Americans Try Different European Beers For The FIRST Time

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[@dasmaurerle4347]

I adore Pedro. He's the only one that knows how to pour a beer properly. Greetings from Germany 😂❤🍻

[@moottori_paa]

same hit my eye too.

[@HyperQbeMusic]

The Weizenglas was always nicely poored! So I guess, Pedro isn't the only one. 😉

[@sam.v.v.]

As a belgian i can say germans dont know how to pour a beer either

[@capusvacans]

He starts pooring right, but he finishes wrongly. The other 2 seem to only know how to finish a poor.

[@Theubald]

@@sam.v.v. We are the boss of beers. Germany products only beers like Jupiler or Maes. It’s better than french Kronenbourg but special beers are our Channel.

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

Senor Pedro giving 10 for La Chouffe is a real Connoisseur!

[@fredshred5194]

Yep Pedro knows a good beer when he tries one.

[@nikolajdehaan9815]

And he does not mess his beer up pouring it. Those huge foam heads 😢

[@Koen030NL]

@@nikolajdehaan9815I guess they think more foam is better because the US beers apparently dont have a lot of foam. In the Netherlands I think the foam layer should be 2 fingers thick.

[@AboveSomething]

@@nikolajdehaan9815 lmfao yeah 9/10ths foam, who drinks their beer like that??

[@vallejomach6721]

@@AboveSomething Belgians...you should watch his video from about two weeks ago...American Learns Why Beer in Europe Has So Much Foam. It's about draught beer though rather than bottled...

[@Bierzgal]

Honey beer is definitely a thing here in Poland. Maybe not THAT popular but it's always on a shelf in most markets. Personally I like it quite a lot, but it's not something you drink on every occasion. It's great in winter. Especially when you heat it up. Shame you guys didn't like it that much but it's still very cool you found it in the US.

[@ferencszarka]

Hungarian seeing a Polska, auto 'like' 🇭🇺🇵🇱

[@capusvacans]

I don't know it either tbh, i'll try it when i find one. I guess it's a bit of an acquired taste like for example the Belgian "lambic" beers.

[@kattishedberg5251]

Thanks for the tip to heat it up.

[@LadyClannadia]

And it's preferred by women ... All sweet flavours one , they should have tried Zywiec or Tychy .

[@PUARockstar]

We in Ukraine have lots of brands with honey beer, and the quality and tastes ranges from outright repulsive to heavenly.

[@quil7er]

Remember, in Belgium it is sacrilege to pour beer into the wrong glass.

[@MK-iq3yy]

Americans discovering the "bügelverschluss" is funny as hell 😂

[@Alakablam]

So true, think i learned opening half litres of Grolsch when i was like 3, did see them in NY like 20 yrs ago, but that was in a beer speciality store.

[@Brauiz90]

In Germany they're used for decades - even longer as the now "typical" caps. and Ian was right - you can reseal the bottle, that's why I love those bottles for taking them with me camping or just relaxing in a park. (there are non-alcoholic "Radler" versions, like "Mönchshof")

[@Nikioko]

But they still have to try a little how to open it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpOtgGupjb2fjM0

[@flo6956]

I still have one I've been using as a keyring for over 30 years

[@saladspinner3200]

I'm obsessed by the name of the type of clip in English. In Dutch we typically call the whole combination "een beugelfles". You usually find them on the stronger, more slow types of beers. Even on the bottles which only hold 33cl!

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Your father-in-law knows how to pour beer... 👍

[@SebastianTkaczykPL]

expirience :D

[@oskng]

Pa bas i nije tako, vecina okusa je u pjeni i pravo tocenje piva je u vlaznoj casi i sa pjenom

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@oskng Sorry can't copy it into translation (high security browser prevents it) and being English I'm not multilingual like most Europeans... 🤔

[@vicu_negru]

the european way to poor is to have at least 2 fingers of foam on top of the beer. that shows the quality of the beer!

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@vicu_negru No, (are you European?) you pour down the side of the glass preventing the degassing of the drink. The excessive head is a sign you over did it or were impatient. A head is preferable, but the size of the head is telling.

[@CM-ey7nq]

Seems like Pedro is the true beer connoisseur among you three :)

[@Lord_RFAS]

Her dad seems to know how to pour a beer, but 4,7% "a little strong"? Oh, my sweet summer child 🤣🤣🤣

[@CaptainDisaster83]

Tip from Belgium: always tip the glass when you pour it in, start with the lowest percentage and end with the highest.. it helps for hangovers

[@ned_1963]

Another great tip for a hangover is to drink TEN Belgian beers! Gives me a hangover every time! 😂😂

[@suicidalbanananana]

I love how his dad and father in law pour their beer correctly and Ian still doesn't 😉

[@SonOfBaraki359]

@@ned_1963 Fight fire with fire

[@Eledore]

Should have seen his last video drinking Belgium beer. Pouring in a cold/chilled wet glass with a flat bottom like it was soda/pop/soft-drink. The Duvel had like 80% foam. Only saving grace was because of the foam he didn't clear out the bottle and add the bottom yeast layer. Cheers from Antwerp brother, have a Bolleke.

[@ned_1963]

@Eledore I saw it & loved his reactions to just how different "proper" beers were! Have one for me, mate! All the way from England. 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🍻

[@nacholibre4516]

Pedro is definitely the star of the beer episodes.

[@liamstrange4939]

Yes definitely and he knows how to pour beer muy beueno

[@robert4you]

And he even knew about Honey Beer... 😊

[@Drew-Dastardly]

He had the biggest jar, a 10 gallon hat and a gold Libertad medallion. What a boss grandpa.

[@liamstrange4939]

@@Drew-Dastardly hell yeah brother 🫡

[@sirolf628]

Chouffekeeeeeeuuuu

[@prussiaaero1802]

Pedro always looks sharp! Love the party trick at 07:00 Pedro.

[@Gordon_L]

At least Pedro knows how to pour a beer into a glass 🍺😊

[@Wernerrrrr]

Pedro could be straight out of a western. Love his looks!

[@prussiaaero1802]

Oozing Style😊

[@ateoforever7434]

He drinks only at HIGHNOON......

[@tangfors]

The German beer was a wheat beer there of such a different character. Most beer is brewed from barley, but it is also possible to brew beer from wheat, rye, corn and rice. If you want to learn a little more about different beer types: Lager: Brewed from carefully dried malt and is under-fermented. They are usually divided into three groups. American and Asian lagers: Very light lager beers that contain more raw fruit and less hops than other lagers. They have a light and fresh character and are suitable as uncomplicated thirst quenchers. European lager: The Dane Emil Christian Hansen, researcher at Carlsberg, had a key role when the European lager was developed. European lagers have a milder aroma and flavor profile than the German and Czech pilsner lagers. Czech and German pilsner: The third group consists of the original Czech and German pilsner varieties that have a more distinct character. The beer has a greater fullness and a clearer bitterness compared to later lagers. Other types of lager beer: There are also other lager beers such as Viennese lager that has had to give way in favor of pilsner lager, but it lives on in the Czech Republic, southern Germany and Denmark. Dark lager is another bottom-fermented beer. Originally, all bottom-fermented lagers were dark and it was only around the time of the First World War that the light lager became more common than the dark. Baltic porter is historically associated with the original porter that British merchants brought to the Baltics in the 18th century. It has an intense taste with aromas of coffee, chocolate and licorice. Spontaneously fermented beer: Spontaneous fermentation means that free yeast particles in the air start the fermentation process, and not added yeast. Before the industrialization of beer, it was common for the beer to sour during storage due to the presence of multiple strains of yeast as well as lactic acid and bacteria. These bacteria were widespread and a scourge to brewers until they learned to pasteurize the beer and isolate the yeast strains. But there were also breweries that learned to use the spontaneous fermentation to enhance the taste and add balance and freshness to the beer. Today, sour beer is quite uncommon, but interest in this type of beer has increased in recent times. Lambic is an example of a spontaneously fermented beer type typical of Belgium. ferments and ages Belgian spontaneous beer often in oak barrels for up to three years before bottling, and the result is a completely unique beer. Ale: In everyday speech, ale usually means the vast majority of types of over-fermented beer. However, the differences between the different ale types are large. Blond ale: Light ale brewed according to the Belgian method. The beer is produced by fermentation, usually at a high alcohol content, with a Belgian type of yeast that adds very strong fruity notes to the beer. Pale ale (bitter): Light ale brewed according to the British method. Plenty of malt and large amounts of hops. Pale ale has more bitterness, less fruity aroma and, as a rule, lower alcohol content than the Belgian ale. Brown ale: Both England and Belgium still have strong traditions in dark ale brewing. British brown ale is usually a little weaker than the slightly sweeter Belgian counterpart, but in both varieties the dark malt sets the tone for the taste picture. Wheat beer: Wheat beer is brewed from wheat malt, barley malt and hops and comes from the Bavarian and Belgian beer tradition. In Bavaria, wheat beer is brewed exclusively on malt and hops in accordance with the Bavarian purity law Reinheitsgebot from the year 1516, while the Belgians add spices to the wheat beer and increase its acidity slightly with the help of lactic acid. Otherwise, both countries' wheat beers are over-fermented and have a fruity and spicy aroma. Stout and Porter: Porter was originally a British type of beer and the term stout was initially used only for the most alcoholic varieties. Today it is difficult to make a clear distinction between stout and porter. What they all have in common is that they have a well-developed body and a strong aroma that comes from the hard roasted malt.

[@73smoo]

Very informative! Which are obergärig and which are untergärig? And what does it mean?

[@tangfors]

@@73smoo It's German so don't really know the language. But I can almost figure out what it means as I'm Swedish . Obergärig means the beer is top fermented. (Top-fermented beer is beer that has been fermented at a relatively high temperature and where the yeast thereby ends up on the surface due to the yeast accompanying the carbon dioxide bubbles up, hence the name top-fermented beer. Over-fermented beer is characterized by the fact that the yeast gives significantly more flavor to the beer than under-fermented beer) Untergärig means that it is bottom fermented. (Bottom-fermented beer is a designation for beer that uses a slow-fermenting yeast culture that is fermented at a low temperature. The yeast then sinks quite quickly to the bottom, hence the name. Over 90 percent of all beer that is brewed is bottom-fermented and usually also light, this despite the fact that this type of beer is relatively young)

[@ucube33]

@@73smooit's the difference between ale and lager. Beer was originally invented "obergärig" aka top-fermented, then in the 1800s the untergärig, bottom formented was coming through and is now known as a lager. the Lagers are fermented slowly at low temperature, it is less common to brew at home, compared to the other variant for that reason.

[@Christian-ew4eg]

Excellent reply . Over the last 50 years as an Australian male , I have obviously learnt a lot about beer , and how to pour it into a 'glass' . I cannot see the point in tipping beer into a stein and ending up with a head 3 times what's still liquid . Pedro knows how to best pour a decent beer . Foam is a 'rip-off' unless you are watching and waiting for your next schooner of Guinness . Cheers !

[@Christian-ew4eg]

Only studied German language for a year or maybe two in the mid/late '80s . Methinks those terms refer to , and make a differentiation between fermentation processes , yeasts used , etc ... Haven't brewed in a while , but watching these "Americans try ..." videos lights a fire under my seat . Next batch will be something similar to my FIRST . Got a recipe for 'Uncle Arthur's Famous Falling Over Water' , from a book , changed it a little , and it ended up being a barley wine that tasted like caramel , NO "foam" , and was "WELL HARD" , @10.7% ...

[@mieteksnopowiazaka5359]

Gentlemen, in Poland honey beer is drunk warm, to warm up, not as a "match beer" or to quench thirst. Currently, there are hundreds of craft breweries in Poland that brew delicious beer, try asking a Pole, he will send you for tastings. Once, when I bought my father a honey beer, he almost kicked me out of the house ;)

[@katharina...]

Bardzo cieple jak grzaniec, czy tylko troche cieple? Ja piwa nie pijam, ale takie mocno cieple to bym nawet sprobowala.

[@mieteksnopowiazaka5359]

@@katharina... grzaniec to raczej w zimie, ale serdecznie polecam, są nawet bezalkoholowe opcje

[@blackjohnny0]

I drink it cold.

[@mieteksnopowiazaka5359]

@@blackjohnny0 Cold is not good, unless for women who like sweet beers. Łomża has a male version, full of hops

[@blackjohnny0]

@@mieteksnopowiazaka5359 Warm tastes like shit. And since alcohol has lower boiling point than water, making beer warm isnt greatest idea.

[@squarecircle1473]

the shared enthusiasm around the 16:00 minute mark about that seal is pretty endearing lol. Also, I just love Pedro. He seems very nice, gentle and humble, and has great style :)

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

1:12 the first Ukrainian beer is called Lviv beer after a city in western Ukraine located on the border with Poland called Lviv . 16:36 As a Pole, I remember this "porcelain" closure on bottles from my childhood. I liked the feeling when I opened the orangeade

[@axspike]

I'm defo up for watching Americans getting hammered on proper beers! 😂

[@scipioafricanus5871]

...and getting proper hangovers!

[@axspike]

@@scipioafricanus5871😂😂

[@yoeriw7099]

4.7% - It's a little strong. Nah that's just the low end in Europe. Most lagers/pilseners hover around 5%, with others going as high as 11.6% (Grolsch kanon)

[@Lovecbabochek]

It's funny how Americans drink European beer and criticize. Because American beer is urine.

[@AS-010o0]

Łomża is my favorite 🥰 I’m allergic to regular beer and this is the only one that doesn’t give me allergy symptoms🤷‍♀️ honey 🍯 is really natures remedy for many things. Łomża beer is actually very good, you should try those without honey😉 other popular Polish beers: Tyskie, Żywiec, Okocim, but those are consider „cheap” bears, but hey they’re very popular 🤷‍♀️ thanks for the video! 🙏

[@Leviwosc]

Pedro is the true beer connoisseur. He mentioned smaller glasses would be better for a taste session and he knows how to pour beer correctly to avoid unnecessary amounts of foam. I understood that American beer usually doesn't produce much foam. But European beer does. Thus to pour European beer into a glass you must start by holding the glass almost horizontally and slowly turning it upright whilst pouring the beer. Just avoid that the beer makes a deep fall into the glass. Or ask Pedro to show you guys, he knows how to pour a beer. I live in the Netherlands, less than a half-hour by car from the Belgian border. We can buy here Duvel and Leffe in the supermarket. But usually I drink it in the pub. There have been nights that I drank 6 or 7 of those Dubel bottles. Luckily I could just walk home instead of driving.

[@strykerm1180]

It was so funny seeing them trying to figure out how to open the Polish bottle with the "Flensburger- Style" cap 😅

[@AFNacapella]

Pedro is right, you guys need smaller glasses, especially thinner walled ones. at this point I'd say a regular waterglass is better than those big ones. although the middle one is a generic Weizen glass so it fit's for that. you could google the glasses and see how close you get with what you have at home: bigger white wine glasses for the pilsners, red for the belgians, and water glasses are always game... all of these have their special glasses and it's a world to explore. different sizes, artwork, shapes... my parents collected Bitburger and special edition Kölsch glasses. that wall had quite some pretty ones and I'm still convinced you can taste a difference between the shapes.

[@wojtekjj1803]

In Poland, honey beers account for a very small fraction of what Poles drink.

[@driesversmissen]

So much fun seeing you discover Leffe again and sticking with the 10 ! Some of my favorite beers are Westmalle Triple, Triple Karmeliet, la trappe quadruple, Hapkin, gouden carolus tripel, omer, ommegang, St bernardus abt12, Victoria, duvel and chouffe ofcourse. It would be amazing to see you try one of these! It's best in its own glass and without too much foam. A little trick is to wet the glass with water first and pour the beer slowly, holding the glass at an angle of around 45degrees. When you near the end of the bottle, you slowly tilt the glass straight and pour directly in the middle. For duvel we used to say that it has to have about 2 fingers of foam. Looking forward to your next video! Schol 🍻

[@user-zu2dg1re3d]

Kudos for Pedro, the man knows his beer!!

[@richardhltrp1791]

it's always funny to see americans drink actual beer ))

[@fredshred5194]

And try pour it in a glass.

[@PTOOOF]

15:20 or pouring delicious beer in bathtubeglasses. These Belgian beers are like wine, gentlemen.

[@nstraatmans5975]

And not even cleans the glasses after every beer

[@styn_w]

or terrifying :D as Belgian speaking

[@HEN-Huzar]

17:00 Such closures existed before the invention of metal caps. In Poland 🇵🇱 when I was a kid(80s), some lemonade was closed in this way.

[@amjan]

Greeetings from Poland! Honey beers are actually my favourites! For anybody who likes sweet wine or beer shandys they are fantastic.

[@vitaliydyshlovy9298]

Hello from Ukraine! This beer is from the city of Lviv in the West of Ukraine. We say "Budʹmo!" as "Cheers!", which literally means something like "Let us be!"

[@xak3pp]

у львівське міцне пиво🤣🤣🤣🤣. я коли випив 2 літра веселого монаха, ще біжу в магаз за пивом)

[@mynameisschezuan]

🇺🇦

[@kzonedd7718]

I want to try it, but it seems tobe sold out everywhere here in the nl. But I'll keep looking.

[@dasmaurerle4347]

'Let us be' is a very adequate brand name. Not sure if it's as good as my local German beer. Let's have a contest, after you defeated the orcs😘🍻🇩🇪🇺🇦

[@Lightning_Lance]

"Let us be" huh? I don't think the neighbors got the message 😅

[@philipocallaghan]

NEVER let IWrocker pour a beer.

[@daphneschuring5810]

The angle is wrong

[@peterthill]

And use a fresh Glass

[@SonOfBaraki359]

@@peterthill and the appropriate glass

[@automation7295]

Why do people always judge how other people pour a beer?

[@peterthill]

@@automation7295 I didn‘t think that is judging. it‘s more constructive critism

[@svenpedersen9140]

17:00 exactlly in. The bottles with the seal that you find so amazing is (but more back in the day) completely normal. I was a bit dumbfouded when I saw you in front of the bottle and didn't knew what to do hehe. Great video so far guys... love it !

[@darr473]

Honey beer is not for everyone and is sold in small quantities. However, it is good to try them. Some people love them. Poland has really good beer. However, you have to find your way. The oldest breweries in Poland date back over 800 years. For the sake of curiosity, I will say that in Poland, apart from the normal consumption of this drink, there is another way. We heat the beer and pour a certain amount of juice into it, for example raspberry or blackcurrant juice. This warm beer with juice is really surprisingly good.

[@daphneschuring5810]

Chouffe, Duvel and Leffe oh dear. Drink one or two. This is the proper stuff from Belgium.

[@Koen030NL]

Better stay away from the Kasteel tripel then. I think that is like 12%.

[@fuzielectron5172]

Yup... Love a Duvel, over 300 beers in Belgium had some Monastery brewed stuff that was 12-14. % just too much!!!

[@bertrandronge9019]

Yeah it just miss a Jupiler 🤣Serioulsy I'd rather have them test a Westmalle Triple than a duvel.

[@beirch]

Belgian beer is a blessing. My absolute favorite of all time is Liefmans Kriek Brut. So refreshing, not too sour, a little sweet and a lovely aftertaste of cherries.

[@nathpeeters3458]

@@beirchin Belgium we call it “wijven drank” and it means that it’s women beer cause of the lightness and sweetness.

[@asbjrnknutsen8761]

Thank you for brining your father and Pedro again! I'll so good to see the new Umerica so nicely represented! Thank you from Norway!

[@smeeAndyEN]

It's a Polish thing, folks really like sweeten their beers, often serving them whit a spritz of fruit syrup as well. It's a bit strange, but you really learn to appreciate it after the 8th-10th beer. It just stays down and doesn't "protest" being digested as bitter beers sometimes do. Also, do you guys have mead in the states?

[@HEN-Huzar]

In medieval Poland 🇵🇱 people drank mead instead of beer. It's still available for purchase.

[@LadyClannadia]

I bought it last time visiting .. there are variety of the products at the airports ..

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

I always hop the Dutch/Belgian border to get my Belgian beers, nowadays German super markets at least have Leffe but the real adventure starts across the border.

[@DJChappie001]

I do the same to get my Dutch weed. Neighborly trading lol

[@saladspinner3200]

@@DJChappie001 That's probably why Maastricht is generally considered one of the best places to live in the Benelux haha.

[@fuzielectron5172]

300+ Belgian beers, something for everyone...

[@philipocallaghan]

first pour, i screamed.... never pour into a resting glass, tilt the glass and slide the beer in. ROOKIE.

[@liamstrange4939]

When you know you know 👍

[@jernejulcar8325]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. Always tilt glass at 45 degrees.

[@markjohnson9476]

Father in law did it perfectly.

[@tryggvecuypers6347]

Easy man... He admitted already he's not a beer pro.

[@IWrocker]

I've been Trolling yall with the pours haha 😉

[@JoeinPNW]

super cool you found a bottle of Lvivske. my wife is ukrainian and have had the opportunity to visit Lviv as well as the brewery in the city center. It's my favorite beer to drink in ukraine (they have several large brewers), and in the summer when the temps are pushing 100 degrees, i can suck these down like water. soooooo refreshing and smooth on a hot day. Nostrovia!

[@Olga_Tkachyk_Art]

Na zdorovie is russian "cheers", "Bud'mo" ( Let us be) is Ukrainian. Hope your wife hasn't read this)

[@JoeinPNW]

@Olga_Tkachyk_Art she is from odessa and her whole family speaks Russian as has been most common. She does speak Ukrainian as well and only speaks Ukrainian in kiev and lviv. In odessa, Russian is still more normal.

[@Olga_Tkachyk_Art]

@@JoeinPNW not anymore.

[@naddniprianec]

@@Olga_Tkachyk_Art Ти рофлиш, на здоров'я кажуть всюди, що за рогульний пуризм?

[@bfulks2001]

My favorite part was everyone's reaction to the honey beer and the swing top bottle bafflement. Looks like everyone had fun and that is always the most important part. Cheers. I am impressed that you found some beers that I haven't tried. I will be looking for some of them.

[@winterlinde5395]

I love how you discover the plopp bottle from Poland!!😍😄

[@russcattell955i]

As Northern Europe does not make much wine, they make beer for all occasions. From powerful darks for red meat to honey beer for sweet cake n pastries.

[@Sebastian-zf4qs]

Polska lezy w Europie północnej🤣🤣🤣

[@kamilmikolajczyk6776]

I'm Polish and I actually do like the honey beer :) you just should not rate it in comparison with regular beer. It's different, it's sweet, I'd rather treat it like a radler beer, or a soda with a bit of alcohol. And it's funny that of all the different Polish beers you picked the two honey flavoured ones. Also, you should definitely give a shot to some of Czech or Slovak brands!

[@JRMDLV]

Love these series man, it's so genuine. Greetings from Belgium ✌(ps. we've got a lot of pretty good beers above 10% too 😉)

[@GazilionPT]

Łomƶa = Łomża, pronounced like "Womja" (with the 'j' being pronounced as the 's' in "pleasure"). It's a town in NE Poland.

[@Hm1-zn3bn]

Would be easier explanation to just write "Womzha" 😉

[@GazilionPT]

@@Hm1-zn3bn Some people have doubts on how to pronounce the "zh" digraph because no native English words have it. So I prefer to illustrate with the 's' in "pleasure".

[@idudodomu]

В Україні продається, хороше пиво.

[@pekkaritaranta2444]

The deposit system is very efficient. Here in Finland the percentage of returned bottles and cans is around 96, so rarely people just dispose of them since there's money involved.

[@zinstonehead]

Yeah, it is amazing. It works well in CZ too. .-)

[@Drew-Dastardly]

We had this in the UK up until the late '80s. The brewer cartel realised that not having natural yeast in their bottles meant using much less glass as the could control artificial carbonation. The bottles would not explode and so much cheaper. It's cheaper to the brewers for thin glass bottles to be disposed of rather than being returned.

[@hdufort]

How much do you get per bottle? In Québec, the minimum deposit is 0.10$ (bottle or can), but it can be as high as 0.30$ for some of the bigger bottles.

[@pekkaritaranta2444]

​@@hdufortit's like 10 cents for glass bottles under the size of 1 liter and 40 cents for 1 liter and up. For plastic bottles it's 10 cents for 0,35 l or under, 20 cents for everything in between 0,35 l and 1 liter, and 40 cents for 1 liter and over. Then there's cans which are 0,15 cents per can, regardless of size.

[@bartdepauw1996]

Love your show! Just FYI: Duvel is probably the top beer of Belgium, with a fan club Harley Davidson could be jalous about :) It requires you to drink several ones on a few occasions with people you love and you will be addicted to it for life. Love you, from Belgium 🎉

[@zapster252]

I really had to laugh when nobody (except Pedro) knew how to open a pop-top. These are totally normal in Germany. Like on bottles of the brand "Flensburger Pilsener" from the north of Germany or "Schuhmacher-Alt" or "Füchschen-Alt". As far as beer is concerned, it becomes "more bitter" the further north you go. Whether you like it depends on your personal taste, of course. But what you shouldn't miss is Alt-Bier from Düsseldorf on the Rhine. Totally delicious and definitely different from the usual blond beers. I recommend it: Diebels Alt, Frankenheim, Füchschen, or Schuhmacher, which are all Alt beer breweries in Düsseldorf. Fun fact: Just 50 km away, in Cologne, they brew a totally different beer (Kölsch), which we Düsseldorfers hate to death (the rivalry between these two cities is legendary in soccer, ice hockey, etc.) I love your beer content!!!! Greetings from Germany!

[@martinkasper197]

These Bügelverschluss bottles are also very common in the south, e.g. Mönchshof, Allgäuer Büble, Hacker-Pschorr, Schorschbräu...🤓

[@PdXY666]

Some even say they get kölsch from wild horses in the Eiffel. ;)

[@christofabt8958]

@@martinkasper197 Hirsch Zwickl from Wurmlingen

[@zigalisjak]

A three year old should be able to open it without ever seeing it before. The system is quite obvious... and it's actually best opened by pushing it out with both thumbs, rather than pulling it. It's easier and much more controlled that way... It's actually concerning that they needed Pedro to show them, regardless of the fact that they've never seen it before. It's beyond obvious...

[@hanes2]

We have glass water bottles in the fridge with that top cap for sealing it. (turns out, IKEA wells them too under the name KORKEN)

[@martoncsaszar6549]

It is so cool how you guys are just behave with each other. So heartwarming.

[@Kilian600]

Still one of the most entertaining channel on YT ! Thanx !!!

[@gedsmart7109]

In Scotland back in the early 80's we used to get the same tops that were on the polish beer you had on Grolsch beer bottles , it was a thing to take the ceramic cap of the steel and lace them into our training shoes....🤣

[@Drew-Dastardly]

That was most definitely a girl thing in England. Please tell me you are a girl 🤣

[@BoguZzNL]

FYI any beer that says Weizen or Wit is a wheat beer, and mostly always between 4.5% and 6% alchohol. It's cloudy, lighter in colour than Pilsener and less bitter. It was invented (or discovered) in Belgium.

[@papalaz4444244]

and if you pour these carelessly you get the cloudy sediment and it can give you you a BANGING headache

[@royramse7389]

I agree

[@TregMediaHD]

From erdinger though paulaner, perlenbacher und Zo, bewaren the Hefe Weizen . , my goto is currently Hertog J's Weizener

[@TregMediaHD]

Kerels, het zit altijd in hoe t' getapd was of niet . I pity these mo fos, ( hey! they all have .. children 😂😂😂) and im having a drink along

[@FBsqeddo]

@@papalaz4444244actually when pouring you would swivel the last bit of beer in the bottle to intentionally release the wheat sediments from the bottom. then pour them last to let it dustribute within the whole glass of beer

[@OakhheartIX]

Loved the video! Looks like you guys have a lot of fun doing these! I've tasted all these beers. Chouffe is amazing. Leffe is my go to beer and I want one that's not too expensive!

[@Basseba]

These videos are so cosy. Just a feel good moment to watch.

[@prouvencau6343]

The "weird" opener you guys saw is an evidence for us in France and i believe in all Europe. This type of conservation is the first one which was invented , we utilise this simple technology almost everyday for everything we want to use in a couple months : vegetables, fruits, any meat or venison with a couple potatoe , carrot, onion, etc , you open it when you lack fresh food and there is absolutely no comparison with industrial garbage we use to eat. When it is green beans, tomato, peaches, pineapple, cherries, or even duck, rabbit, etc 'season, you cook them , you put them into jars with this kind of jointed opener, then you put it in boiling water for a couple hours and VOILÀ. You can keep food for almost a year from fresh fruits, vegetables and meat that you couldnt eat the day you grabbed it. Salute to you from France (we are proud we invented that food préservation system that solved many issues and keep on doing it instead of choosing industriel products, well some of us keep on doing it) Sorry for my english ❤ Have a good one , folks !

[@jakesbeerroulette]

These are fine videos. Great job again guys!

[@Masterfighterx]

You should try Hoegaarden, it's REALLY good! Also do a Grimbergen Blonde, I'd say it beats Leffe Also, angle the glass more when you pour! Start at around 70 degrees and slowly go vertical as it fills up, you don't want it to splash down into the glass.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Lots of fun discovering all these beers. A pro tip, you kept all your beers at 3°C/37°F, this temperature is fine for Lager, IPA and Weizen style of beers, but the Belgian blonde, double and tripple beers and dark beers in general should be best enjoyed at a temperature between 8-12°C or 47-53°F. I have worked at a brewery where we had these bottles with the china and wire caps, and we had a machine which could automatically close these caps after filling. It was an absolute dog to get working properly and when the wires on the caps were slightly bent it wouldn't close them. I was really good at finetuning this machine but still you got bottles that were not closed and you then had to close these manually while moving down the conveyor! It's a type of closure much older than the crown caps, but crown caps work a lot better in a machine.

[@franzferdinand5810]

as a dutchie, my go to always is ayinger and leffe. great german and belgian stuff!

[@thesushifiend]

As a Brit, would you mind if I pass you on the left hand side?

[@Lightning_Lance]

@@thesushifiend as a Captain America: on your left!

[@Zerocool-kb4ej]

@@thesushifiend i don't think he got that pun 😉(btw i'm also Dutch) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6TchpRsaLOAZ6c

[@thesushifiend]

@@Zerocool-kb4ej Perhaps you’re right. But someone got it and that’s all that matters my friend!

[@IRweasel1988]

Just a tip, a weizen beer needs to be poured into 1 glass, just before the bottle is empty roll it around because the "weizen" sits in the bottom of the bottle , then pour it in the glass, then you get the real weizen experience

[@gabibavaria]

It´s not the weizen that sits on the bottom, it`s the yeast. And the Hofbräu Weizen Beer is with yeast, that`s why it looks a little bit milky.

[@colonellKurtz]

True beer experts and nice reporter voice from background !

[@InConsulting]

😂 0.5 for me, 1.0 for my dad, 2.0 for Pedro. Pedro is the man🎉

[@Brauiz90]

"I recognize the sign from somewhere" well, Hofbräuhaus München is well known for their big bavarian restaurant frequented by lots of tourists and then - of course - the "Wiesn", the yearly celebrated Oktoberfest. The small german, Ayinger, I had a few times and I think it's a good one (it's a 8/10 for wheat beers) 17:40 - in Germany these bottles are having a deposit of 15 cents each. Some people are having fun opning these as loud as they can... opening them with one hand (put the thumb on one side of the metal, turning it away from you and just push it)

[@onnasenshi7739]

there are also 5 Hofbräuhäuser in the USA, the Hofbräuhaus in Las Vegas is a replica of the Hofbräuhaus in Munich. The others are in Newport, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago.

[@peterthill]

*PLOPP* Cheers 🍻

[@Brauiz90]

@@onnasenshi7739 like you said here - they're based on the one in Munich but this one will always be the original. Many decades ago many Germans migrated to the US - leading to get some german culture over there.

[@onnasenshi7739]

@@Brauiz90 my father was in the original Hofbräuhaus every sunday when I was about 4 years old, me and my 2 brothers were often there. Each of us was given a small stone jug with a pewter lid engraved with our names (but we only had lemonade in our jug) , I still have mine today after more than 50 years

[@actonman7291]

From BLight to anything better. 😂

[@_PuckFutin_]

Lvivske beer 🍺 is made in the city of Lviv. It's my favorite beer. If you visit Lviv, there's 3 things you must try. Beer 🍺, coffee ☕️ and chocolate 🍫

[@BritishReaction]

Dude, please, please start tipping your glass when you pour so the air can escape, tilt it up at the end if you want a head on top! haha!

[@IWrocker]

Watch my video today... jokes on yall, i know how to pour. I wanted the foam head. YOU all told me to haha!

[@Morkhard]

In my opinion, the belgian beer you tested not even in the top the country can produce, i suggest you to try some trappist, Triple Karmeliet, Westmale,... Or any of the 15° "stout" , quite an experience for the braves. :D

[@xuser48]

My favourite belgian beer is the Chimay Grand Reservé (Chimay Bleue).

[@rich_t]

St. Sixtus 8 is a favorite of mine.

[@kevinvanhauwaert4468]

Rochefort 10 😉

[@Leviwosc]

The Belgians really have a huge amount of top-quality beers. Therefore I'm happy to live near you in the Netherlands. :)

[@hdufort]

​@@xuser48Chimay is really good indeed. Maybe they don't have access to the lesser exported ones in their area. In Québec we can find lots of Belgian imports. Some convenience stores (dépanneurs) specialize in imported beers and microbrewery beers.

[@CatholicSatan]

So, you also need the Hungarian for "Cheers" which is: "Egészségedre" 🙂 Pronounced as Eggy-sheggy-dray (I visited and worked in Budapest for short periods several times)

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

It’s a bit dangerous, because tiny differences in pronunciation can turn it into a naughty swearing.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

German wheat or wheat beer is a top-fermented beer that is made with top-fermented yeast from wheat malt (over 50%) and also uses barley malt, the only one in Europe. The top-fermenting yeast differs from bottom-fermenting yeast (used for all bottom-fermenting beers such as Pils, Export, Märzen, etc.), which therefore taste different.

[@JK-DT]

Fun to watch, love the enthusiasm about the beers! Some Belgium beers you could give a try: Westvleteren blond & 12, Duvel citra hop, Delerium Tremens blond & La Trappe blond (Dutch, but definitely worth mentioning).

[@Flamebeard0815]

Seein you pour the Weißbier (even though I don't like Weißbier) broke my heart. If you pour it like a normal beer, it turns almost completely into foam. If you wanna do this the 'right' (read: Bavarian or Wurttembergian) way, take the glass your dad had, tilt it to the side until it is almost completely vertical and then pour the beer whilst gently getting the glass more and more upright. Then, if you're down to the last eigth of the bottle, put the glass upright, swirls the beer in the bottle and 'cast the crown' by pouring the foamy rest on top of the beer. If done right, one of those bottles will fill that glass exactly to the brim. (Your dad had the right idea)

[@TregMediaHD]

I despair everytime my weiß is poured here in de buurt, 35 minuten van het Duits/Nederlands grens of all places😢

[@Flamebeard0815]

@@TregMediaHDjust slap the barkeep, grab glass & bottle and pour it as it is meant to be.

[@TregMediaHD]

@@Flamebeard0815 my dutch bar mates opmerken voor mij altijd , its funny to watch, hear and bare witness to!

[@TregMediaHD]

@@Flamebeard0815 i a allowed but the bruincafe has the unregulated boeren practices, as 'regels' !?

[@IWrocker]

I have a video today showing I know how to pour... I am damned if I do.. damned if I dont with these I swear lmao 🤣🤣

[@HeavymetalTheRealOne]

its nice to see u having fun with family and good beers also i love when u say (na zdraví) it makes my day 😁

[@tonycasey3183]

I think Señor Pedro should take charge of these beer tasting sessions - the man knows what he's talking about. Also, he is the coolest guy on this channel. Sorry, Ian. It was funny watching you discover the Quillfeldt bottle top. I always thought it was an american invention - you see homesteaders im movies with bail topped bottles and jars - I assumed you would all be familiar with it.

[@rvdb8876]

It surprises me that these people did not know the closure of this Polish beer bottle. Our glass lemonade bottles (before the PET era) also had such a closure. I am Belgian and not a beer drinker, but friends say that the Duvel can have a pronounced bitterness variation depending on the batch.

[@happyhorology575]

I’m new to your Channel and loving your content 🥳 love the banter between you and your wife 😍

[@Kapanol97]

The boyz got demolished by the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KnowNowShow]

You've got a great family! Loved it! 😊❤

[@nospam4279]

Nice to see you guys enjoy it and having fun with it. But as in the last video, and please take this advice as it's very important: get some good beer glasses (aka, not cups or buckets) and watch a few youtube videos on how to poor a beer (aka don't just dump it in the glass). It will improve the experience :) Other than that, keep enjoying! :)

[@DJChappie001]

More Belgian beer video's please!

[@ro887]

Belgian brewing monks are built different.

[@user-zu2dg1re3d]

@@ro887 In heaven is no beer thats why they brew it here.

[@-Agis-]

Nice one! 🍻 Ever tried beer from Finland? 🇫🇮 Try to get your hands on a cold Sandels, 5,3% You could do an episode trying Nordic beers? We have some great brews here!

[@josephm6320]

Any beer out of America is better lol

[@-Agis-]

@@josephm6320 How many Nordic beers have you actually even tasted? I'm sure you have some nice micro breweries, but to say ANY American beer is better just screams ignorance.

[@mervynnel9267]

Enjoyed watching. I was thoroughly entertained.

[@sledgehammer_44]

Just wanna note for some Belgium beers they're fermented on bottle so there can still be yeast at the bottom if the bottle. So when you pour them in 3 different glasses the last one will get more of the yeast and thus a more bitter and different coloured beer. Was normally not the case for the ones you tasted (is more for trappists, triples..)

[@jenniferpolonius2232]

Hi, I like your videos. I 'm original from curaçao but have been living in Maastricht 🇳🇱. If you ever visit you most go to bierbijbel café. They have a bible of beer. In Dutch you say proost instad of cheers. By the way my Spanish friends always say "el que no apoya no folla y el que no recorre no se corre". So after you say cheers you need to hit the table two times with your glass before drinking 😊.

[@Muppetias]

Pour in the beer with the glass more tilted please for less foam and more taste, because beer shouldn't drop (dead) in the glass.

[@fredshred5194]

It seems US beer you can just pour it in, a bit like water and no head/foam.

[@Tsenngu]

Very fun to see you try these out with your dad and pedro is the regular cowboy in there with the cool shirt and hat!

[@Turboflabs]

Recently discovered this channel and already love it. By the way for Belgian/Flemish beers the better term for cheers is 'schol' which you probably can't pronounce but 'scol/skol' is close enough :)

[@theburnix]

as a Dutchie who used to drink a ton my go to were either Leffe, Tripel Karmeliet, Vet & lazy, kaapse karel, ijwit and Hertogjan Grandprestige

[@lifesso]

Stop calling yourself Dutchie please!

[@antrilion9622]

as a flemish speaking Belgian I would go for 'Schol', not proost or salut. Santé works to

[@koenallard]

i second that. However, 'proost' is used too.

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

gezondheid! and i'm franstalig 😉

[@samdeclerck1581]

School zonder o

[@user-zu2dg1re3d]

@@koenallardWhat side of the country your from? proost? strange, never heard it .

[@koenallard]

​@@user-zu2dg1re3dSint Truiden. The closer you go to the Netherlands, the more you'll hear it. But granted, it's not as common as 'Santé' or 'schol'.

[@davemadman7093]

Great tasting video Ian . Great tasting beers from Germany and Belgium for sure. Pedro, parece que estás disfrutando de las cervezas.

[@Derbixrace]

You have such a lovely family! i love these beer tasting videos A LOT :)

[@pvdppvdp6638]

LVIVSKE is named after the Ukrainian city of LVIV which is about 70Km from the Polish border.

[@fredshred5194]

So it's actually Polish then But hey let's not go there.

[@idudodomu]

@@fredshred5194 There is Chelm in Poland and it's not polish neither.

[@Olgerd4717]

​@@fredshred5194WTF are you talking about?

[@fredshred5194]

@@Olgerd4717 Most of Western Ukraine is made up land from Hungary, Poland Romania, the Soviets redrew the borders. Try keep up.

[@AbsolutePernilla]

Try find Rauchbier. It's one of my favorite in the "odd" category. It's a smoked beer with a distinct tar flavor I adore. I also love the tar candy you can find in Finland. Ooooo good.

[@johnp8131]

I would think Scherkerla would be available over there? Perhaps not a Spezial though?

[@etigchelaar5232]

Othmar Rauch is delicious!

[@burlyraccoon5029]

one belgian beer i really reccomend you to try if you can find them, is La Corne Tripple. its a very strong beer and very heavy yeasty flavour, while also being suprisingly refreshing on a summer day. some others i reccomend are. chimay, any of the vall dieux beers and oude geuze boon. ((the next are specific to brasserie grain d`orge and are quite hard to find even in belgium)immortelle brune and aubel triple

[@Ennello]

Beer pouring tip: pouring beer on beer gives foam, pouring beer on glass gives clear beer. So if you wanna pour the perfect drink, pour onto the glass holding it at 45° till you're forced to stop tilting it, then hold the glass vertically and pour onto the beer.

[@ewoudalliet1734]

In Belgium we actually use various toasts. Which one is most commonly used depends on the region. In Wallonia, the French-speaking region; obviously "santé" is most commonly used. In Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region, there are various types of toasts. Some are more common depending on the exact location in Flanders. I'll list them below: "Santé": is used in Flanders too. It's more common in the western half of Flanders. "Schol": along with "santé" the most commonly used drinking toast. Is mostly heard in the eastern half of Flanders. "Proost": often used in the Netherlands, can also be found in Flanders (especially in the bigger cities and along the border with the Netherlands). "Tsjing/Ching (or also Ching-Ching)": an onomatopoeia for glasses that clink. In my experience, it's mostly used during family gatherings when drinking champagne or wine, but in other circumstances too. It's generally used more in the centre of Flanders. "(Op je) Gezondheid": a literal translation of santé to Dutch. There are also toasts that are very, very rare, such as "lechaim", which is derived from Hebrew (thus mostly found in Jewish communities). "Cheers" actually isn't unheard of either. All of these are used everywhere in Flanders, some are just used more often depending on the region, person, circumstance etc.

[@trdsclan9061]

Old man has good taste in beer! Salute don Pedro!

[@wimk961]

And knows how to dress!

[@simonandfaerk]

Vote for Pedro!

[@lukaszlewczuk]

Guys, next time you have to try Plish wheat beer - you will be so suprised! Thanks for this video - great fun! Greetings from Poland!

[@jankowalski3220]

It's nice to see like your humour expand minute by minute:) Besides, you are nicely fighting against the traditional cap, just like all bottles were capped 100 years ago :)