Why German Beer Is So SPECIAL | Food Secrets Ep. 16

Germany’s beer is famous all around the world. There are between 6000 and 8000 different varieties of German beer, yet they’re all made from the same four ingredients - water, malt, hops, and yeast.
That’s no coincidence, it’s the law! The Reinheitsgebot - Germany’s beer purity regulations - came into effect in 1516 in Bavaria. The southern-German state is home to around half of all the country’s breweries. Of those, around half again are located in Franconia.
The Germans sure love their beer - it’s likely the most popular beverage in the land. The average German drinks some 100 liters of it every year. Intake definitely increases when the Oktoberfest - Germany’s largest festival - is held in Munich. Only two nations drink more beer than Germany; Austria and Czechia.
German master brewer Isabella Mereien, hops farmer Theresa Eisenrieder, and beer sommelier Markus Raupach explain how German beer is made, and how it became such a big deal here.
#Beer #Germany #FoodSecrets
Thanks to Bierhaus Bamberg and Mälzerei Bamberg for letting us shoot in their premises.
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Report: Ruben Kalus
Camera: Marco Borowski/Rossi Kreuger
Edit: Frederik Willmann
Supervising editor: Elke Schwab
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:45 The ingredients
01:50 Secret One: Malt
03:44 A short history of beer
04:30 Lautering
05:28 Secret Two: Hops
09:01 Secret Three: The German Purity Law
11:34 Beer time
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[@DWFood]

What's your favorite kind of beer? 🍺

[@cristozdrobich575]

Irish dry stout or American porter, maybe American Wheat, blond

[@jacksonwatkins6431]

Saison. That’s two sick burns in a row.

[@cedricvdd4350]

Belgian of course!

[@michaelsano9025]

Busch Light!

[@mijp]

Franconian beer.

[@dan_kay]

I as a northern German am very grateful for the subtitles. I would not have been able to understand the hop farmer.

[@bigmack2141]

Beautiful, that’s the way a documentary should be made.

[@pv4669]

Very well done. You could tell the braumeister was very passionate about her job. And she did everything in the process including the cleaning. Very impressed. Prost!

[@leviturner3265]

Braumeisterin.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? 10 Olympic Medals Tiger Beer

[@jackmclane1826]

That is typical in these tiny breweries that have found their way back in the last years. Some of these breweries only sell their beer at their own bar. No bottle filling.

[@graykilpatrick1319]

American beers use 2 row barley while German beers use 6 row barley. German beer don't need corn or rice to be clear and golden. It always taste better too.

[@user-pq2cp7eu9g]

It's the exact opposite. American beers use 6 row barley. German beers use 2 row barley.

[@lordnat1968]

German, Austrian and Czech beers are the best!

[@peterderuiter2937]

im dutch and i really love german beer. My favourite is Paulaner hefe-weizen. smooth as silk, nice and thick foam and a great taste. never can stop at just 1 paulaner

[@happymonk4206]

I love German beers especially the wheat beers. Fransiskaner is my favorite

[@franktarant3947]

Dunkel.

[@CrystallizedSoul]

The oldest active brewery in the world is located in Germany since 1040. Brauerei Weihenstephan in Bavaria. Probably the best wheat beer in the world.

[@zoltan9767]

the one in Freising you mean ?

[@jjhantsch8647]

Wheat beers do not meet the Rheinheitsgebot.

[@kaycey7361]

Export?

[@chadratboi2849]

@@jjhantsch8647 This brewery is older than the reihnheitsgebot. In order to produce wheat beer, it was also permitted to use wheat instead of barley. Yeast isnt even mentioned in the Reinheitsgebot because back than they relied on spontaneous fermentation from yeasts in the air.

[@jjhantsch8647]

@@chadratboi2849 Almost certainly, they used a small amount of the leavings from the previous brew of beer which brought in the yeast. Those who wrote the law didn't know but the brewmasters did.

[@brickie59]

Nice glass of beer with Sausage and Sauerkraut.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”…..attributed to Benjamin Franklin.

[@badllama8090]

Great video (as always) and what a quote to end on......👌👍👏

[@DWFood]

Thank you kindly!

[@williamweiss6128]

Balanced and refreshing.

[@James-lu4hb]

As an American who's tried many beers from around the world I have to admit that German beer is the best by far. The quality and taste of German beer is second to none.

[@anirudhkashikar2300]

Brilliant 👏.

[@iwayanendrayana429]

What a gem

[@happydog4929]

I love this video. Thank you From Kentucky

[@DWFood]

Thanks, Happy Dog :) we'll have to keep making more!

[@wabisabi6802]

Whoa. A Bier episode! Danke DW Food. Prost! 🍻🙏

[@bunkkasponge]

the coolship is cool!

[@Youtubesubverts1rstamendment]

In January I toured Brewdog Brewery in Berlin and the Lowenbrau Brewery in Munich.

[@SKF358]

Wunderbar people.

[@hansenmetalmachine]

Germans talking about beer make you thirsty. Thanks for the video! Cheers

[@MrDaraghkinch]

Shout out to the Augustiner monks, they are the brewing Jedi masters. Best beer I've ever tasted.

[@artlover1477]

Isabella, you are so cool!!!!!

[@MrRichiekaye]

I really enjoyed watching this.

[@MrRichiekaye]

I even went out to buy two bottles of a beer brewed in Bamberg where you filmed.

[@jackhammer4432]

Tolle Frau !

[@mrbr549]

I've never found a German beer that I didn't enjoy.

[@DWFood]

That's what we like to hear!

[@user-bt7sh2hi2p]

Try pilsator

[@lifeflowconscienciasaude9013]

Try a Hansapils, if that doesn’t make you run, any german beer is going to be acceptable.

[@newshound2521]

Weiss beer can be nasty

[@Claude_van_Kloten]

Try Fürstenberg.

[@Sanaz.TravelVlog]

Full support and send Love , I like your videos 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DWFood]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@GenealogiaRS]

Wundabar

[@lars2894]

Really wish we had fresh German imports here in the US. My local store sells 2 year old Paulaners....

[@Claude_van_Kloten]

I like Pilsner Urquell!

[@peterho8007]

Peace on Earth. Cheers ! 🍻

[@mandrinvuthaj4543]

For me there is one problem?only when I’m in Germany I truly enjoy German beer ,to me anywhere else taste is not the same .maybe that’s just me.

[@quinnw6795]

Wow 😮 amazing video I don’t drink alcohol but what a process to make beer 🍺 please do more of these videos love them so much. All the best from Canada 🇨🇦

[@jjhantsch8647]

I think I'm in love.

[@thomasnox1141]

But the most common is Czech Pilsner beer. Did you make a document about it too?

[@chargersfan246]

Why don't you make one? Enlighten us...

[@thomasnox1141]

@@chargersfan246 I live in Mexico. I can hardly buy some here.

[@billyvonbohne]

and the czech pilsener beer was created by a bavarian.

[@JohnDoe-es5xh]

Nice contribution. Everyone knows, that drinking is mandantory. So we seaking for alkohol free beverage, because it is the best isotonic drink ever.

[@vincentstouter449]

Don’t forget Belgium & CZ beers too ! 🤪

[@dejib.3930]

Rheinbacher is the best one.

[@metalthrashingai2238]

Title: just 4 ingredients Craft beer geeks: * surprised pikachu face *

[@mijp]

You can do craft beer with 4 ingredients.

[@metalthrashingai2238]

@@mijp I know, I was just joking. I like any types of beer including the quite popular already interpretations of some classical styles with various ingredients such as lactose, fruits, cocoa nibs and so on. But I'd still rather have a Belgian tripel or a west coast IPA.

[@mijp]

@@metalthrashingai2238 you should try Franconian beer. We do have the highest density of breweries of the world. Most of them are as small and brew in a way what today is considered/called "craft beer". What to day is craft beer, we do for several hundred years. At least every six km there is another breweries and from the six thoused kinds of beer in Germany, over 1000 are from our region alone.

[@metalthrashingai2238]

@@mijp Oh yeah, I had it before. My favourite style is the hefeweizen. It's high quality and it's significantly cheaper than the geeky stuff. And they usually come in half a litre bottles. Haven't had a great German beer for a while, need to get some soon.

[@mijp]

@@metalthrashingai2238 normally every beer in Germany comes in half a litre bottles. Third litres are the exception. They are considered as small bottles.

[@harbinger2838]

Germans, Belge and Czechs do it RIGHT!!

[@normanmcrobbie3338]

There is good beer in canada too but most people drink the cheap industrial beer just to get a buzz

[@jgalt155]

Three cheers for German beers , best in the world ....

[@anthonyberry1314]

You must be mental, Britain has the best breweries and beers in the world.

[@PetrD100]

@@anthonyberry1314 This video is about beer not a tea.

[@BDR-kt7me]

​@@PetrD100😂

[@rexsahadeo766]

I've been drinkin Heibeken since 1990 but the best beer i've tasted is a German brewed beer called laurenbaugh i don't if that the correct spelling but anyway its agret beer

[@thkueper]

Maybe you mean "Löwenbräu" (Lion Brew) which is a famous beer brand from Munich

[@kaycey7361]

Deutsches bier, die beste. Bitburger 🍺 🍻 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 ❤️

[@huberthanel6508]

Lausitzer Porter

[@TheDarlowiak]

Please show how American Beer is made with corn and such, will make stop liking beer.

[@CavHDeu]

I tried a Salitos and had a terrible feeling the day after... corn... 🤮

[@karstenbursak8083]

"American beer is a lot like making love in a canoe ... it's f**king close to water !" (Eric Idle, Monty Phyton)

[@xvxvu8949]

Anyone who understands a little German, from 05:35: ???🤯🤯🤯 😅😅

[@malvinderkaur541]

Naja, ich hatte auch nur Deutche beir genoßsen, obwohl ich trinke kuam, nur seltsm

[@chriskappert1365]

Es ist eine schande das den Rochefort 10 kein Deutsches bier ist ! 😂

[@SuperSilkwood]

Say goodbye to your liver 👋

[@maxasaurus3008]

BEER sommelier!??? 🤯

[@koroniantyn]

Duvel 🇧🇪

[@hhattonaom9729]

Bitte ein Bitte

[@invisiblecurious856]

Ahh I see thats why hops look like weeds

[@CavHDeu]

You should smell a fresh opened dutch Amstel beer 😉

[@bartsimpson6767]

I would marry Isabella!!! 👉🍺

[@tranquilnice775]

Is bud light German?

[@thomasnox1141]

BUDVAR google it. It’s Czech

[@lolphdundgren4328]

@@thomasnox1141 "Bud light" is american :-)

[@thomasnox1141]

@@lolphdundgren4328 Budweiser is a copy of Czech Budvar. What is the meaning of Budweiser? The name Budweiser is a German derivative adjective, meaning "of Budweis". Beer has been brewed in Budweis, Bohemia (now České Budějovice, Czech Republic) since it was founded in 1265. Interesting, right?

[@user-yb8wp2yd4p]

IPA

[@ix-Xafra]

Aussie beer is full of sugar

[@chargersfan246]

What a beautiful woman.

[@timothyball7502]

11-29-2022. A Germany One?

[@timothyball7502]

12-9-2022. Ahh! No Body Has Tried To Solve My Riddle?

[@xvxvu8949]

@@timothyball7502ich verstehe es nicht

[@eeurr1306]

@@timothyball7502 Not trying to insult you but you must be dumb to think anybody would think this is a riddle or even be able to riddle it . Its like mentioning a random person and something that they did linked to something else and expecting anybody to get it.

[@Mashbass1]

Too bad 90% of bars, pubs, beer gardens and people serve and drink helles almost exclusively.

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

I really like beer, Germany has a lot of fine Beers, but, if I want variation and more choice, I would say Belgium is really way ahead.

[@olegjablonsky3495]

I don't think so. They are generally too sweet and with too much alcohol. I would always favor the US, so much choice and variety, thanks to craft beer revolution and so on. My favorite still being kona brewery big wave (a golden ale). 😁

[@eeurr1306]

@@olegjablonsky3495 Taste is subjective anyways

[@Redbird1504]

​@@olegjablonsky3495We do have a great selection because of our size but Belgium....Belgium makes sone great beer for a country of 7 people.

[@jackmclane1826]

Belgium is more "hit or miss". There is awesome beer and rat poison disguised as beer. The spectrum is wider.

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

@@jackmclane1826 Rat poison disquised as beer? Like Binding Lager?

[@Kivas_Fajo]

A freshly opened German beer smells like weed. ^^

[@beatroot_red]

It's the additives, the micro plastic, the filtering and glyphosate that makes it special

[@30chrismuc]

Ridiculous bullshit …

[@nowplaying7021]

Me now chance win against that women

[@milutinndv]

Wow! This girl is a real wife material. Is she married?

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

You don't know her.

[@milutinndv]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c She is a brewmaster, i know enough.

[@leviturner3265]

@@milutinndv I was wondering myself but about the hop farmer.

[@artlover1477]

I think Isabella is a cutey.

[@MariAmmaSar]

Ah, you forgot to show the bit where you add the nasty formaldehyde preservative to the beer before it is bottled.

[@jackmclane1826]

Proof please before barking.

[@sumosprojects]

Prost 🍻

[@dean828]

Do not leave England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales out of the Beer equation...!!!

[@thomasnox1141]

CZECH ??? You all drink Czech pilsner my friend

[@user-kh6kd3fv8j]

Aftter traveling the world the German beers are just ordinary, but the tradition is beautiful.

[@jackmclane1826]

The large standard brands are very much standard, rounded to average taste. No interesting characteristics but also no relevant weaknesses. But there still is a huge variety in smaller brews that really stand out. Increasingly so.

[@AlbanZap]

What do they mean '6000-8000 different varieties of German beer' do they mean different 'brands' as they guy says, as in every single different types of beer, as in each brewery making 20ish different types? Because if that's the case I would assume the US and UK both would have far far more than 8000 types.

[@nowplaying7021]

Imagen, have girl who works with beer 🙈🙈

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

So?

[@PetrD100]

Nice. But Czech beer is better.

[@huto9606]

Echt gutes Bier gibt es nur in Bayern und Österreich - ist natürlich Geschmacksache. Ein schlechtes Bier in Europa is z.B. das Heineken-Bier!

[@TypicalT89]

Prost

[@Redbird1504]

I'm sure Germany has great beers but as an American if i want beer with dinner i vastly prefer......Mexican beer.

[@matthewmanning6195]

Made by German immigrants… to Mexico

[@mydogs9900]

​@@matthewmanning6195 😂 great!✌️

[@user-kh6kd3fv8j]

Good video, but German beers are not the best in the world. They are ordinary and not delicate... Too much alco 😂

[@voiceofpeace7658]

*I invite everyone for Quran recitation thank you* ........

[@oisinkiang1322]

Doesn't really go well with beer lovers

[@vikramjeet1095]

GOOD FOR YOU.