The Beer Hunter (1989) - 5: Burgundies of Belgium (FULL)

[@erics.6349]

Watching for the memories. I watched most of this series back in the '90s. I've also met Michael at a home brew competition after an extensive judging of beer he was involved in. He could put away the brews to say the least.

[@XxowendanxX]

This was broadcast on PBS in 1989. I stood behind MJ as he signed books at the Brooklyn beer fest in 1994. He and Madame Rose surely could put away the beer 🍺 😂

[@brwi1]

So cool that you can still visit the cafe in Brugge he started at and drink almost all the beers he featured in this back in ‘89

[@gujia8873]

it is been 30 years since this doc has been made, those beer bottles looks the same guess beer never changed

[@danieltaylor3737]

They must have been hammered at the end of that dinner. Some of those stronger brews hit you like a freight train after half an hour or so.

[@XxowendanxX]

Idk man. These people drink all the time.

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

I remember reading one of his books years and years ago and dreaming of one day trying the rare beers he describes. Now, it's easier than ever to find them (So long as you can sift thru all the filler). Now i just need to find my MJ Book!! Such a shame that Belgium beers are so expensive. I particularly like St. Bernadus 12, Rochefort 10, and Duchesse De Bourgogne.

[@XxowendanxX]

Quality, not quantity 😉

[@aagg6124]

It depends where you live. Here they are pretty cheap ;)

[@XxowendanxX]

​@aagg6124 they cost more than budweiser but you typically don't drink as many of them. They are also double the alcohol

[@jtandy]

Jackson pounds about 10 Belgian quads at dinner and then asks for a scotch! 🤣

[@bingevintage8124]

RIP liver

[@XxowendanxX]

Dude was an animal 😅

[@KalosPVP]

It's interesting that the first written recipe of Lambic was in 1516, the same year as the Reinheitsgebot of Germany.

[@shawnhapney8784]

Those people could chew and gulp down some seriously large portions of food and booze!

[@XxowendanxX]

French quality, German portions 😂

[@DaaasBooot]

MJ was a badass, no not tee-hee version but the 🍻 one. ❤️

[@XxowendanxX]

what is that theme music? was it made specially for the series or is it from something else?

[@borinotambe]

I´m having a Duvel right now :-)

[@youngdisciple8072]

now. im im ukrainian/ and bought in poland this bottle.

[@antoniocisneros5451]

I'm having a duvel too :)

[@Stanthemilkman]

Me too

[@mcboltron]

This, but it's Guy Fieri and the beers are all like, Hamm's and Milwaukee's Best or Keystone

[@8platypus]

Will i ever become as well cultured as this guy

[@idspispopdfull]

A este michael jackson puedo admirar

[@caafetinaBreweryCO.BierKultur]

I loved Michael Jackson

[@adorno_gang37]

22:43 "frank ee twee kinders eh" "echt waar?"

[@callanerd3104]

The job of my dreams

[@misterdog7]

And the hangovers of your nightmares :D

[@callanerd3104]

@@misterdog7 true :D

[@santiagokaderian544]

Love tripel

[@kingmezs23]

Thank God the times have changed over the last 30 years. If the belgians were the only ones using coolships, I would be a very poor man haha

[@XxowendanxX]

A Belgian beer habit is more expensive than drugs

[@Photologistic]

@@XxowendanxX Nope, you can brew your own for about the price of mega swill, once you have your equipment (some buckets and burners, mostly)

[@XxowendanxX]

@Ketoswammy my cousins did that. Made imitations of orval and westmalle tripel

[@peterpeacemusick1349]

so basically with the lambic they used to be drrinkin that shit but now it's all hawty-tawdy, Michael Jackson was a poetic, passionate man. I love the part about the wild yeast.

[@callanerd3104]

It was never shit and isnt now. Every part of our culture derives from archaic traditions

[@XxowendanxX]

​@callanerd3104 I believe his point is that back in Bruegel's day, lambic was a party beverage. They would dance, drink, and pour it like sangria. Fast forward 500 years and it's a rarity and accorded the status of wine. Also sometimes Americans use the word "shit" in a way that does not imply poor quality. It means "stuff". There is an American term to describe something of quality as "good shit".

[@MrMojoRisin69]

@@callanerd3104 I hope you figured out by now that the commenter wasnt calling it "shit" beer.

[@1950dallas]

Production Managers ARABELLA WOODS ANNIE DINNER

[@SirJamestheIII]

lol that chick at the dinner is a tank

[@XxowendanxX]

That's what I like. Especially after a few Belgians :-)

[@MrRufusjax]

Michael is certainly interested. They both taste the passion fruit.

[@XxowendanxX]

​@@MrRufusjaxyou need to drink a few barrels of lambic and she will look like a supermodel

[@MrRufusjax]

Judging from the look of a couple of the patrons at the Congo Bar I'm pretty sure that Michael unknowingly stepped into a gay bar.

[@XxowendanxX]

Belgium has always had an identity problem 😂

[@MrRufusjax]

@@XxowendanxX Good one!!

[@XxowendanxX]

@@MrRufusjax just be careful when someone says "bottoms up!"

[@MrRufusjax]

@@XxowendanxX I'll be careful when I visit the Cafe Congo someday.

[@XxowendanxX]

@@MrRufusjax watch out for those upside down bar stools

[@madmex6526]

Love MJ, but too much time was spent on Lambic's, the least favorite Belgian of Belgian beers in my Belgian beer drinking expert opinion. You follow me?

[@elietremoureux9624]

Lambic is the beer of gods, abbaye trippel are overrated. I said it.

[@adorno_gang37]

i prefer tripels but they're already well-known so why not give more exposure to lambik

[@adorno_gang37]

(Duvel on the other hand is extremely overrated)