Comments on: Barely Brennivín

by: Curtis

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:49:30 +0000

I was wondering were to pick some Brennivin up here in the us..i called every liquor warehouse i could find and most of them had never heard of it

by: Meltdown in Iceland « NotionsCapital

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:04:35 +0000

[…] Fewer local customers will be buying imported wines and liquor this weekend; more will buy the local potato-based Brennivin. The financial drunk of uncontrolled financial deregulation is ending with a messy, crushing Sunday hangover. […]

by: John

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:34:55 +0000

Brennivin is one of the best liquors I’ve ever had. I don’t know why it’s called Black Death. Even my wife (who is a rum drinker) likes it. On a recent trip to Iceland we brought back 2 and a half liters of it. Based on how quick we are going through it, our next trip may be sooner than planned.

by: Sal

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:09:00 +0000

My husband works in the UK for an Icelandic company and the boss has bought him a bottle of Brennivin back from Iceland. I am very eager to experiment, so if anyone knows of any good cocktail recipies or mixers (I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to drinking it straight, then all suggestions would be gratefully received…… Thanks.

by: Andrew

Sat, 31 May 2008 03:44:27 +0000

I just got back from Iceland this evening…im sitting in JFK airport waiting for my connecting flight at the moment…anyway, I bought a hip flask bottle of Brennivin in anticipation of trying harkarl (which is not bad actually, i had it frozen at a nice restaurant, and they said that its supposed to be served frozen which masks a lot of the ammonia)…Brennivin was similarly a lot better than I expected, very smooth and the light licorice taste was nice actually…at a duty free store at the airport, I picked up another bottle to bring home as well as a bottle of the special Limited Edition Brennivin which is aged 8 years in oak barrels…I’ll let you know how that one is when I try it…I havent found any website that even mentions the aged one, so im pretty excited to try it

by: Matt

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:20:04 +0000

I picked up a bottle of Brennivin at a moving sale in Costa Rica. It came with a gift set of 6 Brennivin shot glasses. it was the best $18 I ever spent on a bottle of liquor. it was the smooth and had a slight taste of anise or licorice, but not enough to turn me off(I hate licorice flavored liquors). My inlaws and I finished a bottle in 25 minutes.I am looking to buy more. Anybody who knows where to buy it in Costa Rica or Los Angeles, please let me know.

by: Steve

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:40:34 +0000

I tried Brennivin just a few days ago while I was vacationing in Reykjavík, and I found it to be interesting. Like the hákarl I had earlier in the day, it’s definitely an acquired taste. It’s not as bad as some reviews portray. And a pint of Thule finished it off quite nicely.

For the novelty of it, I bought a 500ml bottle for myself, an another for a buddy who asked me to pick one up for him. It should make for quite a conversation piece at my next house party.

by: T. Carter

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:27:04 +0000

I just had a 50 ml bottle of Brennivín that I picked up a few days ago on a layover in Iceland. It wasn’t at all as bad as some sites out there make it sounds; that said, I don’t know when (or if) I’ll drink the second minibottle. The caraway flavor is very prominent when cold (I drank it straight from the freezer), but I’m not sure I would have ID’ed it right away. It actually lingers nicely.

by: Alex

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:02:05 +0000

Hi there,

Is Brennivin available in the US? Particularly in NYC?
I’m very curious on how it taste.

Thanks.

by: Zachary Harbin

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:47:32 +0000

Does anyone know where I can buy a bottle off the internet?