64° Reykjavik Brennivin
Hafnarfjörður, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
- ABV
- 43%
- Base spirit
- Unknown
- Color
- Clear
- Style
- Unaged Aquavit
64° Brennivín is an Icelandic aquavit produced by 64° Reykjavík Distillery. Its botanical profile is deliberately focused, combining caraway with Icelandic angelica seeds. The distillery uses organic caraway seeds together with selected angelica seeds sourced from Icelandic wild plants.
The spirit is produced using the distillery’s small-batch distillation process and bottled at 43% ABV. It was already documented in Icelandic retail records by 2012, when Vínbúðin listed a 200 ml bottle under product number 20492. The same product number and 43% strength continued to appear in later Vínbúðin listings.
64° Brennivín is the distillery’s traditional caraway-led aquavit, distinct from its later dill-led aquavit. It is presented as a clear spirit.
Bottle gallery
About the producer
64° Reykjavík Distillery
Hafnarfjörður, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
64° Reykjavík Distillery was established in Iceland in 2009 by Snorri Jónsson and Judith Orlishausen. Contemporary Icelandic reporting dates the company’s founding to September 2009, while the distillery describes itself as the first Icelandic distillery of its kind.
The distillery developed around the use of Icelandic berries and botanicals, with locally sourced and foraged ingredients becoming central to its range. These include crowberries, bilberries, rhubarb, angelica, caraway, juniper and wild Arctic thyme.
Over the years, Reykjavík Distillery has produced liqueurs, gin, vodka, whisky and aquavit under the 64° Reykjavík Distillery identity. Its Brennivín is built around caraway, while its later Dill Aquavit is a separate taffel-style expression centered on dill together with Icelandic angelica and wild Arctic thyme.
The company continues to operate as an independent small-scale producer. Its current production address is Lónsbraut 6, 220 Hafnarfjörður, despite retaining Reykjavík in its company and brand name.
