Alabama Boss Gives European Beer A Try | Craft Brew Review
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- What's your favorite European beer?
Join Alabama Boss on a thrilling European beer tasting adventure in this exciting episode of Craft Brew Review! Watch as Alabama Boss explores the diverse flavors of European beers, sharing his honest and entertaining reviews along the way. From Austria to Belgium, France to Scotland, and even England, Alabama Boss takes you on a journey through the finest European brews.
The brew adventure includes the acclaimed Stigel Lager from Austria and the intriguing Innis and Gunn Original Scottish Golden Beer. Get ready for candid opinions as he dives into each beer, sharing his thoughts on taste, aroma, and even the intriguing backstory of beers brewed by monks.
Grab a cold one and join the adventure today.
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Stiegl Hell (Austria)
1:53 - Kronenbourg 1664 (France)
3:22 - Innis & Gunn The Original (Scotland)
5:19 - Estrella Galicia (Spain)
7:26 - Trappistes Rochefort 10 (Belgium)
10:13 - Samuel Smith Taddy Porter (England)
12:26 - What Beer Would I Buy?
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The order of Trappiste monks at Abbey de Rochefort have been brewing beer since the early 1500's, over 200yrs before the US existed.
The Germans made beer in the 10th century
Well you’d think they’d get it right by now 😂 🗑️
Its one of those things where you either like it or you don't. Personally, I don't. However I do owe meeting my wife to being drunk off my ass on a Unibroue sampler so there's that.
Celibacy obviously does strange things to the taste buds, either that or the intent was to create a drink to induce "Brewers droop" as efficiently as possible to eliminate and monky business in the monastery.
My front entrance door is older than the US. My house sits on 2500 years-old foundations. My country has no tradition in beer brewing in the contemporary years, yet even we brew tastier beer than the mouth wash them Americans call mass-produced beer.
The monks invented that heavy ale to be a meal substitute during fasting times. That's why it's so heavy. The world's first instant breakfast (and lunch and dinner). 😆
If I had that for breakfast lunch and dinner with no food. I would also be in a robe wandering around a mountain side praying to imaginary people.
Well, monks main preference for beer (over water) was bc it contains alcohol, which made it sterile. That’s while even children (in the mid ages) consumed it, while later aMuricas Puritans… you know the story.
Hallelujah😊🙏😉
That means i should be a saint,because i'm fasting with beer the whole year.That's why ,when police stopped me on an alcohol check,they asked me if i have consumed alcohool,i said,,yes'....,,what alchohol''....,,beer''.....,,how many?''......,,12''.......,,Holly Christ !!!'''......
They also sell it to raise money for their Monastery.
I'm sure someone has already commented on this, but "bottom fermented" means the use of a Lager yeast, as opposed to being "top fermented" which uses an Ale yeast. Bottom-fermented beers are fermented at a lower temperature than Top-fermented beers as well, which tends to leave a cleaner, crisper flavor and mouthfeel.
Also significantly lower methanol content that has to then be filtered out as methanol is very poisonous and even in relatively small doses can cause permanent blindness...
@@edim108 methanol/ethanol? Its not the same. To clarify, methanol is poisonous in small amounts and should be avoided in ANY beverage or any other thing meant for human consumption. Ethanol is normal alcohol.
Top or bottom fermentation does not have a very long definition. It derives for the fact, that there are two types of yeast. One floats to the top, and the other to the bottom.
@@Fetguf missed the M in the 2nd one. thanks for pointing it out.
A Beer guy...who tests Beer should know this.
Greetings from Germany.
Also, you're not a Beer person when u drink out of a can...
I knew he wouldn't like Rochefort 10 but by god that is one of the best beers ever made.
I actually find as it warms up it taste better, I’ve tried 6, 8, and 10, and prefer them around room temperature
Exactly, I do prefer the 8 but this man not gonna be able to appreciate something more complex than the American pee anyway.
Trappist beer is brewed by Monks and it's brewed under strict standards. It's very potent and a high quality beer.
so a little different from the regular American fizzy piss water then...
@@GhostFuture2000 oh yes. Real thick, rich and dark.
I used to do a bunch of work for a catholic school and church. They would get beer delivered with zero labels. I always wondered where its coming from because even the bottles are covered in religious symbols and I've never seen them in a store. Its surprising how much alcohol they had stocked and went through weekly
I don't think he likes Belgian ales.
Couldn’t agree more. I guess the taste and high alcohol content isn’t for everyone. Chimay 150 sitting at 10% is outstanding.
Hell is German for "light," while dunkel means "dark" and Stiegel means "stairs."
You'll notice on the can, under the name, a set of red stairs.
In the USA you'll see a lot of Stiegel Radlers, which are shandies. Grapefruit is their big one but most American shandies are lemon. Leinenkugel does a lot of different shandy beers.
Wasn't that a Dutch beer.
@@clivechandler8817 Stiegel? It's Austrian.
It also goes for Dutch, but then it is "helder" which means clear or bright. (so light as in colour, not in abf%). There is a river "Hel" in the Netherlands with a city Helmond next to it which translates to "Hellmouth", but it means the mouth of the river the Hel (which probably was very clear in the past), not a door to Satan's realm 🙂
@@marcovtjev Interesting. Thanks for the info!
Also, "die" means "the" 😂
I'm English, and this is my first visit here, hearing this wonderful Southern gentleman portraying
the French with a sardonic sigh as, ''Ah, those Pussies'' was music to my ears. You have now
got me sir, Oh and my local pub is a Sam Smith's pub.
Did Sam serve you in lingerie?
Well, without "those Pussies" that "union" wouldn't exist.
The French brew better beer than us. Our beers are shit.
If it weren't for "those pussies" he's still be living in a british colony.
@@timholder6825 I'm assuming you're English by your comment but you do brew fantastic beers.
Innis & Gunn is one of my favourites. Super flavourful, you can taste the barrel, and it's enough of a heavy hitter to get you to where you wanna be in not too long of a time.
I'm going to look for some now. Is it like Old Specked Hen?
@@FriskyOCallahan I've only had Old Speckled Hen a couple of times, but, to the best of my recollection, I&G is totally different, since it's aged in bourbon casks.
The cheaper green Innis&Gunn can is very smooth also.
Six for $15.....I'd have to pay more than that in Scotland for 6...lol
@@Andytreblezero What, those little bottles are like £1 each in my local Arab store in Glasgee, stop drinking in Edinburgh City Centre, those are tourist prices.
Series is called:"Craftbeer review.". Alabama boss:"Bottomfermented, I dunno What that means."....
I have to say, I like his honesty.
But, given his ignorance, you wouldn't drink his beer, not even if you were deep in a desert.
@@petergaskin1811 Does he brew beer????
Some people read that as "expert" I guess and get triggered if he doesn't like the ones that are good to the rest of us. He is a reactor trying something he won't understand the flavor of. IPA at one time was hard to like for me but now I see the mix of hops have to be specific to my liking. As long as it's not crazy dank and bitter, then I'll drink it. Malty beers can't be overly sweet and roasted for my liking.
Let's let the redneck Lord of Lager speak.
Heck yea so glad to see this series back in action
8:04 they sure can, some of the best Belgian beer is brewed in monasteries. Same goes for Dutch beers. One of the worlds best beers according to people is Westvleteren, which is also brewed by monks. By the way, except for the Rochefort, there are so many more better beers here Europe than the ones you have here.
You should also drink Rochefort slowly. It’s not meant to be chugged down. I know you’re probably used to drink piss like Bud light, but this is real beer 😂.
Dutch beers are not brewed in monastary's....
@@pimmanders2261 how about you google “Haagsche Broeders” as an example and come back to me.
And Achel is only meters over the border
@@marcovtjev Yeah, and a huge part of Belgium used to be Dutch.
My personal favourite is from Belgium, Westmalle Tripel - tastes gorgeous and knocks your socks off
That Rochefort is one of the best beers in the world
Thats a good one. 🤣
V@@PropperNaughtyGeezeryes, it is a good one. Along with the 8 and 12. Plus the beers from Orval, Westmalle and Westvleteren.
All lagers are bottom fermented. Ales are top fermented. Helles is a wonderful style. It’s like American lager with actual malt flavor.
American larger taste like tap water
@@bigt9374 macro ones maybe.A lot of damn good craft lagers in the US
@@frankf684 agree! but stay away from Millers and Bud
Any larger in a bottle or can is rubbish no matter how you brew it. Draught beer is only just about drinkable
You should have included Delirium Tremens, Belgium beers are the top tier ones.
Best one on the table is the Rochefort 10!
Agreed. No one does beer better than the Belgians. I'm not surprised Alabama Boss didn't like it, though.
@@colina1330 Me either really. Trying to plan a European vacation with my wife for this year or next. And having a hard time deciding just how many days I may need in Brussels! LOL!
You guys obviously don't know what Delirium tremens are 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@THEHOAG4 That's not on the table now is it? Have had it many times, far better Belgian beers out there than that, and hard to compare an 11.3% quad to an 8% Belgian Strong Blonde, but give me Rochefort 10 every time over Delirium
Here in Germany craft beer isn't considered 'real beer', a original beer here costs between 50cents and 1€ per half liter bottle at the supermarket.
A Craft Beer costs between 1€ and 8€ per bottle. From each one you have a choice of around 20 different, while the original beer is 80% German and the other 20% are from other countries like Tschechia. American beer you can't find here...., no one sells Miller or 'american' Budweiser....
The craft beers are different. Half of them come from Germany, half from all over the world, mostly from Australia and New Zealand.....
They've great taste, some like a bit Banana or Mango, but it doesn't taste like real beer.
I prefer a nothern german style beer like Jever. Bit bitter, but really refreshing or a Radler, half beer half lemon-limonade...
Younger people in Germany prefer beer mixed with coke, wheat beer mixed with bananajuice or mixed with a energy drink like Red Bull.
If they have a day were they need to blackout they would drink Red Bull mixed with Vodka, or Whiskey-Coke and some Jäger shots ...
A beer can only be called trappist if it's brewed by monks. To each his tastes but they have quite a large number of fans, i quite like them 😁
Dude.. at least inform yourself a bit about Belgian beers.. You don't chug a Trappist (it can only be named Trappist if brewed by monks btw), you drink it slowly and enjoy it.
If you don't like the sweet taste, don't go for dark beer, go for a Tripel.
It hurts my soul you actually put sewage like Stiegl above an actual craft beer.
‘Mericans…
People have different tastes and preferences. Imagine that 😦🙄
As someone from the england 🏴 I would say that the kroninberg 1664 is just a regular larger/beer, the others are more craft beers or certainly is where you would find it on the shelves in the supermarket or off licence (liquor store for you American folk).
You drank a rochefort 10, they have others like 6 or 8 that would be a much better introduction, lol. 10 is a heavy hitter.
I've had the 8 and the 10 and both were absolutely delicious with a bit of a chill. I'm not a beer guy, but I can put Rochefort away with ease.
Trappist beer is a drink and not beverage.Major difference. Estrella is very famous in Greece (we have similar taste to the Spanish) and apart from the usual European ones , Sapporo beer sells well
Is Estrella different from the Mexican one?
@@Duquedecastro Even though I've been to Mexico several times my knowledge of Mexican beers is limited
@@asicdathens I figured out that Spain has two different Estrella labels and Mexico has yet another
Love the honesty in the review of each beer, but craft beers aren't really meant to be chugged down.
Why did he keep saying the Kronenbourg was a wheat beer? The can clearly said it was a Blonde not a Blanc. Someone on the staff clearly fed him wrong info. Same as making a big deal of bottom ferment. Yes they are called Lagers!
We need a tshirt that has AL Boss's shadow in a sophisticated pose, and the words "It all started with the Monk beer" emblazoned on it
I'd think a shirts print that says _"BURB"_ would be more authentic…
The Innis and Gunn seems to be high end but not desperately expensive in UK
Beer started out as water substitute when water had cholera and other interesting side effects
It's amazing how I love the beers Boss is hating on. Cheers to different taste!
Here in EU Innis & Gunn is for non beer drinkers who need vanilla flavour to appreciate the brew 😂
I googled your comment a dit replied: did you mean Americans? 🤪
Ah, I think I see the mistake with your comment. You must think we give a fuck what anyone from the EU thinks.
@@ericdpeerik3928 yeah all our beers aren’t 4%
And that's his favourite. Tells you all you need to know about the beer over there :(
@@schtreg9140 doesn’t tell you anything about our beer.Tells you something about a macro beer drinker.
Neither Kronenbourg or Estrella are ‘craft’ in any way shape or form.
Even innis & Gunn are tentative in that category.
If its "bottom fermented" its a lager and fermented and aged cold, if its "top fermented" its an ale, fermented at around room temp.
This is why if you brewed some beer then split the bach and fermented one with a bottom fermenting yeast cold, and the other with a top fermenter, you would have made one half batch of lager and a half batch of ale, out of essentially the same ingredients.
Keep these coming!
When Bud started doing marketing in France and called themselves "King of Beers" i felt insulted...for all our belgian brothers, since we share a border and can easily find their beers in our shops; THEY are the Kings of Beers
🤔
Belgium, breathes a sigh of relief!
Yeah lol, slamming a beer like that ain’t bright.
I hope Alabama Boss tries some beers from Boss Brewing someday. Would just go hand in hand🏴🏴
If you're ever in the part of Spain that drinks Cruz Campo you'll be so happy to see Estrella Galicia on the shelf
Cruzcampo isnt a real beer, is yellow water to drink when the temperature is too hot. :P
@@belicarius When i appeared to a friend's door in Granada with 4 packs of 24 beers green Mahou,he thot i have some mental illness. But i'm not crazy,i just refuse to drink that piss they call beer there.😄
Cruzcampo is fizzy piss essentially
When i was 16 i was on a school exchange trip in normandy, and being from germany our beer drinking age is 16.
I remember drinking beer with the father of my exchange student while his own son wasn´t allowed to drink with us because the drinking age for beer in france is 18 :-D
“The hang around” I’m going to start using that for after taste
The taddy porter is an awesome beer.
I have never tried taddy. I know I want to where can I get this.
He's back I missed him so much my weekend's are back to be better than ever
Great content ,i love it, i love beer, i love burp, i hope the algorithm recommends me some more, beer is awesome, i love beer !
The Rochefort 10 is one of the best beers in the world. You just have to get a bit used to it. It's not the type of beer to down a 12 pack of, while mowing the lawn or painting the garage.
I don’t know how this channel got on my feed, but I’m glad it did! 👍
Innis & Gunn was my favourite followed by Guinness when I used to drink.
Then I moved onto Tramps Piss (Gold Label and another strong one I don’t remember the name of), but got drinking to much (you know, one for breakfast) so stopped drinking altogether.
Have not drank like that (all day long) for 13 years now and my last alcoholic beverage was 4 years ago.
There are so many craft beers you should try more if you can, some are really nice. 🤙
Guinness.
In a bottle.
It's all you need.
Wow, those import prices hit you guys hard! That Innis & Gunn is only £1.70 each (about $2.15) in the supermarket here in the UK (I say 'only', there are definitely cheaper beers out there, significantly cheaper, but there are also plenty more expensive. £1.70 is kind of a typical price for a decent beer) and I think you can get a 6-pack for just under £10 ($12.50), and that is including our taxes. I don't know how your alcohol taxes differ from ours but assuming they're the same that still leaves a $3 markup per 6-pack just from the fact it is imported from the UK. That's kind of crazy to me because most of the US beer, even the smaller craft beers, aren't significantly different in price to our domestic & European beers over here. Also, in the UK, Kronenbourg is pretty much a standard, mainstream beer. It's a decent beer but it is also one which you would typically see being swigged by a typical gang of lads on a drunken night out, lol
25% markup on an import is not high, most products imported from the uk are marked up by at least that much, ie $2 per can of irn bru
Good Craft beer is expensive in the states.Most UK beer isn’t drank in the US so they are gonna charge more.
You have to keep in mind Americans are used to really really cheap and frankly awful beer so anything above a dollar a can is already on the expensive fancy beer side
@@michaelkeha America has some great breweries.Bud and Miller aren’t the only brewers
@@frankf684 I have just about every major American beer and they all without fail taste like garbage my dude
Ok coming from England we love beer and i loved your review . Hell style is a good summer BBQ drink refreshing and light . 1664 is crap it's what piss-heads drink to get drunk . Innis and gunn cough ummmm nice one Scotland :) love it . Estrella drain cleaner . Trapp beer , good winter log fire sipping beer , why do you think the monks brew it ?? well it's simple to get revenge on people who swear and cuss lol . Sam Smith it's legitimate good brewed Ale another good winter beer , all the writing on the back of beers and some whisky its just unwanted flannel . Now if you see another UK beer called John Smiths Smooth , pick up the nearest gun you can find and shoot the hell out of the can because that's chemical piss.
Always an interesting subject. As a European who... doesn't drink a lot of EU beers. Mostly, Asian ones. Tiger, Cobra, Asahi. But i'd personally recommend Anything by either Brewdog or Hobgoblin. Both have excellent and often strong beers.
I just found your channel, Thanks! New subscriber :)
expected at least one Czech beer on the table
Stay tuned for “European Vacation: Part 2” next week!
@@Ratedred from what I can tell from this video pretty sure you will like Tyskie. Nothing fancy just a good clean tasting beer great for hot days. No clue how much or even if you can get it state side but its pretty cheap here in the UK.
Urquell is good.
asking an ordinary american who drunk a lifetime only american piss beer to appreciate belgian beer is like selling french champagne at the rural pub. margaritas ante porcos.
Fun review, thank you.
Alhambra 1925 is probably one of the best simple beers I’ve had. Made in Spain. Also, Budweiser in Spain is excellent. Tastes completely different and manufactured there.
I don't understand why did they change the bottle for Innis & Gunn. It was in a nice dark bottle protecting the beer from the harmful light.
Samuel Smith's is also really good value by the way, at least here in the UK
Alabama boss with a TN hat on??!! Here’s ya a Hell yeah from East TN!
Beer and craft cocktails like the piña colada and painkiller are one of The top ranking drinks in my opinion
the dark .. sweeter .. and heavier beers are great for meats and stews- gives that super earthy vibe of a meal that's been cooking for long long time
Phil Collins was talking about beer, and said it not real beer. Then he remembered who was sponsoring his tour.
I really want to try that Scottish beer. Because I think that would go pretty good with a cheeseburger and fries
It's juice, not beer
Square sausage with brown sauce.
Why am I watching this while rolling a joint? This shit's too damn funny.
I moved to Salzburg, Austria and here Stiegl is a great beer, because it's a private brewery (there is a couple breweries in Austria combined in the "Brauunion" - in Germany it''s groups of breweries like the "Radeberger Gruppe" or "Anheuser-Bush", which Beck's is part of.
Innis & Gunn Original is a great beer, one of my favourites.
Alabama boss: "let's taste European beers"
He tries no German ones.
Ikr, Czech here.
Lol, Czechoslovakia and Germany the two best pilsner nations in the world not represented.
That taddy porter gets me through the winter
surprised on the porter....love porters and stouts...well done....even though i do like some monk beers
I was delighted that you liked your Yorkshire beer.
Thank god you are back!
Thanks for the support!
You should drink the Estrella very cold and not after leaving it to sit while you drink three other ones... And its a light cheap beer completely different of the two that surround it. Well served, it's much better that the Kronenbourg...
Significative that you did not like the best of all, the Rochefort... No wonder they like Bud light in the US...
HES BACK!!! HELL YEAH ALABAMA BOSS!!!
I work for a monastery. They brew beer too lol. It’s actually really good
the old tadcaster for the win! i love those things.
The Estrella Damm is the more popular and better tasting beer that company makes. I greatly preferred it to the Galicia when I vacationed there.
Hahahaha. This video had me rolling! Great stuff man! Got a Sub from us.
"them monks fucked that up" 🤣🤣
His takes couldn't be less interesting or sophisticated... Wont waste my time watching more of his videos
When trying a beer never judge it on the first sip you always need to have minimum 2 sips.
Thats my golden rule with new beers.
one sip, everybody knows the rules
Finally somebody who shares my opinion of the Belgian beers. The only proper beer I found there was Jupiler.
Bottom fermentation is done at lower temperatures, between 42 and 54 degrees Fahrenheit. Bottom fermenting yeast is often called lager yeast, as that's the most common type of beer that uses bottom fermentation. Bottom fermented lagers tend to be very crisp, with a cleaner taste.
Inns and Gunn is a beautiful craft beer👍
the boss is back!!!
Didn’t know there were two Estrella beers in Spain, only know the Mexican one
Boss that was funny AF Cheers🍺🍺🍺🍺
A Boss needs to do a tasting of fringe / gimmick beers. A few suggestions would be Dogfish Head Celeste Jewel, Epic One Water, Rogue Beard Beer, Yoni (Poland), Lost Rhino-Bone Dusters Paleo, Dock Street Walker for a start. Just his reaction to reading the labels might go viral. 🤣
Abbey Rocheford is a superb beer 😍
Welcome back, Boss!
This guy don't know now anything about beer !
It was painful to watch him drink the Rochefort 10. He's not worthy
You’re right. But I suppose this isn’t the real purpose of this video. It’s supposed to be funny/entertaining. When you’re really into craft beers, nobody beats the Belgians! (Westvleteren, Westmalle, Orval, Rochefort, Struise brouwers, Gouden Carolus, Karmeliet, Duvel … its’s a long list …)
Innis & Gunn is my favorite!
That "Monk" beer is considered one of the best beers in the world. Guess yer more of Busch light guy.
Furthermore Double-Bock beers are the only beer approved by the pope to be consumed during passover because of monks
Yeah, but that was a 10, not a good one to start on. I'd say try an 8 or maybe in his case a 6.
I hate Belgian beer personally,don’t like the Belgian yeasts.and I’m not a “Busch light” guy
I came here for the comments from seething Europeans who can’t take an sort of jokes and do nothing but circle jerk about themselves. Lots of you will sit on American social media complaining and making jokes about anything American but can’t take a joke about a “monk beer” as if it’s a personal slight.
Seeing Kro and Rochefort in the same lineup gave me a light stroke.
Yep, Stiegl is one of the better beers we have in Austria. I especially like their unfiltered beers. They have that nice sweet, but yet bitter hops taste to them. Gösser, Murauer and Hirter aren't bad either. There are many, many small breweries with exceptional beers (like Loncium) and there is the Viennese Classic: "das 16er Blech" - Ottakringer. It tastes like piss but has a certain vibe to it nonetheless.
Where in Austria are you living? I moved to Salzburg last year.
Wieselburger is better ))
Also, as he seems to like the "Hell" name - it literally just means "bright" as in the beer having a bright color instead of being a dark beer (which would be "Dunkel").
I quite like ottakringer, hoping I can find a store with it in stock before a river tubing trip I got planned
@@groyperfuhr4871 Where are you from?
New subscribers here, Scottish living in Germany. The best and cheapest Beers in Europe cone from Germany, and I can tell you that all the beers you reviewed were at the bottom end of the quality scale. Gotta walk the dog, but I'm a send you a few when I get back.
What the hell are you smoking? Nothing bottom end about a Trappist Rochefort.
Tadcaster is home to 2 breweries... John Smiths is the more forcefully promoted, has a brewery the size of a petrol refinery and sells beers all over the UK in clubs, pubs and supermarkets... But, Samuel Smiths (brothers) is much smaller operation but the many beers they produce are second to none and a must go to for beer affectionados.
Monks were actually the only one who were allowed to brew beer in the middleages hence theres alot of european beer that was once brewed by them
Of course your going to Scotland for a drink mate. One of the things we are best at.
Sam Smiths Taddy Porter is an epic ale, they also do an amazing IPA & a Nut Brown ale.
This man is a F'N national Treasure. F it lets drink Beer😆
😂 hes like my mum when i give here some different beer...meh ah what's that? ect..some expert. Just give me Coors 😂
Who remembers Alabama boss as a vine creator😂
Kronenbourg Blanc (weissbier with citrus) is better than the regular 1664 Lager BTW. It's something like a Blue Moon.
Based on your reaction to those, I'd recommend - Shepherd Neame & Co.1698 Bottle Conditioned Kentish Strong Ale 6.5%, Robinsons Old Tom 8.5%, and my personal favourite - McEwan's Champion 7.3%
What about Bishop's Finger and Old Speckled Hen?
Go to Brugge there’s a pub there with over 1200 beers it’s pretty good!!