Rick Astley Brews Beer in Belgium: Craftwerk with Mikkeller

Mikkel Borg Bjergsø is the man behind the world-renowned brewery Mikkeller, which revolutionized the craft beer game in Denmark and now runs bars and restaurants around the world.
Mikkeller doesn’t have a permanent brewing facility, but makes most of its beer at a high-tech plant in Belgium. In this episode of Craftwerk, we travel with Mikkel to Belgium where he gets to brew a beer with his childhood pop idol: Rick Astley.
Mikkel takes Rick for a lesson in Belgian beer traditions at one of Brussel’s legendary bars, before they head to the brewery to make the beer for Rick’s upcoming tour: a red lager with a hint of ginger.
Mikkel also pays a visit to the town of Lembeek and the “godfather of lambic”, Frank Boon, who is one of the most respected brewers within this style of spontaneously fermented beer.
Just watching all the beer sampled in this episode is enough to get you slightly tipsy.
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[@dondanyi]

We're no strangers to beer, you know the rules and so do I.

[@AndreasRudolph]

PokeBrian1888 The beer should be called 'Rick Astley - No Strangers'. Your welcome Mikeller.

[@chilly22]

rick is actually a good host.. very likable and personable

[@AndersJrgensen15]

Should have been called "never gonna give you hop"

[@EinstienJr]

Holy fuck dude

[@Im49th]

Holy shit! After all this time I didn't know Rick Astley was British. WHAT THE FUCK!

[@mwrkhan]

+49th Where did you think he was from?

[@Im49th]

I thought he was American

[@MarshalofFrance]

British people tend to sound American when they sing.

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Same. I legit didn't know he was British. I thought either American or Kiwi.

[@PostItsDead]

Dude I thought the SAME thing. I always assumed he was American/Canadian. I was startled when I heard his accent!

[@Rodhizzzle]

Rick Astley has an amazing voice. He should be a voice actor, or even a singer of some kind.

[@nenabunena]

most people's talking voice is very different from their singing voice but astley talks just like he sings

[@PFM2142PFM]

Rick handled such an admittedly unfamiliar scene so well

[@jeromeorange3792]

fuckin finally...belgian beer

[@user-pm5nk1xo5q]

Jerome Orange the beer of the gods

[@aryamansinha9309]

Ricks actually a really nice person. I want more of him.

[@flavouredmilk]

Mikkell has the most unimpressed face when he talks

[@Einhander49]

He's clearly an introvert. Which isn't bad, but they're always misunderstood.

[@dampaul13]

Mikkel nailed it when he said he was the opposite of being open and friendly. Also, I love the way the beer has a red tinge with ginger, a throwback to Astley's redhead of the 80's.

[@IllaDub23]

About damn time for some new Craftwerk content!!! Please, please, please adapt this into a VICELAND show!

[@muhamadradityapramudito6523]

Never gonna give you up Did i just got rick roll'd

[@berkaypflanze4579]

Never gonna let you down

[@SZakiabba]

Never gonna run around and

[@TheBeromLP]

desert you

[@Landbeorht]

Never gonna make you cry,

[@cheecheeyit]

Never gonna say goodbye

[@Daibamaikati69]

Rick Astley is the man. Never gonna give him up.

[@rose2kn]

Rick Astley is cool, i like how he's completely honest with them, when he was drinking that dark red beer he was like "to be honest,i wouldn't even call that beer" .It looks like a fun and open collaboration.

[@gustavodemira7416]

People take Rick Astley for granted, he's a straight G yo.

[@1owk3y]

Rick's no stranger to beer. He knows the rules, and so, do I... a full-strength pilsner is what's I'm, thinkin' of...

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Rick astley is my hero. A wonderful man he is.

[@ceruleanskylinemusic]

So.... did I technically just get Rick Rolled?

[@runemeijer7509]

So meta! I think it's a missed opportunity they didn't call the beer "never gonna give you hop"

[@codrr]

this is so goood!!!! please make more of this :D

[@joshuafifita-lamb1327]

If Rick Astley got drunk and ended up on the floor. Would he Rick Roll to get around?

[@IncubationIsolation]

danish sounds like a dutch person mumbling

[@Munchausenification]

it is a very nice sounding language, i guess dutch is as well then

[@dutchhiphopfan050]

Some words are also completely the same (or at least same sounding) in both languages lol. Upside to getting raped by danish vikings for years I guess.

[@sandermercelis]

I speak dutch and can't stand a single word from what he's saying. Can't even understand my own country when he says it and it's all about that. He's mumbling very hard and speaking very fast. I don't want to imagine what the subtitle guy went trough

[@TheEjaay]

Swedes joke that Danes speak like they have porridge in their mouth.

[@IncubationIsolation]

TheEjaay I'll try and get this joke started in the Netherlands!

[@suckerfree23]

The Danes have a great sense of humor

[@micheleberto1846]

I drink craft beer on a weekly basis. Mikkeller does great beer but nowadays is much more into the marketing thing. His beers are always the most expensive regardless the quality.

[@Boiswo]

NEVER OPENED A VIDEO QUICKER IN MY LIFE

[@TheAmbigatus]

My fastest click on a Rick Astley video without fear of being rickrolled.

[@DennedTV]

I am surpriced by the fact that Rick actually have aged

[@JagjeetSingh-dw9qc]

DennedTV if you age then you die. No death means he'll never give you up

[@DennedTV]

I would never believe Rick to be the type of guy to let me down

[@papaknuthson]

legendary

[@AdailyJayloss]

Is it possible to sample beer or wine without looking stuck up?

[@davidrodriguez6493]

7:31 saw a Pliny as I am drinking one myself!

[@mmsmith03]

We've been Rick Rolled!!!💘💘💘

[@Snoodlez]

Together Forever With Brew

[@fuzzyc]

I was so confused that this was in Belgium but Mikkel was speaking in Danish and not French/Dutch in the beginning

[@mpa3588]

The dishwasher line had me crack up so badly.

[@101intellectual]

MIKKELLER FOREVER!

[@Hamza52199]

Wow the guy who used to he in the 'Rick rolled' videos back when I was a kid.

[@AndNowThis..]

I swear, I thought when I click on this video, it was going to play I'm never gonna give you up. Ha.

[@CashlessBeats]

Vice just got Rick Rolled!

[@UnleashTheBlob]

Wish I could get my hands on more Mikkeller beer

[@UnleashTheBlob]

I rarely find anything more than the run of the mill same 3 Mikkeller beers where I live. It sucks.

[@Sendmetothesky]

How do you guys find these people to put together??!!

[@larsdewispelaere]

People who only know rick astley as a meme should be ashamed his music is fire 🔥

[@semisyntheticpsychedelic3429]

"Rick Astley Grows The Dank in Netherlands" next please :D

[@stanislavlazarev1389]

Never gonna drink you up, never gonna drink you down

[@spyroschrysoulis4407]

Give Rick a role in the new James Bond in the future

[@AndreasRudolph]

The beer should be called 'Rick Astley - No Strangers'. Your welcome Mikeller.

[@georgea.567]

The first original Rick roll in years

[@leftgerm8670]

I expected to be Rick Rolled

[@Ericbryanmr]

When i drink beer, i be like "never gonna give you up..."

[@ki6eki]

you didn't get the final product to rick! i wanted to see his reaction

[@RobertPeters4674]

Munchies, thanks for the "Rick Roll"! 😂

[@aryamansinha9309]

Munchies got RICK ROLLED !

[@Bigtflies321]

where can i buy this?

[@SUNIKIGAMING]

Never gunna say goodbye.

[@danielhoete7155]

"NEVER GONA GIVE YOU UP"

[@JohnSmith19282]

fastest notification I've ever clicked on

[@john_wayne]

The 1 and only Rick Roll

[@HrTjernobyl]

The memelord himself

[@lauratrentini2474]

GRANDE 👍🍷🍺

[@BJunkles]

Never gonna give you up...

[@Matthias9319]

Never gonna drink you up!

[@kaylaaltman2694]

I had spontaframboos 5 years ago. I literally dream about it. They dont have it in my state :(

[@there_is_nothing_here]

and he's wearing a black turtleneck. 😂 what was the name of that Mike Myers skit?

[@nathantrinh3368]

Never gonna give beer up

[@deeznuts2884]

Can’t take this video serious with Rick Astley

[@marcwa74]

If munchies had some comedic balls they'd Rick Roll the entire video!!

[@viktorcheng2061]

Thought I was going to get "Rick rolled!"

[@bulkbogan4320]

He used to smoke weed with Winston Churchill!

[@CraftCruDude]

🎼🔊Never gonna give, Never gonna give, never gonna Giiiiiiveeee!🎼 🔊😜🍻

[@JithinJohn074]

Never gonna give brew up...never gonna let brew down I'll leave...

[@julezxluv]

I definitely clicked away to work on my outline and realized that I didn't understand anything that was being said. 😅

[@viziouz19]

shoulda named it "Rick Hopstley"

[@Magnush94]

00:48 Er det ikke "Carlsbergbyen"?

[@victor.6800]

Magnus Halten Nej. 2 ord. :-)

[@jorgeclarkson4639]

He reminds me of a musical version of Martin Freeman.

[@VinhNguyen-po6cf]

This guy makes the best beer in the world imo. Top notch shit

[@SammyKikwai]

3:16 Sorry about that bruh,. From a Kenyan.

[@LifeofGie_613]

starstruck aww

[@DavideTarasconi]

Never gonna give you IPA.

[@Namster05]

Never gonna brew you down

[@ericw6923]

never gonna give you up ipa

[@DannoCrutch]

Belgian Beer!

[@Anonymous-nj2ow]

i'm in the wrong fuckin line of work

[@omarismail1]

never gonna give you up

[@KingDennisJensen]

The moar you know....

[@PapaPerk360]

AWESOME IDGAF

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I knew Rick was British but I didn't know he was northern.

[@Duspende]

Never gonna give you hopps. Mine is the best.

[@Mysasser1]

lmao! you have to chill ipas a bit before you open them or they with fizz like that! gah!!!!

[@Eazy_Bruh]

RICK ROLL

[@weegeetoast]

>:) Evil Twin Brewing, I see you >:)

[@efeshundertelf]

It boggles my mind how a person so unenergetic like him can build a beer empire from nothing. His facial expression makes me fall asleep. anyway, great outcome for him and I like visiting his establishments around the world.

[@TheBrosLe3]

I didnt realise how mancunian he was

[@W1ckme1ster]

I'm swedish, but danish is so hard to understand... Thank god for the english subtitle;)

[@jjakemaness]

Iiiiiiii just wanna tell you how i'm feelin, wanna make you, understandddd

[@SZakiabba]

Holy Shit!, It's the legend, the myth!, the one and only! . . JOOOOOHN CENAAAAAAA!

[@PhantterY]

Never gonna give beer up...

[@interplanetkitty]

Rick is hot!

[@ejival1205]

Never gonna beer you up

[@gentikvevo]

did i get rick rolled or not what the fuck

[@Auroron]

42 on ratebeer lmao

[@dreammfyre]

We just got rick-barrel-rolled.