S e c r e t s

This beautiful carved stein is inspired by a vessel belonging to artist David Lawrence. It is one of the few containers not to be eroded, distorted or decayed by “Penfold’s Old Peculiar,” a strong brew with a specific gravity of 1057 degrees. Two dates on the stein - 1995 and 2002 - are the two dates when David started carving for Harmony Kingdom: his first appearance and the time of his resurrection. Two drinking greetings are engraved around the bottom: “Raise a cup of kindness” (borrowed from Robert Burns) and “Wassail! Wassail!” (an Old Norse word meaning “Be whole.”). Hidden inside the stein is a hop, the fruit responsible for the pungent flavoring of most English real ales.