I think part of that comes from knowing that different beers are for different occasions and different budgets, without the fear to also voice that some beers are not pleasant and just aren't worth the purchase.
This guy is the epitome of an expert to me. Hes clearly knowledgable, but his manner of speaking and attitude is super approachable and undersandable for beginners. Definitely one of the best guests on this series!
Cause he doesn’t act or talk like a know it all. Even when he introduced himself he said “I’m a beer expert,” but he had said it with a tone like “everybody says I am, but I don’t think so” He’s a great example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
You can tell this guy loves beer. So much so he can’t even bring himself to say anything bad about a beer. Also, I agree that we need a Netflix show of him touring breweries and showcasing their beers.
@@OcDmn note that it's not so much about bad/good, or i like it/i don't like it. as evaluations, these are not interesting or informative. he is evaluating the beer with respect to his understanding of the characteristics of beer and beer styles, and telling us how each beer performs in relation to those characteristics. and he throws in food parings occasionally as well. super informative!
Lol he's legit. He was the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery which is widely regarded as one of the best breweries in the country. Hes also the author of many important books in the beer industry including the Brewmasters Table and he is the most recent editor of the Oxford Beer Companion which is one of the most in depth beer encyclopedias available.
@@legrinu oh I don't think I'd agree with that. While German breweries are wonderful and of course the inspiration for so many other beers around the world, they are notoriously stubborn and can be known for rejecting contemporary ideas when it comes to modernizing their beers. Some newer German breweries just in the past 10 years have begun using American beer styles and ingredients for their recipes and they've been extremely popular. That makes a good case for American beer I'd say, but if want more proof... American breweries have actually begun placing high in German beer contests. For instance a couple years ago, pFriem Brewery in Oregon sent a German Pilsner to a Pilsner competition in Germany and won. Beat out over 100 German breweries. I think the two countries just differ dude. No sense in comparing them. But the case could made that America competes just fine with Germany in the contemporary beer world. 🍻
@@MattMcLaren253 thats totally true. I personally really hate Pilsener and only drink craft Beer^^ We have some Award winning craft Beer brewerys in Germany, but I never drank craft Beer from the US :/
He did an excellent job explaining things. I like the quick history intro, ingredients, and physical traits explanations. Very informative and quite engaging. I'm not a beer drinker, so I learned a lot.
I met this guy during a beer pairing dinner after he released his book the Oxford Companion and he was not snobby or stuck up at all. Super nice, friendly and approachable and of course knew his beer!
His book "The Brewmaster's Table" is a good read. His enthusiasm comes through, and his writing is clear and informative, one of the best beer books I've ever read.
@@ciroweinstein8627 Mostly Belgian ales. In the Belgian Trappist breweries,, but also at Abbaye du Mont des Cats (France), Abdij Maria Toevlucht in Zundert (Netherlands) and Abbey of Cardeña (Spain), they're brewing exclusively Belgian top-fermented ales. They have their own naming conventions. There is "enkel", which is a light blonde ale, "dubbel", which is a stronger brown ale, "trippel", which is a strong pale ale, and "quadrupel", which is a very strong dark ale. At Stift Engelszell in Austria they additionally make a wheat beer and at Brouwerij de Koningshoeven (La Trappe) in the Netherlands, they also make a wheat beer as well as a bockbier. At St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer (MA) they have the most variety: Apart from their Belgian ales, they also make a farmhouse ale, a pilsner, a Vienna lager, two IPAs and an imperial stout. At Tre Fontane Abbey in Italy, they also make a stout.
@@leung9401Someone who knows the Tre Fontane brewery, nice! Their eucalyptus tripel is really something unique and delicious (imo). Sadly the Spencer brewery is shutting down, the last Trappist brewery in the US. So if you like their beer, better get something as long as it lasts.
Love his voice. Very deep, crisply articulated and with a confidence that comes from really knowing your subject. Probably the perfect voice for seeming sober while smashed, a huge plus in that line of work! I imagine him getting stopped at a checkpoint. "Sir, have you been drinking?" "Absolutely, thanks for asking. I have this exceptional Belgian style Tripel, which you can see from the color and very slight cloudiness was likely brewed with a malted barley imported from the a Northern region in Poland known for it's excellent soil but unusually short growing season. It adds a depth of flavor, but is even more prominent in the nose, where you can pick up not just the rich toffee notes normally associated with malt, but a slight earthiness that's rather unique."
If he's drinking a Belgian Style Tripel and he's smashed I so want to see him give a TED talk. That'd be gold!! Also you conveniently forgot, "It has a really sweet after taste which might not be for everybody."
@@akshay_9146 Here you go. It's not a Ted Talk, but it's close. This is a video of his talk at Google in 2016: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aQsEXadDqcw.html
Like Grumpy Monk says, he's the brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery and has been for 25 years. Plus a James Beard award winner, author, and editor of the Oxford Companion of Beer. Yeah, the guy knows what the heck he's talking about.
He's a great guy, nice to everyone who wants to chat about beer, and really generous with his knowledge to us amateurs. Just straight up gave me the recipe, complete with some tips and tricks for nailing the fermentation, for their Sorachi Ace when I said I was trying to figure out how to clone it at home. Stand up fellow, through and through!
Yes I first thought he was being pretentious and pompous but quickly saw he knew what he was talking about. His comments were educational and at the same time very descriptive, I honestly felt I was there smelling and tasting with him. I could watch hours of him reviewing beers.
I love it when the expert praises cheap products for how far they get with an affordable price tag and even suggest ways to use them, a cheap beer and a burger is not a fancy dinner but well within the scope of any gathering with family or friends and you can tell this guy is a real expert because he knows not only what to do and what goes into the expensive stuff but also knows how to enjoy the cheap products too.
differences between products the have to compare are usually staggering, amateur beer enthusiast would get through that and they are taking in actual experts. Most of those could be judged by the head or even bottle. Some bottles were typical for beer style and they ended up being more expensive one and better. Sour beer, belgian white, and barel aged was like that.
This guy would be the best neighbor ever. I can just imagine if. "Howdy neighbor. Beautiful weather we're having." Then when you have a beer with him he tells you its history and describes what it is your tasting. Lol
@@blognewb You wouldn't want a neighbor who would give you samples of their latest creations? Definitely not too far. My buddy used me as a ginny pig for all of his latest dishes, I gained 30 lbs, but awesome none the less.
I have ADHD and it's often very difficult for me to listen to people talk for extended periods and pay attention but this dude just has that kind of calm charisma that kept me tuned in for the entire video. Get this guy his own channel :D
Ikr Males: whatchu mean you don't like head ...( bubbles 😇🤗)? Me ♀️: _casually drinking beer_ . 😤 Ugh, why do you gotta turn everything dirty for 😒? _throws beer_ Dude: 😔🤔😶🤷🏻♂️
This guy knows how to describe scents without sounding pretentious. Almost like how a novelist describes a setting. I’ve noticed that gourmets tend to describe food and drink with terms that only really those amongst them would know. It makes the video so much more interesting when you have someone who is definitely in the know, but can explain things in laymen’s terms, and with enthusiasm at that.
Now if guitarists could just learn to describe sound the way he describes taste. They're all pretentious, etc... And I get physically ill every time I have to read it.
he roasted the first one pretty dang harshly. "i can tell you that much, that came from a place with a laboratory. They worked pretty hard to remove all taste from it" and "would you really pay 60 cents less for something that is absolutely empty?" so he didn´t pull his punches on the first one. so either he got a reminder between shots or the others were much better.
@@Metalhammer1993 Yea because it's the only one that tried to really shy away from flavour. The rest at least made an effort to replicate good flavours, not remove them.
Removing the labels, not judging the bottle, holding the opinions to the end, very sophisticated and well spoken and much more, great presentation, I watched the entire vid.
As a craft beer lover, I love this guy! Definitely speaks to all craft beer enthusiasts! I see a comment from two years ago saying this guy needs a Netflix series on him going to breweries, and I agree!
it would be like ibruprofen in USA wallmarkt: 100ct per pill ibruprofen in USA hospital 5000ct per pill ibruprofen in the EU 10ct per pill and yes this is not a joke
There should be a whole 10 minute video just hammering that point home about the Pilsner. There are so many american brewers that think it needs to be smooth and malty. And it's true that some german pilsners lean towards the malty side, but they at least clean up at the end and have a clean finish. But nobody in my neck of the woods is even bothering to make a good, crisp, czech style pils with that minerally bite to it. Which is a damn shame, because it's one of my favorite styles to drink when it's fresh and local.
Honestly, I had a pretty similar experience. The video was definitely captivating, daresay interesting, and a fun watch. But the brand names being added would have been nice for sure.
Fun Fact: Garrett Oliver is an American brewer and beer author from New York City. Since 1994, he has worked as the brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery.
This guy held my attention for the entire video. That’s hard to do with on the internet nowadays. The cuts and the editing was done well too. Enjoyed it. Now I have to go get some beer....
I'm gonna guess Pilsner - unsure (could be a lot of things) vs Miller (with its pilsner taste /s) Belgian white - blue moon vs allagash white Ipa - m43 vs lagunitas ipa Munich - ayinger vs Negra modelo Barrel aged - goose Island bcbs vs... Maybe a dogfish head oak aged thingy? Fruit sour - some regional sour like the destihl Flanders red vs maybe duchess du Bourgogne? Doesn't look like the right bottle. I'm not much of a sour expert
The words he used to describe the beer's aroma, taste and character makes you feel that you understand what's going on. Nothing sounds smug or pretentious. I'm glad I watched this. Truly an expert!
Dude, if you wanted, you could have a great channel of your own. You have the character for it. Just talk generally about beers, review a couple of different products every now and then, and ZAP, it'd be an instant hit with millions of views.
"Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery", to those who are wondering why he knows beer so well. Great job Mr. Oliver - loved your presentation and quick rundown of the different styles of beer.
@@Jonked2 I don't think I've ever seen Brooklyn beers here in California, and I'm right in the middle of microbrewery central in SF Bay Area. We have some great microbreweries like Fieldwork, New Glory, Revision, Faction, Blue Oak, etc. Would love to try one of Garrett Oliver's brews.
Not the owner the head brewer. He's also the author of The Oxford Companion to Beer (www.amazon.com/dp/B005MLIQCQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1).
not even a beer guy, but watching people talk about things that they truly and thouroughly enjoy, whether its beer, ice cream, or lunch meat, makes me feel happy
Same. You should check out the Pumpktoberfest series on Maven Of The Eventide's channel. It's a whole series of her and various friends trying pumpkin flavored beers. much better than I've made it sound.
I like how he even managed to compliment the less expensive beers; very similar to the way me and other home brewers are with the "drink what you like" mentality.
i think he only really trashed one of them i think^^ (so i assume that one really wasn´t good) but yeah i too like how appreciative he was of almost all of them. There´s a beer for every occasion. surely the bottles in front of my bed, that my neighbor gave me from time to time, are perfectly fine if you´re getting hammered with your permanently unemployed neighbor, but i´d give none of them to my friends. For my frieds i´d buy a different beer (okay also because i know the beer they love. I don´t like it but if 5/6 drink it, you get it, even if you don´t like it yourself). But something like the vbeers in the video i´d probably only order when on a dinner with my gf´s parents or something like that. (yes they are somewhat high struck sometimes. So you need to adjust and if you drink beer, at least drink something more "civilised" than a pilsener)
I've been pretty impressed with everyone I've seen do these (I remember the chocolate, meat and cheese ones especially at least). You can just tell that they're all really passionate about what they do, helps the viewing so much!
"Zap" and 13 other phrases I want to be inspired to blurt out when drinking. Garrett has to be one of the least pretentious experts I've heard talk about beer - exactly the kinda guy you'd want to share a pint with!
You can see his passion and knowledge for beer threw out the entire video. A man who shows where dedication can lead you to in your craft. Thanks for teaching me a thing or two!
I think this is the reason I don't like Belgian beers. I had one one time that just tasted like a straight up sausage and kind of ruined the style for me. Now I know why!
I don't tthink he have the time. He is the head brewer at Brooklin brewery, he wrote a few books and give conferences and so on. he probably has done this just for fun or to the education of people who don't know beers but don't have time to do it on a regular basis.
@@sylvaindupuis5595 kind of crazy how this channel manage to gets these kinds of big heads of their industry, especially this one and the chocolate expert one. Also hi fellow quebecois
Ikr. No way this comrade looking dude doesn't have a funky family in which all members give that fruity and funny sensation. You can see that he was well aged inside a barrel because there is more depth to him.
The shade he threw at champagne makers had me dying. But seriously, I'm going to be looking at beer bubbles like a weirdo for rest of my life. Great presenter.
@@andrester88 The good news for Garrett is, they tend to to invite hacks to contribute. Obviously, people usually write in an area of expertise. But you are correct, it's his name on the front cover, it all comes down to him. If you haven't read it, it's fascinating, a choose your own adventure.
I've literally watched this video three times now. Excellent video, the speaker is top-notch. What I enjoy most is how well the speaker conveys the smells/flavors. He is very charismatic; the occasional "wow," "boom," and "zzing" are immersive and give us a real sense for his observations. Please invite him back for more videos!
I was always to embarrassed to say that I thought that certain beers had a “hot dog” flavor, and damn if it isn’t the coriander! Thank you, sir...I can now come out from the shadows.
I dont drink much beer and dont rly care about it. i just wanted to see an „expert“ fail at the price. Boy was I wrong. This guy is amazing. He knows his craft and his friendly and calming voice wants me listen to him for hours
I love how he just went "Oops, wasn't supposed to drink yet." He honestly seems like the kinda guy that anyone would love to go down to the pub with for a few drinks.
I got a job working in the gin industry and there's literally nothing more enjoyable to pick up than the slightly hipster description of drinks. My partner constantly tells me to shut up in bars when I'm waffling on about my drink!
As a certified beer judge, I'm going to have to watch everything Garrett has done before I judge my next competition. Yes, when I fill out judging forms I have to give way more detail than he can in a 25-minute video, but his ability to simplify the descriptions without losing the nuance of a style is *fantastic*
As a certified Cicerone, he wrote a lot of the course materials we studied. He's one of the most knowledgeable beer people alive. Plus, being the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery for a quarter century is a pretty big deal too.
@@noahdetiveaux9722 Working in the alcohol industry helped connect with a group studying for it. You need to take Certified Beer Server first, which you can do online. Then check beer focused liquor stores and ask if there's a Cicerone group starting. You can also get info from their website. There's a syllabus you study, and exams are carried out in many major cities. Joining a group helps a lot, but it can totally be done solo. It's just way cheaper to do style tasting in groups, and you'll usually gain insight from the group.
