Skàl

Here they are! We finally got our visas to India! To celebrate, we went to the sea swimming, to the church and to a pub. We also chased city gosses and saw a helicopter landing.

Speaking about celebrating : I would like, before to leave, to talk about an important matter : Beer.
Iceland has good beer. In comparaison to other scandinavian countries, we could even say Iceland has very good beer. I will introduce you to some of our discoveries (many of them you can actually try in Tallinn!).

First Icelanders are crazy about stout beer, and they do brew some tasty ones. Two stouts stand out of this dark crowd :

• Lava : a smoked imperial stout from Ölvisholt Brugghùs. Very specific and original smokey taste.
  
• Borg Nr.19 Garùn : This is a great Icelandic stout! Nr.19 has a rich aroma of coffee, licorice and alcohol. It tastes really intense. But beware the combination of caffeine and 11.5% of alcohol, it can loose the best of us!
  

To carry on with dark beers, Iceland also brew nice porters :

• Borg Nr.13 Myrkvi : From the same brewery than the previous one. Quite an intense taste as well, with roasted and bittersweet aromas. This one really got Tince into dark beers!
  
• Einstök toasted porter : Dark and rich taste, yet easy to drink. Very nice to drink with dark chocolate.
  

And let's finish with some refreshing wheat beers :

• Einstök White ale : This one is indeed refreshing! Very light with a subtile note of citrus, this beer is perfect for hot summers ...so not for Iceland!
  
• Borg Nr.25 Solveig : This one is not my favorite, but it tastes interesting. It smells like banana and the beer itself is very hoppy.
  
  

A pair of Einstök white ale in local gay queer bar

There are many other beers here. Most of the beers people drink are average tasteless lagers and pilsners, such as Gull or Viking. Not much to say about those ones. But I was very surprised that in EVERY alcohol shops you may find Saku originaal...


Skàl!