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As a Belgian I now understand how the Italians feel when a pizza gets mollested. Please find the corrected glass with the beers and pour it in more gentle to reduce the foam.
😂😂😂
Das een glas voor nen echte pe.
and not as cold
Laat de man gewoon zuipen hahaha
Get ready to retract the italian comment; they put fries on pizza ...
Beer from Belgium in that glass.
I can't watch this without feeling pain.
Not everyone will buy an entire bar just to taste some beer.
@@irissupercoolsy You need a glass, not an entire bar.
You don't need an entire bar. Honestly, it would've been better to serve it in a large red wine glass
I feel u man, the same here
I think it's not that easy to find the proper glasses over there.
Oh man, if a Belgian saw you pouring Duvel into a glass like that they'd have a heart attack.
I survived the heart attack... rough one on the eyes too
Still alive but pain full
my eyes are still hurting. It is taboo in Belgium to drink beer out of the wrong glass.
True
Heart attack in progress 😂
A Belgian here. If you give these kinds of ratings to some of our more common beers, you'll probably need to change your rating scale when you're going to try out our truly exceptional Belgian beers, such as a Westmalle Double or Triple Trappist, Triple Karmeliet, Chimay Bleue, Delirium Tremens, Orval Trappist, Westvleteren Trappist, Pannepot Reserva 2008, Paix Dieu (only brewed during a full moon) or a Saison D’Erpe-Mere to name a few of the exceptional ones ;-)
ow yeah, i totally agree with you. Don't forget all the christmas versions!
And all the gems from the micro breweries...
En dat glas! En het uitschenken. Het deed pijn aan mijn ogen
And don't forget our Geuze's: Cantillon, Geuze Boon, Tilquin, 3 Fonteinen, Oud Beersel, ... You have a lot of beers to discover in Belgium 🙂
@@koenleijnen1900 Actually you could drink a different Belgian beer each day for 4.3 years before you need to taste another one twice ;-)
As a French, when you taste Belgian beer, it is very difficult to go back.
Vive la Belgique ! Merci pour vos bières.
De rien! 😊
Et vous, merci pour les vins!
Met plezier cher voisin
Btw can you guys give our greatest treasure back . I know the french dont claim fries to be yours but it would help if some french people would state its not theirs.
Graag gedaan ami!😅
The pouring,
The glass...
*Internal Belgian screaming.*
It is a true true fact: "the correct glass for the correct beer is important!"
I always heard Belgium has great beer, I came here and... it's not only nothing special but also it's fairly hard to get any decent beer like Baltic Porter or Russian Imperial Stout! ;)
@@tomaszwota1465Bad taste then. Taste buds destroyed by vodka and trash russian beer 😂
@@VlerkeDamne dude. RIS, despite the name, isn't Russian. You would know that if you knew anything about beer beyond "it's 2 euro per bottle". ;)
@@tomaszwota1465 one time I asked Dutch friends/colleagues which beer is the most popular beer in the Netherlands - and they were all basically saying a variant of "The one that's currently on OP=OP action/sale" 🤦♂
@@techcodenet yeah, well, that's most other countries too. The general public just drinks whatever affordable beer happens to not taste completely bad. That's normal, I wouldn't blame the Dutch for that. ;)
For me, I just don't drink light beers anymore. I prefer the rich taste of stouts, the brown to black colour, the thick, almost oily consistence, the complex taste, the aftertaste, the aroma. Sure, there's also a lot of alcohol in them, sometimes 15%, but let's say Solaris or Risfactor (both Russian Imperial Stouts made in Polish microbreweries) are so rich in taste that you don't even get to taste the alcohol, while some cheaper beers with that high alcohol content will reek of that "spirit mixed with beer" taste.
I mean, I tried different Belgian Dubbels and Trippels, Trappist and so on. Eh, they just don't taste good. Not to me anyway. They're comparable with average, some with above average Polish beer of similar type, but that's just not good enough for me.
I need me some stouts, some porters. Guiness is about the lowest I can go. Still too watery, but I can suffer through it if there's nothing else. :P
As a dutchy, Belgium beers are the best! Proost buurtjes!
Some improvements on the glass department would make the experience even better :)
Hi there neighbor, greetings from belgium
@@karateka-J Santé
we drink our beer often with holland gouda , the best combinaison for me
'Cheers' and 'salute' are used, but in 'Antwerp' we usually say 'scholl'
Anders blijft het vol
Belgium has the best beer in the world. Greetings from Holland.
And the Netherlands have the best coffeeshops in the world. Greetings from Belgium
@@djdoggpound
zeker weten héél lekker,for sure very delicious
La trappe is te only one that got away 😢
Alles is idd beter dan de pis dat jullie Heiniken noemen.
Belgian here. Love your enthusiasm. Two remarks: please please pour the beers in their proprietary glasses, or at least glasses with a “foot”. If you can’t find them, the large Ikea wine glasses work fine. Just not in that barrel that you’re using there. These heavy beers are not brewed to be chugged away, they are to be sipped and enjoyed slowly. You’ll have a lot less foam (don’t let it “cluck” when you pour, take your time), which you shouldn’t drink by the way.
Secondly: Leffe is considered the Walmart of stronger beers over here. It is made industrially and made to please the most people possible. The label says 1366 or something, but they just licensed the name of some random abbey to claim the beer is 800 years old. It’s not, it’s fake and made by the same company that owns/makes Bud.
But anyway, love your interest in our beers. We’re a small country but we’re pretty good in a few things: beer, fries, chocolate and guns. Best not use those on the same day. Schol!
Chalice glasses or tulip glasses rather than beer mugs for Belgian beers.
Can't agree more about Leffe, it's really like supermarket "strong" beer. Duvel is the limit.
I personnally don't like Chouffe at all. I'm more into trappists, Rochefort 10 in particular but also Westmalle / Chimay. Otherwise, Quintine Ambrée > all 😎
To be fair, a lot of beers use that age trick. Also a lot of bars that claim to be hundreds of years old
Jup Leffe sucks😂😂
Thirdly: don't massacre a Duvel (Devil) like that! Treat it lightly and pour it even more lightly.
As a belgian guy it was really fun to see you trying belgian beer. We basically have these in every bar, for us it seems casual. Usually we drink this kind of beer in a round glass, that way you have the perfect amount of foam. But hey, a long as you enjoy it, you're good !
La Chouffe is one of my favorite, and most people here will agree. When it comes to Leffe, I highly recommend you looking up the real stoy behind it. When they say "since 1240" they are not really honnest.
She said all the names the right way, by the way. In Belium you would say " santé", at least in the french speaking part.
The best beers in beligum are the ones made in small breweries, but I guess it's hard to find internationnaly.
I really enjoyed the video, thank you !
I was born and raised in Ghent, Belgium. Nice to see how someone is blown away the first time they taste Belgian beer. I am a local guide in the city. We offer tasting tours where we also talk about our rich history. Because as you could see on the Leffe bottle, it goes much further than the origins of your country. That is an abbey that you see on the bottle, so not just any company. Religion is also connected to this. For example, you could also make an episode about Belgian abbey beer. The best known is Westvleteren, which has been awarded the best beer in the world several times.
My notes as a Belgian:
- Do not pour great Belgian beers in such a bucket you call a glass ever again! Every Belgian beer has it's own glass which (so it's said) brings out its flavour and smell better. But you'll be fine with just a decent special beer glass for most of them ;)
- You'll get the hang of pouring beers in a good glass after a few tries.
- It's indeed Duvel ('Devil' in Flemish accent). Which is like the standard heavy beer if you're not feeling creative. That said, it will knock you out if you're not counting :D
- 8% is heavy beer, but it's normal heavy Belgian beer. We have beers of 12% etc.
- Please don't taste the foam :p
- I don't think Leffe is that special in Belgium. I'm guessing it's a popular beer outside of Belgium because of it's reasonable alcohol level.
- Got to repeat, don't ever pour a Belgian special beer like that again :D
- Duvel and Leffe are Flemish. We would say 'schol!'
- If you want to go deeper into special beers, look for Trappist beers. Those are beers brewed by monks and are generally considered to be with the best beers out there.
- Also, you drank three blond beers which are quite accesible. We have all kind of colours. Dark beers we would joke are basically a meal because they are so heavy :D
- Putting dark beers and trappist together, I have to recommend Chimay Blue. Which is, umh, something else!
Edit: more smileys because people seem to think I'm genuinely hating for the glass :D
Sweds/Norwegians has FAXE, damn its heavy....
@@Shvonder_Alexandrovich i used to have a Faxe 10% before a nightout in germany 👍🍺
Chimay is indeed a good entry into the Trappist world. Sounds like a topic for a next episode. 🍻 (wrong glasses, I know 😂)
It's a bit harsh, demanding an american have speciality beer glasses when he was only able to get hands on three beers. Especially when said glasses were not described! I am all for educationing people, beer is not a subject I teach save that Belgian beer is likely the best in the world. A good critique points out errors and how to correct them. I was a bit surpriced though, that you didn't point out that he erred on the side of cold, when tasting the beers. But I am not a beer expert, so I don't know how much of a disservice he did the beers by serving them so cold.
@@incognitones5604 the glasses were mainly as a lighthearted but real frustration :D I don't expect everyone to have all the glasses which is why I said that just a 'standard special' glass would be fine. But a German liter glass just really isn't haha.
I think most special beers mention they should be served at 6-9° but I've never heard anyone complain that they were too cold
A little tip for Pouring Beer, applies to all, Bottle, Can or Faucet. Keep the Glass at a flat angle and only tilt it up slowly when pouring in more Beer, that way you get a smooth pour and an even Balance of Beer and foam. When pouring at a steep angle, Beer Foams a lot more.
I shouted at the screen when he poured the last one LOL
Was thinking the same.
@@papalaz4444244 I don't get why people shout at their screen when they know the person can't hear you?
I've no problem with the way he poured them at all, nowt wrong with a load of foam.
Pour it slow , drink it slow 😊👍
First time watching this channel but I love the way you guys joke around and laugh with eachother :)
Thank you for liking our Belgium beers, Greetings from Belgium
Watching you pour out the Duvel like that in that glass hurt my belgian soul 🤣but i understand getting both the beer and glass that comes with it, is probably not the easiest over there
I am English, and it hurts mine 😊😊
Same here - better drink them from the bottle than from that glass.
i cried a little seeing how he was drinking his Duvel
@@TZB77Nahh, a Duvel needs to breathe.
@@bert2526 Agreed...with a proper glass...and with proper pouring....
I'm Belgian. I'll set aside comments about beers. You really seem to be a decent guy and a decent couple, with you heart and brain at the right place. I've seen a lot of your videos, you are curious, with no or little pre- and misconception about other countries and cultures. Keep up with you videos !
Ps: Santé !
Dane here. I couldn't agree more!
schol 🤪🤪
Nice video im belguim i work in a brewery. and maybe can i look around for a few good Beers here thé special ones .
And send thema to you
And thé glasses to 😊
I likes you're commenting open honnest i love that
Greatings from raf
@@rafrobeyns1858
Goedemorgen naamgenoot!
Haha, I can't help but agree on the glass and pouring technique, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! Kudos for trying new things!
Once you have had Belgian Beer, it will own you for at least 5 years. But it is a love that lasts forever.
A million voices cried out until there was silence when you poured that Duvel. Oh my pour soul. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it
I died
Holy moly had to pause to find this comment, my heart is in a million pieces. Fucked dienen duvel up
pour against the glass side ^^ never hit the liquid !
no you didn't@@GetFochD
lol right? I'm Dutch and I was like "dude wtf are you doing?"
I used to pour my dads beer and he'd smack me over the head if there was that much foam.
"I'm not a dishwasher!" he used to say.
Looking at this being a Belgian. I don't know much time it took to film this but when I saw you drinking it like that made me giggle a bit. When you drink these beers the same way you drink a regular american beer, you're going to have a real party in your head. It is best to take your time with it and enjoy the flavours.
Ha! Yeah, he's chugging them pretty hard compared to us Europeans. Too much foam/steep a pour for my tastes too.😅
Shsshs! Leave him to enjoy the severe hangover. 😁
I remember someting about ppl saying , Do not poor until the last drop, just dont.. what dit we see? 3 times plomp in a German beer pull🤣🤣🤣
I love seeing it happen. my US friend got his hands on a 4-pack of Duvel a while ago for the first time. he's an "adequate" drinker and has been comfy with Stella for years. he was perplexed that I gave him a warning to take it easy. and he was perplexed twice when it turned out there was reason behind said warning. "how tf do I drink more than you on average, yet this doesn't tickle you while it's flooring me?"
lessons only experience can teach 😂
And the sacrilege of not using the proper glass.
Msg from a Flamish speaking Belgian: lots of respect for your comments and appreciation for our beers. Here you can find them in every supermarket and bar. And many many more. Tips that were given about the glasses I do support, it’s like eating hotdogs with a knife and a fork. Even a large wine glass would be better. For Duvel (devil) put the glass in the freezer for 10 minutes and poor slowly while holding in an angle. Thanks 🙏
One of the best Belgian beers I tried was a Christmas brew of "Stille Nacht" (English: Calm/Quiet Night). It's equally smooth as Duvel or La Chouffe at 6%~8%, so you don't really right away notice it's 12% 😀
And then after just a few glasses it's very quickly going from loud and interesting, to a completely quiet night 😂
As a Dutchman I think Belgian beers are superior and they are very popular over here. Love the joy on your face when you took those beers.
Belgische biertjes zijn inderdaad de lekkerste
as a belgian i think Hollandse maatjes are just a superior delicacy!😃
@@benoitpisarchick6866 bedankt zuider buur 😉
@@benoitpisarchick6866Stops agreeing and fight. This is the internet! 🤪
Love the joy on my own face too ....... drinking Belgian Beer (as ...... a Dutchman).
Duvel is dangarous. Two botles with dinner...if one more, you are on your own. - I love it.
Yeah not for no reason they call it 'Duvel' Flemmish word for 'The Devil'
Its liquid sleeping pills one and 20 mins later I am asleep !!
4 is my max... had a friend who drank 8 without problems.
have you try the Duvel Tripel Hop Citra , its even stronger at 9.5% but it's also quite expensive (not sure where you are or how much you pay but these are not cheap) but has this mad citrus after tase hit
@@jenibond Had the trippel hop a few times. The 6.66 was also nice. But most times i prefer the 'natural' one. Tkx for the tip. The price on carrefoursite for citra: 4x for 8.75 that is a verry good price imo.
I love this journey you are on. Its always best with a group to share in though.
I wish you find someone who live in belgium who could send you beer from here, by the way it was really nice to see someone from the other side of the world giving credits to our little country !
Easy Tiger! Some Belgium beers are up to 14%, as I found out to my own demise from a motor bike ride from England to Belgium.
Hope you had a sidecar for extra stability! 🍻 🏍 🍻
And they are amazing
I expect it was headache central after this session. I had Maredsous at the weekend and it knocked me out. 😂
Congrats. This is the first comment I have read on any CZcams channel, written from beyond the grave. 😇
There are some that go to 16%, rocket fuel.
This is why Germany is blessed. We are located right next to Belgian beer, French cheese and Swiss chocolate. 😄
You spelled Belgian Chocolate wrong :p
Well that explains the little foreign holiday you lot took between 1939 and 1945 then... 😂
@@theorc9098 Don't mention the war!
@@theorc9098 Hey, that was just a little hiking tour that went a bit out of control. 😅
Yes we remember very well when you came twice to seize our beers cellars!😁😂 Ach die petite fransozich fraulein und belgiische bier! wundabar
Thanks for trying our beers. I'm glad you like them.
If you want to taste these beers in the best possible way: get a universal beer tasting glas, which looks more like a wine glass.
Another great well balanced and complicated beer is Tripel Karmeliet. It won the 2009 World Beer Awards.
If you can get your hands on that, try it!
Cheers from Belgium!
In Belgium we have a specific type of glass for each of our beers and we (try to) stick to it (almost religiously). Not having access to the specific glass is somewhat expected in a foreign country but the pour is something to keep in mind. Especially with Duvel (which means devil in Flemish) you'd want to keep the glass almost horizontal when pouring and gradually shifting to a vertical position to get a good pour, ideally you'd have a glass that's filled with the entire content of the bottle and a collar of foam.
Belgian dude here. Great vid 😊 And if you can find them, try Chimay Triple and Westmalle Tripel ❤
is nu al zat 😁
You're only getting started 😊
Yeah fellow Belgian here and I have to say that the three beers this guy chose are quite bland.
He should try some Westmalle Dubbel & Tripel, Gouden Carolus, Orval or Tripel Karmeliet to name just a few actually good Belgian beers.
Tripel Karmeliet for sure.
Green chimay
Back in August 2000 I had to do a software job in Belgum for a multinational, I got to site with two colleagues on Monday morning and had until 5pm Friday afternoon to get the work done and were not allowed to return to the UK until the consultant and clients had checked everything was completed satisfactorily on the Friday, we completed the work by lunch on the first day!!
We spent the rest of the week relaxing by sitting outside pavement cafés enjoying the sunshine, eating fine food and sampling fantastic Belgum beers, One thing I remember with Duvel is after a few my legs would stop working, other than that I felt fine!!
And best of all everything was paid to by the client….
…. Jobs like that don’t come along very often.
mate, lol, went to visit some friends in the UK a long time ago, and i promised them i would bring " some" beers. as to be expected, the lads were joking and laughing at me at first, as i only took out Lindemans "Kriek", wich is a very sweet cherry flavored beer. when i ran out of those, i brought out Duvel, one guy was enjoying that one so much he didnt want to taste the other brands i brought with me. now keep in mind that this was during the summer, it wasnt really hot though, but this one guy, sitting in a beach chair, kept joking about belgian beers... until he tryed to stand up to go to the toilet... a very painfull faceplant later, he told me:" take yer belgian shite, go back home and never allow me to drink it again!" we all laughed so hard at this guy.
a year or two i got invited to his wedding, and as a gift i had littirally filled my whole trunk with all kinds of belgian beers. ehm... an hour or two into the party, every single person was standing at or near my car, sipping away them beers. at one point the DJ came outside, asking if we would mind to come back inside as more than half of the people were having a blast near my car
jolly good memories of that night, and now more than 20 years later, the guys still tells me that i had given him the best wedding gift of all people lmao,
Really love the your enthusiasm, as a dutchman i almost feel guilty living in a town with two specialty beer bars around the corner loaded with a lot of Belgian and German types of beer, and not making the most of that while you invest a lot of time just finding some of the good stuff, cheers to you!
Belgian here, glad you liked our beers ( watching you pour them did hurt a little :p ).
Beer is part of our culture and we have thousands of beers made here, most with their own type of glass and way to pour and serve it :). And we say Schol
Duvel is the beer that gets you on your ass without noticing. It's the perfect summer night with a bbq beer. La Chouffe is my favorite to drink on an average day when sitting around with friends. Leffe isn't my favorite, but the dark Leffe I use for cooking stew. There's a reason why our beers are considerd UNESCO world heritage. Germans and Czechs perfected a few types of beers, Belgians (and today American craft beers) threw the kitchen sink at it and ended up with wacky combinations that filtered through time to the point where you can't really go wrong. There's a special type of beer that goes from sweet to sour and are considered the ones that people who don't really like beer should try. They're Geuze, Kriek and Framboise. Some sour, some almost like lemonade.
You have some great beers, but I haven't found a Kriek yet that I liked
The Germans lack imagination (nothing new there) and then there is their "Reinheitsgebot".
I tried the Leffe Bruin and it's almost an analogue to Guinness, another base for a good beef stew or pie.
Or you could try the precursor to Geueze, the Lambiek. Probably at La Bécasse, in Brussels
I fear that if he would even find a Kriek, Framboise, Geuze or Lambiek in the US, it will be one of that lemonade ones and he would get the wrong idea. While he should have an old geuze, kriek or lambiek, those with champagne like corks. But those are even not that common over here in Belgium. If they have those old style kriek, geuze and/or lambiek, you know you are at a good place! Even better if they have vintage bottles, but that's on another level.
Ah! Strong Belgian beers... I assume you've not come across Trappist beers? Only 10 breweries are officially allowed to brew these beers - and they are all monasteries. So the beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery, either by the monks themselves or under their supervision. And yes, it's strong. Trappistes Rochefort, for example, is 11.3%. I remember (many years ago) securing a contract job in Brussels and forging out on the first night with a friend. It was cold, windy and tipping with rain. But after three of these things, I didn't notice the weather at all!
I feel likie you, me and the Cavern of The Curious Gnome in Chester would get on well
the us tried to do a trappist, did it a few years and closed...so no more Spencer brewery ... luckely we have a few in the EU...I live nearby the Trappisten Abdij Koningshoeven..
@@fredwester5705 LaTrappe Quadruple is my favorite. i lived 10min away from it. being there many in the summer
Love the beer. Going straight to Rochefort 10 would maybe be a miss. Could go through Triple extra -> 6 -> 8 -> 10 for finale. Or the Westmalle's.
Orval is my favourite
A number of people have made a big deal about the glass(es) IWrocker used. When we visited Belgium we were very impressed by Belgian beers and that the bars had a specific glass for every beer. Not brewery, beer. A different glass for each Duvel beer, etc.
When we got back to the USA we were at a beer tasting at the Meddlesome Moth in Dallas hosted by one of the founders of La Choufe. He gave us glasses as souvenirs of the tasting. He said something like (it's been over 10 years, so I may not have the wording quite right), "People ask why we selected these glasses. Was it the shape? Was it the size, the glass, the lip? No, not so much. When we started the brewery we were very low on money and these were the cheapest glasses we could find."
Boston Brewing asked some graduate students at MIT to design the perfect beer glass for them. Every week, a fresh keg of Sam Adams Lager was delivered to the students for their research. I suspect that this may have slowed the progress of the research. At some point, Boston Brewing stopped the project and began selling whatever the students had developed at that point.
I am less concerned with the glass he used, though he could have used a better one, as the way he poured the beer and the serving temperature of the beer. American mass market beers are typically served just above their freezing point so you won't taste them. You can't taste much at those temperatures. Europeans tend to drink their beers at "cellar temperature" which Americans call "warm" but is actually around 55F. The beers are brewed to be best at that temperature, while American mass market beers at that temperature are less than pleasant. It is a shame IWrocker didn't get to really taste the wonderful Belgian beers.
....completly agree with your explanation about the temperature ..just above freezing point is really too cold, especially for the heavier beers (also for any lighter beers from 5/5.5°). If you drink these heavy (8.0/9.5°) beers too cold, you are certainly making concessions to the taste ..also, the alcohol effect will suddenly hit you more intensely afterwards (I think you could use a nap afterwards). A few of these heavy beers in a row will also affect your taste.
You can discuss the shape of the glass ..but it is best to always be very clean. It is preferable not to put one beer in the same uncleaned glass as the previous beer. Hold your glass at an angle and then pour on that sloping side ...less foam itw.
A lot of other Belgium beers to try! ..Omer, Karmeliet, Gruut, Kasteelbier, Chimay, Delirium Tremens, Verboden Vrucht, Mort Subite (brewery), Gouden Carolus (Het Anker - brewery)... ...also lighter ones, Vedett, Vedett IPA, Cornet, Palm, Kriek, Geuze, Hoegaarden (Celis?) ...and so much much more, too many to mention...
you know we have 100 of other beers in Belgium,... In Ghent there is a café (pub) named 'Dulle Griet' where you can taste moste of them in the right glass you only need to trade your shoe until you give the glass back :D
🎉 only 1,500 Belgian beers left for you to taste (each in its unique glass). FYI: we say "santé" in French and "gezond(heid)" in Flemish (meaning "to your health") for "cheers" then knock glasses so they spill on each other ( it used to be how to make sure we drink the same stuff and are not trying to poison our guests). And FYI2: Leffe is considered an "easy/tourist" beer in Belgium, as it's good but not as refined and complicated as other blonde beers. Anyway, thanks for the video and of you need a beer guide when you come in Belgium, I'd be happy to host you guys for the night (and late breakfast, because beer ^^)
or just proost!
Or 'schol'
we also say santé in flanders unless you're very proper.
@@Robalogotsanteï with the dutch accent ;)
Schol
When they first made it, some local dude tried it and cried out "what a devil!" so they kept the name. And please don't put the stress on the second syllable;) greetings from Flanders, Belgium if you will
I tried a lot of beers on my September trip. Spent most of my time in Ieper and Bree. My relative is in Lijssenthoek Cemetary
Groetjes 😊
RIP hero
don't mess up with satan(beer)
As a Belgian I love this American! I've seen him comment enthusiastically on European cars, racing series (group C race cars blew his mind) and now Belgian beer tasting? Let me buy you a good beer, sir. 🍺
Love your videos and love from Belgium ✌️🇧🇪
Belgian here, really cool to see people from abroad trying our beers and having a good time, we are really proud of our beer culture.
Keep up the good work, thanks for the video!!
"I don't care what people say, I like it!" That's the best beer drinking attitude you can have. Greetings from the Czech Republic! .-)
And if someone knows about beer drinking attitude, it has to be a Czech!
Greetings from Germany 😉.
We do have many nice beers here too, but there was never a Czech beer i didn't like!!
@@uweinhamburg Yeah! Germany really has a lot of good beers and most of all you have Oktoberfest. Cheers! .-)
Belgian here, loved the vid and thank you for trying out some of our beer, i thought it was funny how you started with the strongest and ended with the lightest beer, for me personally out of those three i like Duvel the most on a nice summer evening.
Great vid! love seeing people appreciate our beer :D Now we just gotta get you the right glasses haha :p
Kwak is my favourite beer (Belgium)of all. I say this as a Irishman who has tried over 400+ different beers from around the world.
It's also a great experience with the wierd glass
Yeah, you have to drink it with thee proper Kwak glass.
The glass explains the name 'Kwak'
Imbev bought it 2 years ago. Moved the brewery (other water to brew) and changed recepy. Sadly...
Kwak and L'Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde, are my absolute favourites
Kwak Beer with the specific Kwak Glass 😁.
I'm a Belgian(Antwerp) bartender with over 25y expierence and enjoy your video's a lot! If you liked the beers ...when you ever get the chance to drink them from draft , that's even tastier! Every beer has its own glas and it takes some practise to pour them correctly! either do it real fast by tilting the glas 45° and turn the bottle upside down near the bottom of the glass and slowly come up or tilt it and do it very slow from the top! the speed equals the amount of foam! Enjoy!
Can't believe people requested Leffe blonde 💀
That vase he drinks from triggers me so hard haha. Nie gewoen
Awesome video! As as Belgian I could also recommend to try out Affligem Blond, Westmalle Tripel, Westvleteren and perhaps Tripel Karmeliet :)
Important distiction when we say koriander it is usually the seeds. I understand when Americans say cilantro it is usually about the leaves.
Belgian beers are legendary and if you ever go there, you will be amazed at the wide variety of beers and most of them have their own glasses. I’d definitely recommend visiting Bruges.
Nice selection of excellent beers! Our southern neighbours really know what they are doing. Their beers are among the best in the world. Love the channel, greetings from The Netherlands!
Nice selection of beers. Good to hear you liked them. I’m a huge fan of Belgium beers myself. My favorite is Triple Karmeliet.
You have to try them not so cold, you get different flavors. In Belgium you can often choose, from the fridge or from the shelve. Then you have options what you like best.
Belgium beer is just the best in the world. Specifically the tripple beers.❤
triple
First time I visited Belgian, was amazed to see the first restaurant we visited had a much longer beer menu than food menu!
I can see in his eyes he is in paradise
You got a killer line up there, some of my favorites as well
From Belgium here, suggestion for your next Belgian beer, try Tripel Karmeliet. Nice to hear you like our beers, thanks for the promotion !
If he drinks that on video his gonna sleep 5minutes into it 😂
Karmeliet is so amazing, it's one of the best. Grimbergen is also pretty good
Dat em ne Gulden Draak probeert.
Wait untill you try Barbar Blond
@@Dieter1080brasserie lefebvre de quenast à rebecq, je vis à côté et j'ai déjà été à l'usine à quenast, très bonne bière, heureux que vous aimez les bière de ma région
I recommend reacting to "belgian beer culture" on youtube.
I work for the duvel Moortgat company (i'm not a representative at all btw). Everyone working at the brewery, from someone who cleans the floors, to the sales team, is proud of the heavenly taste we deliver.
In 1871 our brewery was established by Jan-Leonard Moortgat, a descendant from the brewers family in Steenhuffel.
Today, our CEO is Michel Moortgat. The 4th generation. He actually made Duvel bigger than it used to be. Now we have the privilege to call people all over the world our colleagues. From different breweries in Belgium, the Netherlands, france, italy,... to breweries like, Ommegang, firestone walker and boulevard brewing i NY, CALI, and Kansas respectively. The trick is (as far as i see making sure to keep to each brewery what made it special in the first place.
Also you can find a video on yt on how to pour a duvel correctly, and why we pour it like that.
Also, chouffe is also part of our big family, and we have alot of love for them
Sssst... Hier rijpt den Duvel.
You've got one one of the best jobs in the world, for sure!
I came across Duvel beers in northern Germany last year, and boy they're great, especially the triple hop citra.
And I have to say it: Belgian beers come in small bottles, but they pack a punch in the ABV league!
@@CranialMalfunction Yeah, the Tripel Hop Citra (from BE BTW) is my favourite as well.
Een goe Palmke moet hij ook nog eens proeven ;) (A good Palm (beer) he has yet to try). Also from Steenhuffel :D
@@user-sf3wt8cf8eja, maar die smaakt NIE hetzelfde als den ouden die ik ken van mijn grootvader, de Hop Select proefde terug naar die originele Palm
Dutch beer lover here living close to the Belgium border. Love the classic Belgium beers. The one I like most is the Duvel Triple Hop. The label is identical but has the green hop bells accents.
In the Netherlands craft beer is hugely popular and caused a explosion of small breweries everywhere. If you are looking for "abdijbier" (like Leffe) or even better "trappistenbier", then buy a La Trappe beer or a Zundert beer. Both are Trappist beers brewed by monks within the walls of their monastery. Really good and flavourful beers from the south of the Netherlands.
Obviously there's also a ton of stouts and other beers available from the craft breweries 😊
Another Belgian 😊 here. I really like both your enthusiasm and that you enjoy our beers so much. We have a lot of local beers, and the ones you tasted are easily obtainable in the supermarket here. Coming to think of it: Food Lion is the American supermarket chain owned by an originally Belgian supermarket group. You may find Belgian beers there maybe?
Somebody needed a nap after drinking these.
Belgian anything - huge fan, whether it be trappist beers, waffles, the best chocolatiers in the world, moules frites, fab architecture and their incredible multi-lingual skills - great folk.
Lol multilingual.... Flemish people only speak Dutch and some English, probably 25% of Flemish people know how to speak French properly. The French only speak French.
@@champy9599 What does multilingual mean in your brain? Every belgian speaks french we just refuse too out of principle, if you don't know that you don't know belgian history. I am flemish and i speak 4 languages because i am educated.
@@champy9599hahaha tell me your family is uneducated without telling me they are uneducated.
Well my experience is otherwise my friend, witnessed best on a train travelling to Bruges and it was a jamboree - lots of kids and their minders, scouts and the like. The ticket checker came through the carriage and tried Flemish, then French, then Dutch and finally English - and that was train staff - not too many multilinguals this neck of the woods, so full marks from me. Same experience in Bruges and Zeebrugge - tourist areas I know but never a problem it seemed.@@champy9599
As a Belgian loved this video. Yes the glass and the foam head people are going to complain about but that’s just the pride we take in the beers. If you would like to try them on draft you don’t need to leave the US. I lived state side for about 13 years and I don’t know if you have any of the yard house franchises close but in Florida we had many of them. They have more than ten of them on draft. Maybe even 20 I don’t remember. Now of course if you do get to go to Belgium I highly recommend it because the sausages we serve with the beers and the food ties it all together. I would recommend you to research and visit Brugge or Bruges! You will walk straight into the Middle Ages. Belgium is known best for its beers besides the waffles, fries and chocolate. Fun fact French fries are actually Belgian fries, the French had hem later. American soldiers had crossed into Belgium during the war but into the French speaking part. So thinking they were still in France they fried the frites and dubbed then French fries but it was actually Belgium. So please when you order do not call them French fries just say fries because it might offend most people. We probably wouldn’t say anything about it but yea lol please don’t do that. On top of that Germany is known for its beers and there are good ones for sure but they don’t hold a candle to Belgium. We have over 1500 domestic recipes more than any other country out there. The new generation might be a little different but I remember as a kid sipping from my grandfathers beers at the age of like 9 or so lol. Many kids try beer at a young age. By the time you are 15 or 16 you are getting wasted on the weekends. But later matures into enjoying it with good food en def not drinking to get messed up. There are also beers we do not accept to be called beer like for example Heineken or miller light. That’s beer flavored water lol. As far as the foam head goes rule of thumb is two fingers vertically is the rule for a correct pour. And almost every Belgian knows how to do this in one go without stopping or causing it to spill over. It’s and art form lol. Oh yes every beer has its type of shape of glass. My favorites are duvel (dialect for devil) palm, Leffe, Jupiler (even better than Stella but impossible to get in the us) west Vleteren ( impossible to buy you need to visit the west Vleteren monistary where the monks hand make the beer and there and only there you can try it and maximum buy six beers per person to take home, west Vleteren has won the best beer in the word reward many years in a row) def need to be put on your bucket list. To end my rant Hoegaarden blond is one of the
Most difficult beers to brew and amazing in the summer super fresh in a frozen glass. By the way THE ONLY BEER you should ever drink out of a frozen glass! And then to finish my list there is kwak. Amazing amazing tasting beer. Be careful because that duvel hits like a ton of bricks. Keep up the good work!
I am from Leuven, the birthplace of Brouwerij Den Hoorn (The Horn Brewery). That's why the Stella Artois logo still has the horn, even though that brewery hasn't been around in a long time. Stella Artois is a staple for me :) We drink it as a default pilsner, nothing fancy. You can go to any bartender here and stick up your pinky finger (= een pinke) and they immediately know what you want. Stella here is in the same league as jupiler, maes, cristal,...
But so many good beers indeed here, a good recommendation would be orval. Trappist always goes well with good cheese and bread
Proud of my country🇧🇪!
I bloody love Belgium! 💜
Thank you Vroomzz for all great beers🍺🍺🍻😎👍👍
Proud of my southern neighbors!
@@devnull1013Same here!
And rightfully so!
With Duvel you should leave about 1cm in the bottle and wiggle it around, then put the rest in, it will make the whole glass cloudy and tastes very different from the clear Duvel. Some like it clear, others like it cloudy.
In Belgium we have 4 category of special beer. 1. Monastery beer, trappist. 2. Fruit beer, sweet and light. For example kriek, cherish. 3. Heavy beer, the kind of the video. 4. Geuze, bitter beer brewed on a old tradition process and blend to a perfect match. Don't bother about the complaints of wrong glas. If you have one beer you don't buy the glas. But if you have the opportunity to drink it in the preferred glas it s a better experience.
He's drinking it like lemonade.😆
My warning don't haste it, drink it like you have nothing to do today.
Drink it as if you have nothing to do or the result is that you will do nothing but sleep 😂
He drinks it as he could drink an american beer ;)
@@MotherGoose264 the best days is when you get home from a hard days work in the afternoon and you sit on your couch in a ray of sunshine with a cold beer.... and them Bam! a 3 hr nap! :D
When you are used to beer with 2 or 2.5% alcohol, you have to drink fast...
Nah he'll be fine. I drank a Duvel on my 80km cycling ride. Didn't even impact it (other than I had to pee).
In Europe during the Middle Ages, beer was drunk with meals instead of water. The reason is trivial and it is because cities polluted rivers, so people drank beer with their meals to avoid getting sick. There is the world's oldest written document on the production of vodka on an industrial scale, written in Poland. It dates back to 1405
But back then beer would contain 1- 2% alcohol.
Next up to try from Bellgium 🇧🇪: tripple Karmeliet, Omer & Westmalle ( if available with right glass, it hurts my belgian heart to see you drink this from such a big pint) keep up the series
You should pour the Duvel under a larger glass angle so it flows less turbulent. That way there's less foam. You should always strive for a foam layer of two fingers thick. Bar keepers systematically get this right whatever the beer by holding the glass under a larger or smaller angle while pouring and watching the foam level.
This man would never leave europe, he is hooked! I know we got great beers :D
And cars and trucks and race tracks and...
At the rate he's drinking those beers, he'd end up in the hospital!
My favorite Belgian style ale is Delirium Nocturnum. It's dark, and, rich, with light coffee, and, dark chocolate notes. Plus, it's 9.5% ABV.
drink a lot and you will see pink elephants :-)
Ach delirium tremens@@fredwester5705
Yeah I tried the Delirium Tremens and it is really good. The bottle with the pink elephant is also something different.
Excellent name. Gotta try. I assume it's scolars beer.
@@Shvonder_AlexandrovichIn no way or form is that a scolars beer , when that thing gives of it's alcohol content , watch it , you can knock a whole fraternity on it's ass with just two of these per person . It is definitely a specialty beer .
We Belgians (atleast for me here in Limburg) we say usually schol, but we have loads of different accents, immigrants from different cultures, languages... Glad you like our beers, come here on a holiday some time!
As a Belgian a always love to see people enjoying our beers.
Especially when i see someone choosing the 3 one i used to drink.
I'm gonna give you an advice, you better drink them in opposite order, this how i savour them the most.
And when u serve the duvel, do it slowly and right on the glass with a high angle to avoid to have that much bubbles so they are kept inside the beer and make your beer even more tasty.
Duvel should really be drink in last as it this much more dry and strong it will overtake the taste of next ones.
When sampling a number of different beers, start with the weakest and drink a small amount of water in between to clear the palette.
Im german and live right to the belgian border. So in my teenage years i discovered belgian beers and tasted all they had to offer. They are a complete different world to the stuff we have in taste, texture, colour, alcohol volume and bottle shapes. My personal taste for beers developed and changed within the years and now that i am in my 40s im very choosy but when i was young i preferred the belgian brand "Grimbergen Optimo Bruno". It comes in this little stubby bottles like Duvel with 11 Alc Volume and it has a rich malty and sweet taste almost like a german maltbeer or murican rootbeer. Its devious because you dont taste the alcohol and after a few bottles it hits you when you start to walk.
Germany has way better pilsners than Belgium🍻
Try "Kerel's Kaishaku" they sell that beer in the Albert Hein shops in Belgium it's 15alc and you'll be in for quite a surprise ;-)
Try the blue Chimay perhaps? Love that dark beer.. Probably my favorite of the ones that are available in most places
Another Belgian here, found your channel with the rally video´s a while ago. I´m not gonna begin about the glass thing, my fellow Belgian already explained that. We mostley say santé (in Dutch and French) also "schol" (skoll), "proost", "oep a bakkes"," a le votre et le notre", and many more ofcourse; all depending on where you are in our little country with huge beer history. Should come visit us some time! Great chocolat and waffels and ofcourse beautiful architecture, art and history... . Grts!
I'm subscribing because I need to see a new version with the propper glas. + try triple Karmeliet, St Bernardus Abt 12 and Hommelbier.
Greetings to the World's Happiest American. Seen you laugh and smile a lot before, but those beers just made your smile about 3 feet wider! Cheers!
I'm a Belgian and even felt a little proud being one watching this video. I love the enthousiasm of you both.
We pour slowly and try to create about 2 fingers of foam. The Belgians have a history of winning awards for the best beer year after year. That used to be the case. Beer culture is very deeply rooted here. I am a big fan of the more sour Geuze beer. 'Oude Geuze Boon' or '3 fountains'. A whole world of its own within Belgian beers. Would it be an idea to organize a 'Belgian beer month' on your channel?!
Yes i love Geuze! Pretty hard to come by here in the Netherlands but so far i've had Boon, Mort Subite, Belle Vue and Lindemans. Would really love to try all the other brands so i keep searching. Will definitely be on the lookout for 3 fountains now!
@@Pieter_Auper Oud Beersel and Hanssens artisanaal certainly deserve to be tried too. They are my favourites.
Dan moet ge het bier “jef gosemans” eens proberen, ook een goeie voor vooral in de zomer
@@crapweezelI'll add them to my bucket list. Thanks!
Love to see this video!
I honestly love La Chouffe a lot!
The place Achouffe in Belgium is very nice. Also the brewery has a red hat on top of one of the tanks, love it!
And to top it off, I got a Rottweiler last year and his name is.... CHOUFFE ❤️
Thanks a lot for recognizing our beer culture!! I do appreciate your feedback, it makes me proud to be belgian. Please come to our country and try the beers out of the correct glasses. They will taste even better and it will be less triggering for us to watch😂😅 Santé!
As for the 1240 date.
The company brewing Leffe is not that old, but the history of the beer really goes back to the those times. In medieval Europe many (or even most?) breweries were controlled by monks in Abbeys. it was a method for the clergy to raise some money for the Abbey. the abbey of Leffe was founded in 1152, and the brewery came under their control in 1240.
Over the centuries it switched ownership many times. Nowadays most of these ancient brands are controlled by the large multinationals. (But not all, some are still original run by monks)
Tilt the glass more or less to control how much of a head you want Ian - the more horizontal the glass is the less foam there'll be - and pour a little bit slower, try not to let the flow 'glug', keep it as laminar as you can by always leaving an air-hole above the outflow - let air in as the beer comes out, no glugging, smooth laminar flow gives a smooth, consistent foam.
Hi there. I'm from South Africa, but living in Belgium for 2 years. These beers you tried are definitely up there with my favourites, they really make the best beers here. Just FYI, Duvel also owns the brewery that manufactures La Chouffe. If you can find them, I would recommend to also try:
Tripel Karmeliet
Gouden Carolus Whiskey Infused (and also the Classic and the Tripel if available )
Enjoy!
Another Belgian here, and it's so cool to see how you perceive Belgian beer. Obviously it's hard to choose, as there are some 1500 different beers here, lol. But yeah, Duvel and Leffe are among the best. But there's several other really good ones.
Trappist Westvleteren 12 contains 10,2% alcohol and often referred to as the best beer in the world.
Kriek is a sweet beer with cherry taste.
And there's plenty of other special ones, such as Geuze, Hoegaarden, Kwak.
While some foam is good and required, it is painful to see the amount in your jug. And I say jug, because we are very particular about our beers, which need to be served in the correct glasses 😉
But I can imagine that if it's hard to find the beers, it's going to be even harder to find the correct glasses over there.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed it, and it would be nice to see another part with some of the ones I mentioned.
Cheers! Or schol as we say here 😁🍺🍻
Trappist Westvletteren 12 is a hearty Belgian beer which has a warming caramel-type taste and a scent of raisins. Being 10.2 volume alcohol, it has a long aftertaste. Just remember that three 33cl glasses of this beer has the same alcohol as a bottle of Bordeaux or Rioja wine!! I learned that the hard way about 55 yrs ago. 🥴
Getting a hold of Westvleteren can be pretty difficult. We used to sell all variants at the place I worked at.. needed like a whole smuggling operation
@@jnm92I heard they were going to sell limited batches online to the Netherlands to put a stop to that, as they weren't getting back the bottles for recycling/refilling
I find there's very little difference with the St. Bernardus apart from the feeling of exclusivity.
Every little town in Belgium has its own brewery. All make wonderful beers.
in 2022 we had 430 breweries in Belgium
@@user-uv1qh5dr5mthe hype about craft beers really raised that number in recent years. So much things to taste, but unfortunately, a lot of them went into the IPA style and it's quite boring.
That used to be the case. InBev bought many of them, forced them to use their formula or made them close the doors for not distributing and promoting them as they do with their ‘signature’ beers.
@@elinys2843AB InBev is really a pain in the ass.
Because of the high alcohol percentage, you can keep these beers for years, just like wine and they get better too. In fact, I once tried a Duvel that was about 10 years over the date on the bottle, and it was the best one I ever tasted!
Great one! Honestly, there are hundreds of Belgian beers you should try! My personal favorit is Kasteel Tripel 11° served in the correct glas. Hope you can find it someday! Or just come to Belgium for a week and try a few ; )
Haha! This was an excellent episode! My first wife is Belgian, and I was thoroughly educated in the culture and history of Belgian beer. They really know what they're doing, and they (quite rightly) take it just as seriously as the culture surrounding wine.
In Belgium, each beer is served at the correct temperature, and in its' own specific glass, carefully designed to compliment the beer it contains. When choosing a beer, even the appropriate time of day, and the food it accompanies is often considered.
One Belgian beer you really must try (actually, a range of beers) is by Chimay. I imagine they must be commonly available even in the States. Also, "kriek" beers - which are brewed with a particular type of cherry. It sounds a bit "novelty", but they've been brewing this type of beer for many years, and kriek is produced by a number of companies.
(Your favourite, Leffe is pronounced, "Leff-er" in the North [Flemmish] - and in the South [French] it's pronounced "Leff").
Je pense que tu es un peu saoul, mon pote!
hi , Belgian here. My favorite Belgian beer is Tripple Karmeliet, you really have to taste it! you will be truly amazed!! a blond gold beer with an alcohol content of 8.5%!! litte sweet but strong ! love your video"s!
Hello, also a Belgian here, who enjoys specialty beers. Tripel Karmeliet is considered the classic among tripel beers. If someone has never tried a tripel, let alone a Belgian one, this is the perfect introduction. In fact, I believe that if someone doesn't enjoy Tripel Karmeliet, tripel beer might not be their style at all. I would even go as far as to say that specialty beer might not be their thing. Tripel Karmeliet stands out for its silky smooth taste. The beer also has a very distinctive flavor due to the addition of three different types of grains. Last year, I even tried a special edition brewed with four grains, especially for the holidays. The regular version is already top-notch, but this one was truly sublime. It's among the best Belgium has to offer in terms of beer. If someone like IWrocker had tried this, it would be really difficult to keep insisting that Leffe deserves a rating of 10. In fact, I don't even consider Leffe a worthy Belgian beer. In my opinion, Leffe is the Heineken of Belgium. And yes, I know that I might offend some Belgians with this comparison. Because tastes differ and Leffe is the only Belgian beer that, like Heineken, I can't stand. Moreover, it's not even brewed in Belgium, so it's not that Belgian after all.
"You can put this in a recipe, I feel like"
YES, this is why there are so many Belgian beer recipes, especially for meat stews.
The Duvel-Moortgat brewery has also a moderate "pint" from 6% called Vedett. Great taste too! There is also Palm, De Ceuninck,... what is pretty unique I guess. 😅
drinking in Belgium is dangerous. I tried three different beers (all served in their own unique glass) and then stumbled back to my airbnb completely wasted 🤣