I tried a German beer once, it was served to me in a glass bigger than a pint and was like 10 point. I got to about half way and was slobbered knockered. I did however manage to finish it but was in another dimension. It was good.
@@JustTryingToGetAYTPlayButton no. 3,5L of beer is not that hard. Germans have a strong drinking culture often starting at the age of 16. I know more people that can drink more than 3,5L than people who cant
@@dryder7078 I'll take your word, but under what context? Time drinking? Height and weight of drinker? ABVs vary wildly. Empty stomach vs having eaten. Etc. 3.5L of any ABV on an empty stomach for an average drinker over an hour or two and you're not knockered? I don't know about that, Odessa.
@@darkpatches 8-12 beers(so 4-6 litres) with 5% ABV over the course of a an evening(so 8pm to 3am) will get you drunk but not blackout drunk, if that makes sense.
@J K Thank you so much for your insightful input. As mentioned a dozen times throughout the video these are composite ratings made up of thousands of beer reviewers. It is not my selection. It is what tens of thousands of beer drinkers have ranked.
Babarian talking here :)I think its impossible to pick the ten best beers, becaus especially in bavaria there are many local places for beer, my top 10 are:10. Flensburger Gold9. Mönchshof Lagerbier8. Spaten Triumphator7. Prößlbräu Palmator6. Augustiner Edelstoff5.Paulaner Weißbier Dunkel4. Eichhofner Dunkler (but just for a drink called "Goasmass") 3. Eichhofner Hell2. Augustiner Hell1. Spital Hell
I'm sure this is true! We just have to go off of what is available more universally. But it's pretty much the same in the states. The best beers are all regionals that aren't exported.
Please, these aren’t ”tourist beers” whatever that means. Tourists obviously drink the beers from the region they’re in at the time when visiting Germany.
Du hast doch keine Ahnung, trinkst wahrscheinlich bloß Warsteiner und Krombacher aber bezeichnest hier die ganzen wirklich regionalen Biere als Touri Biere
Im Swedish and my favorite beers are German and Swedish. My favorite German beer is: Andechs brewery (all beers), Franziskaner, Paulaner, Schneider Weisse, Radeberger, Jevier and Alderbacher Dunkel.
he clearly said "OUR" top 10 german beers. never did he fuckin say these are the top 10 beers IN GERMANY. dammit people like you are so annoying and just plain ridiculous
Yeah, that one really is the king of all German beers. I really enjoy the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier too. I typically give the nod to Belgian wheat beers, but this one is probably the best of the best, at least for me.
@Bryan Mack That's a bit of a personal preference with this one. I know some swear by room temperature. Me personally I'll keep it in the fridge then pull it out maybe 20 minutes before I drink it. That way it has some chill to it (if you had a wine fridge that lets you put it at about 60F/16C that would be perfect). I find the taste really opens up as the beer tries to reach room temperature. It's not something you drink super fast so I like how the taste changes a bit as it warms up.
I can't stand the Rauchbier. It is probably a well made beer and unique in a way. But I just don't like the combination of the smoky flavor and drinks in general. Same with whisky. I like smoked meat from a bbq, but not in drinks.
Mostly Bockbier. It’s quite strong. Average go to beers are usually around 4,7 to 5,5 percent alcohol, mostly wheat (Weißbier) and barley based. Usually amber to golden in color, some unfiltered. Bockbier used to be consumed during fasting and festivities. There is a Starkbierfest in Bavaria, in Rosenheim. I went there and had 4,5 Maß, I.e. litre. Barely survived. My personal favourite was Unertl for Weißbier, Augustiner for Lager, and my hometown‘s Hochstift for Pilsner. All local or regional brands. My country is heading towards dire straits and I’ll leave it, but it’s a beer drinker‘s paradise. I’ll raise a parting glass to her, alas, and God be with you all.
Not 1 of those would be in Top 10 where im from. We in Bavaria drink much better beer. Flötzinger Hell, Auer Bräu Hell, Augustiner Hell & Export...those are the type of beer we drink and its the best beer in the world
The beer rankings are all off of composite ratings of what other people have rated, so I just go with what the ranking math says. Probably the biggest problem is I'd have to say most of those beers you listed likely aren't exported heavily (but usually the best beers aren't heavily exported). Kind of like the best American beers aren't exported so instead the rest of the world is stuck with the trash mass produced stuff. I'm more of a Belgian beer guy myself. Love good German beer (my favorite hefeweizen is out of Germany) but I feel like the purity act holds some brewers back on branching out to different styles. Although in terms of sheer quality top to bottom it's Belgium/Germany and then a giant drop off before anyone else.
Helles ist doch absolut ekelhafter scheiß, mehr als eins bekommt man davon nicht runter. Ein ordentliches Pils würde ich jederzeit vorziehen als dieses läppsche Zeug.
don't forget Spanish beers like Estrella Galatial and all of the emerging local craft beers comming out out of Budapest, Florence and many others I have not found yet. In the meantime, come to the Northeast US where great beers , IPA and Seasons are being made today
Und Fabian Völkel von deinem bayerischen Scheiß braucht man gar nicht anfangen, da würde ich noch lieber ein Becks trinken, als euren geschmacklosen Dreck
I'm a little disappointed in the lack of representation for Spaten- Franziskaner, of which I am very partial to their Hefe-Weisse and Hefe-Weisse Dunkel. It was the beer I drank most when studying as a baker in Würzburg.
Well weihenstephan is the oldest brewery so I kinda get why they're on the list their Weißbier is allright i guess but Augustiner Helles deserves a spot on the top of this list among others who are way better than some of the beers mentioned in this ranking
Oh, these aren't my specific favorites. These are the German beers with the highest compositing ratings when adding up all the top user rating platforms (at least at the time of the video). My personal list would also be different from this.
theese are the badest strong beers you can ever test taste,,our favorits german beers are HELLES or PILSENER or Export you know! ,,theese beers you testet are spezial beers and not overall available in german,greeets from germany!
Becks is made for export only. From my research, Germans do not drink that beer. It comes in a green bottle and gives off a skunky aroma because of that. Beers should always be packaged in a brown bottle to protect it from the light, thus preventing the skunk.
The best German Beer you can get are the Oktoberfest beer editions everey big brewery in germany who is allowed to sell beer in munich at the Fest has their own special version which is so much better then the usual ones
I do love a good Oktoberfest beer from the German brewers. It also marks that time of the year when the great winter seasonal beers about to come out. Just a good time of year to be a beer fan!
If you can't pronounce it I doubt your right to judge it. Personally, I REALLY do not care for the flavor of Weihenstephaner Hefe Weisßbier. I rather like Gaffel Kölsch, but Bier is a lot like movies, there is NO objective standard and no justifiable criticism of others' preferences.
As I repeated probably a dozen times in the video, these are composite ratings made up by Beer Advocate and Rate Beer ratings. There is zero judging. There is zero criticism. The rankings are the mathematical findings of thousands of reviewers. As you must be an expert in all language pronunciation (just not an expert in reading or listening), which German words do you believe I pronounced incorrectly?
I can't remember where those two ended up in the breakdown. There are just so many great German beers! I need to do a second one...or at least include an honorable mention. Ha, maybe a top 100 German beers with so many fantastic brews!
if you are rating top ten German beers and not one of the top ten includes a pale lager such as Helles or Pils, then you know your methodology is highly flawed.
Thanks for your input. As mentioned throughout the video, this is a composite rating of the top ranked beers on Beer Advocate and Rate Beer (so it's not my personal rankings..it's just what the numbers indicate). Although neither Helles or Pils styles of beers generally rate well when compared to the heavier beers or beers with more complexity (not to say that's right or wrong, as an excellent pilsner is very difficult to make).
You should call this video: Top 10 Bavarian Beers. Bavaria is in Germany, but not all of Germany is Bavaria. There is not a single beer in your personal top10, that wasn't brewed in Bavaria.
Did I say "personal top 10?" I very clearly stated, almost a dozen times, this was a composite rating of Beer Advocate and Rate Beer ratings. If you have an issue, complain to the hundreds of thousands of reviews from those websites.
Thanks for your input. As mentioned in the video, these are just beers with the highest overall composite ratings. There's no direct comparison of styles. Simply the highest reviewed beers in one country.
@@2DudesAnda6Pack the problem is, most of them are pretty special beers that are mainly drunk by a small number of enthusiasts, they rate on those websites. it also looks like both sites have a bias towards stronger beers of a very narrow style. most of them are based on the Salvator beer from Paulaner, a beer for monks in the time of lent.
It's made up of all the ratings individuals gave beers on both Beer Advocate and Rate Beer. For example, lets say Sam Adams had 3,500 ratings on BA for an average of 3.5 (out of 5) and Rate Beer had another 3,500 ratings but that came out to an average of 4.5. I'd then add everything together to determine the average rating of the two review sites combined (in this example, it would be 4.0 out o 5). So it's just a mathematical equation of all reviews given on the individual rating websites. ...I've found both those two websites can be very different from one another, so I wanted to figure out what was the best beers when putting both website ratings together.
I found a German delicious the states that had some of these beers on tap and got the 34 Oz mug of the stuff, best beer I ever had, better than that ipa crap, and easier to drink more of it
Here are the worst 10 beers 10. British Beer 9. American Beer 8. British Beer 7. American Beer 6. British Beer 5. American Beer 4. British Beer 3. American Beer 2. British Beer 1. Australian Beer
Thanks for your comment. The list really doesn't have anything to do with popularity. It's all based on composite ratings, so while many of these beers are not as popular as others (like Becks) they are seen as better by more reviewers.
I guess that's what people tend to rate higher. It's a composite rating of Rate Beer and Beer Advocate, so I just go with what the numbers say (although I've had all of these and while I'd probably personally change the order, they are all pretty dang good). I think four of the 10 aren't bock based. It could also be a trend too. Go to most rating sites and everything at the top will be an IPA, which wasn't the case a few years ago. Although I do think some people think beers that are darker or more bitter are better without any real reason.
And FWIW, German pronunciation is often far different than how you'd say a name in English, especially with these beers. But it's good to know there's someone around who pronounces all foreign words perfectly.
Ha yeah. A lot of their older beers are all made by immigrants from Germany. I think some of the best Vienna style lagers in the world are made in Mexico (I put together a Mexican beer history video I found to be pretty interesting). I also just did a review for a Mexican IPA I'll be putting up shortly.
I'm a big fan of Paulaner. I believe it just missed the top 10 (if I did my personal top 10 instead of a composite rating that one probably would have made it). If you like that one give the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier a try. It might be my favorite wheat beer.
Maybe someday they can import German beer to the US that keeps the great taste and freshness we don't get here. Until then we haft to drink shit beer :(
From time to time you can find a really nice German or Belgium beer on tap (which always tastes a world better). I remember walking into a bar that had Chimay on tap and it blew my mind.
at my local Jons marketplace they have great bavarian beer and russian! you don't always have to settle for shit beer! lol well at least i don't have too
This video should be titled "The top 10 German beers enjoyed by alcoholics". The rating sites are the realm of alcoholics. All the top beers are high alcohol. I was surprised to see 2 beers under 6% in there tho' so I'd imagine those two don't try to hide their alcohol content at all.
Yeah, Rate Beer and Beer Advocate all push the double-barrel aged stout stuff. It's all trendy American stuff now. When I first started using those websites most of the top 50 were all German and Belgian brews. It's kind of crazy to see the wild swings those sites go through. I put this video together before the super crazy bourbon barrel stouts became popular. But I can't help but wonder what this list would look like with current rankings.
@@2DudesAnda6Pack I'd like to see a top 10 for regular beers. Most of us don't touch this strong stuff and if we do it's maybe a couple of times a year.
I do say what all the beers are. Eisbock, doppelbock, etc. I say exactly what kind of beer each beer is. (Example, "The Weisses Brauhaus 'weizenbock' is 8.2% ABV). I also have each type listed in the description.
