Talk:Brennivín

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Brennivín is related to other Scandinavian spirits, it is very similar to the Danish Akvavit. It resembles The Norwegian Linie and  Swedish Aquavit. The steeping of herbs in vodka to create Schnapps  is a long-held folk tradition in all Scandinavian countries. Brennivín is featured in the Halldor Laxness novel Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell). 02:32, 18 March 2006 user:Dktrfz The label is black and was originally designed to discourage people from drinking the beverage[citation needed]. - This is featured in a lot of the advertising literature, and appears in the in-flight guide provided by icelandic airways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anareon (talk • contribs) 20:21, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Dose anyone have a good picture of the bottle when it had the human scull on it? As seen in Kill Bill http://steinninn.is/bioflokkar.htm --Steinninn 15:50, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it was Black Death vodka featured in Kill Bill. Also, Brennivín may be associated with alcoholics, but having worked on occasions for Vínbúð for a few years, I can't say there appears to be anything to it. Karlgun 22:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Added Gaia reference to cultural references section. 70.190.83.61 (talk) 23:16, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I've removed the following sentences: "(...), especially the Danish variety, called brændevin" and "In Swedish it is called brännvin, and in Norwegian brennevin.". It's partly wrong in regards to Swedish and completely wrong for Norwegian. The Norwegian word "brennevin" simply means liquor/spirits in general. The Swedish word "brännvin" has the same meaning as in Norwegian, but tends to be used to refer to the Nordic varieties. It's correct for Danish, but in my opinion makes the article more confusing as it's also referred to as akvavit in Danish and any Danish bottle would be labelled as such. While the styles may vary, they're all essentially the same drink; Potato-based spirits flavored with caraway seeds and possibly other spices.

"Linie" is a brand of Norwegian aquavit and the drink is referred to as aquavit or more commonly by the simplified spelling "akevitt". 84.208.181.207 (talk) 02:03, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

The main text of the article says 40% ABV, the text accompanying the image says 40% ABV, the label on the bottle shows 37.5% ABV. Tsipouro-Sipper (talk) 11:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I don't speak Icelandic, but the German verb "brennen" in this context means "to distill" and not "to burn". Therefore I think that "distilled wine" is probably a more accurate translation. -- 2003:E2:ABF7:28BA:80CE:2A39:B11D:10F1 (talk) 14:37, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

HARD water is alkaline (high pH), SOFT water is acidic (low pH). you have one of the two descriptors inverted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.228.243 (talk) 00:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Text from the label
I bought a bottle of the stuff a few years ago and it's been sitting in my cupboard looking lonely ever since. Clearing out the cupboard i came across it the other day, i noticed there is some decent text on the back that may be usable on here, it goes:

"BRENNIVÍN is made from a purely Icelandic recipe and was first put on the market in 1935 when prohibition was lifted. The black label was chosen because it was considered necessary to have the label unattractive to limit demand for the drink. The plan failed and the black label together with the excessive consumption resulted in a new name. BRENNIVÍN is best enjoyed neat, straight from the freezer, for example as a chaser with beer."

and on the front we have: "THE ORIGINAL ICELANDIC SCHNAPPS" "Produced and bottled in Iceland by The Brewery Egill Skallagrímsson Ltd."

That's all. Hope it helps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.68.72 (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2012 (UTC)