Brennivin

The local firewater is a schnapps called brennivin which is, without a doubt, the nastiest most foul tasting liquor on the face of the planet. We purchased a bottle in the airport and between the four of us, we were unable to drink 20% of it, even after Matt challenged Kyle to drink shots of it. They would each take a shot, then clutch their throats and blurt out "Oh man! That's awful! Dear God! This is going to kill me!" then someone would say "Okay, another." And both would grimmace and try it again. And then the shots became half shots, and then quarter shots and then they both gave up. Later, in Holland, Matt would attempt to get visitors to the houseboat to drink the brennivin, which linda insisted on carrying around. He tried this on Sander who made a horrid face and said: "Are you sure this is not for the removal of paint? This is indeed a drink?"

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