Cultural Learnings of Iceland, Part 6: Brennivín

The official Icelandic national schnapps is not unlike Hobbes’ natural state of mankind: nasty, brutish and short.
Having a national beverage seems to be de rigeur for small countries who want to sell stuff to tourists maintain their cultural identity. Iceland is no exception.
The local tipple is called “Brennivín”, an ancient Icelandic word that translates as “we […]