Famous German beer brands pronounced CORRECTLY | Feli from Germany

[@FelifromGermany]

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[@rockyracoon3233]

Danke!

[@michaelcaywood6070]

I don’t drink beer 🍺 or any alcoholic beverages.

[@salbuda6957]

Hey Feli! Question. If American beer such as Budweiser(Bud in Germany) is so inferior to German brews, how can it sell in Germany, labeled with the name “Bud” and elsewhere in Europe? Why market it at all? Interesting that the American Budweiser, developed by German born Adolphus Busch, visited Bohemia inspiring him to develop his Bohemian style lager! 😉

[@salbuda6957]

I’m not arguing the merits of Budseiser, it’s pretty lame(do you know that expression?) but still.... 🙂

[@espben360]

Weihenstephaner is my favorite beer I have tried so far, and going by this video, I need to try more brands since that one is considered "average " by Bavaria standards 😂 I guess agustiner is next!

[@thequantaleaper]

I can't get over how good her American accent is! And how smooth she transfers between accents.

[@csnide6702]

Midwest influenced , for sure... ! She is absolutely Wunderbar ....!

[@Hercules1-v9m]

Many Germans grow up learning English along side German.

[@st4ndby]

@@Hercules1-v9m all Germans are learning English, but we don’t learn the accent properly. Her awesome accent is absolutely rare for a german English speaker.

[@darylmorse]

It's the same accent that's used in much of Canada.

[@darkiepoo8949]

considering american english is just a really strange, flat, and smushed german dialect, it's not too difficult

[@jamesvanheel4886]

I sell beer for my work and I sell a lot of import brands, including a bunch of the brands you featured. It was really fun to hear authentic pronunciation of brands that I work with everyday. I’m definitely sharing with my team!

[@rossedwardmiller]

I’m also a beer rep. Wonder how many of us are watching this lol

[@rynolascavio3381]

@@rossedwardmiller I have gotten two different liquor store near me to start carrying Andechs, Tucher and St. Bernardus Tokyo. They all told me that after a few months of stocking them, they cant keep them on the shelves.

[@falc410]

One of the few videos that is actually conveying correct information about Germany and German beers. As someone who is also from Munich, I can tell you that everything presented here is spot on. So sad we don't have a Oktoberfest again this year

[@tmgerlach]

In der Tat. Or, as we say in Franconia, In der Dahd. 😃

[@mopsydaisy]

gibt doch so erstanlaufstellen für alkoholabhängige, vielleicht wäre das was?

[@raymonkravagna278]

As an American who lives in New Orleans my dream is to go to Oktoberfest. Are Americans really welcome there or should I not even bother trying?

[@falc410]

@@raymonkravagna278 Yes of course you are welcome. Every year, we had many americans coming to the Oktoberfest. However you could easily spot them due to wearing non-authentic Dirndl or Lederhosen they bought on Amazon xD Sadly due to Corona we won't have another Oktoberfest in 2022, I just hope by 2023 it will be back to normal.

[@raymonkravagna278]

@@falc410 if the world's not back to normal by then then we all need to revolt because it's starting to get ridiculous

[@rolandmueller7218]

I’m not a big beer drinker, but I have been a beer can collector for decades. I have a fair number of cans from the 1950s-1970s. In my first trip to Germany to visit my grandmother, I picked up some Gold-Ochsen Pils in Ulm while my grandfather repaired their bottling machine. I got a tour of their brewery.

[@shibe1367]

Been learning German for about half a year, happy to know I’ve been pronouncing German beers with their correct pronunciation 🙂

[@Neoyorchese]

Super!

[@samovilatx7522]

Your reference to it as "Italienerwochenende" rang so true! Walking to the fest, a few Italians asked us how to get to "Kapuzinerstraße", which totally came out as "Cappuccino-straße" 😄 I miss those days of living in Germany.

[@loonylovegood2.073]

Love your videos! This one actually came exactely at the right time to lift me up a bit, so thank you Feli !! 🥰 Schönes Wochenende dir !

[@brianloughnane781]

Thank you for producing this. I was stationed in Germany when I was in the Army. I am very embarrassed in how badly I have been mispronouncing theses names all these years. 😮

[@DJWRailroad]

Derned Army, always got the great duty stations while Marines were almost always assigned to the tropics ;-)

[@user-he8lq8ny3v]

Gotta keep occupying the German nation eh

[@AnthonyVolpe]

Subscribed! I learned a lot from your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@LAUptegrove]

Outstanding. My name is Uptegrove (originally Op Den Graeff). My mother, a Wulfert, was raised by her maternal grandparents the Trippensee's. I'm in my mid 60's and just getting into this German heritage. My family tree runs back to both Kleve (Cleve) and Krefeld up in the North Rhine Westphalia area, and my family was one of the original 13 families which arrived via the CONCORD to set up Germantown, now known as Philadelphia. I've subscribed to your channel and hope to learn more about everything you have to teach. Thanks for being so helpful.

[@TheJoergenDK]

First thought at Hallo: It's light switching on a light. You are so bright, so lucid, it's always a pleasure to hear you tell about two very interesting languages and countries. Just your good pronunciation is interesting. But also your body language is simply lovely. You are so energetic and vivid. I'm quite a bit out of words, because I really want to show appreciation for something I can't quite put my finger on; maybe I'm just old and getting slow? No, you are definately something else. Good on you, and may your road be - something wonderful!

[@thunderpooch]

Aww, you're in love

[@mjjm6220]

This week, I found Paulaner Lager & Paulaner Weizenbier Dunkel. I generally don't like wheat beers, but that dark wheat was the best wheat beer I have ever tasted.

[@darkiee69]

Have you tried a filtered weissbier? Unlike the hefeweiss it's clear like a lager.

[@williampatience9524]

When I was stationed at Herzo base, all I drank was wiesen beer for 3 years.

[@Ned-Ryerson]

@@darkiee69 You mean "Kristall" (crystal)? There is a small tribe of guys who like the filtered stuff. Haven't had one of those in ages, but might actually try again, as the yeast does not agree with me.

[@TeacherinTraining39]

Hefeweizen is my favorite style of beer, and I have to say when I can afford it, I go for Hacker-Pschorr (my grocery store carries a few German brands). When I have to play nice with the wallet, though, I like Pyramid. They're about 60% as good (in my opinion) as Hacker-Pschorr.

[@jeremyroenick2202]

Maybe try out a Berliner Weisse then

[@shaneflutsch2270]

Hefeweizen is one of my favorite beers, was introduced to it a few years back...straight out of a keg. Found that I get a little sick from some added preservatives/chemicals and ingredients in certain beer, and Bavarian beer usually doesn't have those. Danke, for the purity laws, Germany. Saved me from many future head or stomaches aches lol. Love watching these videos, going to be very helpful when travelling to Germany. I am very familiar with German auto and technology brands (and wording) as the only German car technician/mechanic where I live. However I have always dreamed of seeing the trees and lakes, old style architecture, and visiting Porsche's and Audi's automotive museums. Maybe a flight museum so I can see the airplanes that old original Mercedes and BMW engines were made for. Many of my favorite bands and artists even enjoy touring Germany any time they go. Definitely looking forward to it, hopefully in the near future

[@trance9158]

Porsche rules

[@Igonzalez8169]

Dude you would make the best German translater teacher dude ever

[@Lawomenshoops]

In the 70's and 80's Löwenbrau was a beer sold in America and brewed by Miller! They used a much different recipe than the Löwenbrau in Germany. Who remembers Löwenbrau song? Here's to good friends! Tonight is kind of special!

[@BobGeogeo]

Lou Rawls!

[@JLajos]

Let it Be "Low-when-brow"! (rhymes with "somehow" in the theme song lyric)

[@Kruiwagenchauffeur]

As a Dutchman and fellow neighbour of Germany. We have quite the luxury to have some of these brands in our local supermarkets. My absolute favorite is Franziskaner. It just glides through your throat with ease and the taste is the most outstanding in my opinion. Love German, as well as Belgian beers.

[@GratDuForloradeArgumentet]

Franziskaner and Radeberger is two of my favorites😄🍻, but im Swedish. Paulaner, Hofbrau and Spaten is bad tho 😐

[@红色的浩克]

I love a tall glass of Hoegaarden in a hot summer night. Prost!

[@richardpblaikie]

Top beer, Franziskaner. I am non-alcoholic now, but they do a great alcohol free one which I really enjoy.

[@learnedhand8559]

I have not met a German or Belgian beer that I did not like but as an American I had nowhere to go but up. LOL.

[@aolanikunisan]

Honestly I’m not too much of a drinker, but I love the ambiance of people being merry so I like Oktoberfest. I have visited Munich before covid and watching your videos make me want to go back so much!! Much love from South Africa.

[@KDubs107]

After years of working in the beer industry in the US on the retail side, I’m surprised I had so many of the brand names right… well, mostly right- ish. Lol. I think the pronunciation of Hofbräu surprised me the most. Pretty interesting video. Was never able to get the names perfect, but this was fun to watch and learn.

[@robfriedrich2822]

Hoph broy

[@Aaron48219]

Same here KDubs. We carried about 75% of all of these in my store. I had most of them almost right in pronunciation. I do have to disagree though about Erdinger's hefeweizen being better than Paulaner's. 😆

[@karouniemand785]

@@Aaron48219 the best Hefeweizen is still from Gutmann. (It’s the small local brewery’s that make the best beer)

[@richardpblaikie]

Erdinger, Paulaner and Franziskaner are certainly my favourite beers, especially since I gave up alcohol. Munich is doing very well! One of the things I love about these German beers is knowing you have the purity law. So there will be no rubbish chemicals included, just the simple natural ingredients!

[@jarchiec]

My family is Texas German...immigrated in the 1850's. We have many of these in our home in the fall. Erdinger is one of my favorites. Hacker Pschorr too. Thank you for sharing.

[@Neoyorchese]

Erdinger is a classic

[@DJGuatemala83]

I used to live in Germany and miss it greatly... one of my favorites was a smaller one (that I could tell) called Kulmbacher Edelherb😍🥰 Great video as always vielen Danke

[@maikehudson333]

“Prosit” is Latin for “may it benefit you.”

[@linusfotograf]

It’s how we say Gesundheit/Bless You in Sweden

[@edzmuda6870]

My mom says motorcycles are dangerous.

[@smsdicarpio5673]

It's how we say to please in all slavic languages

[@xxandrewwilsonxxable]

Prosperity?

[@leavingundad6903]

Never knew it, so thanks for the explanation. BTW, I've heard that "Prost is used in Northern parts of Germany because Northern Germans save on vowels". Is it true? Could somebody confirm or deny it, please?

[@IowaStrmChsr]

When I was stationed in Schweinfurt back in the late 80's my favorite bier was a Kristall Weissbier (although I no longer remember who made it). However, recently at our local grocery store, they have started stocking Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier and it really brought back memories. Thanks for the videos, I loved my tour back then and to hear you talk about Bavaria, helps to bring back good memories.

[@F00tballmanager11guy]

Was it perhaps a Maisel's Kristallweizen? If it wasn't I definitely recommend some if you can get your hands on it

[@Matty88K]

Franziskaner makes a Kristallweis. Hefeweizen, means yeast wheat beer....the yeast makes the beer cloudy. Kristallweis is filtered so the beer is crystal clear. Dunkelweis is dark wheat beer, and Weizenbock is a wheat bock beer. Hope this helps.

[@jamesmcelhaney5084]

I was in Bamberg (2d ACR) in the mid 80's. Fell in love with Schlenkerla Rauch bier brewed by the monks in Alt stat Bamberg.

[@genegleason4987]

Oktoberfest 1967 . One of the best times while serving us army in Germany . Our local bier was Licher which came in flip top bottles . I lived off post and I would have a cash of licher delivered each week .in North Carolina you can buy most octoberfest biers at Total wines . My favorite is Paulener Octoberfest .

[@grantfitz2047]

Watching this makes me miss all the little fests in Germany around the country side

[@loulentz3107]

Thank You for your video(s); they are very interesting! It amazes me how you can switch from German to English pronunciations so transparently! Very Cool! Love the history and information surrounding "Biers" from your Homeland; have you made a video on foods/recipes from Germany that are popular there, but may not be known so well in America? I think that would be interesting too! All the Best! ~Lou

[@UliFandoms]

Yes, great idea! Would love to see a video on that topic 🥨🧀🥕🍖🍗🍰🥧

[@MadMusicNerd]

One of my teachers studied at the University of Weihenstephan (yeah there is one!) And he said his prof introduced the building in this way: "there you have the bus stop, over there are the classrooms and there is the beer." As if this was the most usual thing in the world. 😂😂😂 Herr Wunderlich, schöne Grüße! True legend!! (And my brother had the "Das Erdinger Weißbier" song as a ringtune)

[@patrickdodson1713]

Thank you for doing this! I think it can be fun to learn foreign language via brands one loves :) In Better Call Saul, I like how the German character was written while at the bar and correcting a customer ordering a Hefeweizen. Felt very natural.

[@gearhead4526]

You forgot Licher, it is also sold at Aldi. Not sure if you're familiar with it, but it was a popular beer in the town I lived in, Giessen.

[@jerrywilliamson2040]

I used to work a couple of klicks from the Bitburger brewery. They would vent some tank or storage vessel every morning at about 1000. All the beer drinkers would be outside just to enjoy the smell of the freshly vented tank. I was told that Bitburger was German for mother's milk but I am quite certain someone was fibbing. Miss it so much!!

[@TheBassetlover]

2 weeks in Berlin and Dresden in 2019. Had ice cold Radeberger in the executive lounges at our Hilton Hotel. Drank two every evening. Wish I could have added six more weeks to our trip. Oh so good!

[@jimgood1949]

Ice cold beer in Germany? That is quite unusual, it must be a hotel that caters primarily to foreigners. Most German beer is served at a noticeably warmer temperature.

[@ruffy1505]

@@jimgood1949 who told you that? 😅 I know nobody who likes warm beer 😅 Warm beer is an old recipe when you have a cold 😜 Germans love cold beer just like everyone else 👍🏻

[@ruffy1505]

Radeberger is pretty good, you're right on that one 💪🏻 So many good beers in good old germany

[@jimgood1949]

@@ruffy1505 I didn’t say warm beer, I said “noticeably warmer.” Still cool, but typically not as cold as beer served in the USA. I lived in Germany for about 4 years in the 1980s, and that was certainly my experience. Perhaps Germans have developed a fondness for cooler beer in the last 35 years.

[@ruffy1505]

@@jimgood1949 I'm pretty sure we did 😉 Well, the erlderly people don't like it too cold, but people between 16 and 60 prefere it pretty cold 👍🏻

[@ZeBoy85]

Fun fact about Hofbräuhaus, outside of Munich the first ever Hofbräuhaus was opened in Melbourne, Australia in 1968 and still exists today the success of which led to Hofbräu expanding further internationally the Hofbräuhaus in Melbourne is the second oldest in the world!

[@michaelbrown1627]

They had a small one in Miami is south beach but it sadly closed down.

[@Shadovvdoctor]

Hofbräuhaus have also done a colab German Pils with Burnley Brewing for Oktoberfest this year.

[@billfuhry2112]

The one outside of Chicago recently closed. Sad, as it had lively entertainment and good beer. BUT... the food was bland and occasionally the service was salty. Tough to keep a 20,000 SF restaurant/beer hall open during and after Covid.

[@dandee2885]

There"s one in Vegas but it was closed due to covid. Don't know if they open now.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

In Germany, it's a "friendly, harmless insult" to call your mate the colloquial word for scrotum...

[@lukehorvath571]

In Australia we call our friends cunt

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

@@lukehorvath571 Humans are officially weird.

[@justincase2600]

ha ha, sad sack usually draws a jovial reaction.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@@lukehorvath571 We do indeed!

[@Ned-Ryerson]

@@owenshebbeare2999 The Brits do, too. Funnily enough, it is usually only applied to males.

[@PutDownTheBunny]

I was stationed in Munich for two years with the US Army. Most of what you blog confirms what I already know, but some of it I actually learn from. Ich danke dir, Feli!

[@fusilier9276]

Cool upload, I’m English and often visit Germany…German Beer is the best🍺🍺

[@r.awilliams9815]

Like many American servicemen who were stationed in (West) Germany, I have very fond memories of the beer the monks brew at Kloster Kreuzberg.

[@rnman99]

I have only residual memories of Bitburger LOL

[@nunyabeeswax3936]

Was at the Lowenbrau tent with Army buddies sept 1977...........what a hoot!

[@peterschmidt4348]

Love Your Videos! Keep it up! 😊👍

[@bryantwu8993]

I lived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for three years and looooooved Augustiner.

[@johnp8131]

Probably the best of the larger breweries in Munich?

[@mczeljk]

@@johnp8131 it’s definitely the most popular Bavarian Helles in the rest of Germany, outside of Bavaria

[@Matty88K]

You missed my favorite Munich brewery Schneider. Excellent Weissbier, Dunkelweis, and Weizenbock.

[@maxcactus7]

9:19 "It's good compared to American beer, but compared to other Bavarian breweries, it's just average" I can only assume that by "American beer" she's referring to Bud, Miller, Coors, which are all..... dreadfu. Good craft American beers are positively divine!

[@desmondellis657]

As an Englishman living in the US, I have also studied the German language, and when I try to tell my American friends how to pronounce Lowenbrau, I get blank stares and open mouths! Going to forward this video to them! Danke!

[@bilbilly625]

I live in Canada so perhaps its different down in the US. I find it kind of funny how Lowenbrau is a Domestic here now its not even imported. Labatt's bought the the beer from them and its brewed here in Canada which is great and drove the price down a lot for us. Now if we could just buy Erdinger's recipe my life would be complete haha.

[@rootsquare]

Don't even get them started on Worcestershire Sauce lol.

[@Boldorion1958]

When I developed a taste for good German beer, I would order Löwenbräu, pronouncing it correctly. But after experiencing blank stares from the waiters, I quickly learned to pronounce it Low-win-brow.

[@rootsquare]

@@Boldorion1958 I always called it the same, but then started pronouncing the W as a V at some point to try and impress people... I didn't know the 'brau' was pronouncd 'broy' until now. Another beer with an interesting pronounciation is Hoegaarden... most people in the UK pronounce it 'hoe-garden'.... but after a particularly boozey trip to Brugges discovered it was more like 'Hoo-Harden' which throaty H sounds

[@hstrykid]

I was visiting Berlin in 2019 and found a Bavarian style restaurant that served Weihenstphaner beers. I’m not much of a beer fan but I tried one of the varieties and it was fairly nice. I have to say, though, that after four years here in Prague I’m pretty spoiled by Pilsner Urquell. 😉

[@TheHappyCooker68]

Try Staropramen, a pilsner made in Prague. Can't find it in the US anymore, sorry to say.

[@TheBassetlover]

@@TheHappyCooker68 I agree. Staropramen is really good, as well as the Urquell. Been to Czech Rep six times in the last 8 years. Wish I could retire there. We need to get to Pilsen sometime and visit the brewery.

[@Nikioko]

@@TheHappyCooker68 Kozel, Gambrinus...

[@Sayu277]

the czech have really good beer

[@yallahyallah4220]

Pilsener Urquell is my favourite non-German beer by far, i was very lucky "discovering" it when i was as young as 17 years old.

[@probablygraham]

@3:28: Actually although "Sack" does literally mean "sack" or "bag", the "colloquial insult" is taken from another meaning of "Sack", namely "scrotum". I would say a better translation than "idiot" for British people is "sod", since it is also common to say "Du alter Sack" which translates well as "you old sod", or for Australians "bastard" (as in "y'old bastard") is a good translation. When translating swearwords it is important to find words which carry not just the meaning but the strength of the original. An important fact for people who haven't been to the Oktoberfest - and let's hope next year there will at last be a return to normality - you might expect the beer to be weaker than normal beer, since you are drinking litres of it, and many of the visitors have only ever drunk something like Heineken or Budweiser (not to be confused with the real Budweiser from the Czech Republic). In fact, Oktoberfest beer is even stronger than normal German beer but doesn't taste like a strong beer, unlike for instance Carlsberg Special Brew.

[@tmgerlach]

Auch bei der Übersetzung von Schimpfwörtern sind wir halt immer noch Deutsche, gell... ;)

[@tmgerlach]

Aber ist natürlich alles völlig richtig.

[@BILLYMORGAN1971]

This is all going to take a lot of practice. lot of drinking I think is the best way to practice the pronunciation. In the US, my area, typical liquor store doesn't carry any German beers save for Becks, that's IT. The one down the street used to carry more Sierra Nevada who have collaborated with companies like Weihenstephaner to offer an "Oktoberfest bier". It's more about logistics. Beer is costly to transport so they brew it here under the direction or collaboration with Weihenstephaner. I like it better than say Samuel Adams Octoberfest beer. Beer is very satisfying in the fall. I would totally try all the beers you mentioned. We have a liquor store a town or 2 over, that's the size of the supermarket. They have everything. Beer drinking, yardwork, making Halloween props...tastes I mean sounds good

[@jameshutchins3798]

This is super helpful.

[@michae8jackson378]

I lived in Germany for 13 years and went to the Oktoberfest 5 different years. Once for 1 week!? Too much for sure. Your intro was spot on for so many Americans. HAHAHAHA. Paulaner was always my go to tent. Love that Bier! Prosit! I lived most of the years in Trier, so BItburger is the drink there! My favorite is from N Bayern, Distelhausen...Distel Pils!

[@wtsalive8210]

If you want to drink a Weizenbier ok, but if you want to drink Pils, than Bitburger Stuppi one of the best choice. Thanks god you didn’t say Karlsberg!!!

[@michae8jackson378]

@@wtsalive8210 um Gottes Will!😳😳😳

[@wtsalive8210]

@@michae8jackson378 🤣🤣🤣

[@achimschuld4720]

Precisely, northern Baden-Württemberg, in the lovely Taubervalley. Later i will drink a pils. Prost! And their Hefeweizen is excellent!

[@azmarkm1850]

With a name like that you better like beer.

[@Farin_50]

Thanks to you, we can now try to correctly pronounce these beers in Germany. However, no American bartender will understand what we are trying to order.. :)

[@der7tezwerg921]

lol, good one.

[@dachecker79]

true....haha

[@woxyroxme]

I have heard people pronounce Paulaner as “pollener” and they can’t pronounce dunkel either

[@TeacherinTraining39]

lol, I've been able to pronounce most of them for quite a while, but some of them I was having the problem of "Wrong emPHASis, wrong sylLABle."

[@FancyPrimate]

It's like ordering Smithwicks. You pronounce it Smiddicks and the barkeep looks at you blankly. You pronounce it Smithwicks and you'll rudely be corrected that it's pronounced Smiddicks. I just want beer, mate.

[@richardcollins7909]

I'm from the US. Been getting into German culture quite a bit recently and I've been trying to taste test some German beer. Not sure how the Paulaner brand compares to other brands (everyone has their own taste preference), but it's good so far. Can't wait to try more. I'm enjoying Paulaner Salvator and Hefe-Weizen right now. :)

[@kdhoward83]

Paulaner helles is top notch. Try The weihestephaner original if you’re into helles. The king is Augustiner Lager Hell if you can find it in Europe.

[@TURMYTE]

Great video!! Ayinger, Franziskaner, Weltenburger, Schlenkerla, und Schneider-Weisse are some of my favorites from Germany, among many others. Hofbrau, I’m not a fan of. It tastes too much like domestic beer, boring. Augustiner is very good, both the German and Austrian brews. The Shöfferhofer grapefruit is good, but I prefer the Stiegl Radler grapefruit. I had the pleasure of visiting the Stiegl and Augustiner Brauerei last year while visiting a friend in Austria. EXCELLENT bier, food, and lots of great people I met. Can’t wait to go back!! Will visit the Ayinger and Weltenburger brauerei next time. I’m really glad a lot of these great biers are available here in the US. Thanks again for the interesting and informative videos

[@michaeldavidson8971]

I don’t do alcohol anymore but back when I did I absolutely loved the yeasty taste of Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier.

[@trance9158]

Dark.... My favorite but thought it was spelled Frauzenkonner... The label with that chubby monk on it right

[@rononeill1749]

In the 70's and 80's Löwenbräu tried to advertise heavily for the US market with TV advertising. They made the decision to generally represent the brand as Lowenbrau (without the umlauts or treating the umlauts as decorative) and pronounce it LOW-in-brow to make it more accessible to the American market. That's one reason why it's so tricky-- the brand intentionally marketed itself with that name and the Americanized pronunciation stuck. Although I knew logically how to say it in German, it was a little shocking when I was in Munich and finally heard a native speaker say Löwenbräu.

[@chrisnebinger5380]

Yeah, I learned to say Lowenbrau from the marketing campaign, and always pronounce it they way it was advertised.

[@solicitr666]

Sadly the stuff marketed in the US as Lowunbrow wasn't the real thing at all; it was brewed by Miller in Milwaukee and was typical US commercial swill.

[@dutchy1121]

I thought they licensed it to Anheuser-Busch and they did that.

[@laymansterms9575]

Im hoping to find that beer here in the States one day.

[@vanessasmith5227]

I think you should have explained that most towns have their own brewery and as such there are thousands of beers in Germany. I lived in Germany for 3 years in the late 1980's, my favourite beers being Licher Pils and Licher Export. I also enjoyed the occasional Weizen 😁

[@dave1986R]

Löwenbräu beer. I’ve never had that one here in the States, maybe they don’t sell it here anymore. But that was one of the things that inspired the band name Mötley Crüe back in 1981. Mick Mars suggested the band call themselves Motley Crew, and Nikki Sixx added the umlauts in the name and changed the spelling a little, because they were drinking Löwenbräu at the time and thought it would enhance the look of the name. They had no idea that umlauts were at the time, until the first show they played in Germany. The crowd was chanting the name the “correct way” and the band had no idea why they were doing that.

[@billgracey6369]

Loewenbraeu used to be brewed in the US under license by Miller, it didnt sell that well so Miller quit brewing it in the early 80s and Loewenbraeu wouldnt export it. I havent seen it here since then.

[@2010GT500]

Love Paulaner NA and Erdinger NA. Glad they’re both readily available in the USA now.

[@naturefleur2062]

Same! 🍻 I add Buckler in there, too.

[@kenleyflores3472]

I personally admire you, you’re like a Pro German Language Teacher! You’re very good! Kudos to you Fraulein! Liebe dich! ☺️😁

[@TheW1F1]

Damn, I've pronounced Weihenstephaner wrong all these years. I'm from Sweden so the consonants are already pretty accurate. But how you sang the vowels were news to me. Thanks! Just love that beer...

[@rollout1984]

I know what you mean. Ive been pronouncing Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragunsgesetz wrong my whole life.

[@LovelyCamel-zb7iz]

​@@rollout1984 the horror!

[@Ostenjager]

When I was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy, we regularly conducted training in Germany. One of our trips, our command team arranged for us to stop at and tour around Munich. We ended our visit at the Hofbräu Haus restaurant. They told us we had a "two beer limit." They had failed to account for the fact that "two beers" in there would be served in those big glasses. That was a really good time. 😁

[@matthiasjankowski24]

😂

[@winterrye3022]

I'd love to see a guide to the Oktoberfest tents. What the differences in crowd or atomosphere by tent is from a native?

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Well the Tents are huge and tall like a 3 story building!!! And they have a pass out tent which some people sleep in all month!!! Suffer means SUFFER

[@thedude2867]

You bump into people from all over the world in those tents.

[@blucy10]

I liked the Schottenhamel-Festhalle, although each is good.

[@st4ndby]

There is no difference. It’s always the same BS. Overcrowded, drunken people, sticky, disgusting and loud.

[@blucy10]

@@st4ndby Your experience was different than mine.

[@ronvdlaar6112]

Great stuff Feli! I am Dutch, but go often to Germany to visit your great German cities or buy beer in the local supermarkt stores. (Great beers for a great price!) You named the most well known beer brands, and there are many more beer brands in Germany, but i miss in your story the Bremen beer (brewery) Beck's, wich is pretty famous all over Germany and Europe. Even in UK Beck's is sold a lot. But more brands: Königs pilsner, Veltins pilsner, Kölsch (Gaffel, Früh, Dom), Diebels, DAB (Dortmund) und vielen mehr...

[@rollout1984]

I've been to the Netherlands and Germany a few times and it never ceases to amaze me how the people have a better command of the English language than many of my fellow Americans. And don't get me started on the British.

[@matthewkleinholz6660]

I was just in München about 5 weeks ago and made a point of visiting a Paulaner biergarten, though I think the Hacker-Pschorr was my favorite. München was my favorite city we visited in Germany.

[@njminer]

I always find it interesting how the German language integrates multiple words into one word (e.g. Italienerwochenende).

[@silkwesir1444]

technically, English does it too. The difference is, that in German they are written without spaces while in English the spaces are kept. But when you say something like "health insurance" or "speed limit", those are grammatically speaking compound nouns, they act in the sentence as one word.

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@silkwesir1444 English has plenty of compound words, such as afternoon, bedroom, cupboard, and so on. You just don't notice them so much because you think of them as a single word. German, though, goes much further.

[@dsludge8217]

And in Swedish there is kakelugnsmurarfackföreningsmedlemskapsansökansblankett = tile oven assemblers' union membership application form.

[@jensclarberg6419]

@@michaelsommers2356 Yeah same in swedish. Theoretically a swedish word can be neverending.

[@bigcat618]

My all time favorite is scheibenwischer-Waschflüssigkeit, which I think was from my 1998 Jetta operator's manual. (windshield wiper washer fluid).

[@neck5566]

I’m an American, and had the best beer that ever passed my lips in a small pub in Singapore. I asked for a dark beer while I reviewed the menu, and was brought a glass and a mostly empty bottle of Erdinger Dunkelweiß. It was so good that I saved the label in my wallet and looked for it everywhere I went. After several years, I found some in my hometown, but it was labeled “Erdinger Weißbier Dunkel” instead. I don’t know if there’s a difference, but it never tasted as good as those few I had overseas. I’ll never forget that moment.

[@JerryGs-Cards]

Here's a coincidence...I'm also American and I had found one of my favorite chase beers (meaning hard to get) in Singapore as well. Pliny the Elder.

[@captainmubbers6715]

In Germany, there is no "Erdinger Dunkelweiß". "Dunkelweiß" isn't even a proper german word... Maybe you were served an asian fake Erdinger in Singapore... ;)

[@neck5566]

@@captainmubbers6715 perhaps. Either way it was delicious.

[@ID-ig6fq]

@@captainmubbers6715 well , Erdinger does sell a Schneeweisse, an Urweisse and a Festweisse, it’s therefore not implausible that their dunkles Weißbier was at one point called Dunkelweisse (at least in some places) . That aside, “dunkekweiss” (with out the e) is also a proper German word (meaning “dark white”aka “dirty”) … it’s in the Duden. Check it out… Though in this case it would probably have been a “Dunkelweisse” with the e, or , as it’s now known, a dunkles Weißbier or Weißbier (Typ) Dunkel . With das/ die ” Weiße” merely being Dialekt for a Weisssbier / Hefeweizen. That’s why you can also have a “Cola-Weiße” a Berliner-Weiße and many other types of Weisse.. I therefore call poppycock on your German language lecture.

[@timbuckman3870]

I am sitting here strongly focusing on these German beer pronunciations when I realized that probably even in a good German restuarant here in the US that if I pronounced them correctly that the server would say "what"...LOL But I do enjoy learning a bit if German abd correct pronunciation.

[@thomaslewandowski2504]

Your video brought back some fine memories!! I was stationed in Nuremberg with the US Army (Feb1979-Sept.1981). What a experience!! I Loved Bavaria! Great folks and outstanding Beer!!

[@yankeetango]

Bitte ein Bit! Bitburger was my main beer when I lived in Wiesbaden while serving in the U.S. Air Force. At our favorite local pub, we drank Weizen beer with a slice of lemon and a shot of apfelkorn.

[@raymondohlsen5054]

My local Total Wine has all of these in stock!!! My favorite Ayinger Celebrator Dobblebock!!!

[@patricktinkl4996]

Celebrator is great! Pretty cool you can get it locally

[@WillVafuth]

Ayinger use to make a fabulous Maibock but sadly they either stopped making it or stopped exporting it.

[@neilfisher7999]

I would love to see a whole video about German beer! I am a big fan of hefeweizen beer and I always had a difficult time pronouncing the Weihenstephaner brand. Everyone in the U.S. seems to pronounce it differently, so thank you for giving me all the correct pronunciations!

[@Akkaren79]

Feli has made a video about German beer culture of that interests you.

[@steveb7416]

Possibly my favorite beer in the world: the Schwarzbier from Mönchshof (now owned by Kulmbacher). The Kellerbier (which used to be called Kellerbräu) is also very good.

[@nooneatall8072]

Those used to be favorites of mine as well. Good stuff. But I haven't seen either one in ages.

[@cgross82]

Vielen Dank fuer deine Bierlehrung! Ich bin zwei Jahre in Frankfurt a/M bei der U.S. Dritten Panzer Division Musik Kapele von 1975 bis 1977 gewesen. Da habe ich Deutsche Bier zum lieben gelernt. Da habe ich auch Deutsch gelernt. Prost!

[@abooogeek]

I visited Muenchen last September while visiting a friend (but we avoided Oktoberfest because COVID) and one non-alcoholic drink she introduced me was the Paulaner Spezi. I was very surprised by this drink because at first I thought it was a Paulaner type of beer. I am very fond of Mezzo Mix as non-alcoholic drink, but I was very intrigued. Comes in a amber glass beer bottle, but is a Bavarian iteration of the Mezzo Mix. But that one tasted a bit more bitter than the Mezzo Mix. We had Weisswurst, some beers, some Muenchen delicacies and I really really enjoyed the Breze there (maybe the best bretzels I have tasted, or just my Bretzel-O-Meter went so much low by getting used to the Auntie Anne ones).

[@SiriusMined]

"Compared to American beer" There are tons of good American breweries. Just not the mass produced stuff

[@anmaclemi]

Right! The first really great craft beers I had on vacation in the US, long before that was a ‚thing’ here in Germany. 😃🍻

[@kara88bg]

But these are mass produced beers in Germany. I mean like half of these can be found in many even small shops across Europe not just Germany.

[@nicolaiandersen7617]

Sure, there are great American micro breweries, but let's face it; the Germans (and Belgians and Chechs + throw in a few Italian and Dutch breweries as well) have just been doing this for a looong time.

[@attilahajbel6401]

@@kara88bg Sierra Nevada Pale Ale can be found in the local Tescos in the UK, and it's better than any of the lagers (including augustiners which are my favorites).

[@RustyDust101]

Agreed, craft breweries anywhere tend to produce high quality beers. But when it comes to mass-produced beers, even the worst brands of German mass-produced beers like Oettinger or something similar will easily outpace even medium priced beers in the US like a Millers, or Coors. Note I am not considering their specialities respectively, just the standard store selection.

[@bryce5203]

As much as German beer has my heart, I have to say whenever I go to visit my Bayrisch family, Pflaumchen is always what I look forward to!

[@darkguardian50]

Ayinger has long been one of my favorite breweries in the world along with Cantillon from Belgium and Russian River and Bottle Logic here in the US. Its nice to finally know how to prounounce it. Another one from Germany that I love that you didn't mention (maybe because the pronounciation is more straight forward?) is Aventinus which is brewed by Schneider Weisse. Pretty popular here in the US amongst german dark beer lovers.

[@kdhoward83]

You’re sleeping on Augustiner if you haven’t had their helles yet.

[@dampaul13]

Solid beer choices, my friend. Have you tried both variations of Aventinus?

[@jeremyday9056]

Kölsch is my absolute favorite beer style. One day I would love to actually have one by the river on a summer day in Köln.

[@cathykicks13]

Feli, if you’re still in Cincinnati, you should drive north about 40-45 minutes to Springboro for our Oktoberfest. We have a lot of the German biers you discussed. Our Oktoberfest is the Friday and Saturday AFTER Labor Day.

[@senorbe]

Since I spent most of my time in Germany in Hamburg, I'm most familiar with St Pauli. Yes, a german beer video would be great

[@ShawueFan]

it's almost impossible to make a video about german beer because there are way to much sorts of beer

[@senorbe]

@@ShawueFan I guess Felicia will have to make several then

[@ShawueFan]

@@senorbe that would be a never ending story^^... for example: I have at least allways 4 - 6 different regional beers at home. so it would only make sense if she would make videos about the famous brands because there are so many different and also small breweries, some beers you only get in a radius about 50km...

[@ericderami]

@@ShawueFan I somewhat attempted to start last year on the channel "Krautsalat". Luckily we stopped otherwise it probably would have killed me LOL

[@OTTEROCD]

Astra :)

[@ytstigto]

More beer, please! I split my time between Oslo, Norway and Lucca, Italy, and often travel from one place to the other. In Norway you can get the weissbiere from Weihenstephan and Paulaner (but they cost 4 to 6 Euros per bottle), in Lucca you get Hofbräu, Spaten, Löwenbrau, Paulaner, both weissbiere and helles. A few others as well, I think the own-brand Lidl beer (Perlenbacher) is a rebranded Oettinger. There are so many breweries in Germany!

[@bjrnegillarsen1380]

Here in Norway you also can get Erdinger from Meny stores. But the imported beer is too expensive to get often, so as a fan of dunkelbier I usually buy Aass Bayer

[@Сигизмунд-с2й]

4-6 € sounds like genocide. St.Petersburg, Russia: Lowenbrau 0,70 € (locally made at Heineken brewery under license), Spaten -1,15€, imported from DE.

[@bjrnegillarsen1380]

@@Сигизмунд-с2й 4-6 Euros for imported beer is unfortunately normal here in Norway, but then all alcohol costs a kings ransom up here. A bottle of cheap vodka for instance cost around 35-40 Euros here

[@Сигизмунд-с2й]

@@bjrnegillarsen1380 here in Russia "a minimal retail price " is set so the cheapest vodka (0,5 l) costs now 2,80 Euro. The good quality one (Russian made) costs approx.6-6,50 Euro. Absolutely most expensive is Grey Goose from France and it costs approx. 18 euro for 0,5 l.

[@rainerbernhardt6193]

Ah, common its only 1500 ;-)

[@NHL633]

Perhaps the best four years of my time here on earth was when I was stationed at Hahn AB in the Hunsrück. The class VI store on base sold Parkbrau and Lowenbrau. Parkbrau was generally our first choice, but when we were "flush" ( roughly the first few days after payday) we would treat ourselves to the Cologne beer, Konigsbacher. I even took a USO trip to their brewery once. Without a doubt my favorite beer of any brew I have ever sampled. To be sure I have not tried a sizeable percentage of the biers in Germany - but I think the name says it all. Oh, great video - more please - and my take away from this is - I MUST visit Aldis.

[@tompao7832]

Königsbacher is actually from Koblentz... in Köln they only drink Kölsch! (If you want to make a fool of your self try ordering a pils in Köln - the answer will be "Kein Pils, nur Kölsch!" (I did that mistake but only ONCE...)

[@MrMojoRising100]

@@tompao7832 It was from Koblenz in the past. Saddly a few years ago Bitburger bought Königsbacher and it is now being brewed in Bitburg. But the Koblenzer Pils is now brewed in the former Königsbacher brewery, which is also quite good.

[@onthefly4711]

@@tompao7832 Ordering Pils in Cologne is not a big issue. Try "Alt" next time :)

[@nickelplateroad63]

Toller Kanal. Ich bin froh, dass ich ihn gefunden habe. Prost!

[@phatpeej9619]

Thanks for the great post. I was checking to see how Jever and Radeberger were pronounced - two of my favourite brews!

[@alexh4436]

My dad was from Regensburg and at the first American restaurant he ever visited (in Norfolk VA circa 1955) he ordered a beer and got a pizza. Given that the English and German use the same word for beer, I always wondered how that happened. Perhaps there is a Pizzabrau brand somewhere in Bavaria?

[@skullheadwater9839]

Speaking of pronunciation, I lived in Norfolk VA for half of a year and the pronounce that locally as "Naw-fuck" but you already know that.

[@MichaelWarthStudios]

Hofbräuhaus is good compared to “American beer” - translation, good compared to the crap sold by Bud, Miller, and the other large corporate conglomerates. Any idea why Hofbräuhaus didn’t have a booth or tent at the Cincinnati festival last weekend?

[@NeoNeoNeo]

Yeah, the US has lots of world class beers. Maybe she somehow managed to never try Pliny The Elder or any of the Breakfast Stouts from Founders. No way she'd think Hofbrau was better than any of those.

[@markhamstra1083]

@@NeoNeoNeo Oh, she could easily think that Hofbräu is better than those, since those are pretty extreme examples of American craft brews. Many who love and are familiar with traditional German beers consider such weird American brews to have gone way too far outside the lines of quality beers, so they can end up preferring even a mediocre beer in a traditional style over more extreme craft brews. Of course, there are also very fine examples of traditional styles being brewed in America, and you are far more likely to be able to convince a German that these are superior to Hofbräu than some other craft brews.

[@paulliles7971]

As an old fart that remembers when Bud had a flavor, i agree with Philie, craft brews are a very recent thing in the us. 20 is young for one my age.

[@miramallo30]

@@NeoNeoNeo "Yeah, the US has lots of world class beers." That reminds me to an adage that spread in Germany back in the eighties: "American beer is like making love in a canoe: it's effing close to whater". But you are right. The US has lots of world class beers. However, a few decades ago, they were quite difficult to find.

[@LeeFKoch]

The Germans in the most northern states (i.e. those that have coastlines on the North or the Baltic Sea) pronounce the "s" in "st" and "sp" without a "sh" sound. That makes it easy to recognize a "Nordlicht", that is, a Northerner, by listening to the way they say words that start with an st. or an sp-.

[@BK-hn6jc]

Not everyone stolpert übern spitzen Stein, mien Jung...

[@Sigguitar]

Most people these days use sh-sound. The Northerners I know say only old people and some dialect speakers retain it.

[@axelheyst2397]

Loved this video. Years ago I lived in Garmisch-P for 5 years and spent much time in Munich and truthfully enjoyed the bier a little too much. Top of my list was Paulaner, then Augustiner and then Hacker-Pschorr. The place I worked had Hacker for the employees so I drank it more than anything. Ah, the good old days. How about a show on the biers of Franconia? IMO the best Bavarian brews come from there. Please do a show on German beers in general. Thanks.

[@ursafan40]

Thanks for bringing back so many fond memories.

[@tonyhaines1192]

The local beer at Tegernsee was amazing!

[@philipkoene5345]

Tegernseer Helles has actually replaced Augustiner Helles to a certain extent, as the go-to beer for the Munich party crowd

[@SaltyTubers]

Ok, just for the record, Weihenstephaner Korbinian is the ONE beer I could not do without. Doppelbocks are my favorite, but something about Korbinian is just perfect!!

[@roberttorres8508]

Amen to that!

[@pepintheshort7913]

In the cold months doppelbock is wonderful, and Korbinian is one of the best. But I love hellesbock. Just wish it was more readily available in the US. I’m happy with US craft versions, but they’re just not seen much. Bock beer just isn’t that popular. It’s a shame.

[@dampaul13]

Good choice.

[@michaelbrown1627]

When a German talks to an American for the first time, the American tells the German two things: 1. Tells about their trip to Germany. 2. Tells them they are half German.

[@jackielenarz6334]

Because many American ARE half German…. ☺️.

[@alexj9603]

@@jackielenarz6334 Which usually means "of German descent", with only very few remaining connections to German culture.

[@peterfireflylund]

@@alexj9603 but they are still of “German ethnicity” despite six generations and two adoptions.

[@WillVafuth]

@@alexj9603, "with only very few remaining connections to German culture"? Come to Pennsylvania... There is a ton of connections to German Culture....

[@brians2733]

I’ve been to Germany 3 times (4 this upcoming Christkindl markt) and I’m 3/4 German. Stop generalizing 🤣

[@Glicksman1]

My wife and I, along with a few friends attended the Oktoberfest in München for years. Of course, we loved everything about it as well as the beautiful city of München which we have come to love deeply. One of our favourite things at the Okoberfest was trying to sneak the litre mugs from the beer halls and take them home. I have six and my friend has ten! We got caught every so often and they took them from us, but nothing more came of it as I think it's expected. Of course, many stores sold new ones, but it was more fun to take them. So nice to hear the names of the beers pronounced properly as we learned to do. My favourite München bier is also Augustiner-Bräu.

[@rogaineablar5608]

I really appreciate your energy.

[@lieninger]

Missed Köstritzer Schwarzbier! My personal favorite, though perhaps that's good as it leaves more for me! I've enjoyed many of those you did list, though, and this video is funny to me as my friends have said I only drink beers that nobody else can pronounce. Perhaps if they watch this they will be able to order something besides an IPA once in awhile...

[@rainerbernhardt6193]

Dark beers are more common in east germany, but Feli is from south west. If You like Köstritzer You might want to try a "Ritter Dunkel" or a "Schwarzer Steiger" in case You get the opportunity (I prefer both over Köstritzer, although I like this as well)

[@dsorr4963]

'I personally don't know a single person who gets Hofbrau beer at the store or would pick a Hofbrau beer over other brands. I mean it's good compared to American beer'. LOL

[@bluearcherx]

I mean I guess if you only consider American beer to be Budweiser...

[@notsoeloquent]

There's a boom of beer brewing in the US, she needs to get out more. Most German imports don't hold a candle to what you can get locally. Yes, we should import more quality beer to compare, but any of the popular store brands are just not very good.

[@lorddeathwake921]

@@notsoeloquent Well, the only good beers I've been seeing produced in the states are IPAs, which are quite a bit different than German beers in general.

[@bigburdi]

@@lorddeathwake921 it's a testament to the different preferences in flavor between the localities. Americans seem to crave hop complexities while many European countries enjoy the subtleties of the differentiated grain bills and yeast selections

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

@@notsoeloquent we have a lot of small local breweries here in Germany too so no I don't think our beer is worse and almost all brands even the cheapest you can get in stores are by far better than what you can get in your average US American store

[@TheBarroomHero321]

Nice to see Ayinger get some mention. Hands down my favorite beer in the world (Brauweisse in particular). Shame they aren't at Oktoberfest, or they'd be bigger in the US.

[@nooneatall8072]

Agree. Ayinger makes some very good beers. My favorite of theirs is their Oktoberfest-Maerzen. Buy my 'favorite beer in the world' would have to be Schneider & Sohns (or Schneider Weisse) Aventinus. Aventinus is a Weizenbock and and is excellent one of those.

[@ontapchannel]

Danke schön Feli! This is really helpful information. Prost!

[@rickg2028]

Vielen Dank für das video, Feli ❤ Alles gut.

[@docsiltanen]

That was really great… I really miss Germany…it has been my favourite travel destination for years. I 've been fortunate enough to have sampled all the beers on your list, and I can honestly say that the Augustiner is my favourite as well. The Augustiner Keller was my first real Beer Garden, way back in 1997 on my first visit to Munich, and is still my favourite. Another great small brewery worth mentioning is Ettaler, from the monastery of the same name, about 90km SW from Munich….. Thanks for bringing back so many amazing memories….Prost !

[@2112theoden]

Erdinger dunkel is my favorite. I visited Germany a few years ago and I was in beer heaven. We visited Münster, Essen and Haltern am See. Everyone was really nice and patient with my very basic German. Would love to go back and do the romantic road.

[@kaddy0306]

Whats the romantic road? xD

[@2112theoden]

@@kaddy0306 It's the old Roman route between towns in Bavaria. Beautiful medieval towns and fairy tale castles. It's a popular tourist trail.

[@karimley2194]

Try Kölsch. I am from Germany and Reisstorf Kölsch is the best (insider tip lol)

[@2112theoden]

@@karimley2194 Thanks will see if i can find some.

[@soren8994]

@@2112theoden then you were in Rothenburg also?

[@peterking8586]

A visit to the Hofbräu Haus is an absolute must if you’re ever in Munich. I’ve had a nightmare in the USA when trying to order some German beers, I only knew how to pronounce the name in German😊 Have you ever found yourself struggling to order something in the US because you only know the correct German pronunciation? Or accidentally using the German name? My wife tried to order Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, she couldn’t come with the English name for it (she resorted to pointing).

[@darbyheavey406]

Pointing is fine- skal

[@motorcityaxeman7059]

Been waiting for this one !!!!