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"If vengeance were bottled up and made to drink, it might have a sweet, fruity finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste. That is, of course, if it came from the land of Westeros.\nBrewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York has had major success with its series of Game of Thrones-inspired beer, and its back with its fourth installment: Valar Morghulis, meaning \"all men must die\" in the fictional language of Valyrian.\nSEE ALSO: Stunning 'Game of Thrones' Puzzle in All Its 3D Glory\nThe latest Game of Thrones brew has a special twist though; it was picked by you. Brewery Ommegang and HBO posted a poll on the Game of Thrones Facebook page in December asking fans to pick which of four beer options (name and style) they'd want to see next. The Valar Morghullis phrase won out against Seven Kingdoms (Tripel), Hand of the King (Quad) and Khal (Quad).\n\nImage:  Brewery OmmegangThe description for the winning brew highlights why the flavor resonates with the name: \"Valar Morghulis is an Old Valyrian saying closely associated with the desire for vengeance. A Belgian-style Dubbel was chosen to capture the sweetness of revenge as well as the dangerous consequences that come with it.\"\nThe phrase is a part of a strong theme speckled throughout HBO's fourth season, which started airing in March. As Arya Stark sets out to avenge those who have fallen, she adopts it as a mantra against the people she wants dead. The label art features a two-headed coin, which was given to Arya by Jagen H'ghar, one of the \"Faceless Men of Braavos\" assassins who can change their appearance on demand.\nEach cork is fire-branded with \u201CValar Dohaeris,\u201D the traditional response phrase to \u201CValar Morghulis\u201D meaning \u201Call men must serve.\u201D\n\"The fan base for Game of Thrones keeps growing larger as each new season debuts, and the popularity of the beers is growing right along with the show,\u201D said Josh Goodstadt, Vice President of HBO Global Licensing, in a statement. \u201CFor this fourth beer, we found the perfect opportunity to give those diehard fans the power to choose what beer they wanted to drink.\u201D\nValar Morghulis follows Iron Throne Blonde Ale (spring 2013), Take the Black Stout (fall 2013) and Fire and Blood Red Ale (available now).\nValar Morghulis will debut this fall on draft and in corked bottles (25.4 ounces) for about $8.50 each.\n\n\nFast Food Wine Pairings\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Onion Rings\n\nWine Pairing: Alsace Pinot Blanc\nBoehling says: \"Given that the onion ring is just a dumbed-down, Americanized version of the classic tarte a l\u2019oignon\u2014a caramelized-onion tart with roots in eastern France near the German border\u2014your best bet is to keep it regional and grab a full-bodied white wine from Alsace. \nRiesling will work fine, but it\u2019s perhaps a touch precious and haughty for this application. A good Pinot Blanc or Sylvaner is more aspirationally appropriate.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Pizza Rolls\n\nWine Pairing: California Barbera  \nBoehling says: \"Pizza: a beautiful, perfect, universally appealing example of authentic native Italian cuisine. The pizza roll: a peculiar and clunky piece of ill-informed culinary fusion only an American could come up with. What better to pair with the pizza roll than a ham-fisted U.S. iteration of a classic Italian grape variety?\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. French Fries\n\nWine Pairing: Old Champagne\nBoehling says: \"The greatest of wines often shine with the simplest of food partners. In this marriage, the French fries\u2019 crispy exterior snuggles up to the toasty, bready character of a well-aged Champagne. \nThe wine\u2019s naturally vigorous acidity and lively bubbles slice through the greasiness of the fries like a scythe. And the relatively benign and innocuous flavor of potatoes allows the delicate, nuanced character of the Champagne to express itself without undue interference. \nScrimp on grub, splurge on booze: a mantra for well-executed junk food and wine pairings.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts\n\nWine Pairing: Moscato d\u2019Asti\nBoehling says: \"Some people seek nirvana through alcohol; others through sugar. Maxing out at around 6% alcohol by volume, slightly sparkling, sweet Moscato d\u2019Asti will augment your sugar high without getting you unduly hammered. \nAnd its scrumptious, vivid flavors of peach, apricot, and grape will fuse with the more straightforwardly doughy flavors of the classic Krispy Kreme plain glazed to create something more layered and complex on the palate.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Cheeseburgers\n\nWine Pairing: Lambrusco\nBoehling says: \"Cheeseburgers were made to be devoured in a mad rush of ravenous hunger. Lambrusco\u2014the classic, slightly fizzy red wine from Emilia-Romagna in north-central Italy\u2014was made to be guzzled by the liter with reckless abandon. \nAnd talk about harmony: the bloody, beefy essence of the burger sees eye-to-eye with the scrappily earthy flavors of the Lambrusco grape; the bubbles in the wine cut right through that fatty tag-team of meat and cheese; and the slightly sweet character of much Lambrusco can hang effortlessly with a plethora of potential burger toppings, from sweet to sour to salty (and beyond).\" \n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Doritos Locos Tacos\n\nWine Pairing: Pinotage\nBoehling says: \"Two foods that should have never been fused deserve two grape varieties that should have never been fused. \nFirst bred in 1925 in South Africa as a cross between elegant, silky Pinot Noir and spicy, funky Cinsault, Pinotage is resounding proof that sometimes the whole can be painfully less than the sum of its parts. Combine it with Doritos Locos Tacos and beckon Armageddon to break loose on your already severely spiritually-compromised palate.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Chicken Nuggets\n\nWine Pairing: Arbois Vin Jaune\nBoehling says: \"To visiting aliens, the fact that such a wine\u2014the product of regionally specific ambient yeasts, a temperamental and genetically unstable local grape variety and long laissez-faire aging\u2014even exists would be just as uncanny as the fact that such a food not only exists but is regularly (and profitably) consumed. \nBeyond abstract commonalities, however, chicken is a divine culinary specialty of France's Jura region, and these two get along on a gut level. Plus, both are exaggeratedly salty\u2014Vin Jaune incidentally so, chicken nuggets purposefully so.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Laura Vitto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Soft Pretzels\n\nWine Pairing: California Chardonnay\nBoehling says: \"Just as sometimes you\u2019re at the mall and starving and the only thing nearby to satiate is a giant soft pretzel, sometimes you\u2019re at the grocery store in the middle of nowhere and nearly the only white wines are big, buttery,and Californian.\nIn this case, that\u2019s okay, as these two last-ditch efforts make effortless companions. After all, what better to do with a generic soft pretzel than submerge it in copious amounts of butter? In this case, the butter also gets you snockered. Everyone wins except your sense of dignity.\"\n\n\nImage: Mashable Composite, Flickr, bochalla\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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