Why Does American Beer Taste Like Water?

Americans drink 51 Billion Pints of beer every single year. Despite the abundance of craft beers available, the most popular variety is the traditional light American Lager. But why do these mass produced beers taste so watery? And how did they get to be so popular in the first place?
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[@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT]

A man wanted to duplicate Budweiser beer in his home brewing facility, so he sent a sample of BUD off to a laboratory for an analysis, which he would use to duplicate the brew. A couple of weeks later, he got a reply from the lab, which read, "Your horse has diabetes."

[@glenwoodfin]

Ha, my dad told me when I was a kid that beer was made of carbonated horse pee to discourage me from wanting some. Turns out, horse pee is pretty good. :)

[@TheT0mmen]

​​@@glenwoodfin is it better than beer?

[@peterclarke7240]

It's better than American beer. But go to Europe and try some actual beer before deciding to make horse piss your tipple of choice. 😂

[@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT]

@@peterclarke7240 I was making fun of American beer, specifically Budweiser. Do you not understand the concept of a satirical joke? And do you not know that micro-breweries all over America are brewing beer of the same and even better quality, variety, and taste than European beer? Your comment was wrong in so many ways, as if you are not fluent in English.

[@peterclarke7240]

@@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT Sorry, I was replying to TheT)mmen, who asked if horse piss is better than beer. And yes, I certainly get the concept of satire, fear not. I'm British. I was using satire before I was out of my mother's womb. And also yes, I know about micro-breweries. I'm not talking about micro-breweries, because what they do is brew European beers with a bit of a twist. It's not "'Murican" beer like bud et al. It's almost as though you think the only person allowed to insult the weak piss most Americans class as beer is you.

[@knutenniopelagalli3817]

In Norway we have a nickname for light beer... "piss"

[@kyleyates8172]

Same in the states if u actually like beer.

[@borderlands10]

Here in the states it's called Bud Light, but it's easier just to call it piss.

[@devpitcher5096]

@@borderlands10 Nah, just dirt water

[@CP-os1pc]

Same here

[@knutenniopelagalli3817]

@@swissbreeze wait what, ok... Why aren't you here then?

[@Sycokay]

The US craft beer scene is really great. As a German I think, that's the way to go. Convince your friends to try some local beers, instead of buying that crap from the big companies. We have big companies in Germany too, and their beer is, compared to many of the small beweries, just not that good.

[@florianmeier451]

as a southernn german i think there is absolutely no need for fancy craft beer.

[@l0sts0ul89]

​@@florianmeier451 what would you recommend?

[@Gerbrandt0245]

@@florianmeier451 Well not in germany, we have all the small/medium brewerys that make the good stuff and the big ones that use their scraps to make something similar to beer, at least it "tastes" like that. Thats basically the reason why craft beers mostly failed in Germany except a few ones that made the most exceptional beers and some that are linked to bigger brewerys like Zwönitzer.

[@ryanmellor2238]

Becks has really gone downhill

[@dubthabreak]

As a Belgian I would say we have the best beer in the world nuttin' beats a real Trappist brewed by the monks 😅

[@Wonderboy46Z]

I always laughed at other Soldiers when they came back from Germany and said they couldn’t drink American piss-water anymore…until I got stationed in Germany! OMG! Their beers are so flavorful and amazing. Love me a heffeweizen. I can’t drink Lite or Bud anymore, Coors has always tasted like sh!t, Miller High Life is pretty good, but nothing beats the small company and craft beers. They actually care about quality craft and beer not numbers in a ledger!

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

You should visit Belgium where they have hundreds of different beers not counting craft beers. Belgian beers comprise both lighter and darker types but the main thing is their generosity with ingredients. They have double, triple and quadruple which have 7%, 9% and 11% alcohol. Get used to those and you will never drink Heineken let alone Miller, Bud etc.

[@Max-rn3eb]

mm hefeweizen

[@peterscotney1]

I too served in Germany ...but with the British army ...we were warned about German bier !....even though some of us had been drinking since we were 14 ...it still got us into some right states

[@leewafer6583]

A good American Hefeweizen is from Live Oak Brewery out of Austin, if you can find it in your state, and I was the same, after being stationed in Germany in the mid 80`s never really cared for American beer, being in Texas, I at least had access to Shiner bock, which is pretty good. Now we have access to a lot of craft beer, so all is good.

[@Pingwinho]

Funny that you only mentioned the big brands that produce international light lager, which is like sex in a canoe - fucking close to water. The US has more than 10 thousand breweries - try them. German beer is fucking boring.

[@ProctorsGamble]

My mother a non englisch speaking German came here in 1962. She thought somebody was messing with her the first time she tasted American beer and threw it out only to realize it really was that bad!

[@Elmamaguebo16]

cweed r/thathappened

[@johnjohnson201]

I’m sure

[@defectivepikachu8317]

sounds like your mother was a bitch

[@anthonydanaher2146]

alot of aussies do the same thing when handed american beer

[@omarkharnivall2439]

I like how for the japanese for a beverage to be classified as “beer” (nama biiru) it gotta have a certain percentage of malt in it. Otherwise it gets classified as Happoshuu and its less expensive. On the other hand i think it messes up the tax on beer with flavours because it cant be real beer and i think its considered liquor, im not sure about that, i only read something about it a while ago.

[@williamoverly1617]

You get two choices in life: either the beer on tap tastes like water--or your tap water tastes like beer.

[@Talisman09]

hahaha 👏

[@borderlands10]

Does the tap water get you drunk?

[@theholyinquisition389]

borderlands10 American beer doesn't geht you drunk either

[@theholyinquisition389]

@Max If you don't drown first

[@tristanburns82]

Make beer from rain or spring water

[@Jefff72]

My taste for beer with flavor changed when I got stationed in the UK with the Air Force back in the 90s. I was at the enlisted club on base with local beers on tap. I told the bartender they didn’t recognize them and so he poured one and said this is a good British beer. It was John Courage an amber lager. when I tried it I found it absolutely delicious. Then later a guy had a bottle of Czech Budweiser and I tried it and loved it. I wanted to keep drinking and he’s like drink it down. This is when I discovered that I like beer that I can taste like Pulp Fiction, I know how f’n good my beer is!

[@salkoharper2908]

Czech Budweiser is the most delicious beer on earth. In the US you have to go to some specific rare liquor store to buy it. In London, England where I live I can buy it in the corner shop at the end of my road. That sums up the difference between American and British attitudes to beer.

[@handlesrtwitterdontbelivethem]

what about in the home country@@salkoharper2908

[@einzelganger2939]

@@salkoharper2908Czech bud and asahi are the two beers I can’t even have near me 😂 vile stuff

[@salkoharper2908]

@@einzelganger2939 Czech Budweiser is in the top 3 best selling beers in the country, (Czechia) which drinks the most beer in the world and has some of the best. But I guess some guy said on the internet said it's shit so it must be.

[@edwardbrown7986]

@@einzelganger2939what do you drink? For me Asahi is the best lager I’ve ever tasted, but usually still prefer an Ale, Timothy Taylor’s the best, Black sheep is good and even Doom Bar if it’s kept well. Tbf tho on a hot sunny day you have to have a lager, we j don’t get many of them in England

[@ianpunter4486]

Some years ago, myself and three colleagues in the BBC were filming the St Patricks Day parade in NY (All Brits). We stopped filming for a drink in a bar and as the empties piled up on our table, the barman came over with another round. " You guys in the the UK have strong stuff like this?" he asked. "Oh yes" my friend replied. "We call it Perrier"

[@HolyDiver-dx6px]

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318dude? 😮😂😢

[@ronanlewis438]

​​​@@sparklesparklesparkle6318well you're wrong there mate. If he voted brexit, he would want the immigrants out, bc EU law means they can travel freely into the UK. Also migrant means someone from within the country.

[@tonyo3544]

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 I see what you did there lol

[@reiryghts639]

​@@sparklesparklesparkle6318bruh

[@karlk7070]

​​@@sparklesparklesparkle6318How could you possibly link Brexit with migrant crime?

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

I'm just the right age to have lived through all of this. When I was in my late teens it was still a wasteland for beer. I thought I hated beer because the only beer I had ever tasted was Pabst, Schlitz, Hamms, etc. Then I took a trip to Germany when I was 18 and tasted a real pilsner. I was hooked from the first sip. When I got home, I would desperately search the local liquor stores for any German imports. Daab, Bitburger, EKU, Spaten, even St Pauli, I didn't care. It was all a step up from Miller and Coors to me. And then finally the US craft beers started coming on the market. What a great time to be a beer drinker! :)

[@DSToNe19and83]

Don’t hate the hamms bear my brother! I grew up the same, anyone recognize pigs eye?

[@mournblade1066]

@@DSToNe19and83 Yeah, for the price, Hamms ain't too bad.

[@trent1984]

I too remember that, drinking Olympia, now we have so many choices, it's great

[@tad6176]

I tried a lot of different beers, impart or craft. Some are too hoppy for my taste. For me Pabst Blue Ribbon taste really good on hot summer days. Just right amount of hops and good carbonation so I don't feel like blown up balloon . And can't beat the price. Perhaps I develop this taste because in my younger years all I could afford was cheap American lager.

[@Wolf_Khain]

Pisswasser

[@clintonleonard5187]

Rockstar is so clever

[@sidmosedale]

Holy shit your a genius, and so is Rockstar

[@jeanlucdiscard]

*pinkelnwasser

[@eddiehendrix2013]

"This is beer! Drivin drunk, off the pee hear!!"

[@Wingo537]

The American IPA decimates that European piss

[@Doubleolick]

"... there's not alot of malt." Dude, there's not alot of anything in it besides of water!

[@quattro4468]

And stabilizing additives.

[@rabokarabekian409]

I was with a Dane having his first USA beer. He took one sip, set it down, and moved it away, saying, " No wonder it is made so cold.".

[@jamesduncan578]

absolutely, let it set for 20 15-20 minutes and anyone will tell you it is undrinkable.

[@drjojo5551]

So WHY do you give a good god damn what a Dane’s taste is???

[@Hope-Dasher]

@@drjojo5551because they were making and drinking beer centuries before we started passing off our shitty, frat boy,horse piss,over marketed crap as beer 🍺🤦‍♂️

[@trevor_mounts_music]

It's almost like we have refrigeration here and can make the beer whatever temperature we want...

[@donbalduf572]

Mass produced American beer is served ice cold to kill the taste, which is not great. The colder it is, the less you can taste. Americans whine that Germans and Austrians serve beer warm. They don’t, but it is not as cold as a typical American beer because it tastes good. The craft beer industry has brought up the quality of American beer, no question. Many Americans will stick with Miller, Bud and Coors. To each his own!

[@PirateDogAMV]

The beer consumption in the US is high because it's so weak. You have to drink 2 to 3 times more in order to feel buzzed.

[@PetrD100]

Beer consumption in USA is low. About 70 liters on year per capita. Just amateurs.

[@brettfrimmer6567]

What American beer are you talking about? We got craft beer that goes from 5% to 10+ are you an alcoholic? Or just anti anerican

[@randybridges7365]

Eat foreskin

[@kristofkapuv877]

@@brettfrimmer6567 Mate imagine calling "craft beer" beer, that shit is straight up fucking disgusting and should not be called beer.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@kristofkapuv877 the thing about craft beer is that It's all different to say it's all bad is ignorant

[@wallymcallister5831]

Worked in an EM club in Germany. We got a big shipment of an American beer and ended up having to give them away for a nickel each.

[@Chris-wj4ze]

r/thathappened

[@topcomment3816]

Wally McAllister If you asked for a nickel each, you didn’t give them away. You sold them. Apparently logic is an American thing.

[@plynwow]

Sucks they bought cheap beer...

[@6h471]

Ga Me No lie. I bought a six pack of Becks once , never again. Give me a Bud anytime, and NOT a Bud Light.

[@tonysosa848]

@The Lidl Rock Archive Of course you have more beer drinkers cause you have 4 times the population but okey using ur brain before writing a comment must be hard.

[@scallywag6768]

I been home brewing since the 80s. Started with the brew kits and advanced to all grain. It is a bit of work, but not hard labor. I enjoy serving It to guests. Home brewing is very affordable when compared to the price of a dozen beer from the liquor store. Makes for a good rewarding hobby.

[@urbanurchin5930]

I started brewing my own at home around 1991. Started with the cans of malt extract - and they were pretty awful. But, I stuck with it and soon found that I could not drink all that I made. My friends only liked the mega brands - so what to do ? I loved the science and experimentation of the whole hobby and soon, started to enter my beers into competitions, mainly to get honest feedback on how to improve. Soon, I was winning ribbons and medals and certificates of achievement. I wanted to go commercial - but found that searching out and enjoying the labors of others to be much easier.......and didn't require all that cleaning and sanitizing ! !

[@ffwast]

And with all this temperature controlled high voltage brewing equipment the past few years it's gotten real easy too,it takes me more effort to drink the beer than to brew it.

[@TheGrimbarianBrewer]

I don't mind dome craft beer companies but do enjoy home brewing tbh

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I was a fan of Bud Light until I learned to replicate the recipe at home with just three ingredients: Kellogg’s ‘Rice Krispies’, powdered skim milk, and tap water - done! ✅

[@michaeltaylor1603]

YiKeS!

[@Hajduk-Kralj]

Had it twice while in the states. I remember it being sweet

[@glennso47]

And a drag queen named Mulvaney. 😊

[@Redbird1504]

​@@glennso47Calling that creature a drag queen is a massive complement.

[@Dctctx]

@@glennso47”queen”

[@FletchMcCoy]

“Expert beer drinker” 😂😂😂

[@ImmAaronn]

Why can't all of us Irish just apply for this position

[@ImmAaronn]

@Tommy Studd hey neighbourino

[@bobkowalski7655]

Aka average german/czech.

[@pengembara8671]

fancy name for alcoholics

[@wnnr3294]

Watery beer, watery coffee... damn u americans must be 99% water bc that's all u drink

[@TheDeadAlewives]

Watery beer, maybe. Watery coffee though? Are you insane?

[@Cervando]

@@TheDeadAlewives Your coffee is dire. Go to a Mediterranean country and compare the strength.

[@danhillman4523]

Actually, we're 100% ready to kick your ass. What country are you in?

[@danhillman4523]

@@TheDeadAlewives Obviously, yes.

[@danhillman4523]

@@Cervando You damn dumbass. There is a coffee press on every corner in the US. You have no idea of what you're talking about.

[@patrickevans3797]

Prior to WW2, American beer was craft beer with high alchohol content, during the war the government wanted the troops to be able to drink but not get too drunk just in case they had to fight, they thinned it down and decreased the alcohol content, people got used to it and continued to consume that type of beer after the war

[@MrDEWaters]

My grandfather's brothers used to grow Moravian brewing barley in southern Colorado. (1930s and 40s mostly). For a time there was a group of grain storage towers in the town of Monte Vista that were painted to look like a six-pack of Coors beer cans.

[@Born2Win7774]

"frederick pabst blue ribbon" full name🤣

[@1qwasz12]

blue ribbon not his name

[@jeffsmusics]

It's kinda crazy how this channel hasn't blown up way more than what it's at currently. The shots and edits are brilliant and so is the script.

[@jonathanquarles8604]

Unfortunately that's just not how KZbin works, their search algorithm being not very fair.

[@modisp]

Well as I understand these guys are coworkers on other successful channels. So they know how to do quality videos. But yeah they need more attention... couse its the GOOD STUFF

[@RBRB431]

I agree!! they need more viewers!

[@jeandavidyeah8840]

People dont love long explainations...

[@nicklam5234]

Jeff Snaman QA

[@Spongebrain97]

I gotta say that it is pretty cool when states create their own local beer, especially when they're craft beer because they have more personality and flavor than the typical big name brands that are sold everywhere

[@alittlebitgone]

It's rarely the states that do it, actually more like never. It's actually small private companies.

[@jeremythornton433]

I remember when here in Canada there were only a few breweries. Then in the 80's, micro brews slowly started to appear and life was good!

[@Edgar-Friendly]

A more accurate title - Why Does CORPORATE American Beer Taste Like Water?

[@eriksvensson2098]

apostate001 cause it's mostly water? :o

[@kylem.7466]

erik svensson He was making a joke, using a his question 😑

[@fredeaston3988]

Maximize profits by using cheap ingredients.This slob orders a Coors.Bat piss

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

American mass produced beer is for children.....some people say

[@RealityIsTheNow]

And yet the entire world imports the hell out of it and swills it down.

[@Grymtydeify]

"light on beer flavour" so, water.

[@peterscotney1]

As an Englishman in Texas in 2000 , I jokingly asked an Amarillo barmaid for a bottle of NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE , and lo and behold she got me one from behind the bar !....it was a smaller export bottle...but I was so happy after being subjected to watery American beer !

[@paulj6662]

That piss they call Bud.. has nothing to do with the real Czech BUDWEISER.

[@lindbladanders3]

There is not much difference

[@cameronpickard7456]

czech budvar

[@paulj6662]

They`ve been brewing it for 600 years, then the yanks wanted to sue them over the name! they wonder why we larf at em.@@cameronpickard7456

[@royhoetelmans4772]

I tastes it and i think it is the best pilsner i ever had and i am from the netherlands so pils is kind of our thing to

[@eliahelfenbein4731]

It is excually former German Sudeten beer...

[@giorohart195]

Thank God i'm Belgian 🇧🇪🍻

[@cscfpv6221]

Too bad, you are missing out on thousands of breweries that are making REAL beer. Not the stuff talked about in this video.

[@vicjames3256]

Yep. Belgian beer is king. I really don't appreciate some of the Belgian-style American beers they put out here (though there are a few gems). What American craft breweries have done to Blonde ales is really tragic. And my god some of these triples. Very few can truly compete with: Rochefort, St. Bernardus, Westmalle, Westvleteren, Rodenbach, Orval, Draak, La Chouffe, Delirium, Draak, St. Feuillien, Arend, de Garre, etc. (I know Cantillon is beloved, but that's simply a failure on my palate more than anything.) This doesn't include any of the craft breweries coming out of Belgium.

[@jakovhrga5619]

@minekpista BASED

[@ThisisFerrariKhan]

@@cscfpv6221 I grew up in the US and live in Europe now, I can honestly say that the US is still missing out on great beer despite the “craft revival”.

[@dongerdongson9474]

I know this channel isn’t active much but i’m glad they showed Straub brewery. It’s one of the few things Elk county has going for it lol

[@lars277]

I was stationed in Germany in the 70s, US Army. I was there less than two days and found out about Germany's beer purity laws and the liquid bread the Germans call beer. German beer is thick, rich, and loaded with calories and alcohol. It is very good stuff. The only beer I could find in the USA that came close was Heineken. That is of course Dutch beer, but the skunky rich taste and smell was spot on what German beer was all about. I have not had any alcohol for twenty years. When I was drinking, I drank Crown Royal on the rocks or straight up with a cold bottle of Heineken wash. If you ever find Heineken on tap, that is about the best beer you can find in the USA. Some of the micro-breweries in WI come close to German authenticity.

[@johnwoodgate8125]

I know that the American craft brewing fraternity has come on in leaps and bounds and now produce some very fine ales of which they can be rightly proud.

[@mr.warlight9086]

Ales are actual piss water compared to American lagers and Craft Beers are for kids.

[@johnwoodgate8125]

@@mr.warlight9086 American lagers? Hahaha! 😂😂😂😂

[@mr.warlight9086]

@@johnwoodgate8125that's where they originate.

[@johnwoodgate8125]

@@mr.warlight9086 ? What does?

[@mr.warlight9086]

@@johnwoodgate8125 light lagers.

[@willyburger]

I grew up in the Midwest. I worked on the farms, in the heartland of German immigrants, only 25-35 years after WWII. I can see why light lagers were popular. After long hot days baling hay, milking cattle, herding hogs, walking beans and de-tasseling corn, the kind of heavy dark beer that I prefer today would be just awful. I grew up with Pabst, Bud and Coors. Miller pretended to be high-brow while Michelob pretended to have dark beer. I don't like any of them anymore, but then I no longer spend my days convincing 600 pound sows that they need to get up that ramp. Maybe if I did, they would still taste good. In the end, it's always, each to their own.

[@pimpompoom93726]

I was raised in midwest farm country, so I know where-of you are speaking. The only thing I might add is beer out of the keg always tastes better than beer out of an aluminum can. Always.

[@jogon206]

That's what the germans invented the Radler for: 50/50 Beer and sweet citrus lemonade. Perfect.

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

Well, a beer that is light in colour doesn't NEED to taste like piss or overwhelmingly packed. See what the german immigrants tried to acchieve? A beer like in Germany, light in the colour, a watery taste was propably not intended. Here in Germany I can pretty much enjoy that. Our "light" beers are light in colour, but tastefull. However, they aren't so strong and "packed" like a dark beer. They are very enjoyable after such a long long working day, as you described it :)

[@maxpower9499]

@@sagichdirdochnicht4653 Yup, they explained that it's our 6 row Barley that's been the problem. I'm a farmer and currently pushing the numbers on growing 2 row Barley, to see if i could make money selling it.

[@coachhannah2403]

I like light beers, but not so much the American lagers. There is a difference.

[@PortmanRd]

Budwieser goes into collaberation with Spacex to be the first beer on Mars. Headlines... "Colonists discover water on Mars!"

[@SRTC1perceptions]

As an English man I appreciate American beer its the perfect hair of the dog breakfast drink due to it being so light

[@albertandrews130]

As an under age kid only place which would sell us would only sell us the expensive stuff so our keg parties featured DAB Wurzburger Dinkle Acker Hoffbrau Becks StPauli etc. It was good

[@Mikel95sama]

great now I'm scared to leave Europe

[@abrahamwilberforce9824]

You should be but of other reasons.

[@mrvwbug4423]

American craft beer is amazing, and there are tons of different varieties, it isn't just IPAs anymore.

[@neenee8194]

Don't worry, Heineken is sold everywhere, if u don't like Heineken Grolsch is always there too :d

[@TheEloyMiranda]

@@neenee8194 Heineken should be a drink category in itself...no beer lover would ever drink that shit

[@gregsiska8599]

Sam Addams FTW!

[@markhayleybeadon]

Australia had a similar thing happen in the 80s/ 90s. People were drinking the same old thing since forever, then craft beer starting getting traction

[@sparkythemagicpiano2867]

Just as well because a lot of Aussie beer is piss too, especially Fosters 🤢

[@davidprimeau3368]

In 1980 or so there was a beer strike in Alberta so I used to buy 2 cases of American beer (48 bottles), drink them, then go out to the bar. I used to repeat on Saturday but only drink about 36 so that would have some left for Sunday. The good old days. When the strike ended I never drank it again. Many Canadians like USA beer but it never caught on with me.

[@glenwoodfin]

I was surprised at how informative this video is. I’ve always preferred foreign beers to America’s crisp foam water, but America’s craft breweries have saved the day. I’m now just as happy buying a full-bodied American beer as to a foreign brew. Cheers!

[@mr.warlight9086]

Oh, you're just a normy groupie. Craft Beers are unoriginal junk liquid.

[@scottbivins4758]

I just dont drink beer bro i drink moonshine way better it got bite an it dont take much to do u in if its any good its all about how u run it an proof it.

[@glenwoodfin]

@@scottbivins4758 I'll race you to the still.

[@scottbivins4758]

@@glenwoodfin im more of weed guy

[@glenwoodfin]

@@scottbivins4758 Less car crashes : )

[@nunovalle6771]

Such a good video I watched the whole thing without even drinking a beer, finna open one up

[@atcbusesorlando7452]

very instructive video, thumbs up !!

[@sieve5]

And thusly, the french-toast-with-raspberries-milkshake IPA was born.

[@ProctorsGamble]

YUMMY!

[@yearginclarke]

Good point.

[@oledognes]

Aaron Yonda from bber and board games snuck in at 1:18

[@mrtotorob.]

I thought I was imagining it, chad Vader was my youth.

[@atroyz]

Kudos for referring to the “thumbs up” button! You’d be surprised how many people don’t realize that’s synonymous with “like”.

[@RustyDust101]

A very informative video. I had always wondered how German descendants could regress so much to not be able to brew good beer. Well, a hundred-something years with inferior components to still get something that *looks* like what you're used to, but doesn't taste that way will do that. As taste can't be delivered through a book or description, but only through your taste buds, you get used to a certain taste, which defines the new normal to you. However when confronted with the real deal, no matter where it comes from, you notice that, nope, that crap really doesn't cut it. Greetz from a German in Hamburg, who pities Americans are used to only the big five corporate brands watered down to a pale shadow of what they are supposed to be. But good on you to reinvigorate your craft beer breweries. That's something I would like to see in Germany as well.

[@thijsfrederix]

What a joke a beer with no foam.

[@latengocomoburro]

The foam just makes you fart a lot.

[@chiisuigintou]

I thought the beers were standing there for a long time, or where poared really, really badly.,. ^.^' lol, I call beers from other nations than Belgium catpee, but I guess I need to agree than and call this actual water than, I guess.,. ^.^'

[@theragingplatypus4743]

All the foam does is make your beer flat. A properly poured beer is tilted and poured smoothly down the side. Foam is for people that know nothing about beer.

[@chiisuigintou]

Nope, you have never ever poared a beer correctly. You start by poaring the beer at an angle until reaching half, after that, you hold it streight, to create the optimum amount of foam. The glass needs to be also cleaned at a pretty specific way.,. In Belgium there are actually beer poaring contests. Perhaps you should take at least a look to that and not spend time on giving fucked up comments, without using your god damn brain.,. Also, the saying goes, "bier drink je met verstand". ( what ruffly means to use your brain when drinking beer ) Belgian beers aren't beers you can easily poar down as if it is water, most heavy beers contain around 8% Duvel for example, a beer that's been around since 1871, ( one of my favorite beers ) contains 8.5%.,.

[@theragingplatypus4743]

First, your belligerent tone pegs you as uneducated. Second, you are using a computer. Use spell check. Even When writing in a foreign language, multiple spelling mistakes with spell check shows you as being lazy, ignorant or both. Typos are different. bier drink je met verstand...I speak English and German...don't need your condescending translation. Even if I didn't, we have Google translate. You obviously think you know more than you do.

[@justaboi4791]

OMFG AARON FUCKING YONDA GAMESOCIETY AND BEERANDBOARDGAMES FUCK YEA

[@Hibernicus1968]

I for one am very glad for the craft brewing industry. I have _never_ liked watery American lager. Maybe I would have had that been what I started out drinking. But when I was in high school in the mid-80s, my home state raised the drinking age to 21. After I finished my freshman year of college, I went and spent a summer in Ireland, and as I was eighteen, I could buy all the beer I wanted. I got used to Guinness and British-style ales, as well as European beers like Carlsberg et al. I _loved_ Ireland, and came back home determined to attend grad school there, which I did, and whenever I drank beer, it was _not_ American style light lagers. When I came home for good, I was thoroughly accustomed to beer that tasted like _beer_ not beer-flavored water. And all these years later, I'll drink _actual_ water rather than Bud, Coors, Miller, or any of that stuff. I honestly don't think I've had any of that swill since I was in college. I'm glad that the emergence of craft breweries and microbreweries and so on has allowed _real_ beer to start being made in the U.S.

[@robc5051]

Prettty sure this has been mentioned hundreds of time here but, American beer isn't the same adjunct lager wasteland it used to be. Having spent time working in Germany and the Netherlands, however, I found my conversations a bit "dead end" with the locals. They know their countries are known for beer... while drinking Euro pale lagers. They'll die on a hill defending any beer from their country! These people are missing out IMO. Don't drink Stella Artois, try some Piraat or trappiste ales! At the end of the day, though, drink what you like. I still enjoy Coors Banquet often while also drinking a lot of the must have NE IPA beers or west coast beers like Pliny the Elder.

[@bucketofsteam9260]

For me it's seasonal. I drink light beers when it's warm and darker beers when it's cold. Being from Texas, can't go wrong with Shiner Bock.

[@PD-we8vf]

Lonestar North I love bells new hazy ipa Official.

[@davelop5507]

Drinking some Stash IPA in San Antonio. Talk about beer with flavor.

[@colec.6477]

Waco here but coors banquet all day

[@tomthx5804]

Yes, nothing better than that light american lager if it is hot outside and you are working. But when cold weather comes, the ales become the best thing.

[@dmytrosurname1609]

It depends, i prefer fuller lager on summer, even light and fruity ipa (Mosaic ipa, for example). But IMO you always need variety and sometimes i also enjoy light ones.

[@Benzy670]

American beer doesn’t taste like water. It’s _pisswater._ Real talk, though, I’m so glad the craft beer boom is in my lifetime.

[@brianpeppers8236]

Soyboys drink craft beer. Go vape and tip your fedoras elsewhere you hipster fruitcakes

[@danhillman4523]

From a millennial punk that gets drunk on two pints. LOL.

[@thedudeperson]

@@brianpeppers8236 boo hoo stop crying

[@brianpeppers8236]

@@thedudeperson Crying? Beer in general is for bitches. A real man drinks liquor. Beers good if you wanna get bloated and piss 500 times. And if you drink craft beer you automatically deserve to get you're male card revoked as its for pansies.

[@DWlsh43]

I have a visa pending to become an american, I'm gonna have to learn all my new beers at least for craft beer when I leave canada. I actually liked samuel adams when I was in america

[@RedircSiuol]

First video of yours I've seen (thank you almighty algorithm) and looking over at the screen and seeing Aaron Yonda made me do a double take. Excellent video!

[@philjamieson5572]

I liked this well-researched piece. I drink draught bitter and bottled pale and brown ales, but I often sneak in a Sierra Nevada (delicious US Pale) or two. Cheers from Wiltshire, England.

[@Mr.Batsu12]

Did I miss them covering the fact they add corn and other easily fermentable sugers to light lagers to boost the alcohol levels without having to use more malted barley? Using cheaper sugers that bring little to no flavor is a cost saving way to boost alcohol levels. Yes American style light lagers are very tough to brew because there's so little flavor for flaws to hide behind but they are still dull and uninteresting beers to drink.

[@sportster16301]

That sums it up in a nutshell.

[@elonmush4793]

so in short: 1. US was not able to make beer like it tasted in Germany 2. instead used whatever they had to make beer their way (watery) 3. then prohibition with no legal beer making at all 4. followed by years of industrialized and commercialized beer production (watery) 5. then golden age of craft brewing (finally some taste in that beer!)

[@RobotShlomo]

Germans in the U.S. weren't able to make beer like it tasted in Germany.

[@opalyankaBG]

But German bear isn't watery.

[@gerhardswihla1099]

@@@RobotShlomo If this is true than I got why they left Germany. Because they cared more for the good-looking than for the taste. ;)

[@57WillysCJ]

@@opalyankaBG What was it like when the people immigrated to the US? It's pretty well explained here. The same for all those that say all American beer is like water. Since the 1980s there has been a lot of small brewery's making other kinds of beers in the style of many different countries. So say to say it is all water is either to say all beer world wide is water or bigotry.

[@frankodonnell4073]

@@opalyankaBG FOR SOME STRANGE REARON I NEVER GOT A HANGOVER ON GERMAN BEER LIKE ON AMERICAN//

[@crustynuggets1]

American beer brewing is a total dichotomy; the mass produced stuff is absolute p!ss water, but the small brewery craft stuff is some of the best beer on the planet. Greetings from the UK. Cheers! 🇬🇧

[@columbiariverpussycat3769]

It gets you drunk, but keeps you hydrated. It's genius!

[@paulcrosby7419]

I do like a good malty and hoppy beer like a pilsner or an pale ale, but if im really trying to enjoy a day of fishing with a beer or any outdoor activity, I have to drink American. The light flavors and profile makes it super refreshing

[@malbers35]

The only bad beer is no beer.

[@vhateverlie]

mike albers as someone who has made bad beer before that is a lie.

[@onthedry8386]

lol like it... and the best sun screen is sitting in a bar

[@jesvs666.]

mike albers the only bad beer is a warm beer

[@Endremael]

There's good stuff coming out of small breweries

[@quattro4468]

No shit. But microbrewries exist everywhere in the world. Its a fad right now. They had em all over in germany and mexico as well.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

Because in ‘merica we substitute advertising for quality. Because it works.

[@snuffyballparks6501]

I like lagers & pilsners. Best is from Czech. Germany & Austria are excellent as well.

[@iannickCZ]

When I see small glasses, beer with no foam...moving along.

[@RoopeRontu1999]

Well, some I've tried (European brews, for that matter) have nearly no foam, and they were quite good. I can for example recommend Pohjala (from Estonia) and Samuel Smith (from the UK). Also Tornion Panimo from Finland makes pretty tasty Cloudberry Ale.

[@aliveandwell2078]

A small glass with no foam can put you on your arse......

[@thewhiteknightman]

Wow! I’ve been tough on President Jimmy before, but hearing that he made home brewing legal in the US gives me nothing but gratitude for the man.

[@jimarcher5255]

Jimmy was once know as the worst president in the History of the USA. Biden made him second place.

[@mikegradidge1200]

I’m South African and craft beer is massive here and I love it. But still love the normal commercial lager (Amstel). Thanks for the great show

[@patrickporter6536]

Amstel tastes better in Amsterdam.

[@GVike]

In Houston, Texas it all got started with St. Arnold's. Now the city is home to so many craft breweries, it's great!

[@MrTigroz]

I like the variety that craft beers offer. I tend to go for crazy malty stuff and Trappist beers, but I respect that everyone likes their own thing. A lot of drinking is about the culture and traditions that come with it, and there is certainly American tradition associated with lagers and light beer

[@ReasonablySane]

This is kinda funny. I'm now 65 and even in the 70's, when I was old enough to drink, I found I liked my beer with salt or tomato juice. Then the micro brews sprang up and I was in heaven. Beer with flavor! I'm all over the micro-brews and have been ever since Ballard Bitters was first introduced. But I usually have, at the most, two beers in one sitting.

[@darkdevor]

You sound like a good lad, what state you in, I’ll bring you French Canadian beer if i road trip down south

[@romdog1818]

Beer with Clamato (tomato juice) and salt = Michelada, popular in Mexico.

[@TheJusnic82]

You my friend can enjoy whatever beer you desire, you've deserve it

[@lifeisgreat1718]

Micro brews are the best

[@joshuas637]

@@romdog1818 clamoto isn't regular tomato juice it's actually clam flavored lol

[@lars277]

One more thing. When I first got to Germany, I attended a mini-festival in the German town near our base. They rolled out the beer kegs at 10am to be tapped and served. I will never forget the very skunky smell of hops and yeast when they tapped those kegs. It was like you opened a case of Heinekens at the same time. Their kegs are still made the old fashioned way and the wooden bung must be hammered in to tap. Well, the lively brew just explodes out and the smell overtakes any other odor for yards.

[@ZhuJo99]

Heineken is a piss too. Complete piss. Serious beer lover here in Europe will not use it even to clean his ass

[@Bassist4Life123]

Yep, thats actual beer. Kinda smells like weed 😂 i live in Romania so im glad we have some really good beers here, both craft and typical, but internationally, i think heineken, carlsberg and all these are not that great. Stella artois and straopramen are nice tho

[@bobyoung1698]

I embraced the advent of craft beers and haven't let go. There was a time when finding a robust beer in America was impossible. Today, you can drink yourself through an endless selection and die (happy) before scratching the surface. My only disappointment is the purchase of some of America's most successful craft breweries by offshore conglomerates. I hope the trend does not snuff the creativity of our master brewers.

[@alfredkaiser6908]

USA: Drinking Age 21 for yellow Water Germany: get legally wasted by Age 16

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

USA: Back to back World War Champions. Germany: Back to back World War *LOSERS.*

[@davidmo1714]

USA: Trump Discussion ended

[@cultofmalgus1310]

USA: Trump Germany: Hitler (insert guilt) -----> Merkel -------> either a new Nazi Party or some guy named Mohammad. USA Wins, that is all.

[@timyee22]

If you drink a Beer with your Parents its allowed at 14

[@mezmanmerrill7412]

Rifle Shooter Channel lol thinking the US won the wars all on their own when they jumped in half way through both. Part timers is the only way to describe it.

[@tchence]

great show but why didn't Yuengling get any love American's oldest brewery 1829

[@justkells1090]

tchence yeeessss. My favorite beer hands down

[@GarryDeWitt]

No mention of them nor Boston Beer company (Sam Adams I believe). They are the two largest owned American breweries in the US. I suspect they weren't included because they are mainly east coast brands, which is sad, because for affordable macro beers they're damn good.

[@presidentdwayneelizondomou1986]

Fuck yeah man great beer!

[@joshuanissen8803]

Same

[@funkosaur_]

Yhengling is only available in certain parts of the US. Maybe the creators of this video are from the West Coast.

[@NeillWylie]

When I was younger I was all about strong, dark, heavy beers but as I get older I'm getting a little more into the watery beers like the U.S. ones. It's less like having a meal and more light having a snack which is good.

[@a.j.wilkes6352]

My High School here in St. Louis had an exchange program with a German Music School and they visited during a summer and got to experience one of our 93-degree with high humidity days and learned the value of an ice-cold crispy boy American Lager.

[@peterclarke7240]

When there's fuck-all else available, a thirsty man will drink from a toilet. 😂

[@justinreyez5561]

that joke about making love in a canoe was great

[@ToveriJuri]

There are so many different sweets and candies. Most countries have their good and bad ones. It's the chocolate in America that's utter shite.

[@geneva760]

The Monty Python skit was actually portraying Australians and the horrible CRAP called Fosters that we here in Australia do NOT drink (99.9% don't) but foisted upon the Poms - HA. But for sure - the USA - UK - NZ and Australia (and others) make some FANTASTIC CRAFT BEERS - not just the yellow - bubbly - tasteless stuff that BIG BEER markets to the masses.

[@quattro4468]

@@ToveriJuri racist.

[@ToveriJuri]

@@quattro4468 Yes I'm racist towards Hershey's bars. Fuck em.

[@davebrock4463]

Craft beer will be around as long as the economy stays stable. This generation wants craft foods and brews. Now it’s quality over quantity. As in the past, it was the opposite.

[@m.w.6526]

Come to Milwaukee, we have more craft beers in America. Most breweries in America.

[@SuperVladamere]

The craft beer boom is starting to trickle south of the border too. I went to Tijuana recently and a lot of restaurants are starting their own breweries because the millenial tourists want more IPAs and stouts.

[@slukky]

I don't think there were more than a dozen brands of brew locally available when I was a kid. And that was in Massachusetts! I can only imagine how deprived places like Idaho & Mormon Wyoming must've been.

[@bakedbeard4203]

Piss water beer is for the toothless neighbor down the street that comes home after work and gets shit faced every night because he can’t stand his wife .

[@bakedbeard4203]

Craft beer has always been around for people who love real beer. It’s just been more readily available for people for the past five years depending where you live . And as far as the economy they will only play a role so far . When the economy got bad years back it did not slow me down . I still bought the beer I like even though it cost more .

[@Zeoytaccount]

I’m a farm boy who moved out to LA. Thought no one would like my Natural Light. Didn’t expect everyone to keep snagging cans (even non-Americans) lmao. It’s a beer for a time and place. And don’t forget the apv is still over 5%.

[@andvil01]

As a production technician at a large brewery and a home brewer. In volume and price the craft market cannot supply the total market. It is too labour intensive, expensive and slow. The main volume will be made in large breweries. But we large breweries can learn and adapt from the craft market and make more than light lager. The craft market will still be there for the new beers, the experiments, driving the trends. Our smallest volume is 800 hl. You have to sell within some month. We can not make smaler experiment beers. But a brewpub can make 5 hl something new and sell it. It is just like jam. You can go to the farmers market and buy a glass of home made jam directly from the farmer. It will taste great. But to surplus the whole jam market we need industrial production, with a product for transport and long shelf life. Industrial and craft can live side by side.

[@figgiesmalls1760]

Growing up in hot Southern California, and in a Mexican household, nothing beats a ice-cold, refreshing lager

[@figgiesmalls1760]

Although I do prefer good craft brews like Ayinger and Weihenstephaner

[@TBrewer64]

In addition to the watery beer, we've got all different varieties of full-flavored craft beer everywhere now. This is the golden age of beer in the USA.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

The thing about Americans is that we're also in a new age of self-loathing. We'd rather be hypercritical than accurately describe the state of a market.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

Any recommendations?

[@appleipodtouch2g]

Right, thats why people saying “american beer sucks”. Its such an ignorant statement, you can get any beer you’d ever want here. Not to mention micro breweries making all kinds of styles these days

[@sebastianbaumgartner827]

@@dougbhorne is that really an achievement?

[@Smokeless1167]

Beer nazis cannot handle that fact

[@filthybstard]

6 years later, there are at least 10,000 breweries in the US. What I liked about the micro brewery scene is the taprooms are more like local community hubs with yoga, game nights, music, comedy, running clubs, food trucks. Looking at it this way, there is almost infinite capacity to expand where like Charlotte, you have an explosion of neighborhood breweries that cater for local folks from Matthews to Pineville, Davidson to NoDa. Each one having a little something special to differentiate.

[@paulrash8861]

Gay, quit trying to plug that crap

[@filthybstard]

@@paulrash8861 I can't understand your sentence, or inference, so it's a bit difficult to engage.

[@Reno_Slim]

​@@paulrash8861 So you're a gay man who's quit trying to "plug that crap", aka have anal sex?

[@ffwast]

​@@paulrash8861 Clearly you're the gay one here,stop projecting.

[@therideneverends1697]

@@paulrash8861 What? enjoying being outside with people? You can keep to your basement all you want

[@IgnoretheButter]

Im glad local breweries are making a huge comeback. I also want to thank Dylan for helping people explore other companies other than Anheuser-Busch. I love exploring new beers. Whether it be a dark Oatmeal Stout to a German Helles, or even a West Coast IPA. I love them all

[@BradyBubbuhgum-fh4ny]

Never been to the West coast but Asheville North Carolina has a lot of delicious beer. And like 5 breweries per street lol

[@IgnoretheButter]

@@BradyBubbuhgum-fh4ny I personally love the beer scene up in the Midwest where my home is. I currently live in the South, isnt quite the same in the Bible belt lol

[@OutnBacker]

People should get some perspective. My relatives from Austria came to visit about ten years ago. There's plenty of good beer over there. I know, I sampled my way through Bavaria, Austria and Prague. I took my cousins all arounf the PNW, and they wanted to find out about American hamburgers - which are widely disrespected in Europe because of the fast food industry. So, I took them to some local taverns and they had whatever burgers - I can't remember - and a sample tray of beers at a couple places. Most of them were craft beers. Anyway, my cousins liked Alaska Amber and Miller MGD better than anything they ever tasted at home. Go figure. Oh, and the Pub Burger is now a staple when they have a party at their place outside Vienna. I'm not that finnicky. But, my favorite in Austria was a sweet dark called Zwetler. Buttery, sweet, no bitterness. Very smooth.

[@Nico-rr5co]

1:13 Hey it's Aaron!

[@squattingheads]

Novak Evans yeah, almlst thought nobody else noticed

[@PAFloridian]

wuzzup

[@a-aronpre-sent1447]

Pre-Sent

[@randomstring4089]

0:50 expert beer drinker, that's me after two shots of vodka

[@kennethdias9988]

There are so many micro brews all over the country.

[@moehoward01]

Water tastes better.

[@sonny01red]

Mike Regan I so want to drink water now

[@cromdevoter5942]

drinking is for cleaning your body.

[@MineArtworks]

Everything tastes better than american beer.

[@abcd-zh9om]

Than drink water and not "beer".

[@moehoward01]

If I lived in the US, I would. Fortunately, I'm Canadian, so I have _good_ beer to comfort me.

[@ImGazu]

"Excuse me sir, might i have a nice refreshing *LAGER* please?" -man explains entire beer menu- "Oh, just a Coors" "Ooooh-kayy...ಠ_ಠ"

[@freshprince872]

Why does Asian pussy taste like soy sauce?

[@CaroFDoom]

Fresh Prince what you mean salty

[@HauntaskhanHYPNOSIS]

Fresh Prince ,it doesnt.. believe me

[@fernie51296]

Secular Satanist I've had eaten out plenty of girls and I still can't quite explain the taste. Am I not savoring the moment enough or what?

[@MrYouarethecancer]

Yeah bud that was the joke

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

0:51 "Long time brewer and expert beer drinker" Me, A German: Okay, so basically just a random guy from the street.

[@MobyFixer]

We brew our own 5 gallon batches, usually about 8 per year…all kinds of ales…an occasional lager in the winter when the cold weather facilitates fermentation. The common denominator of our beer, is more flavor from the malt grains that have been toasted/roasted to myriad degrees. As you, I still enjoy a mass produced US lager from time to time. I wonder if you could get a handle on how many of us small scale brewers there are?🤔👍😊

[@ar9n]

"We're ranked 2nd in the world for overall beer consumption" not that impressive since the USA is 3rd in the world for population?

[@brunsta234]

Aran I don’t see the correlation

[@fikan1998]

1st is the czech republic with only 10 milion people

[@NicolaiCzempin]

@@brunsta234 more people drink more beer. Aran is saying that per capita consumption should have been stressed or at least mentioned in the video. That's where the Czech Republic is #1, not in overall consumption. China is is #1 in overall consumption.

[@jonharwood1639]

What do you mean impressive? Drinking bear is impressive? I don't understand what your point is....it's just a number.

[@fabiantaveras8458]

@@jonharwood1639 Some people just hate on the US for dumbest things.

[@paskapaavo]

In Finland we have got same kind of tasteless watery beer. Lapinkulta (Gold of Lapland) beer has said its 'piss of reindeer' 😀 Nowadays there is lot of small breweries in Finland that makes beers with stronger taste. But regular beer is quite slop.

[@Frenne85]

The only finnish beer you can drink without womiting is Koff.

[@jokgrufani]

@@Frenne85 Koff is vomit. only real bears are sandels and karhu. but even koff is good out of tap

[@TheTriunp]

Here in Chile we have Lapichula. Also watery!

[@michellearrington4846]

Because the actual American end product is money, not beer.

[@eddie054]

Good thing it does because I'm good for 15 or 16 on a Saturday. No headaches or sickness on Sunday.

[@andy-agaming5599]

This is why I make home brew beer.

[@bastiliedtk4390]

I live in Germany here your beer is not allowed too be called beer but if you not see it as such it’s pretty good it’s like a refresher with a little beer flavor.

[@larrylitmanen9877]

Beer tastes like water because that's what the buyer wants. Anyone who has tasted an IPA knows that it's interesting, it's different but frankly, after trying it 1-2 times you want something that's easy to drink.

[@dtptcn]

Everything culinary that corporate Americans touch goes to crap (beer, coffee, bread, condiments, etc.)

[@Hotdogwateryum]

It should be retitled "How The American Beer Industry Came To Be".