then keep an eye on The Pop Up Geeks next venture, Perilous Potions, where they'll delve into the wizarding world of — yep, you guessed it — Harry Potter.

Via Uproxx. Image: The Pop Up Geeks.

Published on January 15, 2017 by Sarah Ward
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