Americans Try Different European Beers For The FIRST Time 

I don't speak Ukrainian (they write with cyrillic alphabet btw) but i think Lvivske means "From Lviv" or "Of Lviv". Lviv is an Ukrainian city in the western parts of the country, near Poland.

Lvivske beer 🍺 is made in the city of Lviv. It's my favorite beer. If you visit Lviv, there's 3 things you must try. Beer 🍺, coffee ☕️ and chocolate 🍫

I adore Pedro. He's the only one that knows how to pour a beer properly. Greetings from Germany 😂❤🍻

Ukrainian form of "cheers!" is "bud'mo!"🇺🇦🤝🇺🇲

Lvivske is one of the best beer producing companies in Ukraine. There are also Chernigivske, Yantar, Chaika, Opillia. My favorite is Lvivske Rizdvyane.

Senor Pedro giving 10 for La Chouffe is a real Connoisseur!

Americans discovering the "bügelverschluss" is funny as hell 😂

To be honest Lvivske is one of our oldest beers and was the best choice 15-20 years ago. But now there is million of small breweries that produce amazing craft beers so Ukrainian 🇺🇦 beer now tastes totally different)

In Poland, honey beers account for a very small fraction of what Poles drink.

Greetings from Ukraine, Kyiv! Thank you for the support of Americans for the people of Ukraine!

Tip from Belgium: always tip the glass when you pour it in, start with the lowest percentage and end with the highest.. it helps for hangovers

1:12 the first Ukrainian beer is called Lviv beer after a city in western Ukraine located on the border with Poland called Lviv . 16:36 As a Pole, I remember this "porcelain" closure on bottles from my childhood. I liked the feeling when I opened the orangeade

Pedro could be straight out of a western. Love his looks!

In medieval Poland 🇵🇱 people drank mead instead of beer. It's still available for purchase.

European beer and no Czech beer??? That's like tasting European red wine and not trying French red wine! And that's coming from a French guy!

Your father-in-law knows how to pour beer... 👍

The German beer was a wheat beer there of such a different character. Most beer is brewed from barley, but it is also possible to brew beer from wheat, rye, corn and rice. If you want to learn a little more about different beer types: Lager: Brewed from carefully dried malt and is under-fermented. They are usually divided into three groups. American and Asian lagers: Very light lager beers that contain more raw fruit and less hops than other lagers. They have a light and fresh character and are suitable as uncomplicated thirst quenchers. European lager: The Dane Emil Christian Hansen, researcher at Carlsberg, had a key role when the European lager was developed. European lagers have a milder aroma and flavor profile than the German and Czech pilsner lagers. Czech and German pilsner: The third group consists of the original Czech and German pilsner varieties that have a more distinct character. The beer has a greater fullness and a clearer bitterness compared to later lagers. Other types of lager beer: There are also other lager beers such as Viennese lager that has had to give way in favor of pilsner lager, but it lives on in the Czech Republic, southern Germany and Denmark. Dark lager is another bottom-fermented beer. Originally, all bottom-fermented lagers were dark and it was only around the time of the First World War that the light lager became more common than the dark. Baltic porter is historically associated with the original porter that British merchants brought to the Baltics in the 18th century. It has an intense taste with aromas of coffee, chocolate and licorice. Spontaneously fermented beer: Spontaneous fermentation means that free yeast particles in the air start the fermentation process, and not added yeast. Before the industrialization of beer, it was common for the beer to sour during storage due to the presence of multiple strains of yeast as well as lactic acid and bacteria. These bacteria were widespread and a scourge to brewers until they learned to pasteurize the beer and isolate the yeast strains. But there were also breweries that learned to use the spontaneous fermentation to enhance the taste and add balance and freshness to the beer. Today, sour beer is quite uncommon, but interest in this type of beer has increased in recent times. Lambic is an example of a spontaneously fermented beer type typical of Belgium. ferments and ages Belgian spontaneous beer often in oak barrels for up to three years before bottling, and the result is a completely unique beer. Ale: In everyday speech, ale usually means the vast majority of types of over-fermented beer. However, the differences between the different ale types are large. Blond ale: Light ale brewed according to the Belgian method. The beer is produced by fermentation, usually at a high alcohol content, with a Belgian type of yeast that adds very strong fruity notes to the beer. Pale ale (bitter): Light ale brewed according to the British method. Plenty of malt and large amounts of hops. Pale ale has more bitterness, less fruity aroma and, as a rule, lower alcohol content than the Belgian ale. Brown ale: Both England and Belgium still have strong traditions in dark ale brewing. British brown ale is usually a little weaker than the slightly sweeter Belgian counterpart, but in both varieties the dark malt sets the tone for the taste picture. Wheat beer: Wheat beer is brewed from wheat malt, barley malt and hops and comes from the Bavarian and Belgian beer tradition. In Bavaria, wheat beer is brewed exclusively on malt and hops in accordance with the Bavarian purity law Reinheitsgebot from the year 1516, while the Belgians add spices to the wheat beer and increase its acidity slightly with the help of lactic acid. Otherwise, both countries' wheat beers are over-fermented and have a fruity and spicy aroma. Stout and Porter: Porter was originally a British type of beer and the term stout was initially used only for the most alcoholic varieties. Today it is difficult to make a clear distinction between stout and porter. What they all have in common is that they have a well-developed body and a strong aroma that comes from the hard roasted malt.

Pedro is definitely the star of the beer episodes.

Greeetings from Poland! Honey beers are actually my favourites! For anybody who likes sweet wine or beer shandys they are fantastic.

Gentlemen, in Poland honey beer is drunk warm, to warm up, not as a "match beer" or to quench thirst. Currently, there are hundreds of craft breweries in Poland that brew delicious beer, try asking a Pole, he will send you for tastings. Once, when I bought my father a honey beer, he almost kicked me out of the house ;)

I'm defo up for watching Americans getting hammered on proper beers! 😂

It was so funny seeing them trying to figure out how to open the Polish bottle with the "Flensburger- Style" cap 😅

it's always funny to see americans drink actual beer ))

17:00 Such closures existed before the invention of metal caps. In Poland 🇵🇱 when I was a kid(80s), some lemonade was closed in this way.

I'm Polish and I actually do like the honey beer :) you just should not rate it in comparison with regular beer. It's different, it's sweet, I'd rather treat it like a radler beer, or a soda with a bit of alcohol. And it's funny that of all the different Polish beers you picked the two honey flavoured ones. Also, you should definitely give a shot to some of Czech or Slovak brands!

Honey beer is definitely a thing here in Poland. Maybe not THAT popular but it's always on a shelf in most markets. Personally I like it quite a lot, but it's not something you drink on every occasion. It's great in winter. Especially when you heat it up. Shame you guys didn't like it that much but it's still very cool you found it in the US.

Kudos for Pedro, the man knows his beer!!

Pedro is right, you guys need smaller glasses, especially thinner walled ones. at this point I'd say a regular waterglass is better than those big ones. although the middle one is a generic Weizen glass so it fit's for that. you could google the glasses and see how close you get with what you have at home: bigger white wine glasses for the pilsners, red for the belgians, and water glasses are always game... all of these have their special glasses and it's a world to explore. different sizes, artwork, shapes... my parents collected Bitburger and special edition Kölsch glasses. that wall had quite some pretty ones and I'm still convinced you can taste a difference between the shapes.

Honey beer is not for everyone and is sold in small quantities. However, it is good to try them. Some people love them. Poland has really good beer. However, you have to find your way. The oldest breweries in Poland date back over 800 years. For the sake of curiosity, I will say that in Poland, apart from the normal consumption of this drink, there is another way. We heat the beer and pour a certain amount of juice into it, for example raspberry or blackcurrant juice. This warm beer with juice is really surprisingly good.

These videos are so cosy. Just a feel good moment to watch.

Seems like Pedro is the true beer connoisseur among you three :)

Chouffe, Duvel and Leffe oh dear. Drink one or two. This is the proper stuff from Belgium.

Hello from Ukraine! This beer is from the city of Lviv in the West of Ukraine. We say "Budʹmo!" as "Cheers!", which literally means something like "Let us be!"

It's a Polish thing, folks really like sweeten their beers, often serving them whit a spritz of fruit syrup as well. It's a bit strange, but you really learn to appreciate it after the 8th-10th beer. It just stays down and doesn't "protest" being digested as bitter beers sometimes do. Also, do you guys have mead in the states?

Łomża is my favorite 🥰 I’m allergic to regular beer and this is the only one that doesn’t give me allergy symptoms🤷‍♀️ honey 🍯 is really natures remedy for many things. Łomża beer is actually very good, you should try those without honey😉 other popular Polish beers: Tyskie, Żywiec, Okocim, but those are consider „cheap” bears, but hey they’re very popular 🤷‍♀️ thanks for the video! 🙏

Remember, in Belgium it is sacrilege to pour beer into the wrong glass.

Thank you for brining your father and Pedro again! I'll so good to see the new Umerica so nicely represented! Thank you from Norway!

I love how you discover the plopp bottle from Poland!!😍😄

Greetings from Finland! So fun to see you guys tasting unfamiliar beer. Honey beer is not my thing either. Belgian beer is usually very good. My absolute favourites are Czech beer. They make them perfect. Finnish beer are mostly OK, as long as you stay out of the sub 4,5% beers. Finnish porters are amazing. Stallhagen Porter is superb. Most german beers are very enjoyable. English beer is mostly weird and mushy. I still haven’t find any good US beer. What have you done with your recepies? Mexicans on the other hand know how to make fresh beer! Thanks for a fun, refreshing video! Kippis!

Pedro is the true beer connoisseur. He mentioned smaller glasses would be better for a taste session and he knows how to pour beer correctly to avoid unnecessary amounts of foam. I understood that American beer usually doesn't produce much foam. But European beer does. Thus to pour European beer into a glass you must start by holding the glass almost horizontally and slowly turning it upright whilst pouring the beer. Just avoid that the beer makes a deep fall into the glass. Or ask Pedro to show you guys, he knows how to pour a beer. I live in the Netherlands, less than a half-hour by car from the Belgian border. We can buy here Duvel and Leffe in the supermarket. But usually I drink it in the pub. There have been nights that I drank 6 or 7 of those Dubel bottles. Luckily I could just walk home instead of driving.

I always hop the Dutch/Belgian border to get my Belgian beers, nowadays German super markets at least have Leffe but the real adventure starts across the border.

NEVER let IWrocker pour a beer.

Pedro always looks sharp! Love the party trick at 07:00 Pedro.

Lvivske is really one of the cheapest Ukrainian beer - it's not actually fair to compare

Adults have a fun time with European beers while kids play in the background - I didn't know that was what I needed this evening, but it was definitely what I needed. It was nice to see, your family's energy is wonderful.

As Northern Europe does not make much wine, they make beer for all occasions. From powerful darks for red meat to honey beer for sweet cake n pastries.

At least Pedro knows how to pour a beer into a glass 🍺😊

Łomƶa = Łomża, pronounced like "Womja" (with the 'j' being pronounced as the 's' in "pleasure"). It's a town in NE Poland.

German wheat or wheat beer is a top-fermented beer that is made with top-fermented yeast from wheat malt (over 50%) and also uses barley malt, the only one in Europe. The top-fermenting yeast differs from bottom-fermenting yeast (used for all bottom-fermenting beers such as Pils, Export, Märzen, etc.), which therefore taste different.

I really had to laugh when nobody (except Pedro) knew how to open a pop-top. These are totally normal in Germany. Like on bottles of the brand "Flensburger Pilsener" from the north of Germany or "Schuhmacher-Alt" or "Füchschen-Alt". As far as beer is concerned, it becomes "more bitter" the further north you go. Whether you like it depends on your personal taste, of course. But what you shouldn't miss is Alt-Bier from Düsseldorf on the Rhine. Totally delicious and definitely different from the usual blond beers. I recommend it: Diebels Alt, Frankenheim, Füchschen, or Schuhmacher, which are all Alt beer breweries in Düsseldorf. Fun fact: Just 50 km away, in Cologne, they brew a totally different beer (Kölsch), which we Düsseldorfers hate to death (the rivalry between these two cities is legendary in soccer, ice hockey, etc.) I love your beer content!!!! Greetings from Germany!

The deposit system is very efficient. Here in Finland the percentage of returned bottles and cans is around 96, so rarely people just dispose of them since there's money involved.

first pour, i screamed.... never pour into a resting glass, tilt the glass and slide the beer in. ROOKIE.

Beer pouring tip: pouring beer on beer gives foam, pouring beer on glass gives clear beer. So if you wanna pour the perfect drink, pour onto the glass holding it at 45° till you're forced to stop tilting it, then hold the glass vertically and pour onto the beer.

You should try Hoegaarden, it's REALLY good! Also do a Grimbergen Blonde, I'd say it beats Leffe Also, angle the glass more when you pour! Start at around 70 degrees and slowly go vertical as it fills up, you don't want it to splash down into the glass.

the shared enthusiasm around the 16:00 minute mark about that seal is pretty endearing lol. Also, I just love Pedro. He seems very nice, gentle and humble, and has great style :)

Her dad seems to know how to pour a beer, but 4,7% "a little strong"? Oh, my sweet summer child 🤣🤣🤣

We have glass water bottles in the fridge with that top cap for sealing it. (turns out, IKEA wells them too under the name KORKEN)

In our little country we have a special brewed beer in nearly every village. When you count the bigger produced ones we have more than 3000 different beers, 100 different styles of beer, more than 800 specialised pubs who serves hundreds of them and our country has a UNESCO reworded beer culture. It means that it is unique in the world.

It is so cool how you guys are just behave with each other. So heartwarming.

In Scotland back in the early 80's we used to get the same tops that were on the polish beer you had on Grolsch beer bottles , it was a thing to take the ceramic cap of the steel and lace them into our training shoes....🤣

"I recognize the sign from somewhere" well, Hofbräuhaus München is well known for their big bavarian restaurant frequented by lots of tourists and then - of course - the "Wiesn", the yearly celebrated Oktoberfest. The small german, Ayinger, I had a few times and I think it's a good one (it's a 8/10 for wheat beers) 17:40 - in Germany these bottles are having a deposit of 15 cents each. Some people are having fun opning these as loud as they can... opening them with one hand (put the thumb on one side of the metal, turning it away from you and just push it)

super cool you found a bottle of Lvivske. my wife is ukrainian and have had the opportunity to visit Lviv as well as the brewery in the city center. It's my favorite beer to drink in ukraine (they have several large brewers), and in the summer when the temps are pushing 100 degrees, i can suck these down like water. soooooo refreshing and smooth on a hot day. Nostrovia!

You are such a sweet family and it's so fun to watch you enjoy the different beers! I found it so cute how much you can enjoy a bottle and a bubble!

Na zdravi is in Czech. In Polish: Na zdrowie.

FYI any beer that says Weizen or Wit is a wheat beer, and mostly always between 4.5% and 6% alchohol. It's cloudy, lighter in colour than Pilsener and less bitter. It was invented (or discovered) in Belgium.

From BLight to anything better. 😂

The "weird" opener you guys saw is an evidence for us in France and i believe in all Europe. This type of conservation is the first one which was invented , we utilise this simple technology almost everyday for everything we want to use in a couple months : vegetables, fruits, any meat or venison with a couple potatoe , carrot, onion, etc , you open it when you lack fresh food and there is absolutely no comparison with industrial garbage we use to eat. When it is green beans, tomato, peaches, pineapple, cherries, or even duck, rabbit, etc 'season, you cook them , you put them into jars with this kind of jointed opener, then you put it in boiling water for a couple hours and VOILÀ. You can keep food for almost a year from fresh fruits, vegetables and meat that you couldnt eat the day you grabbed it. Salute to you from France (we are proud we invented that food préservation system that solved many issues and keep on doing it instead of choosing industriel products, well some of us keep on doing it) Sorry for my english ❤ Have a good one , folks !

German here. Short explanation: Dunkelbier (darkbeer) is not a blackbeer. *Blackbeer* (Schwarzbier) are those super heavy, blackish, beers with a taste that linger with each sip for minutes in you mouth and rob you of all your salvia. I personaly love me some blackbeer, but its certainly only for enjoyment of it's taste, not for getting drunk. *Darkbeer* (Dunkelbier) is somewhat inbetween that and a helles or a pils. Strong character, but can be used to get drunk as well as to only enjoy. *Rotbeer* (redbeer) would be the next milder step. Must taste. Maybe you can get your hands on a great 'Duckstein' or a 'Staropramen' - both are pretty mild. Then Pils, then Helles. While Pils and Helles can be entertwined, because with a lighter Pils its nearly impossible to taste a difference to a helles. La Chouffe is the only one I think is a good beer in this baverage. Leffe is okayish, but absolutely not to my liking. Duvel is considered cheap, Hofbräu is at best okayish (also, its a Weizen!! Therefore the funky taste - try Weizen with a sip of banana juice! A must in summer!) If you want to taste a realy common and yet excuisite german beer, that is surprisingly (for its price and production volume) ranked to be one of the best german beers, try *Flensburger*. A strong Pils from the north of Germany. Very "herb". Very excelent. Prost you lots! Fun to watch you experience some european beers. There are thousands you can chose from. :-)

Hello from Belgium. Thanks to tast our beer, But it still so many beers to tast... "La Bush" , "la Triple de Fagne", "Chimay" ... "Lifeman on the rock"

as a dutchie, my go to always is ayinger and leffe. great german and belgian stuff!

Just a tip, a weizen beer needs to be poured into 1 glass, just before the bottle is empty roll it around because the "weizen" sits in the bottom of the bottle , then pour it in the glass, then you get the real weizen experience

The boyz got demolished by the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Proud Belg sees Americans drink Belgian beer. Americans like Belgian beer. Proud Belg happy

The polish honybear are medieval and pre-medieval 6th century AD recipes. Although the ones in the video are based on 16th century recipes. There, beers were produced mainly for the nobility in the times before the big manufactures. When practically no hops were added to beer, and honey was added so that it would not spoil. Hops in such quantities that the beer was bitter began to be added only at the end of the industrial revolution to mask poor fermentation and the presence of mold. So literally the honey ones are original beers, and the bitter hoppy ones are a mass product for getting workers (who couldn't afford quality XD ) drunk.

Seein you pour the Weißbier (even though I don't like Weißbier) broke my heart. If you pour it like a normal beer, it turns almost completely into foam. If you wanna do this the 'right' (read: Bavarian or Wurttembergian) way, take the glass your dad had, tilt it to the side until it is almost completely vertical and then pour the beer whilst gently getting the glass more and more upright. Then, if you're down to the last eigth of the bottle, put the glass upright, swirls the beer in the bottle and 'cast the crown' by pouring the foamy rest on top of the beer. If done right, one of those bottles will fill that glass exactly to the brim. (Your dad had the right idea)

So, you also need the Hungarian for "Cheers" which is: "Egészségedre" 🙂 Pronounced as Eggy-sheggy-dray (I visited and worked in Budapest for short periods several times)

In my opinion, the belgian beer you tested not even in the top the country can produce, i suggest you to try some trappist, Triple Karmeliet, Westmale,... Or any of the 15° "stout" , quite an experience for the braves. :D

The difference is, except in the Czech Republic and Germany, everyone else has no purity law and can mix any chemical into the beer.

Guys, next time you have to try Plish wheat beer - you will be so suprised! Thanks for this video - great fun! Greetings from Poland!

So much fun seeing you discover Leffe again and sticking with the 10 ! Some of my favorite beers are Westmalle Triple, Triple Karmeliet, la trappe quadruple, Hapkin, gouden carolus tripel, omer, ommegang, St bernardus abt12, Victoria, duvel and chouffe ofcourse. It would be amazing to see you try one of these! It's best in its own glass and without too much foam. A little trick is to wet the glass with water first and pour the beer slowly, holding the glass at an angle of around 45degrees. When you near the end of the bottle, you slowly tilt the glass straight and pour directly in the middle. For duvel we used to say that it has to have about 2 fingers of foam. Looking forward to your next video! Schol 🍻

Old man has good taste in beer! Salute don Pedro!

More Belgian beer video's please!

Cheers ! Santé, na zdrowie, Prost, etc... My favorite beers are Polish, Germain and French. In Poland I appreciate Łomża (say Womja) and Żubr (joobr, Buffalo in Polish).

Belgian here: We usually say “schol” also the beers you had are mainstream international ones. There are a lot of beers that are wayy beter, we have thousands of different beers in our little country. But hey, enjoy, schol!!!

as a Dutchie who used to drink a ton my go to were either Leffe, Tripel Karmeliet, Vet & lazy, kaapse karel, ijwit and Hertogjan Grandprestige

as a flemish speaking Belgian I would go for 'Schol', not proost or salut. Santé works to

Dude, please, please start tipping your glass when you pour so the air can escape, tilt it up at the end if you want a head on top! haha!

HB - Hofbräuhaus of Bavaria is more or less the official beer of the famous "Oktoberfest" in Munich / Germany. (but there it's not served bottled it comes in barrels. Plenty of them... ) I love the belgian Chimmay Grand Reserva - appx 8,5% that comes in a 3/4 liter flask with a kork like a champain flask. This beer is truly a 10. Serve cool.

Hey Guys, From Belgium here, try to get some Orval, Westmalle Tripel, Karmeliet Tripel, Carolus Tripel, StFeuillien Grand Cru, it will cost you something in the States but you won't regret it !

LVIVSKE is named after the Ukrainian city of LVIV which is about 70Km from the Polish border.

Pour in the beer with the glass more tilted please for less foam and more taste, because beer shouldn't drop (dead) in the glass.

I strongly recommend to clean the glasses after every beer.

You should try different “Kasteel” beer, its belgium beer and they have a lot of interesting flavours. Raspberry, chocolate/coffee, tripple,.. they are very good! Some you should try as well are: Omer, Trippel karmeliet, Westmalle, Rochefort and Le Fort

Just wanna note for some Belgium beers they're fermented on bottle so there can still be yeast at the bottom if the bottle. So when you pour them in 3 different glasses the last one will get more of the yeast and thus a more bitter and different coloured beer. Was normally not the case for the ones you tasted (is more for trappists, triples..)

"You like it daddy?" Ian: "Yeah, I like it" DAMN 😂 Come on man, not in front of her father 🤣

Honey beer is called in Germany Met (Metbier), also Scandinavian Vikings drunk it in ancient times.🍻 The wire bootle cap is common in Germany and is called Bügelverschluss(clip closure) .

Nice one! 🍻 Ever tried beer from Finland? 🇫🇮 Try to get your hands on a cold Sandels, 5,3% You could do an episode trying Nordic beers? We have some great brews here!

I'm from France and I really love "La Chouffe" which is belgian, this is one of my favorite beer. It has coriander which gives it a great flavor.

Polish here - honey beers are much better when they're dark. Buy yeah, you have to like that. Btw it's nice when you boil it during the winter with some lemon or orange and cloves. It's a common medicine here if you have a mild cold or something :) But they're not first choice for people in other circumstances. I have a sentiment for them because they were among the first *almost* craft beers in Poland when I was at college :)

In Belgium we actually use various toasts. Which one is most commonly used depends on the region. In Wallonia, the French-speaking region; obviously "santé" is most commonly used. In Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region, there are various types of toasts. Some are more common depending on the exact location in Flanders. I'll list them below: "Santé": is used in Flanders too. It's more common in the western half of Flanders. "Schol": along with "santé" the most commonly used drinking toast. Is mostly heard in the eastern half of Flanders. "Proost": often used in the Netherlands, can also be found in Flanders (especially in the bigger cities and along the border with the Netherlands). "Tsjing/Ching (or also Ching-Ching)": an onomatopoeia for glasses that clink. In my experience, it's mostly used during family gatherings when drinking champagne or wine, but in other circumstances too. It's generally used more in the centre of Flanders. "(Op je) Gezondheid": a literal translation of santé to Dutch. There are also toasts that are very, very rare, such as "lechaim", which is derived from Hebrew (thus mostly found in Jewish communities). "Cheers" actually isn't unheard of either. All of these are used everywhere in Flanders, some are just used more often depending on the region, person, circumstance etc.