|:.From: Luther, Ron |:. |:. |:.(Who still hasn't quite figured out this 'black deat' thing |:.... nearest I could find |:.was a whisper of a link claiming that distilled liquor was |:.invented by alchemists |:.as a cure for the black death and, for reasons unexplained, |:.became suprisingly popular.) Black Death = Brennivín :) http://vefbud.vinbud.is//isroot/vinbud/ImagesOnline/ProductImages/g20h/00829 .jpg (I strongly suggest you read the first link first :)) http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/iceland-holland-2000/brenniv in.html http://www.brennivin.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenniv%C3%ADn it became popular because it was cheap to produce and a lot cheaper than anything else. In Iceland the wholesalers always did take a *huge* portion of the price of anything, thus becoming the money people in Iceland for the longest time. So Brennivin was the drink of the common people. <useless information> A bottle of such delicatesse can be found in the hands of Michael Madsen in Kill Bill Vol. 1 </useless information> cheers Elfur