German & American Try EVERY TYPE of BELGIAN BEER for the First Time! *Unexpected*

[@DeanaandPhil]

What is your favorite beer in the world? If you enjoyed this video, you may like: Drinking GERMANY's MOST FAMOUS BEERS! (kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6i4qJlrqKmMfLcsi=YMSggL5BxY7VBozK) or (First Time in Brussels, Belgium) (kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6LckKV5osiBpposi=9rpiqmHW6I8p0OZU )

[@erikbehaeghel]

Duvel butt not the 666 there is the classic with 8,5 procent

[@zored1337]

Would say, chimay bleue

[@janvandoren8910]

As a Dutchy I say… please don’t refer to Heineken, Amstel or Stella or any major beer brands. Also morretti is a big no no. Italian food is great, but their beer sucks. Btw. Bira morretti is owned by Heineken. An embarrassment compared to all the craft Belgium ( and Dutch) beers. The world would be so much better without the international beer brands, including some of the German and British.

[@BigAndTall666]

All Wallonia beers are better! ❤🇩🇰🇧🇪✌️🍻

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@janvandoren8910 well i´m from Finland and i have to say that i like quite mild taste beers. Dutch beers are always been my favourites. If i don´t mention those three major brands i think Hollandia, Bavaria and Oranjeboom are very much for my taste. I haven´t seen Oranjeboom here in Finland in any shop ever, but as i were younger and i worked at the local harbour we (our team) got one 24 case of the beer and we all got two cans of it. At the lunch time me and my two friends opened the first cans and took a sip. Many times that we got beer from some other countries those tasted like shit, but that time we all looked each other and we were amazed that it was really good. No-one of us had never even heard such brand (those three major brands are well known here too). In early 2000 one bigger market chain imported Bavaria and Hollandia. Those had quite low price and Hollandia were propably one of the cheapest beers that they had. So i bought it many times even that i like more of Bavaria. I had drinked Bavaria earlier in one local pub late 90s and i liked that instantly.

[@jonathanpelgrims6723]

As a Belgian it is very important to say to foreigners that we have a old beer culture developing many centuries, giving rise to such a wide range of beer types and flavours. Those pilsners (around 5-6%) are considered as light beers and mostly drunk at parties, after work days, ..., as 'fast drinks'. Those stronger beers (starting at 8%) are more like 'slow drinks' you enjoy in small sips along with snacks like cheese. You drink these more for the flavour, and in the beginning you have to learn to drink them. But once used to it, the high alcohol precentage is not bothering any more. (Btw, 8% is still average. My personal favorite is Kasteel Cuvée, a dark beer of 11%.)

[@Raventommm]

Oooh yes kasteel!

[@friendsmakingmusic1751]

Grimbergen tripple is my favorite

[@thesirebeats6676]

Paix dieu❤

[@burlyraccoon5029]

you should also try la corne tripple, very yeasty if you want, you pour very very slow and if you get to the last small bit on the bottom, is where you choose to add the very yeasty part or not.

[@BelgianBeerStories]

yes!!! true story

[@milancollin1819]

As a Dutchie living in Portugal and travelled to more than 100countries around the world, Belgium beers are by distance the best beer in the whole world. The have wonderful beers for every occasion and brewed with so much passion.

[@Sorgoth1]

Duvel is definitely an acquired taste, it's very bitter, and considered a "real man's beer" here. The 6.66 is the "light" version tho, normal Duvel is 8.5% and packs a real punch! :)Some of my favorite beers to try : Tripel Karmeliet, Cornet or Omer

[@Aksovar]

The 6.66 isn't bad, but it's not the classic Duvel... which is top 5 for me

[@jensca.]

Duvel, absolute number 1, trippel anvers, cornet, trippel westmale, are all in the running for place 1

[@Zatteneus]

they don't make the classic Duvel anymore. The original beer had yeast at the bottom of the bottle and when you bought one in a pub they would not pour the whole bottle but leave about one fifth in so that you could decide whether you wanted the yeast in your glass or not.

[@MaxPlaid]

666 isn't really Duvel, it's more an IPA, real Duval is fantastic and the Triple Hop Citra I similar to the Chouffe Doubloon... Bush Peach is not relly beer IMO

[@debz007]

I second Tripel Karmeliet! For sure one of the best 🍻

[@CoinOBoy]

'We went on a trip to Brussels, and the first thing we did to buy Belgian beer is raid the Dutch super market'. :D

[@rosa9865]

Except for Colruyt is any super market in Belgium Belgian?

[@wout4yt]

@@rosa9865 Delhaize (originally)

[@tp7206]

As far as I know there's no Albert Heijn in Brussels, so something in this video doesn't add up.

[@alyssavannasse1783]

@@tp7206 there is 1 in Wemmel Vilvoorde Zaventem and St -Pieters- Leeuw

[@tp7206]

@@alyssavannasse1783 Technically all Vlaams-Brabant :) But yeah they didn't actually state they got them in town, was going by the above comment.

[@verus2007]

As a Flemish Belgian myself, I am always curious to what non natives think of our beers. A few comments: - small one: Albert Heijn is a supermarket chain from the Netherlands - Jupiler and Stella Artois are like the standard beers you have at parties and when you have people come over. Like you said: nothing offensive and neutral, so most people will be content with them. I like to drink it when I worked a whole day in the garden. - Hoegaerden is a bit lighter on the alcohol side, but has some citrus zest in it. Tastes best when the weather is sunny and you don't want anything heavy. - Proost is the Dutch word for Prost - I like kriek also:) or in general, the more sweet beers. I like Liefmans (on the rocks) a lot More in this direction: there is a cherry Chouffe (Houblon), which tastes a lot like a kriek, but is 8,5%. - From Chimay I don't really like the white one, but the blue one is very good (I saw someone mention this also). - One I truly miss, is Tripel Karmeliet. Great beer! - maybe you can make a video series dedicated to krieks or triples?

[@god6384]

also Gulden draak and Verboden vrucht are really good alongside Chimay blauw(blue)

[@TanTrance]

"Proost" isn't really used in Flemish, most of the times we use "schol"

[@grimruin]

@@TanTranceOr 'santé!'

[@rikkevanp]

Schol, als ge ni drinkt ... dan blijft em vol :) ... BTW, please try the real Duvel!!! Best beer in the world :))

[@samylenomme6434]

wallonian here i agree with you still i would had that fuity beer have a "girly beere" reputation and also 8% is supossed to be strong?

[@Dutchbelg3]

Tasting Belgian beers being German is just a different thing. Germans like a standard taste and drink A LOT ! It's all about the volume! Belgians do not drink volume they drink quality and like a clear identity. That's why there are SO many Belgian breweries and as already said there are more than 1500 different beers. From a number of brands you chose the styles that were recently added to cater to modern styles: The Bush beer was infused with peach juice, the Duvel was a spin off from the traditional beer. And from Chimay I would always pick the Chimay Blue (the double) in my opinion the best double beer in Belgium. My favorites: The traditional Duvel in summer and the Chimay Blue in winter. But I love to try new beers... There are so many good beers. The shape of the glass really influences the beer tasting sensation! Another advise: Never drink so many styles on 1 occassion. Some of the beers have living yeast in them and might upset your stomach when mixed with other styles of beer !!!

[@Firglin]

Chimay blue is just pure heaven in a glass

[@meljayization]

YES. Most high% are usually made for room temperature, jupiler you get cold. Much high % need 10 to 15 degrees Celsius. Some 5 to 8. As I say before: go blond or dark or pils = between as jupiler and cristal/ or go fruit mix. Don't mix all together = taste bomb. 1 beer destroy the other. I tasted like 100 different belgium beers/ Germany the same. For me? This beers are more like drink oettinger etc in Germany. 70 to 80 % I don't like from those 10. Next time? Ask what we drink here. Don't buy crab

[@shadowsir]

Completely agree, Chimay Blue is one of the best beers I know :)

[@jappivw]

We do drink volumes with jupiler, maes or some other pils they are Just 5% and not 4% like other country's. we are proud of our beers 😉

[@andrecostermans7109]

Good advise about the shape of glass and the style of the beers and an advise I would like to add , in between take a bite of bread to clear your tongue, sense of taste. Another one, just build up the alcohol percentage for a proper tasting .

[@BartVlerick]

As a Belgian, i find it so funny that almost every foreigner is overwelmed by the high percentages. Hence most of the time they don't like it. The percentages you guys are used to, we drink as a refreshner after work. Just like a soda :p The stronger beers here have soooo many different flavors and that is what makes it so good. We also drink these "slowly". Belgians don't just drink liters of beer (at least most of us) like they do on something like october fest. We enjoy the flavors and take our time to take it all in. BTw most of those fruit flavored beers are consumed and enjoyed by women here. Cause it is sweeter and easyer to drink than the more bitter and hop tasting beers For some other good beers. Here are some suggestions. - Trippel Karmeliet - Cornet - Gouden Carrolus Trippel Also little tip. Clean the glass between different drinks. Or use a new one. Since the resting flavor might influence the new beers taste.

[@quentinlangenaken7851]

Best comment. As a Belgian, I agree 100%

[@jinxedfire]

200% agree

[@steph1918]

Agreed all the way. 🤟

[@draheim90]

As an American I had the opposite experience. When I was a teenager I didn’t know there were good beers, I thought the crappy 4-5% ABV macro lagers we had was all beer was, so I didn’t like it. Then in college my gf introduced me to craft beer, at first I wasn’t too impressed but once I discovered strong Belgian beers I fell in love. Couldn’t get enough, dubbels and tripels in particular (Westmalle Tripel and Tripel Karmeliet were my favorite). Soon after I tried some quads and was blown away, still today (almost 15 years later! quads are my favorite style and Westy 12 and Rochefort 10 remain very high among my favorite beers if not top 2. Not long after getting into beer my aunt invited me to stay with her in Paris for a week and I decided to also go visit Belgium and Holland on my own too (partially to hunt down some Westvleterns and Cantillon beers from Belgium). I stayed for a day in Leuven and drank probably 8-9 beers over the course of a few hours. Easy to forget how strong they are because they are so smooth, but most were 8%+ of course and many in the double digits. Don’t remember much of that day except I woke up with a beer coaster with two phone numbers on it and was excited, thought perhaps I got a few women’s phone numbers or something and I just didn’t remember it. Nope…called the numbers and they were beer stores/distributors lol. I must have gotten drunk and asked where I could get more/certain beers. These days I rarely get drunk, I typically don’t drink more than two beers in any given day. But those were fun times and I have to say Belgian beer is phenomenal. A shame that a lot of it is hard to find where I live now, though I recently did find a place with some Trappist beer including ole Rochefort 10 :).

[@rocketsurgeon1349]

After drinking three 8% trappist beers, a 5% lager does indeed taste like water!

[@Estenberg]

Just like American beers in the 1950s-1990s. Our beer was all piss water. But, luckily, now it is much better here.

[@TroPy1n]

and another 7 trappist beers later, the ground tastes like ground

[@SaraHermans-nl8qz]

@Estenberg No way that is false this are Trappist beers them use the same recipes since before 1950 and most of them for atleast 100 years and the alcoholic % is still the same only the bottles did change.

[@johnkitchen4699]

Belgian beers are undoubtedly the best for choice and variety. The range is outstanding. Depending on the weather, the mood, food, etc there is a high quality beer to fit the situation. I love Belgian sour beers, my son detests them. I used to work for an English brewery and did my dissertation on the brewing industry and prefer Bavarian and Czech beers for everyday drinking, Belgian for special occasions and American for washing the dog.

[@ReyOfLight]

I feel sorry for the dog 😂

[@kboogaard1975]

As long as they don’t belong to ABInbev.

[@gilissendirk8606]

No Heineken dat is shit beer for a Belgium

[@steph1918]

@@gilissendirk8606 That's not even beer.

[@AxelHenx]

the last one had me lol :D

[@ridingwolf42]

"I'm guessing most people buy singles" nope, most people buy the triples. Also that Duvel is actually a lighter variant of Duvel, normally it's about the same as the Delirium Tremens (it's the same type of beer)

[@grimruin]

Yeah, double or triple or whatever, it all depends on the taste, not so much on the alcohol content. Some brands pride themselves on having a high percentage, but that's just a marketing gimmick. Drink what you like best. Or go for variety, I love trying out beers I haven't tasted before.

[@eyckles]

As a Belgian on the Flemish side i’m very familiar with these beers. All are very different in taste and basicly the most standard beers available in Belgium. This is a good start for tasting Belgian beers. I would haven chosen differently, but this works also. About Kriek. It’s beer that mostly is popular by women. I would have gone with a Lambic or Geuze, because of the taste. You have to taste this first to rate a Kriek beer. I liked it too, but can’t drink anymore, because of health issues. Don’t worry. I’ve drink my beers😉. On another note. I love the content. Keep up the good work😃

[@DeanaandPhil]

There are sooo many more we'd like to try! We wouldn't have survived this video with more. I already bought a Lindemans apple Lambic because I wanted to try it Never knew beer could taste so good! haha What is/was your favorite Belgian beer brand?

[@Bungletronics]

Like an Oud Bruin, Oud Gueuze or Flemish Red ale would be great. De Proef Zoetzuur, Liefman's Goudenband, or a nice Saison like Dupont. (I'm only part way into the video). Another fav of mine is totally opposide but it is Tripel Karmeliet - it is a bit sweet.

[@coyotelong4349]

Are there any good beers from the German-speaking region of East Belgium?

[@whitevader007]

IPA is way to bitter and harsh.All yhe others are way better and refreshing.

[@carlienvandernet7902]

You should take a Straffe Hendrik, that is very good.

[@eunagh]

As a Belgian, I love the content. The reason these beers are all high percentages is because you tried the STRONG beers. We also have a lot of pilseners like Jupiler, but also Maes, Stella, Cara, Tout Bien, ... If we want to get drunk on a party or something, we often drink the pilseners because you can drink more of it. If we go out in a pub, we would choose the strong ones but only drink 2-3 for the whole night. It's all about enjoy your beers and their different flavors. It's taking small sips (not chug).

[@baptistpopelier5913]

cara ❤🤍❤

[@th5154]

Don't make them drink Maes or Cara, we don't want them to puke...

[@greg8909]

We also have the 14% Bush :D

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

Only 2-3 damn that's not much. That's just a warm up for most Belgians.

[@laklomp]

Maes is pissbeer xD It's disgusting to drink. Jupiler is the best pilsener, then Stella Artois.

[@dylc666]

You've guys buyed the wrong Duvel, the populair one is like 8,5% alcohol. But the taste is really strong and bitter, some people hate it and some people love it. Me as a Belgian, it's not my favorite but is a very unique taste. I never drank an other beer that even get close to that taste. So next time you come to belgium drink the right original duvel and not the 6,66 crap ;) P.S: I enjoyed the video very much !

[@nicolasdenis7094]

Also, Germans often make the mistake not to drink it super cool/chill. They tend to drink their beers more in between cool and chamber temperature. For Duvel, this doesn’t work out well.

[@MrHarrie74]

and also the chouffe, the ipa is not the original

[@JeroenJA]

i used to like it better, but now i discovered Omer, and like it better, a lot more bitter accents, Duvels seems sweater now to me :-). and about strong, some like to drink several glasses, and indeed, prefer pils, especially sports lovers that want to take a sip of beer constantly while watching. I go the oposite way, a rarely drink something lower then 6%, i love the strong taste, but a only drink one, or sometimes 2 in an evening ;-) , if it's a tripple most likely one, i simply imagine a tripple as 3 pils beers, and double as 2 , and i think that a pretty okay image to keep in mind if you want to drink, but also preffer never to get into really drunk feeling ;-),

[@JeroenJA]

@@nicolasdenis7094 good remark, didn't think about that one! it differs between belgian beers, but the bottle mentions what should be the ideal serving temperature!

[@MarieCindy]

They mix Kriek, Duvel with La chouffe.... How can you taste anything like that

[@UniQuorn]

This is a fun watch, but for next time, a tip is to build up the percentages and flavours. If you start off with a strong alcoholic and flavoured beer, then yeah obviously the Jupiler will taste watery. So build it up. Look up the flavour profiles - put high alcohol and high flavour at the end. i would have started with the Jupiler, then the Hoegaarden, then maybe the peach and kriek, after that I would have put the more strongly flavoured ones, ending with the Westmalle, which is very potent. It might change your view on the beers.

[@lokitje]

Good advice I was thinking the same while watching.. Next time get some quadrupels in there they are delicious... Especially rochefort and st bernardus...

[@meljayization]

Cristal then jupiler, then something like tongerloo, then strong ones. Also: go on 1 direction = weed or dark or between. Mix = taste get bad. Don't mix dark and weed

[@jimmyfloyd6]

Yes and take wider glasses with the special beers, these glasses are an insult

[@mikepretorius6350]

After trying the Craft Beer's in South Africa (i found 1 that was reasonable) drinking the first Jupiler back in Belgium you realize how lucky we are 😉

[@musicsmyaeroplane]

YES! I kept thinking that the tasting order made no sense for exactly these reasons as I was watching (I'm also Belgian)

[@cooltiger_love_parrots2909]

They just summoned an entire nation by posting this video.

[@steveclaeysgoesracing]

I work as a brewer in a lambic brewery. Lambic is a beer which is fermented in open air. The yiest is specific to the Zennevallei region and gives a specific taste. Lambic is flat beer, it has no co2 so not carbonated. To make Geuze you need to mix young and aged lambic to start the fermentation in the bottle. It is typically a sour beer. All lambic breweries make fruit beers, mostly kriek. Some brands are sweeter then other.

[@ErikDeKoster-f2w]

Geuze is only for very evolved beer drinkers. It has a sour-acid strong taste. Excellent thirst quenchers. (BTW I live at 1 kilometer from the Boon geuze brewery).

[@steveclaeysgoesracing]

@@ErikDeKoster-f2w dunno why it is only for the more experienced beer drinkers. Yes I work at Boon. 😎

[@JohnnyDrizzle]

This video just proves Germans don't know what real beer tastes like. The reason Jupiler tastes better to you is because it's a pilsner and Germans are known for their pilsners. Pilsners only have been around for 100 years. Trappists have been around for 400 years. I was shocked you didn't like Delerium

[@dagfredriksen9571]

German or not, these guys are not beer connoiseurs. Belgium is a wonderful beer country and a lot of it is quite different. But if your reaction to that is "it tastes weird" and "I like Jupiler the best" then I am not impressed. I love myself a delirium tremens and would be super happy to find it in Sweden.

[@pguijt]

Belgen is a fun beer land you nead to know you beer

[@AxelHenx]

@@pguijt and you did while writing this comment my friend ;) :D

[@TheMidnightHedgehog]

As a Belgian from the south of the country, the french speaking ones, a lot of people around here says that they prefer to drink one good beer than litters of bad ones. Also, the glass and pourring are important

[@theresamimnaugh1190]

Don’t waste the leftovers! Make a great beef or lamb stew and a delicious beer bread to go with it. Really easy recipes.

[@AxelHenx]

best comment on this entire video, loads of love for someboddy who respects there beer.

[@josh33172]

I have lived in Belgium for close to 9yrs now. Also lived in Germany for 3yrs but travel there often. I don't want to be bias, but Belgium is special. The variety and diversity of beer brewed is the best in the world. For Westmall, Tripel is the best. For Chimay, The Blue or Rouge. I use the double for making Flemish stew. For IPA, Brussels Beer Project Delta IPA is hard to beat Jupiler the most mainstream beer, its like a Budweiser for the US. Lindermans is a great brewery and beer! This region (Flemish Brabant) is really popular for Lambic and Geuze fruit beers. The Duvel 666 is amazing beer for the summer! I actually live close to Brasserie Dubuisson (PecheMel), It has a nice cafe to enjoy when the weather is nice. The important part to understand about the beers and the alcohol % is that Belgians don't drink like Germans with the steins. It's sipped, enjoyed and treated like like a fine wine. The glass is part of the presentation and experience. Take your time with them. Sometimes it takes letting the beer warm and let some of the aromas and taste develop.

[@baptistpopelier5913]

in Belgium, the legal drinking age is sixteen. From that age, you can start drinking beers and wines (no strong liquors until you're 18). Maybe that explains our higher tolerance. And like you said most people start of with drinking pils (like the jupiler). When you're a little bit older, you also start to appreciate the more complicated and complex flavours in the stronger beers. 🇧🇪🇧🇪

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

Also here they give it to you in a pub even if you're 13.

[@Atherach]

It's only to buy beer, there is no regulation to drinking, as long as your parents are alright with it you can still command at a restaurant a beer even if you are to like 14

[@metalgast00]

don't forget to say that we (in belgium) mean with a little older like 18 to 21 years old and above :p

[@Marc.Martain]

@@Kvs-vf9nt Not in Belgium anymore else they have to close them business them won't take that risk for a child

[@josellinares9922]

My top 3 : Duvel , Tripel Karmeliet, Chimay Bleue, but an american doing a beer review is like a vegan doing a hamburger review! ;-)

[@andrecostermans7109]

Got you, however I would make a slight adaptation with the Duvel. Pour out the Duvel in his glass very carefully, without any foam if possible, and than add a regular Kriek, also carefully, in the same glass till the top ( so it turns out a 'red devil') . On a hot summers day this tastes as 'heaven' imo . Not to mention your drink has now a volume of 33+25cl =58 cl !

[@Captain-Dju]

@@andrecostermans7109Dude, I thought me and my friends were the only ones doing that! We started when we got bored of the whole Pêche MelBush fad (before it existed pre-mixed). This is indeed the best drink on a pub's terrace during a warm summer evening !

[@andrecostermans7109]

I'am very glad to agree ! @@Captain-Dju

[@AxelHenx]

@@andrecostermans7109 interesting, seems like blasfemy in my ears. maar andre als den julien het ook zegt dan zijn dat er al 2 ;) :D

[@andrecostermans7109]

En dan heb ik het nog niet over die kleur gehad , als een robijn in zonlicht. As I even didn't mention the colour , a ruby in sunshine.@@AxelHenx

[@edjemx]

For a correct tasting, the beers should definitely be on the right temperature and in the original glass. My favorites: Karmeliet, Orval, La Chouffe,... The pilsner beers you drink more of, but the trappist beers or the abbey beers you enjoy in calmness. 😅

[@TheJAMF]

If you are looking for flavours, you can find them. Don't chill the triples, but try to have them at about 15°C, to get the flavours (or even warmer?). Blackcurrant: Rochefort 8 , Apricot: Grimbergen Triple , raspberry& strawberry: Leffe Radieuse , Banana: Kasteel Triple (IIRC). But plenty of great tasting triples around; Brugse Zot, Karmeliet, Straffe Hendrik, Westvleteren & St. Bernardus, Orval, Gouden Carolus and Westmalle. For a peculiar German triple, there is the Baltic Triple, from the island Rügen.

[@NatchaiStappers]

Fun video! As a Belgian, yes the Jupiler is your bog standard beer that you get at football games/nights out etc (same as stella artois, maes, etc..). You probably would have had better flavors in half of these if you at least poured them correctly and into a right type of glass. The Duvel and most of the trappists etc that you got need to have a more rounded, wine-style glass, and need to be poured in a specific way to get the flavors out :)

[@dartplayer985]

also cleaning and cooling your glas can help with that. a Duvel should ALWAY'S be poured fully (the best stuff sinks to the bottom of the bottle) in to a frozen glass to get the best tatse tbh

[@xaviervanberkel4578]

Fun fact about the Peche Melbush, those are originaly 2 beers that were popularly mixed together in bar and cafe, the "Pecheresse" from the Lindemans brewery and the "Bush" from the dubuisson brewery, the mix was so popular that the Dubuisson brewed their version of the Pech MelBush which is great but still fall short (imo) to the mix of the two beer (half/half). Part of why they began mixing the two beer is because the "Bush" is a really strong beer (12%) while the "Pecheresse" is about the same as the Kriek (3.2), so the mix goes around 7-8% and is waaaay more palatable.

[@verfpoteke]

Hahahaha, always the same thing, Germans just want to have a big glass of low alcohol beers (a pilsner/heffeweisen/kellerbier). In Belgium it's very normal to have just 2 or 3 beers in a pub, it's all about flavor, not getting drunk. Personally i like more the darker beers like the dubbel, quadrupel and yes they are higher in alcohol because they try to get more complexity in the beers. In a fact most people will drink the higher alcohol beers, because they think (wrongly) that its just much beter. The banana flavore has to do with Belgian yeast. The Duvel 6,66 - is not the standard 'Duvel' though. Very nice and funny video ! 🙂

[@ronschellekens5111]

You're so right, i often visit Germany and mist of the beers taste the same to me. No offence 😉

[@supermaximglitchy1]

The Germanic genes for beer and the (old) french genes for drinking style

[@flitsertheo]

Belgian beers aren't too strong, foreigners are too weak.

[@robertpayne9009]

Thanks!

[@KoenMiseur]

In Belgium we drink the normal Duvel a lot more than the 6,66, and it's probably the beer that is most consumed after the pils beers (Stella, Jupiler, Cristal, Maes,...).

[@Jerre27]

How belgians classify beers:

[@VlakiDouchko]

I can't say better!

[@pommeNM]

I know some dudes who would buy a 11% at the gas station before class. We were 17

[@Jabberwok28]

I noticed that most of the beers that you purchased are, by and large, what would be considered more mainstream beers. Personally, I enjoy the more esoteric Belgian brands like Del Dolle, Piraat, Biere de Boucaneer, Hof ten Dormaal, Brassiere de Silly, among others. Also if you are drinking Belgian beers you should do a special on their Christmas beers as they are epic. My favorites are Gouden Carolus Noel, Corsendonk Christmas, and the absolute best (if you can find it) Scaldis Prestige de Nuits.

[@thatjsound]

Yeh I've seen the majority of what they tried in the states. I wanna see more of what doesn't make it overseas

[@TheKris2468]

Wie immer sehr gelungenes Video. Als Belgier ist mein Favorit "Orval". Ein Bier das ohne Probleme 9 Jahre lang in der Flasche nachreifen kann und ähnlich wie ein Rotwein mit den Jahren besser wird. Und ja in Belgien spricht man auch Deutsch 😉

[@dennisengelen2517]

Ich komm aus Limburg (BE) und ich Liebe Leute aus die Ost-Kantons, sehr Freundliche Menschen! (sorry, mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut lol)

[@TipsyTofuTravels]

Omg it’s like you guys read my mind! Belgian beer is my absolute favourite and I was just about to get my 9 saved Belgian beers and do a taste test! Love this!!!!

[@fougamagister8862]

hope you'll do the test yourself one day and don't believe those two too much :-)

[@laurenscolpaert5261]

we don't drink this kind of beer to get drunk. We drink jupiler or stella to get drunk.

[@ianvandyck2146]

as a proud belgian i can only say : go to bars , take the menu and taste them. Gouden carolus classic or tripel are my favorite. They are from mechelen (belgium) and they make all different kind of beer and even whiskey ! They have multiple rewards for every beer they made. Ps : duvel 666 is the lightest of duvel. English tourists like to drink them and fall down on the ground after 3 or 4 of them. For me leffe has the best trapist beer together with westmalle.

[@MrPoilleke]

In Brussel is er 'de Ultieme Hallucinatie' bijna alle soorten te proeven 😉👊

[@starmovies5523]

Ayo, best sponsor ever 😮😂

[@dorusschauwaers5]

As a Flemish guy this honestly hurts to watch! No decent glasses and not even the right temperature for the beers?! That's no way to enjoy our beer.. Please don't ever do that if a Belgian sees it. :)

[@dorusschauwaers5]

And mixing the beers as well, with what's still in the glass of the previous one. Aaagggghhhhhhhhhhhh (Flemish shout of pain) I need a beer now

[@Frahamen]

The thing is in Belgium we drink beer like how Italian drink coffee; strong but in small amounts. Germans on the other hand drink beer like how Americans or Turks drink coffee: not super strong but a lot of it. Also, I understand you don't have a different type of glass for each beer, but at least clean your glass with water before you try the next beer. You're not trying them, you're mixing them.

[@maurbentein4716]

Funny note: on the Chimay bottle, the explanation is given in the 3 official languages of Belgium, French, Dutch and ... German! But Phil got stuck on the French explanation.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

0:32 Top shelf: La Trappe Quadrupel (purple one) Next: Trippel Karmeliet (favourite beer during summer) 3rd shelf: I like the Cornet Oaked variant (yes it is a Belgian beer). Please buy beer in bottles. We recycle the bottles and it tastes better in a bottle. Next: Only drink Duvel if you want to get wasted. It has a very neutral taste but high alcohol %. Westmalle is great. Everything made by Chimay is nice. Version depends on personal taste. Chouffe is nice too. Can't go wrong with that shelf. Be sure to read the alcohol %. We are used to high % beers. Take your time, taste the beer. Personally I drink 2 beers an hour for a casual night out. 3-4 the first hour to get into the mood 'to party'. Don't keep that pace though.

[@jpdj2715]

Lambic and kriek are different things and not necessarily married. Lambic only references spontaneous fermentation. In the original versions of the German Reinheitsgebot no mention is made of yeast as it still needed to be discovered. Beer is like vegan soup from ground grains like malted (sprouted) barley and that soup is left to ferment. Just leave the vessel with the soup open to the air and fermentation will happen. Or alternatively, add your favourite cultivar of brewers-yeast. "Kriek" is a sour cherry variant. So the kriek lambic that you drank in the video is a lambic beer that had cherries added to the vegan soup. As it was produced through fermentation it deserves to be called beer. The alcohol content depends on sugars or carbs available to the yeasts as these yeasts eat those and pee alcohol out to put it bluntly. When the yeasts have eaten all the sugars in the soup, they die and become a sediment with a very high vitamin B content. If you want to get to a higher ABV, then you need to add sugar after the first brew so fermentation can restart, but this may require a different species or cultivar of yeast because at some point the alcohol becomes a problem to the yeasts. The second fermentation makes a beer "dubbel" (double) and this can be followed by more rounds of fermentation for triple or quadruple. Note that e.g. whiskey is distilled beer - maybe to 70% ABV that next must get most of its taste from the interaction between the alcohol and the wood of the barrel. The late and great Belgian chansonnier Brel had a song called "it smells like beer from London to Berlin", referencing Belgium. And the Belgians have a decades old and still running series of cartoon books (Suske & Wiske) in which one of the main characters is called Lambiek (the Flemish/Dutch spelling of lambic) and you can guess why. Today some Belgians may think they invented beer and make the best in the world. Well, the entire North-West European space (inhabited by the descendants of Germanic tribes and that includes the Franks that gave their Germanic name to France) drank beer as Medieval or Renaissance, and later, alternative to water or today's soft drinks. Tea and coffee replaced that in part. After filtering the first brew, the sediment got some vegan soup added and a new fermentation would be started. In what is the Netherlands today, this could be repeated many times. And this is how our ancestors got to gentlemen's, men's, women's and children's beer. You will also find that the old families that owned those breweries may have tight connections with old nobility. In the NL, most transportation was done over water and that included water to brew beer, or beer. The breweries would generally be located along a canal for that and the quay along the canal in Dutch would be called the "bierkaai" - we have a saying that something is like "fighting against the beer quay" (vechten tegen de bierkaai) when it is a losing or uphill battle. At the beer quay, the strongest men in town would work and they would be more or less drunk all day (full of Dutch courage the Brits would say). In cities like Amsterdam and Haarlem, you still have "Brouwersgracht" (brewers canal) or "Brouwersvaart" (brewers canal) addresses and this is where the brewers all used to be in these cities.

[@dampaul13]

You forget that the Kriek they drank isn't a real lambic, but back-sweetened lolly water.

[@IronMaidenBel]

For Deana: bc u liked Kriek: U should try Mort Subite. It's from the same brewery. It has less alcohol in it and way more flavor. You'll drink that like lemonade :)

[@johnsnow-be]

Mort subite is great for BBQ

[@Bungletronics]

A lot of Belgian yeasts have banana and close flavors much like a Hefeweisen. A lot of the Trappist beers also have candy sugar or coriander or other adjuncts in them that add to the flavor. I love Chimay blue St. Bernardus Abt 12. So many great Belgian beers. I also love some of the Flemish wild ales fermented by natural yeast and often barrel aged/blended and have sour characteristics or have Brettanomyces wild yeast. Cantillon is a favorite.

[@Brauiz90]

9:34 - you know what I heard Phil say? "Headgrenades" - it hits your head directly... In Salzburg, Austria there's a restaurant selling belgian beer and my favourite there is Leffe ( there are a few different types and one of them is at 8.5% alcohol)

[@Miodowy]

Based on the condensation, I assume that these beers were too cold, which reduced the flavors you don't like. Normally, you should drink it slightly chilled (paradoxically, strong beers should be warmer), and most importantly - you must like its harsh taste ;)

[@kevinfreund4076]

As a beer brewer/beer nerd, I love these videos. Most German beers are Session beers that you can drink a lot of and enjoy the experience with friends, etc (I love them). The Belgian styles (specifically the Abbey styles) were required to serve to pilgrims at the abbey and not necessarily for mass consumption thus a little higher ABV. The banana flavors are definitely yeast driven and fermented at the higher temperature end of the yeast's capability (but should be fruity esters). The Belgians were not constrained with the German Rheinheisgebot (Water, yeast, malt, hops) and are all about experimentation so celebrate the different flavors. Hoegarden is a perfect example of this freedom. The lambic styles also but I dont' care for them and definitely wouldn't brew them. Duvel was brewed by the Moortgart brewery which had links to the Nazi party. You probably got a bad batch as the characteristic of all high ABV Belgians is that they shouldn't taste high in ABV. I don't know what temp you were serving these at, but would most likely be best warming up to at least 40 deg F.

[@itsema91]

Belgium definitely reigns superior when it comes to beer. Now that I live in the Netherlands and I almost exclusively drink Belgian beer everything else falls short 😁

[@TheCloggydoggy]

There are some Dutch beers that are better than quite a lot of the Belgian ones.

[@shadows1156]

@@TheCloggydoggy Which Dutch beers do you recommend?

[@mathiasvanhove420]

​@@TheCloggydoggy keep dreaming bro

[@smokey_mk2]

@@TheCloggydoggy 'sure the top 5 percent of the dutch beers might be better then the bottom 80 of the belgian ones lmao its normal you get some hits after so many misses

[@AxelHenx]

@@TheCloggydoggy i am not against the logic (because sheer volumewise) but i would like name's actual examples instead of a hypothesis.

[@mcgreenhawkgaming3310]

Banana flavour comes from the amount of magnesium in the water that to use to brew the beer. In Belgium you can find this in 'Leffe' and 'Affligem'.

[@dampaul13]

"Banana flavour comes from the amount of magnesium" Really? Are you sure? Are you sure the banana flavour isn't Isoamyl acetate and is an ester by-product from the type of yeast strain?

[@sourdoughhome2571]

When I was in my 20's I was into German and British beers and loved them. I tried a few Belgian beers and had no use for them. When I visited Belgium in my 50's, I revised my opinions of Belgian beers. SO much variety! SO many different flavor profiles! One beer bar in Brugges has over 300 beers! That's a lot of beers for a small country! I still love German and British beers, and American beers have (mercifully) gotten better. However, Belgian beers are my thing. Sadly, the Reinheitsgebot put German brewers into a straight jacket. I understand they why of it, but it is not without drawbacks. I was a bit disappointed in the video that you didn't mention WHY you didn't like this beer or that beer, or what made like this other one. You can do better.. you have done better.

[@campoilse7111]

Who goes to Albert Heyn a dutch shop for Belgian beer?

[@JennaRevels]

The Delirium Tremens is super popular in the US, but I feel like it’s only because we don’t get too many Belgians here, and they tend to be fairly cost-prohibitive. I order my favorites once or twice per year and share to, hopefully, convert a few people to better Belgian beers. 😊

[@Error-_-404_]

The delirium is actually one of my favorite beer. There are "special" editions but I've never seen them in Belgium. I really like the weird taste it has. Glad to see that you have some belgian beer in the US.

[@TrIs1493]

Duvel 6,66 is quite recently launched, but it's not their best beer. You should've gotten a classic Duvel (the one with the white label and red Duvel logo). It's our is our most popular strong blonde. And about Lambic, not all lambic's are sweet. The one you tried is actually the sweetest kind of lambic because of the added Sour Cherises (which we call "krieken", hence the name "kriek"). There's also geuze, which is mixed old and young lambic. Usually the Geuze are the sour ones. My favourite kind of beer used to be Vlaams Roodbruin (Flanders red ale). It's a red-brownish beer that's typical to my region (West-Flanders). It has a fruity taste (prume, raspberry, ...) with a moderate to strong sour aftertaste. It's also the kind of beer that's the closest to wine according to some. Actually: bourgogne Des Flanders is a Flanders red ale from Bruges, made by mixing brown beer with lambic from Timmermans (a lambic brewery from Itterbeek, which is close to Brussels). Also: you should try adding Flemish Red Ale to a Flemish stew But in general, yea there's a "learning curve" to appreciating the tastes of our stronger beers. I actually prefer our stronger beers, because as you said: our pilsners are watery. They just don't pack a punch like an Omer, La Chouffe etc.

[@dampaul13]

" The one you tried is actually the sweetest kind of lambic because of the added Sour Cherises " No, the one they tried is sweet because of the addition of the unfermentable sweetener, Stevia. Before using Stevia, they used Acesulfame potassium. "Usually the Geuze are the sour ones." Pretty much all of your proper lambics, not just geuze, are going to have a level of sourness because of the presence of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) like Lactobacillus and Pediococcus.

[@alexkoolschijn]

Next video should be the "Dutch special beer" version. As the Netherlands now seems to have more "artisan" beers.

[@ronschellekens5111]

Please don't, they just love plain pilsener like Kölsch. 😂

[@Bralo20]

You mean the pee that is sold as Heineken? :p The Netherlands has many many many wonderful things but beer is NOT one of them. 😂

[@cyrielmartens3575]

@@Bralo20 There is definitely good beer in the Netherlands. Heineken is just the loudest. It's easy to point at Heineken, the beer the everybody in the Netherlands hates lol. And there's nothing wrong with a beer like Hertog Jan! :D

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

​@@cyrielmartens3575 There's nothing wrong with a beer like Hertog Jan.... Except for the name! :D

[@basbeestKT]

@@ronschellekens5111 wow, maybe next time read some about the subject before commenting... You'd appear less ignorant

[@Neverwinterx]

8:15: Most people would indeed consider the "kriek" (very fruity) style lambic beer as "girly" (although that's rather stereotypical/shortsighted). It's very interesting to try the other style lambic beer like Geuze. That brings in way more sourness and less pure fruit. Like "Oud Beersel" or "Oude Geuze Boon". It might be a bit of an acquired taste. If you like sourness, you will love that type of beer.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Love it when germans say they are beer connoisseurs and yet never tasted real beer . Belgium is the nation that makes real beer .

[@Ryuga636]

Real beer? 😂😂Belgian beer doesn't taste good

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@Ryuga636 You do know that belgians make real beer not german pisswater they copied from the czechs . Now grow up and learn what real beer is ,.

[@Ryuga636]

@@marcusfranconium3392 lol stop writing such bullshit, 🤣🤣 German beer is much better!

[@JokerFromHell]

Word of advise, when tasting our fine beers; allways make sure you have the correct glasses. It might sound silly but trust me when i say this: every beer tastes differently in their own glasses. Even Jupiler ( wich is an ultra common bar beer ) tastes it best when served in a jupiler glass. I dont like Duvel either but you would be surprised how much better it tastes when you drink it out of the typical Duvel glass. ALSO! The way you pour it in the glasses, the amount of foam on top of the beer is important for experiencing the true taste of these beers. Yes, we Belgians take our beers to serious but that's also the reason why we have the best beers in the world.

[@pullyawhisker]

and rinse your glass every other drink, barbarians😋

[@elephantcastle5110]

Haha I love Belgian beers (as a German) you guys just need to get used to them 😂

[@Kenterberry]

Some thoughts: - Next time go to a more Belgian supermarket, like Delhaize, Carrefour or Colruyt, because they will have a larger selection of genuine Belgian beers and also some more local beers (like Strop or Artevelde beer in Ghent, Brugse Zot in Bruges, etc.) - St Bernardus beer is made with the same recipe of a nearby Trappist monastery in Westvleteren. The original trappist beer was crowned best beer in the world about a decade ago, BUT you can only buy directly from the brewery. That's why St Bernardus is popular, because it can be sold in retail shops. Also, there are two other versions, and these are meant to be sipped as they can be treacherous because of the amount of alcohol. We also tend to use trappist beers (St Bernardus, Westmalle, Leffe) to make Flemish stew because it has such a rich taste. - Lindemans and Kriek beers in general: it depends on taste of course, but when I was young, Kriek beer would be the entry beer for most girls my age until we got accustomed to the taste of pils (Jupiler, Stella Artois or Maes) as those beers tended to be cheaper when you go out as a student. If you don't like the Kriek/cherry flavour, Geuze is a little bit more sour (I am told) and there are other flavours like peach and raspberries. - Duvel: I concur with someone else in the comments. You chose a more "novelty" Duvel, not the original one which is closer to the Sint-Bernardus or Chouffe. - Delirium Tremens: that's another dangerous one because of it's alcohol content. It's like being hit over the head with a hammer, so only to be consumed in smaller quantities. - Bush beers: those I am not that familiar with. Might be a younger brand (most of the ones you reviewed up to that point in the video are quite old). - Hoegaarden: this is more graduated pils beer, mostly enjoyed in Summer. When you don't want to chuck it down (like you would a pils), but it's hot and you want a beer; you'd go for a Hoegaarden. The ones I missed: De Ceuninck (Bolleke), which is a staple in Antwerp, next to Duvel Anything by De Halve Maan; Brugse Zot is their most famous one , but they have some other cool beers too Adriaan Brouwer: a very old beer, which also inspired a little festival in Oudenaarde Anything by Belle-vue, especially since you like the Lindemans Kriek so much you have to check this one out next time you're in Belgium Palm beer: which was my favourite as a teenager (I thought the fruit beers were too sweet) And of course many others like Corsendonck, Maredsous (also has cheese), Boon, Paix-Dieu, Ename, Carolus, Grimbergen, Postel, Gruut beer, Mort Subite (Immediate Death), Gulden Draak (Golden Dragon), Hommelbeer, Kapittel, Kasteel (Castle), Kwak, Malheur, Queue de Charrue, Petrus, and many, many others. Happy tasting!

[@svenvervloet1273]

If you like the lambic (Lambiek) styled beers (like the Kriek Lindemans in the video), you might want to dig into the smaller lambic breweries, where they mix lambic beers to get Geuze beers. A whole new world will open.

[@Sheggor]

Heavily alcoholic beers like triples, Orval, Duvel or Chimay are best enjoyed while eating something, either a full meal or at least a cheese and charcuterie board. Chain drinking should be only for lighter ones, like the Jupiler, Hoegaarden of the fruity ones. Hope you didn't do this on an empty stomach 😀 Next time you go for Belgian beers, I recommend the "cuvée des Trolls"

[@boerhenkcb]

Orval only has 6,2% of alcohol, that is closer to a pils than a triple or Duvel. But the taste is impecable.

[@guywerb]

@@boerhenkcb Common error to think Orval is a high-alcool beer. It isn't, it's rather all about flavour. I live in the region, but I say this without any bias: best beer ever, especially when it's kept two or three years to age a little (we call that "vieux Orval"): great with cheese and cold cuts or simply to chill out.

[@Sheggor]

@@boerhenkcb looks like I was fooled by the rich taste indeed

[@artiefakt4402]

When I was a student, Pêche Mel'Bush was already a thing, but there wasn't a pre-made bottle of it yet... so you had to pour both a Bush (33cl - 12%) and a Pécheresse (25cl - 2,5%) in the same big glass.

[@IgorEngelen1974]

that's a nice mix of beers The Kriek is very nice in the summer in a cooled glass with extra icecubes. I kind of get the problem with all the strong blond beers. In general the dark beers have a lot more taste. a Chouffe n'ice for instance is like christmas in a bottle.

[@Bralo20]

Thank goodness my uncle isn't alive anymore, he was a real beer drinker and would have cursed you to hell and back with your comment of a kriek beer with ice cubes 😂 And to be fair, I would agree with him, you don't mix beer with ice. If you want your beer cold, put it in the fridge but don't mix ice in it... It's even worse than people that add ice cubes to wine. :p

[@IgorEngelen1974]

@@Bralo20 fair enough but what if I consider my kriek as a lemonade 😎

[@imbsysop]

Kriek with ice cubes? YIKES! :-D

[@sandrabutler6837]

Hi from California USA

[@gregmuon]

Belgian beers are not bland, and are all pretty unique. I love them, but perhaps not for everyone. If you prefer a plain pilsner, they have that too. When I spent some time in Brussels, I quickly learned why the city mascot is a statue of a boy taking a piss. 😁

[@coyotelong4349]

Is Jupiler basically the Belgian equivalent of Heineken? That’s the vibe I’m getting lol

[@tommytommy7535]

@@coyotelong4349 thats an insult to jupiler xD

[@kiliandjfilms]

@@coyotelong4349 Basically yea, This is the standard pilsner people and cafe's will give you at most places when you just ask for 'beer'. Its one of the more neutral, lighter, not too expensive options, that you cant go wrong with. Its biggest competitor over here is probably Maes, but that varies a lot depending of the region, around Leuven Stella Artois is big, Around Kortrijk you start seeing Bockor a lot etc...

[@matthieuvanravestyn2175]

As a Belgian myself, Most of the beers that you tasted are beers that you drink in combination with a meal. Only duvel, pils like jupiler, kriek and delirium are used to drink a lot of. The later is one that is often used in Ghent at the Overpoort

[@daveangels]

The tripple by Westmalle is my favourite, it's a blond strong beer with the yeast still in it Edit: the Jupiler is the basic beer, even our ⚽ competition is named after it

[@sledgehammer_44]

They already fell over for 8% beers, imagine realising it's 10.5% 😂

[@Estenberg]

I stayed with dear friends in Brabant, Flanders, and Kriek Bier is what the family drank with breakfast. It gave us all a nice glow to the start of our Belgian days.

[@katelijnesommen]

Uh what? Drinking beer for breakfast definitely isn't a standard thing here, before anyone thinks that from your comment 😅

[@bonzolvr]

There’s an ice cream brand in my area (Ohio) called Jeni’s and several years ago they made a cherry lambic sorbet that was delicious. I wish they would bring it back!

[@effedrien]

Lambiek beer is made with a different yiesting process, and we drink it already few centuries. Traditionally geuze was for men and kriek for women. Kriek is the one you bought, where they also use cherries during the yiesting process, it's not just 'mixed'.

[@jeffhampton2767]

They need to make a peach beer for Deana. 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🌹

[@TheOriginalMinx23]

Random Belgian here. Really cool video guys! Good work, keep it up! Also, I worked at the Lindemans brewery for some time. Lambic beer is brewed according to a special method called spontanious or natural fermentation. It occurs because of various wild, unique yeasts and bacteria found only in the air of the "Zennevallei", the region in which most of these breweries are located. If you have more questions, let me know! During my work I have come in contact with many of their beers.

[@palantir135]

You took several of the great brands. Shame you didn’t take the best version of their beers. You chose Chimay white label and you should have taken the blue label. Westmalle tripel is the one to go for. The normal Duvel doesn’t taste that bitter. Improve it. You don’t drink those Belgian beers out of those glasses you use. That’s blasfemie 😅 Since when is 7-8% a strong beer. You forgot the best of all imho: Rochefort blue cap and Karmeliet tripel. Advise: always start with the lightest in % alcohol and work your way up. I’m Dutch by the way but I love a great beer.

[@nicolasdenis7094]

Yeah it’s a half assed review. A bit of research in advance would have ensured they had the most popular of each type of beer and a few words of backstory so they understand the purpose and context of each beer. Like, how do you complain that an IPA is light colored and bitter, it’s the whole purpose of an IPA. Then they pick a chouffe “houblon” (hop) and complain about bitterness… jeez

[@gbormann71]

​@@nicolasdenis7094Given their review of their tourist trap snacking in Brussels as 'Belgian food,' it better to take this Belgian beer 'review' with a bag of salt.

[@metalmichew2]

Oh man i totally forgot, lambic is a weird style with openly fermented beers, i really adore them, but i think most people would not enjoy them AT ALL!! They are very very sour and really hard to drink due to that sourness. The Lindemans lambic you had would be a Kriek beer, its not exactly a cherry but its very close to it. You should try an Oude Geuze lambic, i kind of collect these, like i buy 2 and drink one of them and store the other away to drink way way later.

[@karinbos3442]

Funny to see that I would rate it in the total opposite (the chimay and westmalle would be my favourite of this bunch, jupiler, the ipa and the fruit beer my least favourite). You should try a quadruple one time (don't hesitate of the alcohol percentage, it is almost wine) cuvee clarisse is a nice one, but every trappist quadruple is a good one i would say

[@tau.r.u]

Lambic beers and their derivatives - gueuze, fruit beers (mostly kriek, which is cherry) - tend to be a little bit sour because of the way they're brewed, with wild yeasts. That's why many of the mainstream ones get sweetened a little. For a more "proper" lambic taste, you should try "oude gueuze" or "oude kriek" (some well known brands that definitely have decent ones are Boon, Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen), those lean into the sourness. I prefer the very sour ones, but they are definitely an acquired taste. Some tripels definitely taste like banana, you're not crazy. St. Bernardus uses the same yeast as Westmalle and both their tripels absolutely have that banana like taste. I can't speak for most people, but I think Belgian beer drinkers tend to be more focused on drinking slowly, enjoying the taste. You wouldn't often drink more than three or four beers a night, unless you're drinking pilsners like Jupiler, that's beer for getting drunk (which I myself don't like, as you stated the pilsners are quite watery and I don't see the point in just getting drunk). You definitely build up a bit of a tolerance, but you also just don't go as hard. If you're going to try more, I'd suggest (if you can find them): - Troubadour Magma (wonderful tripel IPA) - Dochter van de Korenaar Sans Pardon (stout, which is not a Belgian style, but I think it's a good take on it) - Rodenbach Vintage (a style called oud bruin - old brown - which like lambic is a little sour. My favourite one in the style is called Aardmonnik, but that's really hard to find, it's been a few years since the brewer has made a batch) - Sportzot (alcohol free beer) - Orval (my favourite trappist) - Deus (brut beer or champagne beer) - Kwak (ideally in it's own glass, because it's quite special. This is a strong beer I've often used to introduce people to drinking Belgian beers) - Gouden Carolus Whiskey Infused (strong dark)

[@JD-oe5uc]

Small addition as microbiologist 😉 Lambic is indeed a wild fermentation, but not only wild yeast, but also bacteria are very important and they attribute to the sour taste (lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria more specifically). Btw, big fan of the lambic and Geuze (the ‘real’ ones).

[@ErikDeKoster-f2w]

@@JD-oe5ucand @tau.r.u you are connaisseurs. I live in Lembeek at 1 kilometer from the Boon brewery. When I have a cold my bacteria contribute to the taste (;-))

[@basbeestKT]

That Duvel 6.66 is very nice but quite different from the normal Duvel (which is 8.5%), the special thing about 6.66 is that it's made with six different hop variaties. About the strong alcohol, be very lucky you haven't tried St Bernardus Abt 12 then.... Yes, 12% and comparable to Westvletern 12

[@clever8276]

It would have been quite funny if they tried a Westvleteren to see what peak belgian beer taste like

[@AxelHenx]

@@clever8276 slightly overrated, not bad but to much bs around it.

[@clever8276]

You think? I really enjoy it in the summer in a cafe. A great one to be fair @@AxelHenx

[@AxelHenx]

@@clever8276 like i said, not bad but overrated. honest opinion and nothing extreem about my statement :)

[@cadsquade]

As we say here "Une bière brassée avec savoir se déguste avec sagesse"

[@voyager5333]

Please don't drink a Trappist from a German altbier/kölschbeer glass. It's like drinking a tier 1 wine from a plastic cup ;)

[@janvde7356]

Lambic is a beer for women/older girls

[@TheEddyrose1]

In Belgium there exist over 1500 different beers! When I lived in Brussels, I always said: "so many beers, so little time!" 😂In Belgium when you toast beer you say: "santé" which means gesundheit in German. My favorite beer in Belgium is called Leffe. I miss Belgium!

[@DeanaandPhil]

Ohhh good to know! Thanks! We need to know how to cheers properly for next time!

[@JadedKate]

@DeanaandPhil We also say SCHOL ! maybe try it in Google translate and listen to how they pronounce it...although that would probably give you the dutch pronunciation and not the flemish one. 🤔 Maybe just ask others around you how to pronounce it 😅

[@yvonnecampbell7036]

The Dutch say "Proost!" xD xD

[@dre5023]

Schol is more common, Santé is more a cheer. But the best way to toast your beer is like saying 'adje of een watje' and then drink your beer in one time to the bottom. :)

[@AxelHenx]

@@dre5023 i respectfully disagree with you assesment, but each there own :)

[@creativelycunningstunts]

The Hoegaarden glass should be frosty (keep it in the freezer for a while) and the beer tastes best when you drink it in the summer on a "terraske" at a cozy café, poured in that frosted glass (the right Hoegaarden glass) with a little zest of lemon (or lime works too) , with some friends while you do some people watching and watch the world go by 🙂

[@SinisterMud]

Dont do beer taste tests anymore… you guys suck at it 😂😂

[@FanFictionneer]

As a Belgian, I most love the fruit beers. Lindemans Kriek (cherry) and Lindemans Framboise (raspberry) are my favourites!

[@Bralo20]

Nice to see a Belgian beer video. Contrary to Germany, the Netherlands, the UK,... a normal beer has an alcohol percentage of 5% minimum, you might find some lower (fruit beers and non alcoholic beers (here in Belgium the non-alcoholic beers still contain alcohol). Back in the day there was a nice cartoon doing the rounds of a cow drinking Belgian beer (you had many variations, in my town it was Palm, the local brewery) and the pee was sold as Heineken. That's virtually how Belgians see foreign beers 😂I'm not a beer drinker myself, I rarely drink alcohol (although I love single malts) but I wouldn't be Belgian if I didn't try them at least. Personally from your collection I don't like the Jupiler, the Hoegaarden and the Lindemans. But then they are also high production industrial beers. The Duvel you bought isn't the "real deal", it's is little brother with less alcohol. The real Duvel has 8,5% alcohol in it. The Saint-Bernardus is an interesting one. Technically it's virtually the same as the West-Vleteren trappist, maybe the most scarce beer in the world since you can technically only buy in the abbey with the monks. Saint-Bernardus originated from West-Vleteren but is brewed outside the abbey, the major difference is that they use an other water source (and yes, you can taste that) and West-Vleteren uses yeast from Westmalle these days. Saint-Bernardus still uses the original West-Vleteren yeast. So if you want to a cheaper more readily available version of the rather exclusive "West-Vleteren 12" you can buy the Saint-Bernardus 12 instead. If you want to try the true original West-Vleteren beers yourself you can order them from the monks via the internet (yes, they stepped into the 21st century) and have them delivered at home (only in Belgium). But you can only order beer on specific days, the orders to collect yourself on site are on Wednesday, the home delivery orders are on Saturday. And if the beer is gone, it's gone, you'll have to wait another week. Now my town has the Palm brewery, Palm is the most famous Belgian amber beer (although people from Antwerp will say their "Koninck" is the most famous, nope you wish 😂). These days Palm is unfortunately owned by a Dutch brewer's family since there was no succession in the family that brews Palm and others. So technically Palm can be considered a Dutch beer now 🤣, since amber beers have been declining they jumped (I think a decade ago) on the heavy beer wagon and brewed a concurrent for the Duvel beer. (Duvel is brewed the next town over) called "Cornet". It's gaining some traction as a premium beer and according to some people it's better than Duvel (I don't like Duvel nor Cornet tbh). What you call "strong" beers are actually quite average, not really strong. West Vleteren 12 for example, a dark trappist, has an alcohol percentage of 10,2% and a very popular dark abbey style beer called "Kasteelbier" has an alcohol percentage of 11% (and if I remember correctly it used to be around 12 to 14% a few decades ago). So what we consider "strong" beers are around the 10% mark and above. Anyway, love to see more of Belgian beer tastings, we have plenty to choose from, for our tiny country we have nearly 400 breweries and 1.600 different beers on average. So buckle up, you've only started 🤣

[@potatowalks8732]

Thunbs up for the beer monks! 😁

[@restless_traveler1072]

Sorry my belgium friends but I think that Belgium beer is very overrated. Your marketing is great though! Germany has by far the best beer. Super long, old tradition and variety paired with highest quality ingredients. Ok lets look a bit at the numbers... - Amount of beer brands in Germany: 5500, Belgium: 1500 - Oldest beer maker in Germany: 1050 (Weihenstephan Benedictine monastery oldest in the world), Belgium 1445 Of course you are free to disagree but just compare and try both. You will surely get headache after a couple of belgium beers while german beer due to the "Reinheitsgebot" keeps flavor and your head clear.

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

Thanks for sharing your opinion! Talking about numbers, Belgium is roughly 12 times smaller than Germany, and population wise 6 times smaller. Thus, although I don't believe 'the numbers' are very telling, Belgium is putting up quite a fight against Germany when it comes to beers. Especially more so considering both countries excel at different areas of expertise of brewing.( Lighter beers vs heavier beers) I believe both countries have a rich history in beer making, but which one you consider the best boils down to which style of beer you prefer.

[@restless_traveler1072]

@@mariatheresavonhabsburg not a fight, all good, just my personal opinion I shared here. Nevertheless, you have very good chocolate and the best fries! ;)

[@waterbok]

Similar tasting beers (pils let's not call it beer) in Germany 5000+ Different tasting beers in Belgien 1000+ 😂

[@sheldonscott4037]

Love both German & Belgium beers.

[@ZiBiTmusic]

In some parts of the Flemish region of Belgium, friends will toast with "oep a' bakkes" (for english speaking: "oop aw bahkes") , which means "on/to your face". We also say "santé" which is actually French or "schol".

[@ianluyten1210]

Phil's comment on the St Bernardus was heavily influenced by the leftovers from the Westmalle still in his glass ! Edit: funny that you both really like the beers best that we in Belgium consider girls beers (except for the jupiler), and Hoegaarden is typically considered 'piss' by most.

[@AxelHenx]

while i agree with your assesment i'm not a fan of calling something a girl beer. as a man i realy like kriek, it's fruity and has a nice boddy.

[@riks8123]

The banana flavor comes from the yeast, some yeasts (mostly used in German weizen) has a banana flavor after fermenting

[@philippegilson]

Hello ! I'm from Belgium. The Pils is 4,5° alcohol. Jupiler is the standard Pils in Belgium. But there are others, many others, about a thousands. I could teach you. People from Germany and the Netherlands come to Belgium to buy bier. Belgium is the land of beer. Phil. Peace.

[@mouser78]

The Duvel and La Chouffe in the video are not the ones Belgians drink, they were both 'special' editions and you really need to drink most of them out of a big bowl glas to get the right flavour and the Duvel is best served icecold. Bush is not very popular in belgium honestly, The lambic kriek is best with ice on a hot summer day, same for Duvel, icecold in a chilled glass. Hoegaarden is for kids or women in belgium, bad hangovers. In Germany this is called Weissbier I think. Gouden Carolus Tripel is my favourite. The Triple, Double, ... rating is not only about alcohol but they're also different kinds of beer. The Tripel variants are pretty popular in Belgium.

[@mvl8209]

"In Germany we like to drink lots and lots of beer" and in Belgium we like to enjoy our beer, on a terrace with some friends! And like you guys noticed, when we do want to party and drink lots and lots of beer, then it's Jupiler (or its concurrents Stella Artois or Maes). Duvel has different kinds, there's normal Duvel (so not the 6.66 variant) too which tastes a bit different. I would definitely recommend you guys try Brugse Zot and Rostekop (but that last one is pretty hard to find, at least in my area. I only found it in a restaurant once, and really like it). If you tried the blonde Brugse Zot, then you should also try the Sportzot (alcohol free version of said blonde). Other beers that are alcohol free, just don't brew it fully (aka making sure it doesn't create alcohol), with Sportzot, it's different. They brew it like normal blonde Brugse Zot, and then the alcohol gets filtered out again, leaving the taste behind, but not the actual alcohol! (Bonus info: they were the 1st brewery to have a pipeline underground to transport the beer from the brewery in the city center to the bottling facility outside the city center) Also, hearing you 2 speak a lot about banana flavor.... there are banana beers! Unfortunately, also not easy to find in stores (in my area there's 1 cafe that has a pretty big beer list, and they sell banana beer) On topic of pouring it all at 16:04, some people prefer to have the residue still in the bottle, others like to actually drink it. Personal taste ;)

[@bennerdeben]

Im Dutch and I absolutely love Belgian beers! One of my favourite ones which wasn't in this list is a strong blonde beer named Piraat. If you like strong blond beer, you should try one if you can

[@coenvanlieshout4778]

Really nice beers to try are Leffe, Karmeliet Tripel and off course West-Vleteren. The last one might be a bit difficult to get, but really worth it 😉. Thanks for promoting our small country!

[@metalmichew2]

So i am Dutch, my mother is German in ancestry and my father is 3rd class Belgian/wallonian, i live near NRW and heres the thing. German beers are Lagers, your typical pilseners, weizen, witbier, and stuff like that. I have no idea why its called that but Lager is taken from the German word Lagern. Belgian types are Ales which are typically stored longer and fashioned in a wine type of way! So where German beer is more crisp and refreshing, Belgian styles are more tasteful, even the beers you guys dont like have more flavors than a lager because they are kept in the cellar longer with other types of yeast that makes it more bubbly and shit like that! I like a different type of beer, its the Barley wine, whenever you guys go to Albert Heijn try a Grolsch Kanon or Hertog Jan Grand Prestige (especially the HJ one is really amazing in taste) its like a bold flavor full wine kind of beer

[@vincentvanbeelen837]

Of these 10, my top three would be: 1 Chouffe Houblon, 2 Chimay Tripel, 3 Westmalle Dubbel.

[@DH-kt8st]

The strong beers are also available in 75 cl bottles. We drink them during boardgame evening , every time a different one. The strong beers are like getting used to drinking and tasting wine , once you get the hang of it you pretty much know which ones you like best. And the more you get into it the more you will like them.

[@JohanEngelen]

You should try kriek from the geuze museum Cantillion. Kriek is made with sour cherries and the traditional kriek is sour as hell