You're pouring your beer wrong! | The Craft Beer Channel

[@adonisssss2197]

This episode should be broadcast to the entire British Isles

[@NomadBrewingCompany]

I love how he refers to himself as a "beer tender", shows the respect he has for the craft!

[@treyokelly9662]

Agreed and this is a term a lot of breweries and taprooms in the US use as well. Sometimes seen as a kind of... Term some like to laugh at but beertenders especially guys like this who have a love for beer and respect for the tradition and culture is worthy of high praise

[@henry3435]

@@treyokelly9662 I love beer but people calling themselves beertenders should be laughed at imo; it's like someone calling themselves a mixologist. Love smelling their own farts I should say this guy is great.

[@2tubas]

@@henry3435they’re called “beertender,” because it’s respectful of the distinction between bartenders, who mix liquids precisely, and beertenders, who self-admittedly tilt a glass, dumbass. It’s the OPPOSITE of pretentious, they’re separating themselves from people who take two decades to perfect their Manhattan recipe. JFC what a completely backwards take, you probably watch Star Wars and root for the Empire

[@jeremymuir4332]

I'm not even a beer lover but this looks absolutely fantastic.

[@MRW3455]

So i have a bohemian pilsner I brewed and am serving from a kegerator using flow control nukataps. I filled a glass with cold water from the fridge, drained it then poured a beer keeping the spout in the beer. Bugger me but the head retention was far superior. I am buying one of those Czech taps from malt miller 😁

[@jamesgibson3838]

I freaking love those budvar glasses and love the pour even more ❤

[@bobshiruncle7746]

Massive props to this guy's English!!

[@klaud7311]

Bro, they have to learn English in school.

[@Whippingham]

What an awesome bartender.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

The best!

[@mrougelot]

Was thinking the same!

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@TheCraftBeerChannelOnly applies to Czech and German beer. The Northern English beer head is the best.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@TheCraftBeerChannelI would get the first one more liquid for me

[@Jakub_DDD]

@@OscarOSullivan Well, in czech we have a saying "spoon of honey is better than bucket of shit". Btw you get 0,5l of liquid regardles if there is foam or not.

[@chip308]

I think this method would work in UK if there was a pint marker line in the glass and the massive head was above it. In edinburgh its like 5-10 pounds a pint of lager so your average Joe wants every drop, where as in Prague it's cheap as fuck so noone cares if you are a gulp short of a pint (or whatever measurement they use). I love how the Budvar brewery is owned by the people, what a great idea!

[@Pidalin]

foam turns to beer later, so there should be still 0.5L of beer if they make it correctly

[@afiiik1]

There is a mark abou an inch (2,5 cm) down from the top and there are inspectors who check if the pub isn't cheating....

[@Pidalin]

@@TheChzoronzon you can see marker here sinop.cz/data/filecache/41/shutterstock_466264853-1.jpg

[@SuperFunkmachine]

@@Pidalin but never as much beer as there was foam.

[@OscarOSullivan]

568ml liquid pints with a line where a two finger head goes

[@ilikemusak]

Should be noted that the taps being used are different than what most other countries are used to, and therefore the foam is a completely different texture. It's a ball valve instead of plunger valve, and is a huge part of how you get that foam. The foam is WILDLY different, it is similar to a merengue in texture.

[@taranciucgabrielradu]

I will assume you meant meringue and not merengue But having a dance-like foam would be rather funny

[@ilikemusak]

@@taranciucgabrielradu haha yes. My mistake

[@MrTimjm009]

They use this type of tap here in Spain . Better control to put the head on the beer .

[@odil50]

@@MrTimjm009 I was so surprised when I visited Madrid that I loved all the draft Mahou with a silky foam. This might have be the reason :)

[@Jellyfriedfatness]

As a bartender for nearly 10 years. In the UK. London.... I can tell you... I’d love to pour beers like this- It would save my stock....I’d be making money..., but the uk London customers absolutely HATE head on their beers...especially if we’re charging nearly 6/7 quid a beer.... The glass chilling and rinsing thing would never work in a busy environment in a typical London pub... To much messing about. Some bars do have this.... none of the ones I’ve worked for. This beer does look good and I can appreciate it. Most of London’s beer drinkers or my customers especially will complain for days on end if there was too much head. Especially on that pissy ale they all drink.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Indeed and that is why we try to educate everyone about the benefits. To be super clear though, we are definitely not advocating shorter serves. You charge for the liquid you get. This is easily calculated even with head.

[@afiiik1]

We just make bigger glasses and put a mark an inch down from the top🤷‍♀️

[@gomey70]

Yeah, I went to work in a pub in the UK from Ireland years back, and all the punters would go mad at a head on a pint. Like they were getting short changed lol. All the slop from the trays would go straight back into the barrel at the end of the night. 😂

[@Jellyfriedfatness]

@@gomey70 hahaha

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

well, no wonder England is never mentioned as a great destination for beer lovers

[@nesnalica4867]

im in love with this guys accent.

[@allyup3404]

Damn, that was both informative and interesting.

[@pavel.stejskal]

Dobra prace kemosu! Dobre si nas zareprezentoval! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🇨🇿

[@BrewabitRick]

Spent a lot of time in Prague beautiful place. Seen your man on a few KZbin videos now he’s becoming pretty famous, love his knowledge and enthusiasm. Brilliant brilliant vid again cheers 👍🍻

[@SebastianHähne]

Basic must-have education material for bar tenders and home brewers. I learned a hell of a lot. Greetings from Germany.

[@mrougelot]

Great job guys. Does Radim know that he will be a significant stop in our journey when we get the BradBus going?

[@andyninja949]

Ive been drinking budvar for over 30 years , best beer on the planet especially when its poured like this 😍🍺👌

[@felipesparks5267]

The quality of your content and the video itself is so outstanding. Such an enjoyable experience watching them. Cheers!

[@jaroslav-6027]

Sometimes in life, snyt happens, I love this guy man!

[@apolloguitars]

I wanna hang out w/ Brad. Such a cool dude… w/ a “yes and” way of life. Cheers, friend!

[@remifjelldal7299]

this is amazing. the attention to detail and respect for the product is top notch and the way it should be. hats of.

[@PeterDaugaard]

Radim is the man. Aesthetically pleasing to see these pours

[@michaelstudeny8848]

I very much appreciate this video, as people from all around the world tend to bash the Czech beer culture :o I mean this is a thing of beauty. Not even a big fan of Budvar, but come on, Radim is the man! Cheers!

[@jaroslav-6027]

And why do you think people tend to bash our beer culture? Maybe, because when they come over here, they expect us to be absolute fanatics when it comes to beer. In reality, a lot of places have absolutely despicable beer pouring practices, not to mention how they look after beer in a lot of Czech pubs, it's better than in other countries, but for a self proclaimed beer lovers, we surely don't meet the expectations as much as we'd like to think. It's getting better though!

[@richharper8159]

Yes yes to all that! What a joy to watch. I need a lager…

[@GCohen9782]

The care and respect this dude has for the beer is inspiring. Love it.

[@RolfReibach]

Brilliant insight and true love for this work and the product. This makes me want to get a beer!

[@atro00]

more of this content for the world to see.... no mistakes from this beer tender 🙂 keep it up!

[@SankaraHomeBrewing]

Thanks for sharing! Hope one day I'll be able to go to that brewery. Cheers!

[@jimmysando99]

Aesome episode guys. Love to see a master at work ❤🙏🍻🍺

[@Nhkg17]

It's great that you've been to Budvar, where they use a more traditional two step tapping system (and in my opinion make tastier beer). Because nowadays almost everybody uses one step, which was pushed by Pilsner (Urquell). The traditional way was to tap beer in many steps (pours) and the bartender used to have many beers in different stages of tapping (pouring). This method is no longer used, because it took a long time to tap one beer.

[@Eoin1082]

This is the best beer video!

[@eldsprutandedrake]

I've been the "typical IPA and NEIPA drinker" for a few years and someone who almost exclusively bought beer from the local breweries (which there are quite a few here in Gothenburg area of Sweden now). I guess that is why I found this channel a while back to begin with, google knows what to show me. But lately you've truly inspired me to look back to some of the beers I loved before the craft beer boom. Staropramen and Breznak was the "fine" beers to buy when I first came of age and could buy my own, a few of those coupled with some cans of the cheapest lager was the standard purchase for a weekend in my early 20s. Now I find myself drinking a Budvar or Urquell sometimes even when there are a bunch of other alternatives. There's definitely something special with a good pilsner.

[@ck008uk]

This is beautiful!!!

[@kryptboy]

This was epic to watch!

[@liambrown911]

All that was needed was Brad doing a Jennifer Aniston hair wave and a 'here comes the science' in a loriel shampoo advert kind of way

[@JamesChurchill3]

That's an OnlyFans exclusive video.

[@liambrown911]

@@JamesChurchill3 🤣🤣🤣

[@davesouthall3834]

Just wow. I need proper beer.

[@antoinesteeghs7313]

That Hal’s half is excellent ❤😊

[@Les1Tom]

I love Budvar and this video just makes me love it even more 🍺

[@panzfaust9812]

Thumbnail is hilarious. Certainly got my attention

[@truncatela]

I'm watching this at 6am and its making want a beer so bad right now lol

[@tghagen1967]

From now on, when I want to do some day drinking, I'm just going to tell my wife "I just want to get refreshed!" :D

[@richardwilkinson77]

I just don't tell my wife!

[@FrancisChenette]

Very cool!

[@pigetstuck]

Great episode. Thank you.

[@robert84_]

Beers look delicious! 🍻

[@sonic-factory]

Great video!

[@dlamic8197]

Facinating! I love it!

[@lukasthielmann]

The anti-boss pour! love it!!

[@KirilUK05]

Love this episode, Radim is definitely a talented speaker! Now I want to be teached how to do a Milk in one sip 😁

[@ElrondHubbard_1]

As an American who once disdained a large head, I've come to really appreciate a pretty decent one - as long as the beer doesn't end up flat!

[@jameslopez958]

Awesome 👍😎. Thanks for sharing this information Brother 😎✌️

[@harrySinga-bg4gi]

Oh yes love the video guys

[@Jaap-Relou]

Im loving that the Czech drink a quick beer to ‘freshen up’ before rushing through to do other stuff 😅 edit: Czech

[@ussul6524]

Czech

[@Jaap-Relou]

@@ussul6524 thanks for editing my horrible misspelled mistake 😅

[@jaroslav-6027]

no, not many people drink Milk, if you tried asking around you'd find it quite hard to find someone who drinks milk. So no, it's not like Czech commonly drink it this way, definitely not.

[@SimonC.-bv5vl]

Radim's got skills, what a legend. Absolute magic, love that half-and-half pour - so beautiful. Science and art.

[@pavelskop305]

Hope u enjoyed your Czech trip, greetings from Ostrava city!

[@_spaceman]

god I could watch this for hours

[@MichaelAndersen_DK]

I could get used to that. Very interesting looking half & half

[@daveracer6885]

That guy is my fricken spirit animal! EPIC! Your video series about Budvar inspired me to go there. Unfortunately, we only got the standard tour, and none of the fun stuff you guys showed. 😂

[@kennethmadsen6474]

I'm visiting Prague this fall. Will try to have some Czech pours then!

[@xander1052]

Looks delicious

[@benjaminrobinson3814]

Good video thank you🙂

[@mickmac8182]

Absolutely brilliant this video. Loved it. Well done chaps.

[@danpierce8862]

I started whipping my beer actually and i THINK its to the same effect. Needless to say its sooooo much fun to drink. Im a madman.

[@bobkowalski7655]

The effect is a bit different since you are making the foam with air and not co2 which is present in the beer.

[@Kazwell111]

This was a fun and educational presentation. Great job!

[@donkyuhbuhts540]

That was awesome! Drinking straight foam seems crazy though lol.

[@harmanbrewing7517]

Fab vid and gotta love Radim. What a gent. Got a LUKR tap in the house but not ‘allowed’ to have it until my 50th at end if the month but off to Prague and Budvar tour next week and soooo excited 🍻🍻🍻

[@Sylykyn]

2 step pour is pooular in the old style bars in Japan, if you see it on the menu, try it.

[@peterfconley]

I don’t really drink anymore, but man… I’d drink any of those!

[@toni46]

Man...this was cool.

[@thecookreporting]

brilliant

[@Staniii2360]

After seeing this in another video, I really enjoy pouring the beer faster (out of the bottle / can) so I have the first sip’s of foam only. Taste‘s great.

[@jabonorte]

Only people in the South drink beer with no head. They say to me 'If you have a head, you can't get a full pint in it'. I say 'Then get a bigger glass, like we have in the North!'

[@frankf684]

South of the US?If your talking about country people they drink beer in the container it’s in,craft beer people I know (mostly southern )only like thin to no head on heavy ass stouts.And I’m in an area with a lot of northerners ignorant as shit about beer trying to be experts.

[@makmoose]

@@frankf684probably the UK

[@badmf7551]

Lmao... we fill up the glass, there is no more space 😂😂😂 A bigger glass = more beer, not additional head 😂😂😂

[@huangec]

But I dislike drinking foam! I don't like it on beer, and I never order cappuccino!

[@dunnowy123]

The paradox is, we want more beer, but the foam is what makes beer special.

[@DarkDanegan]

Ok so we’ve done the Czech-pour-at-home experiment….so now we need to figure out the half and half pour at home!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Haha on it

[@lukejwp]

Ha I know him I work in the pembury tavern a d we did a budvar tape take over. amazing guy and defo a different way to pour beer

[@thespencerarms2022]

That first “British pour“ gave us a full British pint of liquid….lol . Typical , “can you top it up please” Just looked flat lol . The other pours gave a complete art … The foam looked like a Guinness pour 👌🏻. Cream from this beer is amazing… I know which one I’d have . Great video guys 👌🏻. Cheers 🍻😎

[@Doupyourflies]

The reason we have the "British" pour here is because of weights and measures. We have pint glasses with marks on them so you know you're getting what you pay for. Why? Because breweries have always tried to rip people off. In Britain we don't like paying for air. With a Dutch pour you pay for air (head) and the deal you get depends very much on how aggressive you are with the barman. This video didn't say if the prices for the different Czech pours vary. Additionally, Budvar isn't great. It's a mass produced lager with poor head retention so it needs to be treated roughly in the glass to make it look good.

[@Pingwinho]

Actually it's the opposite of flat. When you pour it hard a lot of foam forms, but it can only form out of the carbonation of the beer. So more foam - less carbonation. Less foam - more carbonation.

[@Pidalin]

@@Doupyourflies Czech glass has markers too, it must be there by law, but mark is like 2 cm under the top of glass

[@michalneubauer4325]

​@@Pingwinhobut without the protective foam head it goes flat sooner.. also carbonated beer makes you bloated

[@Pingwinho]

@@michalneubauer4325 So you gave two statements - one of which is pro head, and the other against it.

[@MrQuay03]

Those foams in ales are so so good. Any recommendation for pouring IPA/Stouts from canned or glass bottle at home to get most foams?

[@bobkowalski7655]

Do it fast into a clean and chilled glass.

[@echardcore]

You can stick it in there because the glasses are immaculate every pour. They don't reuse a glass for the same customer as might happen in a lesser establishment.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Not sure any pub is allowing that post COVID... and shouldn't have been before!

[@Jellyfriedfatness]

Wasn’t allowed before covid too. (Uk) Just those weird customers who convince bar tenders to do it. It’s gross. Why would you want that shitty warm sticky smelly glass that’s been sat there with that customer for two hours (at a spoons probably) be put anywhere near your taps ?

[@Jaap-Relou]

Whatching on friday again, this time while drinking a Kasteel Tripel. Vegan hamburgers in the pan 🍻 cheers

[@michelhv]

12:52 The moment he realized “gravity” had something to do with gravity.

[@whosradl]

What an experience for The Brad! When will we get to see the Lukr tap used in the Brewdio?!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Oh it's in the works!

[@petrkovarik8067]

meanwhile, all the foam in Australia is going to the drain 😵‍💫I am missing the Czech style of pouring so much 🥲

[@J.J.1798]

I’m a bartender in Australia and I was shocked how many bars in the cities do it more similar to the English way. Where I am if there’s less than 2 fingers of foam on the head you get people screaming at you.

[@Impzorz]

What about the best way to pour from a bottle?

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Working on that for a new video but check out our shorts for a hack

[@OscarOSullivan]

It all depends on the brewery Guinness,White deer and Ballykilcavan bottles always fob on me

[@Baedda666]

Thats why czeck republic is my favourit country for holidays

[@AnthonyDuran]

When visiting Bratislava, I was unaware of the original Budweiser from the Czech Republic. I almost passed it up thinking it was the American version, just sold overseas until I was educated. Lame noting that the American company tried to sue them for using the name, even though the Czech company was first. I eventually had myself a glass and it was SOOOO much better and nicer than America’s Budweiser. And of course it was, so no surprise there lol

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

To be fair, Budvar was actually founded 20 years later than Budweiser US was brewed. So the US has the historic claim, the Czech has the literal phrase rights (as in "of Budweis")

[@AnthonyDuran]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel really!? Hm, my mistake 😅 Still tastes better

[@mcnichollsdj]

"I feel like we're in 'Ghost' " 😀

[@RicFX]

As a northerner, I always ask for head (oh eye?) on my pints when in London

[@WhozaCardoza]

Makes me want to watch the Django beer scene

[@07matayo]

I put new flow control faucets as an upgrade on my kegerator. But now I’m not getting enough foam! I’ve tried all the way open and everything in between. I don’t want to turn the psi up too much as I don’t want to over carbonate my kegs. I’m at about 14 psi now. Any ideas?

[@jeremyghunter]

I don't know about a warm glass causing the head to deteriorate quicker due to a temperature shock, not saying it's not true but rather I don't know the physics of that, however, what I do know is... Warm beer doesn't hold dissolved gas like cold beer does (Henry's Law), and a warm glass will warm up the cold beer. This forces the CO2 out of solution resulting in a flatter beer, faster. This is why I put my glasses in the fridge for just five minutes before I have any beer, regardless of style. It's not super chilled resulting in a frosty coating or something, it's just cooler and keeps the beer the way it was meant to be, for longer. Some people laugh at the idea of chilling glasses, but that says more about them than anything else.

[@P1Milly]

Something to say about the taps here in America. Unfortunately, not a lot of bars clean their lines or their tap faucets. I worked for a company that was contracted with Anheuser-Busch/Markstein and frankly most places don't give a rats ass about the cleanliness of their draft systems. With that said, I have a distrust with a lot of draft beers here in America lol And the bartenders will almost always not know the last time they were cleaned or not even know that they get cleaned in the first place.

[@3rdDegreeTVLLC]

I’m here for the flannel and the headyyyyy topperrrrrr 🍺 #CBC Ps..brad n Johnny together is just a match made. Kinda missed brad saying “Joe-nee” lol excuse me I’m American and it just sounds like that to me and I fkin love it! 😂 another great vid🔥

[@eyespy3001]

When I see the foam, I’m in the ZONE

[@oracleoftruth]

Beginning to think the rules in the UK about 5% of the beer being head are actually harmful to beer culture. I'd like the right to have a mliko pour.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Totally agree! And willing to fight for our right to Mliko pour.

[@richardwilkinson77]

Another act of lunacy you have CAMRA to thank for.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Very thick beer heads lead to less flavour overall. We need oversized glasses to get a full pint of 568ml of liquid

[@bennolan6802]

Great stuff. Any tips on where to get a good Czech pour in the UK (especially London)? Looks like there was Pivo and now it's shut?

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

I believe Duck and Waffle in Soho still has PU on tap with side pours

[@bennolan6802]

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Thanks!

[@skakried7673]

It looks awesome and it bet it tastes great, but, don't you get less beer in a pint this way?

[@OscarOSullivan]

You do get less beer

[@afiiik1]

You have to get 0.5l by law and there are I sectors who can come and check that's what the customers are getting. Then they just sit there and wait for the foam to turn into beer and see if it is 0.5l (there's a marker on the glass)

[@AuthorJgDow]

I've got a novel out which has a craft beer theme all the way through it, called Cracking Ibiza, if any of your viewers fancies a light summer read while they sup an ipa or two in the sun! Good channel!

[@OscarOSullivan]

Link?

[@AuthorJgDow]

No links allowed.@@OscarOSullivan

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@AuthorJgDow Can’t seem to find it

[@AuthorJgDow]

It's there still.@@OscarOSullivan

[@jalllaaavg]

Head is a must!

[@jmsnystrom]

Please test different beer taps!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

Nice thought!

[@richki.24]

oh my goodness .. I wanna join you

[@vsznry]

Bro, NO bartender has ever put the nozzle into the beer in any place i go to in Southern California. It makes so much sense, initially I thought it was icky.. but you gotta trust a good bar to be clean.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

We trust them to clean the insides, they better be cleaning the outside too!

[@afiiik1]

You probably trust the barista to clean the Cappuccino wand why not trust a beer tender

[@theletsgo]

If you would have told me in college that I'd be coveting beer foam, I would have told you you were out of your mind.