What’s your favorite beer brand? Or do you brew your own?? 😃

@TheWackiboy

3 ай бұрын

Störtebeker from the Störtebeker Braumanufaktur in Stralsund

@tillappelhans4985

3 ай бұрын

I don't really have a favourite beer brand. I could tell you that I like the bavarian "Helles" besides some other types, but I mostly enjoy the variety of beers you can buy. And considering the fact that I am not living in Bavaria, I regulary do get "Helles" in my local Getränkeladen, but surely not as much diversity of Helles as in a bavarian store.

@johannesstabenow4459

3 ай бұрын

As someone who has a family member in the business, it's obviously Störtebeker from my neighbouring town Stralsund...

@martinkasper197

3 ай бұрын

Weihenstephaner Weißbier

@harrybgoode

3 ай бұрын

Hey Donnie, my favourite beer brand is from Bayreuth, it's from the "Bayreuther Brauerei". I like the two styles "Landbier Fränkisch Dunkel" and "Zwick'l" (which is a synonym to "Kellerbier"). Also, I think the perfekt temperature for serving and drinking beer is about 4° - 6° C (40° - 43° F). I tried warm beer once, when I catched a cold, some time ago. But I only tried it once and I think that says all you need to know about this concept.

Great TV-series: A must see is "Tatortreiniger" (criminal scene cleaner) from NDR (Nordeutscher Rundfunk). Darkest humor at its best !!! Find it in the ARD-Mediathek. Much fun !!

@herbie1975

3 ай бұрын

I forgot about this one. But yes, this was a good one😊

@berndbrotify

3 ай бұрын

"How to sell drugs online (fast)" also is a great series, and it's also featuring the Tatortreiniger actor Bjarne Mädel.

@hellemarc4767

3 ай бұрын

@@berndbrotify oh, Barne Mädel is also in "Stromberg"!

@korneliusfrik9545

2 ай бұрын

Bwfore that you watch tatort

@DieBlutigeLynn

2 ай бұрын

"Huber ohne Staller" is also very funny. Many Germans like "Die Rosenheim-Cops". For children, "Die Sendung mit der Maus", "Löwenzahn" and "Logo". All of these can be found on the ARD and ZDF TV station media library websites. As far as Netflix series go, "How to sell drugs online (fast)", "Dark", "1899" (sadly only 1 season), "Tribes of Europa" (sadly only 1 season) and "Barbaren" (German audio track) are great series.

warm beer is generaly accepted if: -its free beer -you are drinking it to fight off a cold -you work in construction

@JonaxII

3 ай бұрын

Also fine if you're doing fun outdoors activities like flunkyball

@vargsieber

3 ай бұрын

Also fine at festival campgrounds

@arnepietruszewski9255

3 ай бұрын

If you work in construction you usually have a bucket and water at hand so you can cool your beer. Construction workers often appear as stupid cause they dont use fancy words and they doing dirty work but that doesnt mean that they are stupid.

@TheDaddyD10

3 ай бұрын

@@arnepietruszewski9255 Construction workers are indeed some of the most inovative people i know. Its just that most construction workers dont really care about their beer beeing warm (unless its 25°C and up)

@shigarumo2263

3 ай бұрын

No, warm beer is never accepted.. It has to be cold, else it tastes bad..

Stiefeltrinken is a group activity with the Stiefel getting passed around the table. It's gone somewhat out of fashion, with people less eager to share everyone's saliva these days. The main point is deciding who has to pay for the next round: often the inexperienced newbie whose turn it is when the beer level is down to the bottom bit of the glass; if you don't know what you're doing, the booze will then suddenly splash all over your face.

@martinkasper197

3 ай бұрын

We did Stiefeltrinken Back in the days when our soccer team where we were in has won...

@tianew9174

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I know this way of Stiefeltrinken too. From the past. Today it is no longer common.

@darkredvan

3 ай бұрын

When we drank Stiefel, it was quite interesting knowing who sits left and right of you. Why? Because the second last pays the Stiefel (fill). And we usually had 2,5 or 3 Liter ones. Second last pays - how much is in the Stiefel when it arrives at your neighbor? Will he just sip, or drink much? (You have to drink in one go, it is not allowed to let the glass go off your lips - stop drinking!) Will the one after you be able to empty it (you have to pay), or can you empty it (the one before has to pay)? What about the next round? It was a lot of fun, especially if someone miscalculated and had to pay (because you drank more than he expected), maybe even two times …

@dus1213

3 ай бұрын

Also mention that the tip of the boot always has to face upwards!

@Alucman

3 ай бұрын

"Das Boot" is absolutely genius! The Stiefel is still in use in my favorite bar back in Germany!

Beer being cheaper than water in restaurants was not a myth: That actually happenend until there was a law that prohibited exactly that (§ 6 GastG)

Regarding Kölsch and Alt there is a specialty for both. If your glas is emty the waiter will automatically bring you a new glas. This will continue until you put a coaster on your empty glas.

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

I think it's more fun to NOT tell the tourists that and see what happens 😉😂

@dw8931

3 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwo 🤣

@RustyDust101

3 ай бұрын

​@@PassportTwo that's evil... But fun.😂

@lapisinfernalis9052

3 ай бұрын

I never understood that when I was small, but when I got older I realized what was happening. It is a very simple way to tell the waiter "I have had enough".

@TheKobiDror

3 ай бұрын

Not that it makes a difference. I've tried multiple times, getting drunk on Kölsch (which is awful btw). Even after a dozen or so, I felt nothing. Try the same with Altbier and you're screwed.

Well, I am a Bavarian who grew up and still lives in a town that is the location of the oldest brewery in the world and is close to the Hallertau, the biggest hop planting area worldwide. I love southern Bavarian beer culture (except for the Oktoberfest, it has too many drunken tourists). Drinking beer from somewhere else in Germany honestly feels like drinking foreign beer. Beer in my opinion is the perfect symbol for the cultural diversity of Germany (and for the fact that southern Bavarian culture is overrepresented in American stereotypes).

@BernhardGiner

3 ай бұрын

German ( from Baden) I went once to Oktoberfest with my spanish and South American friends. and found it very interesting especially because of the interaction between locals and tourists: Overall the dancing, singing, swaying, laughing and drinking together - and the looking out for each other so that it doesn't get too bad - gave me a sightly warm feeling. For example I saw some Munich guys bringing a drunken Arabian looking man and 3 Japanese women to the Train Station - arm in arm, singing and giggling in different languages. And After that they went back. They told me they were just seat neighbors and they they wanted to be sure that they find their way home. Just nice. Yes it was ugly too! Sexist, aggressive, drunken as hell… and all this vomiting. Disgusting! - but not only and at least not for us. Not too far from what I am used to from festivals in my region. just on a waay larger scale .

A maß is only used in Bavaria. Ok, you can occasionally see it somewhere else, in Germany but this is not the rule.

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

Definitely! We see it from time-to-time in non-Bavarian Biergartens, but a lot of times those Biergartens are also Bavarian themed 😅

@wandilismus8726

3 ай бұрын

​@@PassportTwoin Köln you get a Stange, those Tina glasses. Flens hascto plop when you open it

@MetalBoozie

3 ай бұрын

And its not only used on Oktoberfest or other special festivals. Normally EVERY bavarian beergarden has the maß option during summer when you can sit outside. And there a few Gaststätten that offer the maß also during winter, when you sit inside. See Hofbräuhaus for example.

@bibliopolist

3 ай бұрын

Not, it's not. Maß is very common here in Upper Swabia. It is pronounced with a long a here, while the Bavarians pronounce it with a short a.

@tillappelhans4985

3 ай бұрын

@@bibliopolist ok, I correct myself. It is only commonly used in soutern Germany. On the other hand....according to Wikipedia, Upper Swabia is partly in Bavaria, too...

The Heute Show is a very satirical political show that also has english subtitles for the most part, I always recommend them to get a gist for the german dry humour

"Der Tatort-Reiniger" ist eine großartige deutsche TV-Serie, oder auch "Ein Herz und eine Seele" aus den 70ern, großartig. 😅

@jensjux4747

3 ай бұрын

So eine gute Serie! Sehr anders als typisch "amerikanische", actiobepackte serien

@malitze

3 ай бұрын

Agreed, both are incredible but also the only series that come to mind for me.

@Anaxeena

2 ай бұрын

Ich heirate eine Familie

The best German television series is “Stromberg” This series has a special sense of humor that a foreigner might not immediately understand

German TV Series to recoment would be 'Mord mit Aussicht'.

Beer gardens are usually owned by a certain brewery - the traditional Bavarian beer garden traditions originates from breweries selling their beer directly from the lager or cellar (which was usually beneath the beer garden). Pubs and restaurants are also often owned by brewery which leases it out to the innkeeper, or they have a treaty with a brewery, which gave them e.g. a loan for the interior and good prices in exchange for exclusivity. There are however some specialized beer bars which have dozens of breweries on tap, and there you can encounter a lot of variety (if not as much as in Belgium, where they have for example cherry beer). Measured by the number of visitors the Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest folk festival in Germany (but many of those visitors are international tourists). The second biggest is the Cranger Kirmes in Herne (at least 100 years older than the Oktoberfest), which is held in August. (A Kirmes was originally held at the anniversary of the local Kirchweihe, the dedication of the local church.) The third is the Rheinkirmes in Düsseldorf (first mentioned in 1435), held in the third week of July. The Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), held in the last week of June, is actually the largest sailing event in Europe, but also the festival with the fourth highest number of visitors. Rank 5 goes to the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart, held around the same time as the Oktoberfest (and very similar to it), established in 1818 as part of an agricultural fair, which was itself part of agricultural reforms after the famine triggered by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. The allegdly oldest festival is the Lullusfest in Bad Hersfeld, allegedly first celebrated in 852 AD; the Hüstener Kirmes in Arnsberg-Hüsten is nearly as old (about 900 AD).

I tend to like beer at, or slightly below, room temperature. Fresh from the cellar is usually perfect. Especially in winter, beer from the fridge is too cold for my taste. It also depends on the type of beer. Pils should be relatively cool (not cold!) because it's rather bitter. And when beer isn't of great quality, cooling it down can make it more palatable. [insert joke about American beer] It's also a difference in language. Americans often talk about drinking "cold beer", while in Germany, "kühles Bier" is what people want.

@cobaltdrache3805

2 ай бұрын

My granddad (who was very into making his own Schnaps) used to say "If you must cool your Schnaps/beer for it to taste good, it's not worth drinking it." So for all the people saying, you absolutely never drink warm beer: Get better beer.

The permitted ingredients for a drink that can be called beer in Germany are: water, malt, hops and yeast. However, there are many different brewing processes and hops have now been bred in many different flavors.

My grandpa used to drink warm beer because his stomach got upset when the beer was to cold. So he used a „Bierwärmer“ made from copper.

Fun fact: That German purity law often mentioned was put into practice because some beer-brewers put "witch-herbs" into their beer, which could well result not only in a quite unusual and "interesting" experience (...I believe I can fly...) but also in psychotic and violent behaviour of anyone drinking their beer.

Bier-Stiefel are normally only used for some old-fashioned drinking games. Some pubs will have one or two on display, which can hold mostly 1 liter of beer and are served one per table. Whatever the game is, it includes the "Stiefel" going from participant to participant, who has then to drink from it (depending on the rules of the game either if winning or losing a round) and afterwards to pass it on. Drinking becomes difficult as soon as you reach the bottom part, and if you spill some, you have to pay the next round.

@brokkrep

3 ай бұрын

I remember them Stiefel being up to three Liters

I am from the Pfalz and my dad calls the big beer mugs Stein, but it is actually an old unit of measurement and approximately 1.2l. However they have been downsized to exactly 1 generally.

To answer your question: 3:45 .The further north you go, the more tea people drink. The East Frisians in particular drink more than 300 liters of tea per year. That is the highest tea consumption in the world. They have even developed a tea ceremony and instead of coffee time they have their daily "Teetied" (tea time). As a Hamburger, I drink about 1 liter of tea a day in winter. In summer it's less, so I don't reach 300 liters a year. I estimate my tea consumption at around 180-200 liters per year. This only applies to black and green teas, not fruit teas. 13:30 The only non-alcoholic beer I drink is wheat beer (Weizen). I have to admit that I don't like wheat beer with alcohol. 18:50 I totally agree with you. For some years now, the Oktoberfest has developed into a brand name that is used by some large event organizers to make a lot of profit. It is celebrated like a carnival with beer and lederhosen, even in Germany. It has become a kind of cultural invasion. Terrible! In Hamburg, we celebrate the biggest harbor festival in the world every year. You can hardly market that anywhere else because ships and harbors with water are not as easy to export as lederhosen and dirndls.

@Cantseemuch

3 ай бұрын

Our east freesian tea ceremony is even part of world cultural heritage for a few years now. And fruit tea doesn’t count as tea😊

@matt_9112

3 ай бұрын

I like regular "Weizen", but when it comes to non-alcoholic, I like Weizen way more than non-alcoholic "Helles" or Lager.

@DieBlutigeLynn

3 ай бұрын

As a middle German I prefer herbal teas over black or green tea or fruit tea. :)

@ahritarded35

3 ай бұрын

Krasser Typ haha

True. "Cake and Coffee" is basicly like a fourth meal time, next to breakfast, lunch and dinner. Something you do most likely somewhere between 3-5 pm, when you need a little sugar/caffeine boost. ^^

@87ormore

2 ай бұрын

But don't forget about your "second breakfast" which some companies allow at around 9:30 a.m. +/- (kind of like gathering around the water cooler and gossiping for 10 minutes)

Most beers (Pils) are served anywhere I go in dainty "Tulpen" or special Pils glasses, usually with the logo of thw brewery on them, containing 0.5 or 0.33 litres.

It would also be important to mention that the beer at the Munich Oktoberfest from the breweries represented there is slightly stronger in terms of alcohol content, with an average of 6%.

You have to watch "Babylon Berlin", it's a kind of detective series placed in the 1920.

"Stein" is also an old, no longer very common unit of measurement for drinks in the "Pfalz" (Palatinate) and holds approximately one liter. The Palatinate is a region in the south of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in southwest Germany. Similar dimensions are, for example, the "Maß" in Bavaria used on the Oktoberfest, whereas the "Schoppen" (Central Germany Hesse/Palatinate etc.) or the "Seidel/Seidl" (Bavaria, in Franconia: Seidla) only corresponds to 0.5 liters.

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the info 😊

@j.b.5422

3 ай бұрын

Huh, I remember my old brick phone having "stone" as a measurment unit in its calculator application.

@analholes77

3 ай бұрын

​@@j.b.5422Brits still use it for body weight exclusively.

@DerJarl1024

3 ай бұрын

@@j.b.5422"Stone" was used differently in various ancient units of measurement, including, for example, as a measure of weight. “Stone” was a unit of mass (weight) and was used as a trade weight in various regions of Europe. The measure, which was already known in the 17th century, was quite different and depended on the goods: Examples: Amsterdam (Dutch city) 1 stone = 8 pounds (old) = 3952 grams Antwerp (Dutch city) 1 stone = 8 pounds (Brabanter) = 3763 ¾ grams Bremen (german city) 1 stone flax = 20 pounds = 9971 4/5 grams Bremen (german city) 1 stone of wool = 10 pounds = 4986 grams Netherlands 1 Steen = 3 Pond = 1.493 kilograms (before the introduction of the metric system) Netherlands 1 Steen = 3 Pond = 3 Kilograms (after the introduction of the metric system) Stockholm 1 stone wool = 32 pounds (Viktualien) = 13556 grams England 1 stone = 3629 grams (meat/fish) England 1 stone = 2268 grams (glass trade) England 1 stone = ½ death = 6326 grams (wool trade)

@Engy_Wuck

3 ай бұрын

and "Frühschoppen" isn't shopping early to avoid the rush but drinking a "Schoppen" in the morning (in some regions e.g. the gathering at the local pub after church on sundays. Or instead of.)

While there is regulation that says that the cheapest beverage in a restaurant cannot be alcoholic, that only applies to this item itself, not to the price per liter. For example, 1/4 liter of water costs €2.90 in a local restaurant - that's €11.60 per liter. Half a liter of beer costs €4.50 in the same restaurant - so only €9 per liter. In this respect, beer is actually cheaper than water. And btw, a half liter of white wine spritzer at the same restaurant is 5€. The last mentioned is also the most popular - I am in the Südpfalz, after all. PS: I can confirm that in and around Kaiserslautern, a Maßkrug is indeed called a Stein.

@kpanic23

3 ай бұрын

Yup, even at my local McDonald's, Beer is the cheapest drink on the menu by volume. It's only sold in 0.5L though, so 0.25L softdrinks are still cheaper.

@Luchsens

3 ай бұрын

It applies to the price per liter, but many restaurants break this rule.

8:49 No, the explanation is way back in history, when many settlers from Palatinate migrated to the US. The main exodus started after a shift in religion (recatholization after the Thirty Years' War) and hit a high around 1850. Those people brought the "stein" - and the Pennsylvanian Dutch to the US, which is more or less the dialect of this region but pronounced in a weird American way... And yes, some people use the word "Stein" for a beer glass, but it's nowadays quite unusual even in the Palatinate region.

Having spent a lot of my time in Ostfriesland, I'd say the specialty in Northern Germany is black tea.

From Lower-Bavaria here: My late father had a collection of Stiefelgläser - but they're for the most from the 1960ies or 1970ies. I hardly remember new glasses when I grew up in the 1980ies or later. I think he got this collection when he traveled for rock climbing back then.

German TV-Series: "Mord mit Aussicht" was already mentioned and although not a "series" I recommend the Tatort Episodes wich are set in Münster - always a wonderfull combination of Humor and crime.

Ebbelwoi or Apfelwein (apple wein) is a local product in Hessen and it is delicious

@johnp8131

3 ай бұрын

Had it while I was living over there up in NRW, on three occasions, one was delicious and the other two were not pleasant at all. All three came from close to Frankfurt. As an English traditional cider drinker (Scrumpy) I thought the two I disliked a bit thin and it couldn't make its mind up whether it was a light apple wine or a strong but lightly flavoured "rough cider"?

I like beer and even some non-alcoholic beers. For someone who likes the taste of beer but when you have to drive, non-alcoholic is a good alternative now. 30 years ago, the non-alcoholic beer did taste strange and you rather drink a coke or so, but now, some taste really good. I really appreciate that. And my recommandation would be "Hubert und Staller"😊

I highly recommend "Weissensee", a series set in East Berlin from 1980 until the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as "Babylon Berlin".

Tv-series: Mord mit Aussicht, Oderbruch was also quite alright and a german austrian one: Der Pass.

@jakubjandourek2822

3 ай бұрын

Kommissar Rex :-)

Im from Vienna, our regional speciality is being mean (often referred to as the "wiener grant")

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@onnasenshi7739

3 ай бұрын

Der Bockerer lässt grüssen 😂 Der Bockerer is an Austrian movie that shows a Viennese butcher in the course of history, part 1 during the second world war, part 2 in the post-war period and part 3 is about the Prague Spring As a Munich native, I love the Viennese mentality

@gregorygant4242

3 ай бұрын

Gruß dich!

@martinkasper197

3 ай бұрын

Kottan ermittelt 🎞️🤣🤣

@martinkasper197

3 ай бұрын

Gosser, Ottakringer and Stigl are Not that Bad....🍻

8:55 I'm from the Ludwigshafen area and any drinking glass or mug that contains 1 liter is called a Stein. Nowadays, 1-liter mugs are made of glass but when I was a kid in the 1960ies and 70ies there were many festivals and Kerwes where Steinzeug (certain ceramics) was the material of choice. Whereas in many parts of Germany, a "Schoppen" (if they know the word) just means a drink with an unspecified amount of liquid north of a shot glass, a Schoppen in the Palatinate is exactly 0.5 liters. There have been court cases because the menu stated Schoppen but guests only got 0.4 liters and felt short-changed. And yes, we proudly drink our wine or wine-schorle out of 0.5 Schoppengläser at a festival or Kerwe.

@xxmayonxx

3 ай бұрын

Same in Kaiserslautern

We in the region of Mannheim etc., knows whats a Stein and we use this word too 😃👍🏻

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

Wow! So it is true in some places then! Thanks for that info 😃

@albustanmagic4036

3 ай бұрын

@@PassportTwoIts because Mannheim is a traditional american army/airbase region

when i was a kid of 5 years (1971) every good pub owns a " Bierwärmer" beerwarmer. never saw one since 1975.

Flawless and very entertaining ! Best made video so far in the years I follow your channel. 😉

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!😊

Bierstiefel (boot-shaped beer glasses) were a common shape used as beer growlers for taking tab beer from the pub home. I've seen them quite often when I was a kid, (late60ies to early 70ies) in the Cologne area. I would say I haven't seen them again used as growlers since the 80ies anymore and anyway growlers became uncommon in the pub culture I was familiar with. Growlers became popular again (but not boot-shaped ones) with the craft beer movement entering Germany and of course during the pandemic they became crucial for certain beer bars. Can be that boot-shaped beer glasses were passed around for a sip at certain gatherings (sport fan-clubs or "Studentenverbindungen") for bounding comradeships. But I have never been part of these subcultures.

A specialty from my home town Leipzig is Gose which is a sour beer with coriander seeds & a tiny bit of salt.

German woman here to answer your other questions: 10:36 As far as i know, the Stiefel beer glass is Belgian. You can find mini versions of it (along with comic books) in every tourist store in Brussels. 13:27 My grandparents drink alcohol-free beer ever since it exists (probably because they don't want to get drunk or it's more healthy than alcoholic beer and yes, probably because of the flavor). It is fairly new from the 1970's.

Almost every Kneipe (beer-heavy Bar) in Germany has at least one Stiefel (boot shaped glass), but mostly only for funnies under the counter & gives it out for beer-games if you particularly ask for it. (At least it was like this in Hesse, when I was still young and more frequently visiting Bars. And the Stiefel thing was also always a group of young people thing... And in Hesse are the Chalice, the Tulip, the Footed Pilsner, & the Pilsner glass the most popular beer glass shapes. Of course, for Weizen, there is only one beer glass shape.

@domesticrefrigerator

2 ай бұрын

We did that after winning footballgames and celebrating in the kneipe that was most of the time on the same property as the football club/field. Which fits way better than drinking like that in some random bar not associated with football. Never done that since becoming older or outside of the footballsetting.

@biancat.1873

2 ай бұрын

@@domesticrefrigerator What's the connection between Stiefeltrinken & football?

@domesticrefrigerator

2 ай бұрын

​@@biancat.1873 I'm talking about soccer as some may call it, so I'd say you play that with your Foot. So drinking out of a basically foot shaped glass is a stretch one can make

@biancat.1873

2 ай бұрын

@@domesticrefrigerator Only Americans call it soccer *lol But yeah, that's still a stretch. Traditions may vary from place to place, tho...

In some "classic" bavarian Wirtshäuser (Restaurants) you can still ask for a beerwarmer. they will give you a beer with a kind of heating flask inside. My grandparents always did that, and in very rural areas this is still an option

Stiefeltrinken was common in the 70s and 80s, occasionally also in the 90s. Today, it has gone a bit out of fashion, if only for hygienic reasons. The one who had the beer gurgling had to pay for the new Stiefel, or who got the rest in his face... 😂 Non-alcoholic beer is being consumed more and more because many varieties now taste good. In earlier times it used to be so disgusting that I would have preferred to drink anything but that. But if non-alcoholic beer doesn't taste much different from regular beer jet, many people now prefer to drink a few of them instead of soda or water. We like the taste of beer.

In germany drinking beer isnt to get drunk, its more like drinking when you are thirsty. I am 15 jears old and every time i drink beer it is only when i am thirsty not to get drunk

As for that infamous "Binger Oktoberfest" (in Bingen on the Rhine), locals refer to it as "bavarian cosplay event"

In my region in bavaria we specialize in beer and have bavarias 2nd biggest Volksfest with around 1.3 to 1.4 mil visitors, the Gäubodenfest

Two good german TV Shows that I recommend, are "Dark" and "How to sell drugs online, fast"

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

Can't believe I still haven't started Dark yet...thanks for the tips 😊

We drink sometimes out of the Stiefel for fun purposes as the size is too big. Usually 2-3 litres. It's comparable to the meter bier, basically from my region

19:35 You should look into the "Cannstatter Wasen" which takes place in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. This is a beer fest similar in size to the Munich "Wiesn"

With us we celebrate stubble market, which was held for the first time in 1298 and is one of the oldest folk festivals in Germany.. the Oktoberfest has only existed since 1810..

In spring you should come to Werder (a Town near Berlin). There there is a "Baumblütenfest" the second largest folk festival in Germany. They celebrate te blooming fruit trees and drink fruit wine.

Here in east freesia we drink tea (and beer) but the specialty is definitely tea. With kluntje (rock sugar) and Wölkchen (a spoonful of milk, with a miniature ladle as the spoon) But most importantly: it has to be thiele tee silber (a very strong black tea) and very dainty teacups with saucers, otherwise you are committing blasphemy. The whole thing also known as east freesian tea ceremony is recognized as cultural heritage by UNESCO. On germanys diversity: the north and south could very well be different countries (sometimes it feels like they are and maybe that would not be that bad)

About the Bierstiefel: it is not that common but you can find it in some restaurants and bars here and there.

There is a history to warm beer. After WW2 in Germany fridges were still rare. In the 70s and 80s you still could see older men in restaurants asking for warm beer. There were little copper buckets to put hot water and the beer glass in. Many US believes come from this period.

@gregorygant4242

3 ай бұрын

The English have a reputation for drinking warm beer. They like it like that. Gross !

@Melisendre

3 ай бұрын

I have never seen anyone asking for warm beer and my parents were born before WW2.

Yes, the Czechs drink the most beer and they have some of the best beer in the world !

@maxbarko8717

3 ай бұрын

The Honest Guide said during covid when no tourists visited the Czech Republic the beer consumption dropped drastically.

@gregorygant4242

3 ай бұрын

@@maxbarko8717 Hey ,thanks for your speedy reply ! One of the best beers in the world is the Czech Pilsener Pilsener Urquell. It's a top tier beer first produced in the Czech town of Plzen by guess who , a Bavarian brewer. It's available in Germany check it out man. Have a good one !

@gregorygant4242

3 ай бұрын

@@maxbarko8717 BTW ,is that your girl there? You look like a sweet couple !

Best German TV show: Grosstadtrevier. In Hamburg, they named a street after the main character...

Those "Stiefel-Glasses" do exist. But they are not much used because they are harder to clean

@PassportTwo

3 ай бұрын

That's a great point 😅 I hadn't even thought about having to try and clean the toe part of the boot 😂

Drinking from the bootglass (Stiefel) is a thing in club style bars (Kneipen). At the Frankfurt airport there's actually a bar that has one. It's kind of a drinking game.

Altbier is not only brewed in Düsseldorf. It's the whole region from Limburg (NL/BE) in the west to some cities east of Düsseldorf and between the Uerdinger Linie in the north and the Benrather Linie in the south. We have also an own language here which is called Südniederfränkisch or Limburgisch on the other side of the borders to Belgium and the Netherlands. I own a beer fist that works exactly the same way like the boot but it's a bit smaller. I can recommend the drama series Dark and the adaptation of the series the office called Stromberg. There is also an original comedy series called Jerks.

In the early 2000th I used to work as a barkeeper in a students club/bar. We did have some Stiefel-glasses that also were used regulary by customers an staff as well, usually filled up with beer but also long drinks. Ours did hold up to 5 liters and were usually used for several drinking games. For the last 20 years I haven't seen one, but might be because I rarely drink alcohol these days.

I‘m from Swabia (South Germany) and you can in fact order WARM beer at restaurants - besides mulled beer at Christmas time. We call it „g(e)staucht“ and you will get your bottle of beer served in a copper bucket that has been filled with hot water. As hot as the tab can go. It‘s usually drunk by older men and is supposed to have health benefits and be good for the tummy.

I'm a 66 year old German. Never visited the Oktoberfest and never will do in the future. Never had a Mass of beer. Living for a long time in Northern Germany I visited several times the Schützenfest in Hannover, the Hamburger Dom and the Bremer Freimarkt. The beer i nowadays usually drink is Weißbier from the local brewerie Farny, comes in 0,5l glasses, has to be refrigerated (~7°C) containing no ice cubes. If i have to drive afterwards it is alcohol free. I personally only know about drinking boots from my time in the military. It is usually more common the younger, more rural and Bavarian the people involved are. Warm beer makes you sweat like in a sauna. If you have faith, this might help to recover from sickness. 😇 However, to my knowledge there is no clinical evidence of this. TV series (Crime novels to make you laugh): Wilsberg Mord mit Aussicht Hubert und Staller Hubert ohne Staller Rosenheim Cops

Also Maß/Mass for the largest type of Beerglass from Bavaria is a specific volume unit (The Maß - 1 Maß equals 1 Liter for Beer)

Beer should be cool, but not too cold. It loses flavour if its too cold

*phew* nice save @7:20 I almost thougth, you wanted to unleash the wrath of every Cologne resident out there XD XD XD

I'm a Palatine. Stein was always our term for a 1 Liter glass of beer. Since i made road trip through colorado, Utah and New Mexico i'm a huge fan of small us breweries. Denver and Albuquerque have alot of fantastic breweries and beers. In denver there is a Brewery called Prost with only german style beers in high quality. You have to look to find beers in this quality in Germany. Also a sub brand of the Coors Brewery called Colorado Native was absolutely fantastic, the amber and the pils of this brand where outstanding.

"Die Rosenheimcops" Bayrisch and funny.

@Herzschreiber

3 ай бұрын

... but hard to understand for Americans used to another dialect.

As a German with relatives from Cologne you almost got me jumping in Rage, telling in Cologne drinking Alt Bier is the usual thing... thanks for the adrenaline rush keeping me awake.

In Ramstein we germans call the liter glass Stein. Only when we drink Helles or Weizen out of it, at Octoberfest for example, then we call it a Mass. So ithink it depends on the type of Beer you drink out of it. In my opinion the quality and variety of American Beer improved hugely during the last decade. But there are some Brands that i liked all the way like Yuengling, or Rolling Rock. You really got me with the Alt in Cologne^^ I think regardless of the region, every german froze in shock and thougt: "he didn´t just say that!" :D

The rivalry between Düsseldorf & Köln (Cologne) is so infamous in germany, that i myself had to gasp at the mixup of Alt Bier and Kölsch, and I'm not even close from that region. And about Budweiser: There is only one Budvar, and eventhough I enjoy beer from all around world, our czech neighbors are the undisputed masters of Lager-Beer!

You definitley have to visit the east of germany. Its such a huge difference between the south west to east and north in germany.

16:32 - about variety: there used to be a Beer Festival ("Biermeile") in Berlin - over 500 different beers from over 100 countries :) // but for the most part there are nice smaller beer festivals where you get a big variety of beers and craft-beers. Also a good supermarket has at least 20 different "types" of Bier: Pilsner (actually there are different types: böhmisch, nord-deutsch, bayrisch), Lager, Bock, Doppelbock, Schwarzbier, Malzbier, Kellerbier, Zwickl, Mai-Bock, Winterbock, Helles, Weizen, Kölsch, Alt, Export, Rauchbier, and some craft beer: "dry-hoped", IPA, double IPA, Ale, irish red, stout, porter // have in mind that there are special "Getränkehandel" that have several varietys of that beer kinds each. Also you have to go to local breweries and drink what is saisonal on tap - there you have very good handmade fresh beer - and it changes atleast 6x a year (some even have a rotation every 2 weeks)

I really loved your contrasting the Bavarian Lederhose with the Berliner Lederhose. Speciality in Berlin is of course Berliner Weisse. But there are very few breweries left who use the original yeast, and methods. As for recommendation, Dark was mentioned already as was Babylon Berlin, there is the TV-Series "Das Boot". For something really Berlin-specific: Liebling Kreuzberg. An ancient science-fiction series in black and white: Raumpatrouille Orion.

Regional specialty? There's Bregenwurst, a sausage made of minced pork, which is sold cured and smoked as "geräuchert" (think of a coarse salami which is still spreadable) or "roh" (kind of similar to what you find on a Mettbrötchen). And Bregenwurst is in my region in Southern Lower Saxony the meat to accompany Grünkohl (=kale), another important part of our local cuisine.

I am from an village where we got an festival named stiefel fest , he was an mathematician, an here there is an contest named stiefelsaufen it is an glas one but the fastest wins 😂

As a former waitress in Southern Germany, I can say that in rural areas, older people, especially elderly men, often like to drink their beer 'gestaucht,' which means warmed up. So, I had to place the freshly tapped, cold beer in a small bucket of warm water and wait a few minutes before I could serve it. 😢 And 'Stiefel' drinking is something I primarily know from football sports clubs. As kids, it would be filled with Fanta or Cola, and later on, with beer. It was a kind of celebration, especially when winning a game. The boot is passed around in a circle, and the toe of the boot must point forward. When attempting to take a sip, some of the liquid (due to the air in the boot) splashes upward, spraying your face. Of course, that was all part of the fun.

In my area of Germany Karneval is the biggest holiday and festive season.

Türkisch für Anfänger Der Tatortreiniger 4 Blocks Just go for the seasonal festivals in Germany and the US in general. Like winefestivals and -tours; Erntedank; Karneval; Weihnachtsmärkte; local Beer Festivals Like wasn; the local Kirmes/Kerb etc. Might be interesting.

As a south-eastern Niedersachse, our "regional specialty" is definitely Jägermeister and kind of herb liqueurs in general, although most of them are pretty unknown ^^

Regarding the regional specialties: for my region (Hessen) it's Äbbelwoi (Cider). However, this Cider is not at all similar to the english kind. It is not sweet, and pretty sour. You typically drink it with a bit of Water (Sauergespritzter) or with lemonade (süßgespritzter) although the latter is frowned upon. Thats also why Hessen has so little breweries. cheers

Regarding the perception of your brother-in-law: The lack of variety in the Biergarten mostly stems from a principle called 'Pacht'. Basically, the operator of the Biergarten is renting the premises from a brewery for cheap on the condition that they primarily (or exclusively) serve the breweries' brand of beer. There are some independent bars and Biergärten, but most of the prime real estate in this regard is owned by breweries. Another way breweries can push for their brand: They offer cheap(ish) supply contracts that have exclusivity as a condition.

Love the Way you say Kölsch! Favourite Brand: Wacken Brauerei

Äbbler or as Americans would call it, cider is very popular where I live. 10:44 Many, if not all bars/pubs/Kneipen normally have a Stiefel on their glass shelves. But you have to order it specifically to get one. For a long time it was sort of a drinking game to drink out of a Stiefel, because not everyone can empty it without getting some beer on their face and shirt. And a Stiefel is also more of a collectors item you find on the shelve in a private homeowners bar as a decoration and not an everyday item to drink out of. So it‘s basically a dust collector and often needs to be cleaned first if you want to use it. 14:30 Especially non alcoholic white beer mix beverages are tasting delicious and are very refreshing on a hot summer day. And you consume some of them without risking to lose your drivers license even if your on a bicycle. 15:44 There is a rule (at least it‘s my rule) of thumb, that a good beer tastes also good at room temperature. Only bad beers need to be served ice cold. But yes, for a refreshing experience beer should be cold. But not colder as a fridge. I don‘t know if this already counts as television because you can watch it on your television. But if you really like some good mistery you could watch DARK on Netflix. Or if you‘re more into history Babylon Berlin is a good starting point. For criminal investigation fans Tatort is perhaps a good pov into German culture. There are many different Tatort productions that aren‘t equally beloved. Some are even hated. But I would recommend the Münster Tatort for a more comedic approach or the Wiesbaden Tatort for some more artistic sometimes even film noir approach.

also my regional speziality in norhtern germany is white asparagus the river wally where i live has veary ritch soil witch is perfect for growing asaparagus

Sure you can find Stiefel glasses for beer in Germany, in my Youth (pre 2000 :) ) there were several pubs which sold beer in them. Both in my area (bayrisch Schwaben) and also elsewhere. They were often even larger (2 or even 5 liter) than a Maßkrug (1 Liter) and used for drinking games where the Stiefel made it's round among people. The Maßkrug is very common in beer tents at festivals and in beer gardens in Bavaria. Regarding the variety your brother in law is correct but one needs to know that most pubs/resturants/beer tent owner have a contract with one specific brewery or maybe one specific brewery for each type of beer they serve. Not seldom this brewery also paid for the interior/furniture of the pub/resturant. For beer gardes the reason is often that they belong to a brewery in the first place (thats were they originate from, beer sold directly from the brewery at their beer cellars). So for variety you have to go to different pubs, and there is a lot of variety, from national beer brands to regional and local one. Variety has not much to do with Reinheitsgebot but more with distribution contracts. Oktober fest is the biggest beer festival but there are other really big other ones like the Cannstatter Vasen in Stuttgart or the Gäubodenfest in Straubing. And then there are all the local one week long festivals.

Back in the days in may Restaurants in Germany water was really either equal or more expensive than beer. Sitenote: Many restaurants are owned by a brewery and just rent them out to an innkeeper. Edit: TV recommendation is "Heute Show"

as other people already pointed out the „Stiefelteinken“ is generally speaking falling out of fashion bit is still sometimes done in the small town i am from especially with Football clubs and other, not so formal, occasions here in Bavaria. And warm beer is sometimes drunken because it just goes down easier if you „have“ to drink a lot in one go. So for example if you are going to skull a Maß. Also Oktoberfest or Wine festivals generally are a big part in the summertime especially for youth and older people because they can just go there and get some drinks for relatively cheap. If you have any further questions feel free to ask and i‘ll answer them the best i can. As always great video and if you ever want a German on the show talking about different lifestyles id be happy to assist. As always great video and cheers from me and my nice cold beer 🍻

Nice video! The thing about the Reinheitsgebot is that although more ingredients naturally give you more opportunities to create different flavors, it's a creative challenge to brew a unique beer with just 4 given ingredients. And when you consider that all kinds of different regions have their own types of beer with different characters, I don't think the Purity Law does any harm to diversity. It also protects beer from all the additives that you find in other products. To find more diverse beer, I recommend craft beer bars. You can find all sorts of crazy types of beer there, for example beer that has a coffee flavor but was brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot and only gets its flavor from the unique roasting and preparation.

The "purity law" actually wasn't meant as a form of consumer protection (it got to that later). It was to stop competition of brewers and bakers over wheat. No regent ever wanted raising bread prices because it was the main reason for rebellion.

The law a about the cheaper non-alcoholic option in restaurants and bars is a fairly recent one. It was only introduced in 2001. Before that, there were indeed places where beer was the cheapest drink on the menu.

I think beer fests are a perfect bit of proof on the cultural divide between northern and southern Germany. The southern celebrations of a long rotten monarch as Oktoberfest but also the Stuttgarter Wasn, etc are large gatherings of folks from inside and outside their regions that people have marked in their calenders to finally let loose some, much like carnival in the Rheinland area. In the Prussian north nobody needs a reason to drink and so everybody drinks way too much all year around, without making a fuzz.

The most unique beer I'v come across in germany sofar is Lüttje Lage. A drink from the area of Hannover. You get two glasses, one 0.4 cl shot dark, low abv beer and a 0.1 cl stemware glass with Kornbrand (essentially a low abv Vodka). Then you hold both glasses with one hand and drink from both glasses simultaneously, by letting the Korn flow into your beer, whilst drinking.

Here in Hessen the specialty is of course Apfelwein

I´d like to clarify that in Germany, we have a lot of different kinds of beers. "Kinds" not "brands"! It has to do with the brewing-process. Pils, Kölsch, Alt, Helles, Weizen, Schwarzbier, ... The ingredients are more or less the same, but during the brewing process, the result vary extremely.

As someone from Rheinhessen (rlp). "Stein" is a shortened version of "Steingut / Steinzeug". Such products are usually referred to as Stein... (Steinkrug, Steintopf, etc.) I would usualy call the vessel a "Bierstein" or "Steinkrug". 1. usage + materiak 2. material + shape German beers are to be devided into saisonal beers, regional beers and alternative grain beers.

That was a pretty accurate accent of a german speaking english.

As a Düsseldorfer who works in Cologne: My boy walked on very thin ice with the beer joke 😂❤ Also I guess we don't have good TV series here😂

Started watching „Die Discounter“ yesterday and it’s crazy how genuinely German it feels. The way the characters act, it feels like if me and my friends worked in a shitty super market and well it’s funny af bc of it