Screaming Viking Aquavit
Sonoma, California, USA
- ABV
- 40%
- Base spirit
- Unknown
- Color
- Gold
- Style
- Unaged Aquavit
Screaming Viking Aquavit is a Scandinavian-style aquavit from Prohibition Spirits in Sonoma, California. Introduced in June 2021, it is bottled at 40% ABV and has an amber colour. The documented botanicals include caraway and dill seed.
The original release was available in 375 ml bottles. A new batch followed by March 2022, when Prohibition Spirits offered Screaming Viking in both 375 ml and 750 ml formats. The same sizes and 40% ABV continued to appear in the distillery’s later price lists.
Screaming Viking was still being served at Prohibition Spirits in summer 2026. For the distillery’s World Cup tasting flight, held from 11 June to 19 July, it was selected to represent Sweden alongside spirits associated with five other countries.
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About the producer
Prohibition Spirits
Sonoma, California, USA
Prohibition Spirits Distillery traces its origins to 2008, when Fred and Amy Groth visited Sonoma while living in Boulder, Colorado. Having previously made limoncello for family and friends, they saw an opportunity to produce it locally in California’s wine country and moved to Sonoma with their three young children several months later. The project began as HelloCello, with commercial production of Limoncello di Sonoma starting in 2009. It became the first distillery to open in Sonoma Valley since Prohibition.
The original limoncello business gradually developed into Prohibition Spirits and a much broader spirits portfolio. Its ranges have included Hooker’s House whiskeys, Sugar Daddy rum, Chauvet brandies, Jack’s Gin, Solano Vodka, Nocino and a variety of liqueurs and other small-batch spirits. The company says it has developed more than 50 products since its beginnings with limoncello.
Production takes place at the distillery on 8th Street East in Sonoma. Prohibition Spirits currently operates a separate tasting room and shop on Sonoma Plaza at 452 1st Street East; the tasting room moved there in 2021 after several years at Cornerstone Sonoma.