Bjórdagurinn – The National Beer Day
Honor 29 years of BEER FREEDOM* this Thursday with us at The English Pub. Special price on Egils Gull and Guinness, only 800ISK from open to close (12PM to 1AM).
Live music with Ingunn Hlín & Alexander Aron from 6:30PM. Of course happy hour on beer & wine from 4PM to 7PM.
*A century ago, Iceland banned all alcoholic drinks. Within a decade, red wine had been legalised, followed by spirits in the 1930s. But full-strength beer remained off-limits until 1 March 1989.
Icelanders celebrating March 1st 1989, when the 70 year beer prohibition in Iceland was lifted.