German & American Try EVERY Belgian Beer for the First Time! 🍺 Unexpected Results

This is my favorite. This is the closest to water out of the beers that we've tried. Yeah, very neutral. For a stubborn German this will probably be like oh this is an insult to beer. Oh the devil's in me. I feel like the first wave is hitting me. I mean it's good but I'm already feeling great. What's up guys we are Deanna and Phil. Deanna's from the United States and I'm from Germany and we recently went on a little trip to Belgium and Belgium is not only known So we went to Albert Heim. We collected a lot of different beer. Some of the popular brands but also some of the different types because apparently Belgium has a ton of different types. So we're going to dive into those. For Belgian beer there's different types of glasses that you're supposed to have for beer but we just have a few glasses here and we're going to use an Altbier glass and a Kolsch beer glass. Yes, very German glasses but we're also going to try 10 different beers right now. So we're only trying a little bit. So let's just get started and I'm just going to grab this first one which is called a Houblon Chouffe. Chouffe. Houblon Chouffe. I have different facts about each one of them while Phil opens this up. This is an IPA. It's nine percent. Nine percent alcohol and they have this little dwarf guy or cobalt or troll whatever. He's a gnome. He's a little gnome. That's what I was looking for. So this one's an IPA. There was another type but we pretty much just wanted to get this one because it's a very famous brand. It's pretty iconic. Again this reminds me of very light pee. It's a very light beer. Right. Here we go. First one. It's 11 a.m on a Tuesday. So great time to film a beer video. Oh, I like it. Oh, very bitter. Nine percent which is way more than normal beer, right? I wanted to say that every beer in Germany is like four and a half to between four and five percent basically and a lot here are way stronger. So I think you can taste this. This is not too bad. I also have to admit as a German, a beer connoisseur, I know basically nothing about beers of different types. Deanna did a lot of research so we're good on that part. She's gonna educate us, me here in this video. For this one this is not my thing. I don't know if it's IPAs in general or this one but I'm sorry. Wow. Number two. This one, Westmall. It's a Trappist Dubel. Trappist Dubel. I don't know man. A Trappist beer which is brewed by a Trappist monk. There's only 13 Trappist monasteries in the world which six of them are in Belgium having the most. They usually have single, doubles, triples and it goes up to quadruples. That's pretty much how much alcohol content is in each one. And this one has seven percent alcohol and it's way darker than the first ones. Trappist beer, a double I guess and the brand is Westmall. Yeah. See it looks a little bit like a Guinness almost. Oh that's like. Really I like this a little. You can taste the yeast in there. It feels, it tastes browner. It feels darker. I really like a dark beer. I also like a strong beer. Again seven percent is quite a bit like almost 50 percent over the standard beer. I like this one a little better than the last one we just had. It's a smoother flavor. Monks might know what they're doing there you know. Yeah. I really like this. Purple is my favorite color so I thought it was pretty. At first I thought this was a little bit of a boring bottle but they've got this little nub here. This little like outward angle. That's nice right. So you don't spill. You got a nice grippy grip. Number three we have St. Bernard's Triple. There's a guy on it also looks like a monk. This one has eight percent. What is happening here? This is a blonde beer, traditional abbey style beer. So I think this does not qualify as Trappist because it's not under the Trappist organization officially approved. No what else is officially approved? Me. What did it fall off? No it's so good the conversation. Oh okay. So I think technically it's not a Trappist beer. The difference between abbey and Trappist is Trappist beers are abbey beers that are still brewed by Trappist monks while abbey beers are beers who were once brewed by monks but now they're brewed by secular breweries. With that being said a Trappist beer is an abbey beer but not all abbey beers are Trappist beers. Gets complicated now. I don't know that's from wikipedia thank you. St. Bernard. Wow you're just so. Oh it's St. Bernardus. Not Bernard sorry. Dude this is one of these wheat sensations where I think it has a bit of a banana flavor to it. But this is not a wheat beer. I know it's not a wheat beer but it has a bit of a banana flavor to it. It's not banana it's maybe the yeast or something. If you know what I'm talking about I feel sometimes some beers have banana flavor to it. This tastes like a basic beer to me. I'm not trying to be offensive. Like a college beer. A beer that you would have at a college party. So to me this does not taste like a standard beer but more into the wheat beer direction. Somewhere in between a standard. What I think standard is probably a Pils but wheat beer. I don't know. I like it better than the first one. Oh I feel like the first wave is hitting me. How much alcohol was in this one? Dude there's ---- on. This was a triple. Eight. Eight percent. Okay. Why do they have so much alcohol in a beer? If I had multiple of these in one sitting I would die. I think so far that's my favorite. For the next one I really like the looks of it. If you want to tell me this is Belgium then I would say this might be Spanish. It's called Jupiler and it's red and white and has this nice ox this bull on there. So this is a Pilsner. It's at 5.2 percent alcohol. So almost normal. Almost normal and it's one of the most sold beers in Belgium. Around 40 percent shares by volume. This is a very clear beer. Look at that. Yeah. What do they say in Belgium? Prost? Yeah. In Belgium mostly people speak French or Dutch right? Yeah. What is Prost in Dutch? In Dutch? Salud. Yeah dude I don't remember. Okay well cheers to you guys. Oh that's very neutral. That's so yeah neutral is the perfect world. It's very unoffensive. It's not too strong. It's very smooth. It's not too bitter. Like every other one hits you with a strong flavor before. This one does not. So if you just want to drink a lot and get drunk it's easier to drink but not as much alcohol. Is this what people mean when they say that beer tastes like water? Because this is the closest to water out of the beers that we've tried. Not very sharp in flavor. Nothing that makes it stand out. I feel like this would be a good starting point to measure everything else from. Very neutral. Very watery. Also this is quite the small bottle. Only 250 milliliters. I mean it's good but I'm already feeling great. Definitely feel like yeah the video is improving from here on out. It's just gonna get better. This one looks funny. It says Lindemans Creek Lambic beer. It's weak as hell. Look at that. Lindemans brewery is a Belgian family brewery that began in 1822. Lambic beer is a type of beer brewed in Belgium. The types of lambic beers include these ingredients that I can't pronounce and it's more of spontaneous fermentation and it tends to be mixed with fruit. Fruitier flavor. You don't say. Look at the color. I think this one's gonna be cherry. It looks a little bit like a tiny wine bottle. Some people say these are like the girly beers um which I'll put this to the test and I'll probably like it more. And only three and a half percent so it is mixed with something. Yeah. That tastes like pulmol. You hate cherry though, right? I'm not a fan of cherry. It's not that bad though but there were these little cough drops you get as a kid at a German pharmacy. Pulmol. They had cherry flavor and was just basically just sugar drops. This tastes like that. Is this considered beer? I feel like this is so dangerous. It tastes like a very fruity drink. Like a fruity syrup like you said. Like a cough syrup but a little better than that. It tastes better than wine to me. I would drink this. It's very bubbly though. Like a champagne almost. It's like a cherry champagne. I wouldn't know. Now I'm curious if you're from Belgium or you know about this stuff. Lambic. I mean it says lambic beer. Would you consider this beer? For a stubborn German this would probably be like oh this is an insult to beer but I don't care. I think it's the best beer we've had. This is a winner so far for me. I like this one the best. I don't want to pour it because I want to finish it but I know we have a lot of beer to go and I'll be wasted. I'm finishing all of mine here. You're gonna be wasted. Well that was good. Okay. Okay. Next one. Next one. Duvel or Duvel. Duvel. Belgian blonde. 6.66. Duvel means devil in Barbantian Ghent and Antwerp dialect. That's what that means. So that's kind of why they have the 6.66 right. It's a clever play on 6.66. So the devil's beer. Yeah this one is a very famous brand. So this is one of the popular brands. Oh they have a whole bunch of devils with a d in the back. Did you see that? They're dancing around the beer. They're dancing with their 6.66 percent. It's super pale again but not quite as clear as the other one. Look at all that head. Oh the devil's in me. I don't like it. No that's not so great. Why do they name it devil beer? Because it tastes like ----. I mean on the positive note their bottle and branding's nice. Look at those. I like the little short bottles. Hand grenades. Yeah they're nice to hold. That's why people don't like blondies. I don't think that's why. That's my least favorite so far. By the way before we continue, quick word from our sponsor which is nobody. We don't have sponsors a lot but we have a Patreon. So if you want to support us further then by watching the videos which honestly is enough already. So thank you. Thank you. If you want to do more you can go to patreon.com slash dnfill where we do additional videos. If you do so we highly highly appreciate this. Oh my god. It's really hard to do when you have a little drinks in you right. A thank you to our fail me tier patrons Ethan Mitchell, Heather Kuffner, Hessan Metro, Char Mills, Tarek Malkosh, Stephanie N, Megan Verzadeh, Klaus Eisert, Lee Lim, Robert J Casper, Marian Demert, Sherry and Keith Dennis, Jessica Saranzak, Jeff Standen, Debbie and Ray Gordon, and Jenna Louise. Thank you. Let's go. Delirium Tremens. There's an elephant on it. I like it. It says strong blonde beer. Yeah exactly. Phil didn't want to get this one at first but I was like the bottle is beautiful. We have to get it. I don't want to alert you but it has 8.5% alcohol. I don't know what's going on in Belgium. What are you doing there people? Why are your beers like wine percentages here? So this is a strong blonde ale 8.5%. It was named the best beer in the world in the 2008 world beer championship in Chicago. I was there. Fun facts. I wasn't even able to drink then. The world's best beer. Here it is. Looks the same. In Germany we like to drink liters and liters of beer. I think if you drink liters and liters of this you're dead. What is that taste? Definitely better than the devil. But only the second worst. Is it going to be bad if I think what is it? Eupler is the best. Eupler is the best because it has the least flavor. No no I like the Levic one the best so far. It's um it's not too offensive flavor wise like the Duvel was way stronger. I think it's still quite strong. But it has a very it has a very um I don't know how to say it dry aftertaste like you feel like you need to drink water afterwards. Because it makes sense. I think it's the higher amount of alcohol. Maybe. Because the Belgium are the strong ones. If you're German you know the Faxe cans the one liter ones and it tastes horrible. I'm a little disappointed because the bottle is so cute. I expected it to taste a little better. I'm sorry this is the worst the worst one. You become more German. This is the second worst one. All right three more to go. The best ones for last of course. Heschmel Busch. A Busch beer. And I saw a lot of Busch labeled beers. It says premium Belgian beer. Because Busch is one of the popular brands. However it has eight and a half percent. Yes. This is a half amber Busch beer and a half lambic beer. Oh finally some color. It's a little darker. Not quite as dark as Westmall or what was the dark one. There's a few types of Busch beers but the most famous is a high fermentation amber beer which has a strong taste of malt. Maybe stronger. At this point I can't follow what you're saying but I'm sure you can follow that. The smell is a little fruity. Peachy. Yeah. I have a new favorite. Hell yeah. Oh it's a little yaft taste though. I like it. It's too strong man. I'm sorry it's too strong. It's so strong and it's not super peachy artificial. You know how sometimes when you have like one of these like peach fantas they're very artificial peach. It's subtly in there. I like this one. I don't know what you're doing in Belgium but these beers they are too strong. I think this might be the best beer. I can't drink much of it. I'm also very peach biased. I'm going to throw up soon. I want to drink it. And the next one is going to be Chimay Péresse Trappiste. So this is a Trappist beer brewed in a Trappist monastery. They're also really apparently famous for their cheese. You want to see a little party trick? I don't know if I can do it with this one. It's a little. Oh no. No it didn't work. It kind of worked. It's kind of open. This is what you do if you do a better job it just flies away. Pop. So this is another Trappist then. Yes this is another Trappist. This has a nice color. It's not as transparent. It's a little translucent. Here we go. Chimay. That's smooth. Really? That is to me the standard beer taste. It tastes like a standard beer but very strong. Again maybe because it has eight percent alcohol. Why? Yeah very strong. Why? But it's so smooth. You know what I mean? We're at this big store and a lot of the same ones have you have the option between a single double and triple. So you don't have to go hard. Yeah I would assume that most people just drink the single right because the double and triple and even quadruple I think. Yeah. I think might just taste way too strong and have way too much alcohol. If you want to have a fun time or you just built that tolerance which we have not. That is not how you buy a triple or quadruple. I don't know it's a way to save money if you want to get drunk as a 16 Maybe I've just had a lot to drink right now. The crown. This one is going to be the best beer. This is our carafe where we put all the rest in and it's a big. Well we have one more. We're going to the Hohgarten. The Hohgarten is where it's at man. There we go. Hohgarten. So this one is a wheat beer or a white beer they call it. It says whit blanche which blanche means white. The de-emphasized hops is unfiltered giving it this hazy or milky appearance which makes it a whit white beer. I wanted to get this one because it's a little bit of a variety right. We've had some pilsner, we had an IPA, we've had a few trappist, a lambic beer and now we have the whit beer the white beer. It's like a wheat beer. And this is actually very light again. Yeah. Not as clear though. Oh and it has 4.9 percent so the only one here with a regular percentage almost. I'm leaning. I'm leaning like I'm at a bar like hey yo. I think we were supposed to pour it all the way out right with the wheat beers. Yeah if it's a wheat beer sometimes they say the wheat settles on the ground that's why you pour it all. Tastes better but right now it just looks like this. Do you taste any specific flavors? Since I mentioned in the beginning and again with the wheat beer it tastes a little bit like banana. Okay so this one is supposed to have a coriander and orange peel flavor. A little hint of orange. A little citron maybe lemon flavor. Yeah this is my favorite. Tastes the best. It is almost as neutral as the jupiler. Let me just confirm that. Yeah very neutral. This one has slight flavor. It's not too much alcohol which makes it. I think the alcohol content makes a lot of these too strong in like weird flavor wise. So this is mine. One, two, three. We have the peach, we have the cherry one and then this very unoffensive jupiler beer. Yeah. And the worst one I think is this one for me. Yeah. Whoa almost flipped. Knocked it out of your own hand. For me this is number one. The whole garden. Like the whole garden. Um I think jupiler number two and if I feel a little fruity then I'll go for the lambic lindemann's creek. Let's put some whole garden into our mix here. There we go. Look at that. How nice that looks. Amazing color. Good beer. If you chuck that right now I give you five euros. A whole five euros. She always says that. Like for me five euros is a lot of money. How is it? All ten together. Wow. It's just too strong man. Yeah that's uh normally sometimes we've made these concoctions and they taste okay. That is overpowering. We did this with the german beers and the german beers all together came out very nice. Funnily. No kidding. But I think overall this was very interesting because it was absolutely not what I expected from belgian beer. I'm not a beer person but I could see how people become beer people by researching it and getting into beers right. It's a craftsmanship. Yeah. It's experimenting and then finding the best way. You know if there's 10 levels I think I'm at level one now. Overall it feels like they're a little more inclined to experiment than the german ones. The german beers are very similar. They stick to tradition. They stick to tradition. The Reinheitsgebot. They're not shy in trying around, trying different flavors, putting them in there. So overall good experience and I'm gonna finish my my whole garden. I will do my little peachy. As always thank you so much for watching and we'll see you sober next time. Bye bye. Bye. Look at the beer selection. This is just the international stuff. The beer specialist there knows exactly what she wants.