OUR HOUSE LAGER THE EL GRILLÓ,
IS MADE BY THE RECIPE OF OUR GRANDFATHER

AND FOUNDER OF KAFFI LÁRA,

EYÞÓR ÞÓRISSON.

 

ACCORDING TO THE TALE OF EL GRILLÓ,

EYÞÓR FELL ASLEEP HERE AT THE BAR AFTER A

COUPLE OF BEERS TOO MANY AND WAS VISITED IN

HIS DREAM BY THE GHOST OF LÁRA.

 

LÁRA IS A TOWN LEGEND THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE

IN THE OLD DAYS. ACCORDING TO EYÞÓR,

SHE WHISPERED THE EL GRILLÓ LAGER RECIPE TO HIM

AND THAT IS HOW IT ALL STARTED.

 

THE NAME EL GRILLÓ COMES FROM THE FAMOUS

BRITISH OIL SHIP, SS EL GRILLO. THe ship WAS BOMBED

IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR BY GERMAN AIRPLANES

HERE IN SEYÐISFJÖRÐUR. THE SHIP STILL LIES AT

THE BOTTOM OF THE FJORD AND HAS BECOME

A FAMOUS LANDMARK FOR DIVERS TO SEE.