We Try O. P. Anderson Original Aquavit 

AHK-VAH-VEET (the garbled Swedish version of Latin aqua vitae, "the water of life"). 😀

The Linje Aquavit is peculiar to Norway in that it is sent on a ship to Australia and comes back to Norway and is then bottled, still to this day

I'm not a pro in drinking Aquavit - but when I see my colleagues drinking, they insit it to be ice cold and best served in chilled glasses. But perhaps we all are philistines drinking Aquavit...

Dark bread, pickled herring, sour cream and thiiiiis!

As a Norwegian, I am a bit biased, but here in Norway there are laws that doesn't exist in Denmark and Sweden about what classifies as Aquavit or not when produced, the label Norwegian Akevitt is therefore protected by those regulations. Akevitt from Sweden and Denmark can be made from both potatoes and grain, in Norway it has to be made of potatoes to be allowed to call it Aquavite/Akevitt, there are other differences as well, without me remembering. In Denmark and Sweden most of the akevitts are blank types (Taffel akevitt), with a few brown ones (stored on caskets), in Norway the situation is the opposite, the brown stored variety dominates, and there are incredible many different brands as well. They are usually stored on portwine caskets for at least 1 year, but can be older (Gilde Spesial is really something special when it comes to that, having almost a chocolate aroma), 2 of them are sent to Sidney and back by Ship, earning them the names of "Linie Akevitt", those are the Løten Linie and the Lysholm Linie. Akevitt/Aquavit is officially the national drink of Norway. PS: Someone over here said that it should be served ice cold, that's only true for the Blanc ones, the brown ones, specially the Norwegian ones, should be served tempered as they have a richer taste palett. Also, Icelandic Svartadaudir/Brennevini is also a type of Taffel Akevitt.

Great with smoked fish, or pickled herring, at the cold table...

You're supposed to drink it out of a shot glass as a shot after singing drinking songs

9:00 Did you mean "Hygge"?

A lot of BS about drinking it ice cold in the comments here. That's not how to do it, unless you're trying to reduce the taste as much as possible (which some people do). It should be served just slightly chilled, like half an hour in the fridge. But the main thing is: you don't drink this on its own, it always accompanies meals, and especially the ever-present pickled herring. (And the dill-heavy aquavits go great with cured or smoked salmon.)

Should be served from the freezer with soused herring and the rest of a smorgasbord. Brilliant . You've done it all wrong .

Plus you don't use akvavit for cocktails