Icelandic bars ran out of beer trying to serve American sailors and drunken marines

Thomas Jefferson, the founding father and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, once uttered a joke: "Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens his mood, encourages the spirit and promotes health. "

The army has never received this note.

A national crisis hit Iceland this week when a force of 7,000 US and naval sailors, unaware of the Third President's propensity for alcoholic self-defense, invaded the country's capital, Reykjavík , and opened the torch to a thirst for frothy jelly. the beer offer of the city.

Upon arrival, the sailors and seamen participating in NATO's Trident Juncture exercise were wasted no time, Iceland Magazine said. Most headed directly from the boat to the nearest bar to locate, close and destroy the beers.

Bar owners have tried to adapt to the onslaught of US customers, but "they were fighting with overwhelming force," said local blogger Eiríkur Jónsson.

Give me your tired, thirsty, crowded masses aspiring to drink beer.

Wave after wave, dehydrated seamen and sailors wandered around town, filling local settlements for four days in a row in search of that familiar old familiar embrace of sweet drunkenness.

A restaurant, Sæta Svínið – said good luck – was one of the first to miss beer. Bar owners tried to borrow from other better-supplied businesses, but the Americans were too numerous.

As other bars began to dry up, homeowners who claimed to have never experienced such alcoholic aggression had issued a distress signal to the beer.

One of Iceland's local breweries, Ölgerð Egils Skallagrímssonar, responded to the call and immediately began working overtime to distribute emergency beer shipments that could provide food for thirsty Americans.

Ölgerð Egils Skallagrímssonar – the king of the north.

When the ships finally left Reykjavík, the city of about 120,000 inhabitants living in a country with just under 340,000 inhabitants was finally able to breathe.

Iceland had survived the onslaught, the Americans had been drinking to their fill and no case of excessive debauchery has been reported yet – a real achievement.

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