Celebrity Jeopardy!
Bjork: Sometimes when I'm putting oranges in the sauerkraut, I think of my thoughts and they make me laugh. [buzz] No?From GrubStreet:
Alex Trebek: Are you Icelandic or retarded? [Sean Connery buzzes in] Sean Connery?
Sean Connery: Can you repeat the question?
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There are two types of beer-makers in the world: those who go nuts with mad-science brew-kettle experimentation and create things like scrapple beer, and then others who use actual nuts for whale testicle beer like Icelandic brewery Steðji's Hvalur 2, a 5.2 percent ABV seasonal brew for their midwinter month of Thorri.
Co-owner Dagbjartur Ariliusson explains to the local paper Vísir that they lightly salt and smoke them "according to an old Icelandic tradition."
Each individual brewing was allotted its own bona-fide fin whale testicle, and the brewery needed to obtain a special license from the state to sell it — "we put a lot of effort into this and it's a long process," he summarizes.
It's possible the English-language description of the beer posted to its website has a few snags, but nonetheless it reads:
"What makes this beer special is that it's [sic] ingredients is Pure icelandic water, malted barley, hops and sheep shit-smoked whale balls."...MORE
