Hiccup took a sip, and then furrowed his eyebrows in thought. "...that tastes a little stronger than I was expecting. This isn't small beer, is it?"

Hiccup was referring to the drink most commonly consumed in place of water. Small beer had extremely low alcohol content, to the point where it wasn't even remotely intoxicating. Stronger ales were mostly saved for when people actually wanted to get drunk.

"Eh," he said, deciding it didn't matter. It wasn't like he hadn't had those same stronger ales before. "It's fine. Not like I was planning on going flying tonight anyways."