Deep in Germany's Apple Wine Country: Al-Kee-Hol

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In this episode of Al-Kee-Hol, our host Billy Wagner takes us on a tour through Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen district to visit several traditional Ebbelwoi pubs serving the tart, cider-like beverage known as Apfelwein. He tastes many different versions of this golden-colored booze and sets out to discover how Apfelwein came to be the locals’ favorite.
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[@Rabascan]

Integration ist, wenn ein typisch hessisches Lokal namens 'Zur Germania' von Yusuf genau so geführt wird, wie sie geführt werden sollte. Das lob ich mir!

[@NiklasKing87]

got a little teary eyed watching this. being home sick sucks.

[@felixw19]

5:45 Das ist nur in Frankfurt selbst so. Ich bin aus dem Frankfurter Umland und hier macht noch jeder 2. alte Opa seinen eigenen Äppler

[@joshuajones9035]

danke munchies, ein weiterer großer video

[@erikmckelvey9182]

Even the Germans think that shirts goofy as hell

[@Sekei..]

"Trinkigkeit" ist wirklich ein Wort? Ok....

[@soundbasics9612]

Sebastian Keil Würde ja eher "süffig" sagen :D

[@eyotacrowfeather1509]

Very last shot of him feeding the doggie, absolutely phenomenal ending :-D

[@gisbrei]

What's all this complaining about missing subtitles? I'm watching it with english subtitles now ffs

[@bigempirekai]

I don't know what it is with people, it's as easy as looking to the low right of the video cubicle.

[@CuteCatFaith]

Kai Demal It's clearly indicated in an anotation, too.

[@deltronzero9]

There is an option for subtitles, for all those Einsteins out there.

[@VaraNiN]

Wenn jetzt noch ein Video über Österreich auf Sterisch kommt bin ich wunschlos glücklich :D

[@jonaslundholm]

I wanna go to Frankfurt!

[@blackmilKiki]

Such a nice video! Next year I need to go to Frankfurt again and have a little "Schoppe" myself.

[@HiLifeFFM]

Thats the spirit!

[@davelekampf]

We both want and need more Billy. More Billy, less snidey boring Americans talking about real ale.

[@segaprophet]

I got a buzz watching this

[@imystiqz3754]

ich Empfehle die Apfelweinwirtschaft Wagner neben dem gemalten haus

[@allisonforfornsed]

Little dog next to the table at the end... so cute!

[@iraAlbucher]

the food looks awesome at the end. Too bad no sub-titles for us that do not understand German,

[@Munchies]

Click "CC" on the video player for English subtitles.

[@iraAlbucher]

Oh okay thanks so much!

[@christianmartinez8700]

i was 5 min into to vid till durrrrr

[@CuteCatFaith]

I got the subtitles to run by using the "cc" option.

[@WR3ND]

13:14 Whoa now there cowboy. You might want to rein that in a bit. Sheer long underwear and a purple scarf weren't your greatest achievement. Distracts from the show.

[@Clarytee217]

Gibt nix bessers als wir en Schobbe! Love Frankfurt, love my Alt-Sachsenhausen 💓

[@marystestkitchen]

Man, apple wine sounds pretty nice. That said, I know zlitch about wine.

[@afcgeo882]

Mary's Test Kitchen It’s a dry apple cider, basically. Very delicious.

[@LocalDeepstateAgent]

Peeps really calling this "fermented piss" whilst one of the most sold and produced alcoholic beverages in their country is bad beer filled half with water.

[@dsfgasdgqweq3456t534]

Shut uuuuuuuuup

[@xavierpaquin]

This guy plays it so hard lol

[@davelekampf]

I have now read all the other comments and not enough people are talking about how great Billy is. I want to take him drinking in Edinburgh.

[@hintatajinta2380]

8:15 min the beat Guy is a local Rapper DaDon

[@mishXY]

Kawaii Killer hab ich auch gedacht ^^

[@kassier0r]

Kawaii Killer jo glaube er war es, war sicher kein zufall

[@wheresvit847]

love it how vice deutschland is covering it!

[@daspotz5134]

Your reporters just have the best life...

[@Roflmane]

frankfurt my home town

[@lewissowerby2149]

this guys dress sense is fucking incredible

[@Maxalach]

Ach ja schee Äbbelwoi aus Frankfurt wenn des die Omma sieht

[@fg87fgd]

Die "Trinkigkeit" has got "sieben Alkohol"?! My dear "sommelier-consult", this kind of pretentious nonsense sucks. But, oh my my, it is so ...Berlin.

[@AndyHoward]

Handkäse is a German Reigional sour milk cheese specialty of Frankfurt am Main en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handk%C3%A4se

[@almib]

that is a great vid. this is the well done kind of presentation that made me subscribe to vice in the first place. thanks gang

[@Klaipedos3]

ha so surprising to actually recognize the man portrait hanging at 5:38 . Former lithuanian president must love apfelwein:D

[@Klaipedos3]

+internetmachtdumm 1 year ago looked like Valdas Adamkus to mee

[@Slash18622]

I love the part beginning at 7:37 when the old guys tell the host about the food with "music" and then the beat starts too drop! And then they wish him to have a good poop! Awesome!

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

What's the song at the start being played on the flute? I've heard it sampled before in a rap song before I think, sounds really cool.

[@Enviros]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@qnzmetallord90]

Awesome. I would like to do shows for you guys. Awesome perspectives!

[@solouroboros]

I was born in germany, love the culture. Currently living on the east coast near DC......anyone know of a place around here that makes and/or sells this? Plenty of cider to be had, true, but I want something like that. DROST!

[@FuCkImRiCh]

never compare cider to äppler

[@Lisa-lisa-lisa-lisa1]

*PROST

[@voluntarycommitment4405]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3aboZuFgtF1q9E

[@afcgeo882]

It’s similar, but not the same. Opt for dry ciders with less sugar content.

[@murffy1988]

I must try this apple wine!

[@MrChancho48]

These subtitles suck

[@Marketdoor]

Habe früher auch in Südhessen gewohnt, jetzt vermisse ich den guten Apfelwein :(

[@misterkefir]

I wish we had something like this here in PL..

[@jaczekdertuerke]

jobs and income u mean?

[@kevinjokipii4260]

Now I feel like I really missed something by not sampling this drink in a pub the one time I visited Frankfurt. I did have one bottle of it in the hotel bar but that looks like a lesser experience.

[@thegigantico]

vice is awesome! greez from Vienna

[@Zotzcastle]

The beginning looks like something out of a Wes Anderson movie

[@MariusLuding]

yay for this all german episode

[@Wischmop2k12]

Whats the first song called?

[@TheJutsch98]

Multiply this with 100 and you got the austrian drinking culture... :D

[@VaraNiN]

Hope they make a video about Austria as well. Preferably auf Sterisch :D

[@xTheSymphony]

TheGeneralWolf nieeemaaaals :D

[@FuCkImRiCh]

austrian drinking culture??? ösi pls

[@TheJutsch98]

FuCkImRiCh wat ur problem piefke!?

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

bwahaha sicher dat... Hier im Rheinland haben wir den Alkohol erst vor 10 Jahren aus der alpinen Hochkultur übernommen. vorher mussten wir uns leider wie die Wilden an irgend so ein grünes Pflänzchen halten, was wohl auch die gelegentlichen "Ausflüge" nach Holland erklärt. Aber jetzt, wo ihr lieben öschis uns endlich auch vom erhabenen Bacchusnektar habt kosten lassen, taumeln wir endlich einer Zeit des Friedens und der Betrunkenheit zu...

[@DerKarloo]

It´s nice for me as a german! :P

[@schousehead]

love cider! and its gluten free!

[@wagnerwei]

❤️ Deutcheland 🙏🍻

[@escope1959]

I would weigh 400 pounds if I lived in Germany

[@mishXY]

escope1959 oh you have no Idea! Since I've been in South America I lost so much weight, but I do miss myself an Ebbler

[@escope1959]

MrTJMishRat My ancestors are from Germany and the local. We don't need to eat very much compared to people who grew up around the equator. Our ancestors lived on potatoes and meat.

[@phamfive6804]

Heaven...🍺🍺🍺

[@ILLUMINEM1]

dieser depp soll ma genauer beschreiben wies schmeckt darum gehts doch so ein hoschi!

[@notzendarin]

I think vice should stick to superimposing their own subtitles. These google ones are so tiny.

[@alexalexdrew22]

you can change the font size by clicking options on the cc tab

[@CuteCatFaith]

You may want a different font option.

[@emalinel]

Looks delicious :3

[@stevenblaul9451]

Who knows this jazzy lounge song at min 15:30? Wer kennt das geile Jazz Lounge Lied bei Minute 15:30?

[@FTTPRO]

What?.... I had to follow ***** 's advice and watch the video twice; one for reading the subs and one to watch what was going on! lol!

[@keviinkins]

I have no idea what they're saying! xD

[@haveahorst]

Why not learn an other language?

[@AK-ip2pu]

Don't the subtitles help ?

[@rictusmetallicus]

unn des brauchscht ah net zu dubbe, weil mir Pälzer nämlisch DUBBEGLÄSER henn. Apfelwein? Äbbelwoi heest des, du Honnebambel!

[@pxpj4n]

beats the beefeater gin i guess

[@KGBgringo]

Is this just cider in a fancy bottle and called apple wine?

[@afcgeo882]

KGBgringo No. Similar, but not quite. It’s less sugary and has less body. Goes down very easy and is incredibly refreshing. Much more so than apple cider, though French/Quebec ciders come closer.

[@rictusmetallicus]

nix gegn unsern Pälzer Schoppe! Der hott'n halbe Lidda!

[@alexh.3547]

Where the fuck are the subtitles in the phone!!

[@mak52580]

Subtitles would be awesome.

[@marystestkitchen]

You just have to click the little CC symbol at the bottom right of the video :-)

[@accordingtohonda4308]

I've made apple wine

[@JesusCakktus]

peinlich der typ

[@sk8mysterion]

Haha.... Alter, Apfelwein Cola klingt vielleicht grausig. Cooles Video

[@TheCkenny94]

Song at the end? PLEASE!!!

[@Hyphy101dre]

Munchies Do something with trick daddy dollars. If you look on his instagram he has plenty of cooking videos and is quite the personality.

[@NoDiscuss]

Es heißt Ebbelwoi, wenns sein muss auch Ebbler oder Äppler. Aber niemals Apfelwein!

[@poser23]

falsch!

[@christianholley7236]

What is the name of the audio track that starts playing at 15:30? Its fire.

[@gabejbk]

It's called "generic millennial soundtrack"

[@muting1943]

alkohooool

[@olebecker1415]

`nen guten Stylisten am set Gehabt? Zahlt dem endlich mehr!

[@NEprimo]

song at the end?

[@misterkefir]

Lol.. why is this entirely in german ?

[@bigempirekai]

cause it's in Germany maybe?

[@CuteCatFaith]

If you use the "cc" function you can see subtitles. There is an anotation in the clip at the beginning advising of this -- you just have to read that.

[@FuCkImRiCh]

we apologize for speaking a different language then yours, mr america. deeply sorry :(

[@CuteCatFaith]

FuCkImRiCh German was the USA's second language in the 19th c., but people die. It is so annoying when that happens. Unless it's my mother. That was good.

[@Zenduxer]

FuCkImRiCh Point is that videos from Vice are usually dubbed in English, it was a little surprise for me too but I can luckily handle a little of german.

[@shararehali]

Again not the most congenial host... he talks weird but I like the docu

[@Beowolfenstein]

I'm Jewish & I find this very offensive.

[@Teeebs]

What the hell is offensive about this??

[@HolgerLovesMusic]

Jews are always offended if they don't make money out something or are about the destroy white european culture.

[@lassederboss]

vice in deutschland is weit nicht so cool wie wo anders muss man sagen

[@VaraNiN]

Wenn man von vice generell spricht muss man halt auch sagen, dass Drogen und Krieg um einiges interessanter sind als Apfelwein ^^

[@lassederboss]

drogen und krieg gibts auch nicht in deutscchland aber die hosts die vice deutschland ausschickt sind das letzte. ein anderes leuchtendes beispiel is das berliner street food video. die andern munchies sachen sind meißtens gut

[@Sanerah]

lassederboss das erste Munchies war echt gut in Berlin aber das 2te war der totale reinfall. Bandol sur mer kann man übrigends nur empfehlen !

[@FuCkImRiCh]

wenigstens sehen die reporter weltweit gleich aus.

[@robertschumacher9640]

don't be a jerk

[@oldjohnsarchive]

HARDCODE SUBS OR GTFO

[@JeeniusGaming]

so ein dummes geschwätz, warum steht der süß gespritzte auf den karten der "restaurants" wenns so überhaupt garnicht klar geht? und warum gehts klar den apfelwein mit wasser zu mischen aber nicht mit limo? ja es ist ne feine sache und auch traditionsreich, aber es kotzt mich an wie manche hipster köche oder someliers ihr ach so besonderes produkt schon fast zur religion erheben...

[@theeagle1540]

Moooschd

[@RobertPeters4674]

Not everyone sprechen sie deutsch, subtitles next time please Munchies!

[@afcgeo882]

Robert Peters Just turn them on!

[@Munchies]

We went to Germany's apple wine country to drink our weight in this tart, cider-like drink. Check out more episodes of _Al-Kee-Hol_ here: munchies.vice.com/show/al-kee-hol/ Click "CC" on the video player for English subtitles Subscribe to Munchies here: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-MUNCHIES

[@matthiaskaiser6807]

Very nice vid! I just have to correct one thing. "En fuenfer bembel" does not mean 5 liters, it means 5 Gerippte (the traditional glasses ebbelwoi is drunken from) full with Ebbelwoi. One Geripptes has appr. 0.25L, so a 5er Bembel is appr. 1.25L. Usually they make it quite full so you get 1.5L. Anyhow, very good Vid and nice to see my hometown on munchies!

[@5megamind]

munchies run out of material?

[@3117861]

I don't like foreign films

[@3117861]

That aren't The Intouchables or City of God

[@thewurlybird]

TeeTube Cool.

[@mishXY]

TeeTubeCool.

[@jrm21386]

So typical... 6-9 years of English, and they still can't speak/won't speak/don't want to speak English. Dubbing your movies and TV from to English to German ruins everything.

[@frieda2413]

+James T Kirk Who is "they"? Most people from younger generations speak english just fine. Thank you very much. And why do they have to speak english anyway? The subtitles in this video are good so i don't really get what your problem is. Lazy much?

[@jrm21386]

Frieda The Germans are the ones who want to have everything dubbed for them instead of having subtitles. So, who's the lazy one again?

[@frieda2413]

James T Kirk Well, our dubs are the best in the world and what do you even care? You do realise that there are also old people who never had the chance to learn english? And what has any of this got to do with this video? You are contradicting yourself. Either you want everything dubbed or you want subtitles. You seem to want subtitles, subtitles you've got. Why are you moaning? They are german people, why should they speak english? Because it's convenient for you? Go to France and try your luck there.

[@jrm21386]

Frieda "Having the best dubs in the world" isn't exactly something to toot your horn about... I don't hear any Dutch, Belgians, Scandinavians or Finns complain about not being literate enough to read subtitles. The reasons subtitles are better is because it reinforces the language that you (Germans) learned in school, instead of just allowing you to forget the 6-9 years of English that you learned in school. I've been to France 3 times, and have had relatively good luck with using English there, thanks. :)

[@frieda2413]

James T Kirk Do i make the impression not to know how to speak english? I've left school over 16 years ago. I still don't get why it matters to you? It's not really any of your concern, is it? Most people use english all the time, be it on the internet, with friends from around the world or through music. And if people want to watch un-dubbed movies they can do so whenever they please. Options are plenty. A lot of people don't even own TV anymore. neither do i. And our children don't speak english. Do you want to deny them to watch movies in their own language?

[@robertson123451]

So German.

[@confusionrulez1]

sucks if you don't speak Deutsch

[@TheGlassStern]

Des hoisst doch moschdt

[@TheJutsch98]

To all the muricans complaining: You can activate fixed subtitles for this video at the KZbin options...

[@TheAtl0001]

Not only Americans don't speak German. Ok average German not able to speak English, but a Vice person not in English??? Uebrigens ich verstehe Deutsch, aber dies hat mich auch gestoert. Or should each episode only be done in the local language, in Thailand be done only in Thai, in Russia only in Russian...???

[@kikthecan]

and im just sittin here drunk as a skunk, understanding nothing, just wishing i lived in germany.

[@jebaited2449]

I really hope that when the time comes and I have the resources to go to Germany, there's still traditional apfelwein that still made there.

[@nika5318]

Lee Song I live in Frankfurt and there is Apfelwein everywhere and even the cheapest is still delicious

[@polorider9]

Ebbelwoi halsenai

[@Sendmetothesky]

yayyy and just turn on subtitles