The storm has let up a bit. Not completely gone, it comes and goes. After getting my breakfast and my morning rituals, I go outside into the elements at 11. I heard there was a brewery here and last night I did some research, found the location, so that’s where I’m going today.
About a half-hour walk there on a clear day, I get to the industrial part of the city, apparently it’s here. Makes sense actually, the smells that a brewery makes can be…robust? Trying to find it, I see a building in the distance that could be it, or a cheese factory, or a Co-Op building. Then the wind changes direction when I get closer. Yup! That’s the brewery! The smell of fresh bread, raw hops, and old beer, all rolled up into one.
I begin walking around the building, trying to find the entrance. Then one more time. The only one I could find was in a fenced off area. I guess this location is strictly for brewing, not open for the public. There’s another location in Reykjavik, I’ll check that one out tomorrow.
The big storm came back so I took shelter in a nearby mall. It’s just a simple one. Mostly clothing stores, a few coffee shops, toy stores, and a computer store. Was in there for a good hour before the storm let up. Being able to go outside without too much risk, I make my way back to the hotel. There’s a restaurant next door that I want to try out.
Getting into the restaurant, I’m seated next to a fish tank. While watching the fishies, I figure out what I want to eat. A mexican burger and a pint of beer. Sitting there for almost ten minutes, I get frustrated that no one has come to take my order. I get up, walk over to the bar, and tell them that I want to order food. I place my order and sit back down. The food comes out rather quickly. I gobble it down and flush the beer down my throat hole, pay my bill, and leave.
By this time the storm had come back in full swing, so I go back to my hotel to wait it out.
During my research for breweries, I found a restaurant just down the road that has a rather extensive beer list. It opens at 6 so I killed time by playing Deponia.
I head out at 7 and make my way there. After I get seated, I look at the beer list and food menu. The list looks okay, everything I have already had (still nothing from Canada), but I then see one that I haven’t had one before, but it tells me to ask the waiter. I inquire about it and the waiter tells me that this brewery has seven different kinds of beer and only bottles 10,000 of each one per year. Excited, I try, throughout my time there, a porter, and IPA, and a baltic porter. Very delicious! The brewery is called Borg for those interested. For food I ordered dates wrapped in bacon with a sweet chilli sauce, and my main was steak covered with a caramel sauce with onions and mushrooms, with a salad and a baked potato. All of it was so tasty! Iceland may be mostly barren and low population, but MAN do they know how to cook!
After my meal and three beers, I depart and decide to take a closer look at the church. Not as impressive as the one in Reykjavik, but still amazing.
10:00 rolls around, the food and beer finally hitting me, I make my way back to the hotel for bed.
Going back to Reykjavik tomorrow!