BS: icelandic beer

Subject: BS: icelandic beer
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Feb 06 - 07:26 AM

later this year I will be going to Iceland to see the Northern Lights I am told that beer is £10 a pint and not very good can anyone enlighten me?

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: RolyH
Date: 05 Feb 06 - 10:23 AM

I went there about 15 years ago and it was £5 a pint then.We used to make it a weekly treat to have a pint.I reckon £10 a pint now is not out of the question.

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Alba
Date: 05 Feb 06 - 01:45 PM

possibly refreshing!

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 06:46 AM

I dont know about Iceland but in the Faroes which is similar, beer is about £5.00 a pint.

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Morticia
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 06:58 AM

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Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Teribus
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 12:43 PM

7 Euro for a Beer according to Nov 2003 figures.

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 05:25 PM

Watch out for the Icelandic schnapps - Brennevin - or black death.. it's damn fine stuff.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Feb 06 - 06:50 PM

Icelandair is often a good cheap way to travel from the US to Britain. It always involves a layover in Reykjavik. I did this once. We figured the layover was too short to allow leaving the airport, but there was plenty of time for a leisurely lunch and a browse in the gift shop. I remember it seemed expensive, but then, I am used to things being expensive in airports.

At the duty-free shop, I bought a bottle of brännvin. (That's the Swedish spelling, which I just looked up; the Icelandic might be a bit different.) Neither the bottle nor the signage in the shop had a good description in English, so I didn't know quite what I was buying, but it turned out to be what I would call akvavit or aquavit—basically vodka flavored with caraway and sometimes other herbs or spices.

I have encountered this stuff before. There are a lot of Swedes and Norwegians in Minnesota, so some of the bigger liquor stores sell it. I first had it at a New-Years-Eve party. The host had stored the bottle in the freezer until just before he served it, at midnight. The temperature was therefore below freezing, although the alcohol had kept the stuff liquid. Then he poured it into shot glasses and we tossed it off at one gulp, which made for a rather stimulating feeling, going down the throat. I only have the host's word for it that this is the "authentic" way to drink it.

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 10:29 AM

Vodka is made from potatoes, but aquavit from caraway (not only flavoured).
Aqua vitae means the same as whiskey: water of life.
Brännevin, as in German = Branntwein is a "burnt wine", a distilled liquid. It can be made from all kinds of fruit.

Subject: RE: BS: icelandic beer
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 01:51 PM

cf. "brandy"