Phil I am so happy with you choosing Hertog Jan as your number one. It is THE pilsner of choice for people that know what's good for 'em!, also I had the same experiences with getting my dad a beer from the basement 😂.
@@00wheelie00 Not every Dutch beer drinker does agree. I prefer Alfa, Brand and Gulpener. But to be honest: my first choice would be a German Export like DAB or Paulaner.
Regarding the pilsners, Hertog Jan is often regarded as the most crowd pleasing. Different people have different taste. The east likes to drink Grolsch, with Hertog Jan as second most popular. The west like to drink either Amstel or Heiniken, also with Hertog Jan as second choice. The south drinks Bavaria or Jupiler with Hertog Jan as the follow up. There are also areas where Hertog Jan is the number one. So all and all, you can never go wrong with it.
als iemand uit het westen zie ik idd heiniken en amstel het meeste. maar ik vind het niet bepaald lekker. ga veel liever voor grolsch en als dat er niet is hertog jan. en dat komt best vaak voor. heineken en amstel zijn alleen populair in de bar, maar niet bij mensen thuis.
@@Dutch-99nou. hertog jan is juist goed bier voor beginners. het is wat zoetiger. heineken en amstel zijn meer festival bier. want het maakt niet veel uit voor de smaak of het verwaterd is.
Hertog Jan and Grolsch are our best pilsners in my opinion. As for the rest, you had an interesting sample of Dutch beers! You should try Texels skuumkoppe next time; that's one of my favorite newer beers.
La Trappe Quadruple is certainly one that will sneak up on you. Very refined taste and then boom :-) For me this is a beer to enjoy when watching a movie or reading a book, slow consumption.
I hate when people use their teeth, but some of the people I know still do. I would go for a bottle opener or you know a lighter is always nice. We have this metal stairs in our hallway, that works as well 😅
Fun fact: the Dutch "Bok"- beer was originally based on a style of beer brewed in Einbeck, Germany (in the local dialect pronounced as "Oanbock"). It is somewhat heavier in alcohol than pilsener and reddish/brown of colour. In Dutch, a "bok" is a billy goat or buck, so on the label this animal is often showed. But it is traditionally a German beerstyle.
@@jamesedwards1284 DT is right; on the east and south-east border, people speak the same dialects on both sides. Dutch and platt-Deutsch are basically the oldest languages of all the West-Germanic languages. Old-Englisch, Dutch (so also platt-Deutsch) are quite the same. Though Dutch and German are very close, Dutch is much closer to English than German is. (In the golden-age era the term Dutch was being referred to there own old -English as well)
@@jamesedwards1284he is saying he knows german so he can kinda decipher what the dutch words mean. But he can also speak english ofcourse which helps as well.😊
La Trappe Triple is the best beer in the world! I did not drink beer till I was 36. When I found out I had lived next to the brewery of La Trappe for the first 18 years of my life cycling alongside it frequently, without knowing! hahaha. It's as good, or better, as Westmalle Triple.
La Trappe is my favorite brand. The actual monastary is a 20 min bikeride away. It is a really nice place to sit, have beer and some food. Wich beer is depends on the season really. In summer it is more blond and wit. In winter it is more dubbel, trippel and quadrupel. The Isid'or is also really amazing.
Amstel beer is named after the Amstel river that runs through Amsterdam. Try rinsing your glasses out between bottles, the residue from the previous beer could affect the flavor of the next. Thanks for the video.
Grew up and studied in the Netherlands myself. In the category 'Pilsener', in my opinion, Hertog Jan is by far the best one. Also some interesting beers you might try for a possible next episode: 'IJwit' from 'Brouwerij 't IJ' (Brewery from Amsterdam, you can get it in every supermarket, Albert Heijn definitely sells it), Triple Karmeliet (Beer from Belgium, also sold in most Dutch supermarkets, be careful, it's a strong one) and Leffe Blond (Also from Belgium, sold in most Dutch supermarkets, especially good in Summer time). Living abroad now, and watching this video makes me realize how much I miss those amazing beers, haha! Proost!
Fun game with la trappe we play in the netherlands. We call it "trappie op trappie af" (wich translates to: going up the strairs, going down the stairs). Trap is the dutch word for stairs. 1. you get all the la trappe beers twice 2. you order them on alcohol percentage from low to high and then back to low 3. you drink them in that order
You can visit the Hertog Jan brewery in Arcen (near Venlo). In the same village you can also go to Graanbranderij IJsvogel where they make jenever, bitters and that stuff. A Dutch tradition is a "kopstoot" a glas pils and a shot jenever on the side....
On the "Gaia" beer by Oedipus, which says "Treat your mother right", Gaia is the name of a Greek Goddess of nature and of the planet. You could call her Mother Earth. So the bottle calls upon us to treat the planet - our Mother - right 😊 Update: @shottglass6334 points out a wholly different layer of meaning. The name of the brewery is Oedipus. And in Greek mythology, Oedipus killed his father and married his own mother, even having children with her. He did not know they were his parents, as he was abandoned at birth, but still. "Treat your mother right" gets a VERY different meaning this way. Nice one, brewery! And tip of the hat to @shotglass6334!
Hertog Jan is also my fav pils. and La trappe Quadrupple is my fav among all those beers. i could drink arround 8 over the evening and ill still be okay (ish) :)
Tip, you can visit La Trappe Abbey, there is a tour an d a great terrace where a can try all the beer they produce. And they have bitterballen with beer! The food is very good and there is a shop where you can buy beer, cheese, bread. It's located in Berkel-Enschot nearby Tilburg. 😊
I am not much of a beer drinker, but my grandmother used to make beef stew with bock beer. It was so savory and delicious with the dark caramel tastes of the beer reduction and beef juices. My grandfather always looked forward to the "bock season". I miss your cooking oma.
The Oedipus thai thai was my weirdest encounter with dutch beer! My advice is to climb with the alcohol percentage, that way your taste isn't as much "preferred". Also a way to naturalize your taste buds is to eat a piece of cheese between tasting beers!
One of my favorite beers from the Netherlands is Texels Skuumkoppe, especially when sitting on the terrace in the sun. I can enjoy one glass for about 30 minutes :)
La Trappe Quadripple is indeed not one you usually drink a lot of (if you order a beer at the club you get pilsner). Usually craft beers in general you drink like 3 to 5 of in an evening, and usually all different ones. It's more of a at home with friends/family or in a cafe you sit down at a table kind of drink.
I would also choose Hertog Jan (which indeed means Herzog) as the best Dutch Pilsener. There is always a lot of debate between people who love Heineken, Amstel, Grolsch or Bavaria, which is best and which is just piss water. But they all agree that Hertog Jan is a very good beer. The Brand Weizen is also a pretty decent attempt to emulate a German Weizen, but would prefer a Weihenstephaner, König Ludwig, Erdinger or Paulaner any day of the week.
Thanks for this video. As a Dutchie I am often curious about what other nationalities might think of our beer. You gave such a cute and thorough review of it! Subscribed to enjoy more future goodness coming from you. Thanks again!
Grolsch is a wonderful beer & I’ve not tried LaTreppe so that’s on the cards. Fusion on beer flavours needs to be subtle as it’s a drink that needs multiple amounts to agree with one’s palate 🍻.
Quadrupel beers or any special non pilsener beers in general are enjoyed more as a delicacy. You don't really drink them when going to a festival or something. It's more of a thing to be enjoyed with friends during a meal or on a night out at a beer cafe. But in general people don't stop at just 1.
im dutch and i went to the LaTrappe brewery a few years ago. its awesome you have the kloister up top and the basement is this huge stainless steel bottling plant, they run a bar inside too where we could try their new experiments, one of which is now commercially available. the guy in the black dress is the most senior monk there. LaTrappe quadruple is my fav special beer and my fav pilsner is Hertog Jan, its very popular here. Heineken Silver is the light variant with less calories, its not very popular at all. Amstel is very popular near Amsterdam where its from but i really hate it. Grolsh and Bavaria is quite common too.
When bud light was mentioned by Deana and Phil went you're disqualified. I mean.. yes! Because we all know bud light should not call itself a beer in any way shape or form 💁🏼♀️
Pisener and IPA (India Pale Ale - a double hopped beer) may look similar in colour, but are completely different styles of beer... Ale is top-fermented, meaning the yeast is applied to the top of the wort, and at a higher temperature. Top-fermenting tends to yield more flavour, as esters (a byproduct of both kinds of fermenting) are more pronounced in warm fermenting, as are phenols (which include things like tannin). Fruity, bread-like... Pilsener (a Lager) is bottom-fermented, meaning the yeast works at the bottom of the wort, at a much lower temperature. Because bottom-fermented lagers ferment at a low temperature and for a longer time, the result is a “crisper” beer that has less of the pronounced flavours of an ale...
I usually drink 6 11% beers in one evening (Kasteel brown or Gulden Draak) they are not that bad. Hence my nickname (beer camel) Hertog Jan is pretty good and Brand has a really nice Porter.
About the heavier and stronger beers. These beers are not meant be drunk like a standard Pilsner. You need to have some experience, and well, more taste when you drink these beers. They are often more seasonal beers, or beers that go with a nice meal. Just like with a good wine. Next time, try some more diversity and different styles of beer. Try smaller beer brands like Jopen Beer.
I have a La Trappe triple or quadrupel every time I make chili or something else which needs beer. Gives a great flavor to the food and having to drink the leftover beer isn't bad either.
Really, I personally prefer using leffe for cooking. They are a bit more basic and understated in their flavor and usualy with some more deeper notes, which just translates better in coocking I think
i like that you like hertog jan the most its for my shared number one with grolsch, those stronger beers like the triples and quadruples are not an average day beer, we call it "speciaal bier" and not meant to be drunk all night because you get wasted and the hangovers are way worse after 5-6 of those. There are so many breweries these days in the Netherlands that you could do like 20 more of these episodes😅
About the quadrupel: I usually keep it at tripels, they have a better taste/heavyness balance imo. I always say hertog is the best common pilsener, so good choice having it in the lineup. 6:08 it's an eternal struggle to teach everyone, but I'm wearing that teachers mantle. 10:12 exactly
Hey Philander Deana, I prefer to drink the Belgian trappist beer but I also think that Dutch trappist la trappe is one of the best beers,,haha, yes we Belgians don't drink piss, but beer with a lot of % alcohol…But light beer is my favorite Singha 🍺
Most of us Dutch unfortunately go for quantity. I'm happy because I've learned to appreciate beer for its quality. Please no millennials' beer for me (ipa 😑😝). Sipping is enjoying; most specialty beers from Belgium are made for that!
@@Needlestitch ,As you enjoy the Belgian 🍺 👍, I enjoy the veal croquette with sandwich, huzarensalade and tomato soup, I often drive to the Netherlands to eat them, because here in Belgium they are not tasty.
Proost. Good overall beers I think. But you missed the best one. It's called Kanon by Grolsch. High percentage with amazing taste. Next time just buy one and try. And have fun😂
My brothers and I have been baptized by one of the monks who lived at the Trapisten monastery where they make La Trappe. Whenever he had a jubilee (so many years living there as a monk) he invited us, they threw good parties and all the La Trappe you can imagine. But be careful, it makes you drunk fast lol. He was a very kind guy by the way. The way I think a monk should be😊
Funny to read how "special" that bottle is abroad. Maybe a "nice to know" thing, guitarist in the Netherlands are often using the rubber ring from the closing thing of the bottle to secure there guitar straps more.
The Brand IPA is really good imo. Also you missed the epic Leffe blonde. And last if you want something really special herfstbock like, try the kasteel donker! Great video! ❤
Grolsch used to be way more bitter back in the day and in a brown bottle ("beugelfles"). The fact that you find Amstel beer more bitter than Grolsch tells a lot in my opinion
Grolsch is brewn in Enschede, just across the border from Gronau. Grolsch also has the heavy kanon beer. Enschede also has an interesting brew pup, Stanislaus Brewskowitch. You might want to to try their all black. Bavarian brewers from Bavaria sued the Dutch Bavaria brewer because of the name. Donker herfst bier, dark autumn beer is sold by multiple brands. You should check the ingredients, they can taste really different. You just scratched the surface on Dutch beers. Another one you might like is Davo beers from Deventer. A nice train ride from Germany
My favourite would be La Trappe Double for the flavour balance, and Quadruple when I want to feel it. I would NOT have more than one, sipped slowly while reading or watching something. Hertog Jan if I just want a pilsner. :p I switch to Brandenbock in autumn because I can and to keep it varied.
When I drink beer I usually don't drink pilsners. But I don't start very strong, but eventually end up with somethig like a stout, like a quadrippel. like a menu. Most Dutch people drink pilsner when they go to big events or want to drink a lot of volume. The more special beers are for people who like quality more than quantity or like a more complex taste.
You should try anything from The Molen, it's special beer which comes in a lot of diffrent flavours and alc. percentages. It's a brewery near the place I live (Bodegraven), each year there is a beer fest called Borefts. Highly recommend that.
For regular beers I prefer Hertog Jan in general and Grolsch for the summer days (very refreshing), not in the market for any doubles and triples or higher as those make me feel full and tipsy quickly, and don't like sour or fruit beers. Brand is a bit bitter, and Amstel and Heineken do not have my preference. Bavaria I get when Grolsch and Hertog Jan are not available. Love German beers like Konig Ludwig and Weihenstephaner.. Gulpener pilsener (the one you didn't taste in this sitting) is a bit bitter yet less bitter than Brand, and comes in a beautiful blue bottle, refreshing and not bad for variation.
I was missing Amsterdam Maximator 11.6%, my favourite brew. However I can drink it only with a splash of lemon juice. 2 cans and 🤪 It's quite popular here in CH but probably not so in DE.
Oh no! You missed our classic De Klok beer! (Normally you drink that on room temperature. That’s why we use the slogan Een man van cultuur drinkt zijn Klok op kamertemperatuur. A man of culture drinks his Klok at room temperature.)
Oh dear, don't use a glass that has been cleaned with dishwashing liquid! All the beers died immediately. You need two fingers of foam on top. It's beer law. Also the beer is called Bavaria because they use the bavarian way of brewing. They called it Bayerisches bier but were told by the German court that they were not allowed to use that name, so they now use the latin name for Bayern.
For oedipus you should've definetly tried the mannenliefde as well and I think including some other sensations Like IJwit from brewery het IJ and skuumkoppe from brewery Texels would also be really cool
I like Grolsch the best for a traditional pilsner. The Heineken sold in the US used to be completely a different beer than the stuff in the Netherlands. I suspect it still is.
This is a very stubborn urban legend. Heineken is exactly the same in each country they sell; they don't change their recipe anywhere. Amstel (which is also owned by Heineken) is the beer that gets adapted to local markets (and thus changed for different countries).
@@heyyopancake8531 Maybe it is now. When I was in college it was drastically different. Not even close. US Heineken tasted like Michelob or something. And then there was US "Löwenbräu", which was even more hilariously bad.
Hertog Jan is a really good beer. Also one of my favorites. They also offer a famous quadruple. Dutch people love strong beers. You should try Grolsch Kanon 😅
Great review but you missed out the best one named "Graan Geluk" This beer won the golden medal of best special beer under 7% world wide in the Brussels Beer Challenge 2020
In a night you just pick up 1/2 quadripples, most of the time also a triple before. When it is cold outside and you sit down after dinner. Grab a quadriple and take your time drinking it.
Hertog Jan is the best "normal" beer or pilsener from the Netherlands. Alfa, which you guys haven't tried (yet) is a good second. I live in Broekhuizen, right across Arcen and right across the Hertog Jan Brewery where they brew the special beers. The pils is brewed in Dommelen in the Dommelsch Brewery, also belonging to the AB-Inbev concern. Got 2 small bars here in Broekhuizen where you can try a lot of beers; one is right at the River Maas, Hoëg (only from spring till begin of november) and Wort a little bit further up down the road.
Hertog Jan is by far the best Pilsner from the Netherlands. I always wonder why especially in America Heineken is praised so much because here we call it "slootwater" which means water from a ditch.
As a dutchie, you actually choose the worst categories you can pick Triple is better then quadruple, if you never had triple you don’t like quadruple 😂
Bavaria comes from the Bavarian republic, at the time when the Netherlands and Belgium both took parts of that part of land area. It is what is called Brabant in the Netherlands today, which lays partly in Belgium as well, next to Limburg, which also was split between Netherlands and Belgium. Imagine a state in the USA being split into two countries because the Spanish speaking part of the country doesnt want to belong to the English speaking part. It s not exactly like that, but that would be close
I think you are confused with the Batavian Republic (1795-1806). The name Bavaria (Latin for an area in Germany) is an ode to the Bavarian way of brewing beer.
Today Amstel is owned bij Heineken and is brewed in the Heineken factories . Both brands originated in Amsterdam and were fierce competitors. Heineken is a familyname where Amstel is named after the Amstel river which flows through Amsterdam
The triple etc is more of a special beer you take one, maybe 2 on a evening. Like you have Jack Daniels whiskey that you can down a whole bottle, and you have more expansive whiskey you take a glass an evening and just sip. And hertog Jan is the best "normal" beer of the Netherlands. I can also really recommend the Hertog Jan Grand Prestige or the yearly limited edition Grand prestige.
Heiniken purposly makes their beer worse by being in a green bottle thats why most beers are in a brown bottle (like the Hertog Jan) that blocks UV light better than green glass keeping a beer better for a longer time
Hertog Jan has multiple variations the grand prestige is one of mine favorites. But they also create very good barrel projects. If you want to go for dutch special beers i would recomend Moersleutel, they experiment allot. I realy like their dark beers they go to 10% and higher 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
On the quiddrupel is not a beer you drink to get drunk, but I like to mix it in a special beer sesh. start with white/light beers and end up with the darkest. I love me a chocolate or exspresso beer to end with
Bavaria is a Dutch pilsner brand that has been around for some 100 years now. Originally, it was only available in the region around the brewery (the east of the province of Brabant). Later, it became a national brand. Some 20 years ago, they also wanted to export it to Germany (i don't know why, they have much better pilsners there), and especially the Bavarian brewers took offence to the name. It went all the way up to the European Court, and the Dutch brewery won. The German move was seen as illegal cornering of the market. 'Brand' is a Dutch surname (it means 'fire'), especially from the province of Limburg. Gulpener is from the South-Limburg town of Gulpen. ('gulp' means 'fly' (as in a man's trousers), but I don't think the place-name has anything to do with that.
I am a dutch brewer the quadruppel is most of the time a beer people drink 1 maybe 2 just to enjoy the beer not to get drunk to get drunk people just take a pilsner
Heineken is probably my least preferred one, but you didn't try Klok beer, specifically served luke warm. That's the true class experience
There's a strange iron taste in Klok beer when it's lukewarm.
😂
Een man van cultuur, drinkt zijn klok uit de frituur.
Een echte gladiator drinkt hem van de radiator!@@SophiaF3499
Nothing beats a fresh Klok beer straight from the radiator
Phil I am so happy with you choosing Hertog Jan as your number one. It is THE pilsner of choice for people that know what's good for 'em!, also I had the same experiences with getting my dad a beer from the basement 😂.
Thank you for the spoiler… 😢
@@davidc.w.2908how can that be a spoiler, doesn't every Dutch beer drinker apready know this?
R'Amen, brother/sister/FSM!
Alfa en brand jwZ😜
@@00wheelie00 Not every Dutch beer drinker does agree. I prefer Alfa, Brand and Gulpener. But to be honest: my first choice would be a German Export like DAB or Paulaner.
Regarding the pilsners, Hertog Jan is often regarded as the most crowd pleasing. Different people have different taste. The east likes to drink Grolsch, with Hertog Jan as second most popular. The west like to drink either Amstel or Heiniken, also with Hertog Jan as second choice. The south drinks Bavaria or Jupiler with Hertog Jan as the follow up. There are also areas where Hertog Jan is the number one. So all and all, you can never go wrong with it.
In het westen drinken de meesten mensen Heineken. Maar de kenners drinken uiteraard hertog jan.
@@010FRFC Hier in 't noordwest voornamelijk Amstel
@@Dutch-99 mee eens Heineken is ok maar Hertog Jan is veel beter
als iemand uit het westen zie ik idd heiniken en amstel het meeste. maar ik vind het niet bepaald lekker. ga veel liever voor grolsch en als dat er niet is hertog jan. en dat komt best vaak voor. heineken en amstel zijn alleen populair in de bar, maar niet bij mensen thuis.
@@Dutch-99nou. hertog jan is juist goed bier voor beginners. het is wat zoetiger. heineken en amstel zijn meer festival bier. want het maakt niet veel uit voor de smaak of het verwaterd is.
Hertog Jan and Grolsch are our best pilsners in my opinion. As for the rest, you had an interesting sample of Dutch beers! You should try Texels skuumkoppe next time; that's one of my favorite newer beers.
Totally not to drink.. whaha that beer is super uugh
Ehhh brand is better
Alfa!
@@ysbrandd Agreed.
La Trappe Quadruple is certainly one that will sneak up on you. Very refined taste and then boom :-) For me this is a beer to enjoy when watching a movie or reading a book, slow consumption.
For me it’s to drink after 5 hertog Jan to get drunk haha xD taste beautifull
I'm Flemisch.
Quad...is new to me.. .
But here we have beers with 12 procent alcohol.. .
You should taste Straffe Hendrik II, the black bottle. It's a Flemish quadruple the best I've ever tasted. Greetings from the North.
Yes, Dutch also open bottles with bottles, lighters, crates, tables, doors, bicycles, clogs, or tulips. (Not sure how the last one works though 😂)
Probably. I can even do it with a piece of paper
I hate when people use their teeth, but some of the people I know still do. I would go for a bottle opener or you know a lighter is always nice. We have this metal stairs in our hallway, that works as well 😅
Fun fact: the Dutch "Bok"- beer was originally based on a style of beer brewed in Einbeck, Germany (in the local dialect pronounced as "Oanbock"). It is somewhat heavier in alcohol than pilsener and reddish/brown of colour. In Dutch, a "bok" is a billy goat or buck, so on the label this animal is often showed. But it is traditionally a German beerstyle.
Glad I didn't post and found your post first.
Cool I never knew that.
Bok is so bad though
Winterbock is best...🍺🤘
Lente en herstbok fan hier 😊
Phils understanding of Dutch language based on the German language is pretty accurate.👍
Dutch is not based on German, German and Dutch are derived from the same ancient language
@@jamesedwards1284 you don't understand what I am saying. No problem
@@jamesedwards1284 DT is right; on the east and south-east border, people speak the same dialects on both sides.
Dutch and platt-Deutsch are basically the oldest languages of all the West-Germanic languages.
Old-Englisch, Dutch (so also platt-Deutsch) are quite the same.
Though Dutch and German are very close, Dutch is much closer to English than German is.
(In the golden-age era the term Dutch was being referred to there own old -English as well)
@@jamesedwards1284he is saying he knows german so he can kinda decipher what the dutch words mean. But he can also speak english ofcourse which helps as well.😊
He completely butchers any pronunciation, even the easier ones
La Trappe really has some of the best beers in my opinion. Love the Tripel and Isid'or especially. Stunning brewery.
I like theTripel better than the Quadrupel. Also better for remaining sober a bit longer 😂
La Trappe Triple is the best beer in the world!
I did not drink beer till I was 36. When I found out I had lived next to the brewery of La Trappe for the first 18 years of my life cycling alongside it frequently, without knowing! hahaha.
It's as good, or better, as Westmalle Triple.
La Trappe is my favorite brand. The actual monastary is a 20 min bikeride away.
It is a really nice place to sit, have beer and some food.
Wich beer is depends on the season really. In summer it is more blond and wit. In winter it is more dubbel, trippel and quadrupel.
The Isid'or is also really amazing.
Yes love it as well great beers. Mostly buying doubles and triples though.
Amstel beer is named after the Amstel river that runs through Amsterdam. Try rinsing your glasses out between bottles, the residue from the previous beer could affect the flavor of the next. Thanks for the video.
Grew up and studied in the Netherlands myself. In the category 'Pilsener', in my opinion, Hertog Jan is by far the best one. Also some interesting beers you might try for a possible next episode: 'IJwit' from 'Brouwerij 't IJ' (Brewery from Amsterdam, you can get it in every supermarket, Albert Heijn definitely sells it), Triple Karmeliet (Beer from Belgium, also sold in most Dutch supermarkets, be careful, it's a strong one) and Leffe Blond (Also from Belgium, sold in most Dutch supermarkets, especially good in Summer time). Living abroad now, and watching this video makes me realize how much I miss those amazing beers, haha! Proost!
Nice that u study here. but then u also know that pilsener and beer is different things.. and hertog jan ia not a pilsener but a BEER😂😂
You might also want to try some from Brewerij het Uiltje and Brewerij Maallust, especially the 1818 (if you can get it)
Gotta say that I prefer the La Trappe Blond over Leffe. It has more volume
Fun game with la trappe we play in the netherlands. We call it "trappie op trappie af" (wich translates to: going up the strairs, going down the stairs). Trap is the dutch word for stairs.
1. you get all the la trappe beers twice
2. you order them on alcohol percentage from low to high and then back to low
3. you drink them in that order
You can visit the Hertog Jan brewery in Arcen (near Venlo). In the same village you can also go to Graanbranderij IJsvogel where they make jenever, bitters and that stuff. A Dutch tradition is a "kopstoot" a glas pils and a shot jenever on the side....
Klopt! But beware of that combo, it really is a "headbut". Never been more drunk, it took me by surprise once.
On the "Gaia" beer by Oedipus, which says "Treat your mother right", Gaia is the name of a Greek Goddess of nature and of the planet. You could call her Mother Earth. So the bottle calls upon us to treat the planet - our Mother - right 😊
Update: @shottglass6334 points out a wholly different layer of meaning. The name of the brewery is Oedipus. And in Greek mythology, Oedipus killed his father and married his own mother, even having children with her. He did not know they were his parents, as he was abandoned at birth, but still. "Treat your mother right" gets a VERY different meaning this way.
Nice one, brewery! And tip of the hat to @shotglass6334!
The brand being named Oedipus leads me to a very different reading of "treat your mother right"
Hertog Jan is also my fav pils. and La trappe Quadrupple is my fav among all those beers. i could drink arround 8 over the evening and ill still be okay (ish) :)
Tip, you can visit La Trappe Abbey, there is a tour an d a great terrace where a can try all the beer they produce. And they have bitterballen with beer! The food is very good and there is a shop where you can buy beer, cheese, bread. It's located in Berkel-Enschot nearby Tilburg. 😊
I am not much of a beer drinker, but my grandmother used to make beef stew with bock beer. It was so savory and delicious with the dark caramel tastes of the beer reduction and beef juices. My grandfather always looked forward to the "bock season". I miss your cooking oma.
That sounds incredible. Was it like the beef stew from Belgium? That Carbonade Flamande stuff?
Bock beer is indeed great for stocks, same with using a pilsener for batter when frying fish! :D
De Klok by Grolsch. Passable taste, and a crate is less than 10 euros, which really hits the spot!
The Oedipus thai thai was my weirdest encounter with dutch beer!
My advice is to climb with the alcohol percentage, that way your taste isn't as much "preferred". Also a way to naturalize your taste buds is to eat a piece of cheese between tasting beers!
One of my favorite beers from the Netherlands is Texels Skuumkoppe, especially when sitting on the terrace in the sun. I can enjoy one glass for about 30 minutes :)
A man of culture🍻
La Trappe Quadripple is indeed not one you usually drink a lot of (if you order a beer at the club you get pilsner). Usually craft beers in general you drink like 3 to 5 of in an evening, and usually all different ones. It's more of a at home with friends/family or in a cafe you sit down at a table kind of drink.
I would also choose Hertog Jan (which indeed means Herzog) as the best Dutch Pilsener. There is always a lot of debate between people who love Heineken, Amstel, Grolsch or Bavaria, which is best and which is just piss water. But they all agree that Hertog Jan is a very good beer. The Brand Weizen is also a pretty decent attempt to emulate a German Weizen, but would prefer a Weihenstephaner, König Ludwig, Erdinger or Paulaner any day of the week.
Alfa beer! Give that a try. It is a special brew, but is a generic pilsner
Thanks for this video. As a Dutchie I am often curious about what other nationalities might think of our beer. You gave such a cute and thorough review of it! Subscribed to enjoy more future goodness coming from you. Thanks again!
Grolsch is a wonderful beer & I’ve not tried LaTreppe so that’s on the cards.
Fusion on beer flavours needs to be subtle as it’s a drink that needs multiple amounts to agree with one’s palate 🍻.
The Grolsch bottle is called “beugelfles” in the Netherlands. (eu is pronounced ö)
Quadrupel beers or any special non pilsener beers in general are enjoyed more as a delicacy. You don't really drink them when going to a festival or something. It's more of a thing to be enjoyed with friends during a meal or on a night out at a beer cafe. But in general people don't stop at just 1.
im dutch and i went to the LaTrappe brewery a few years ago. its awesome you have the kloister up top and the basement is this huge stainless steel bottling plant, they run a bar inside too where we could try their new experiments, one of which is now commercially available. the guy in the black dress is the most senior monk there. LaTrappe quadruple is my fav special beer and my fav pilsner is Hertog Jan, its very popular here. Heineken Silver is the light variant with less calories, its not very popular at all. Amstel is very popular near Amsterdam where its from but i really hate it. Grolsh and Bavaria is quite common too.
Her face when you popped that Grolsch...😂😂😂 priceless
How the hell did you forget to get Alfa beer? It literally won worlds best beer award and is the best beer i have ever had
I agree! I visited the brewery in Schinnigen and it was amazing. It's also not to big, kind of a family feeling.
Alfa is a pretty good pilsner, but best beer?
When bud light was mentioned by Deana and Phil went you're disqualified. I mean.. yes! Because we all know bud light should not call itself a beer in any way shape or form 💁🏼♀️
La Trappe is something you drink one or two of, outside on a terrace on a sunny afternoon. And then you go get a bite and go home.
Pisener and IPA (India Pale Ale - a double hopped beer) may look similar in colour, but are completely different styles of beer...
Ale is top-fermented, meaning the yeast is applied to the top of the wort, and at a higher temperature.
Top-fermenting tends to yield more flavour, as esters (a byproduct of both kinds of fermenting) are more pronounced in warm fermenting, as are phenols (which include things like tannin).
Fruity, bread-like...
Pilsener (a Lager) is bottom-fermented, meaning the yeast works at the bottom of the wort, at a much lower temperature.
Because bottom-fermented lagers ferment at a low temperature and for a longer time, the result is a “crisper” beer that has less of the pronounced flavours of an ale...
I usually drink 6 11% beers in one evening (Kasteel brown or Gulden Draak) they are not that bad.
Hence my nickname (beer camel)
Hertog Jan is pretty good and Brand has a really nice Porter.
La Trappe Quadruple is a beer what you drink slowly like wine. It is more to enjoy than just drinking (much) like with pilsner.
Youre right Phil as a dutch person I can say hertog jan is the best beer. I drink it everyday!!
Deana and Phil; your taste in beer is excellent :) Greetings from The Netherlands!
About the heavier and stronger beers. These beers are not meant be drunk like a standard Pilsner. You need to have some experience, and well, more taste when you drink these beers. They are often more seasonal beers, or beers that go with a nice meal. Just like with a good wine.
Next time, try some more diversity and different styles of beer. Try smaller beer brands like Jopen Beer.
I have a La Trappe triple or quadrupel every time I make chili or something else which needs beer. Gives a great flavor to the food and having to drink the leftover beer isn't bad either.
This is our treat beer. It's strong but delicious. We enjoy the quadruple more than the triple. Both are good though
LaTrappe Quadrupel is my favorite Dutch trappist. It's so good. Personally, I only drink this with dinner and only one.
Really, I personally prefer using leffe for cooking. They are a bit more basic and understated in their flavor and usualy with some more deeper notes, which just translates better in coocking I think
i like that you like hertog jan the most its for my shared number one with grolsch, those stronger beers like the triples and quadruples are not an average day beer, we call it "speciaal bier" and not meant to be drunk all night because you get wasted and the hangovers are way worse after 5-6 of those. There are so many breweries these days in the Netherlands that you could do like 20 more of these episodes😅
About the quadrupel: I usually keep it at tripels, they have a better taste/heavyness balance imo.
I always say hertog is the best common pilsener, so good choice having it in the lineup.
6:08 it's an eternal struggle to teach everyone, but I'm wearing that teachers mantle.
10:12 exactly
Got a mate who drinks 3 to 4 of those quadruple's in a 2.5 hour sitting during the pubquiz on Monday evening.
Hey Philander Deana, I prefer to drink the Belgian trappist beer but I also think that Dutch trappist la trappe is one of the best beers,,haha, yes we Belgians don't drink piss, but beer with a lot of % alcohol…But light beer is my favorite Singha 🍺
Most of us Dutch unfortunately go for quantity. I'm happy because I've learned to appreciate beer for its quality. Please no millennials' beer for me (ipa 😑😝). Sipping is enjoying; most specialty beers from Belgium are made for that!
@@Needlestitch ,As you enjoy the Belgian 🍺 👍, I enjoy the veal croquette with sandwich, huzarensalade and tomato soup, I often drive to the Netherlands to eat them, because here in Belgium they are not tasty.
Proost. Good overall beers I think. But you missed the best one. It's called Kanon by Grolsch. High percentage with amazing taste. Next time just buy one and try. And have fun😂
My brothers and I have been baptized by one of the monks who lived at the Trapisten monastery where they make La Trappe. Whenever he had a jubilee (so many years living there as a monk) he invited us, they threw good parties and all the La Trappe you can imagine. But be careful, it makes you drunk fast lol. He was a very kind guy by the way. The way I think a monk should be😊
I drink half liter Gladiators now and then, also 10 %. In every Dutch supermarket, around 1,40 €. Usually I drink twice a week, 6 or 7 cans.
I had Grolsch recently here in Utah. Bought at our grocery store! It was good. Expensive though!😂😊 still have the bottles😊
Funny to read how "special" that bottle is abroad.
Maybe a "nice to know" thing, guitarist in the Netherlands are often using the rubber ring from the closing thing of the bottle to secure there guitar straps more.
@@ismael9694 how cool is that!💖
The Brand IPA is really good imo. Also you missed the epic Leffe blonde. And last if you want something really special herfstbock like, try the kasteel donker! Great video! ❤
Yep. Leffe blond!
Leffe is Belgian. I agree their Blond is delicious, though.
Grolsch used to be way more bitter back in the day and in a brown bottle ("beugelfles"). The fact that you find Amstel beer more bitter than Grolsch tells a lot in my opinion
Grolsch is brewn in Enschede, just across the border from Gronau. Grolsch also has the heavy kanon beer.
Enschede also has an interesting brew pup, Stanislaus Brewskowitch. You might want to to try their all black.
Bavarian brewers from Bavaria sued the Dutch Bavaria brewer because of the name.
Donker herfst bier, dark autumn beer is sold by multiple brands. You should check the ingredients, they can taste really different.
You just scratched the surface on Dutch beers.
Another one you might like is Davo beers from Deventer. A nice train ride from Germany
My favourite would be La Trappe Double for the flavour balance, and Quadruple when I want to feel it. I would NOT have more than one, sipped slowly while reading or watching something.
Hertog Jan if I just want a pilsner. :p I switch to Brandenbock in autumn because I can and to keep it varied.
When I drink beer I usually don't drink pilsners. But I don't start very strong, but eventually end up with somethig like a stout, like a quadrippel. like a menu. Most Dutch people drink pilsner when they go to big events or want to drink a lot of volume. The more special beers are for people who like quality more than quantity or like a more complex taste.
You should try anything from The Molen, it's special beer which comes in a lot of diffrent flavours and alc. percentages. It's a brewery near the place I live (Bodegraven), each year there is a beer fest called Borefts. Highly recommend that.
We normally pop open the Grolsch in cinema's haha, its so loud!
For regular beers I prefer Hertog Jan in general and Grolsch for the summer days (very refreshing), not in the market for any doubles and triples or higher as those make me feel full and tipsy quickly, and don't like sour or fruit beers. Brand is a bit bitter, and Amstel and Heineken do not have my preference. Bavaria I get when Grolsch and Hertog Jan are not available. Love German beers like Konig Ludwig and Weihenstephaner.. Gulpener pilsener (the one you didn't taste in this sitting) is a bit bitter yet less bitter than Brand, and comes in a beautiful blue bottle, refreshing and not bad for variation.
Great selection of beers, and as a Dutch, I'm happy that none of the commercial beers won.
I was missing Amsterdam Maximator 11.6%, my favourite brew. However I can drink it only with a splash of lemon juice. 2 cans and 🤪
It's quite popular here in CH but probably not so in DE.
Oh no! You missed our classic De Klok beer! (Normally you drink that on room temperature. That’s why we use the slogan Een man van cultuur drinkt zijn Klok op kamertemperatuur. A man of culture drinks his Klok at room temperature.)
Oh dear, don't use a glass that has been cleaned with dishwashing liquid! All the beers died immediately. You need two fingers of foam on top. It's beer law.
Also the beer is called Bavaria because they use the bavarian way of brewing. They called it Bayerisches bier but were told by the German court that they were not allowed to use that name, so they now use the latin name for Bayern.
For oedipus you should've definetly tried the mannenliefde as well and I think including some other sensations Like IJwit from brewery het IJ and skuumkoppe from brewery Texels would also be really cool
In the Netherlands this summer, I had Jupiler, Heineken, and the Blonde at 't IJ.
Nothing too exciting.
I like Grolsch the best for a traditional pilsner. The Heineken sold in the US used to be completely a different beer than the stuff in the Netherlands. I suspect it still is.
This is a very stubborn urban legend. Heineken is exactly the same in each country they sell; they don't change their recipe anywhere. Amstel (which is also owned by Heineken) is the beer that gets adapted to local markets (and thus changed for different countries).
@@heyyopancake8531 Maybe it is now. When I was in college it was drastically different. Not even close. US Heineken tasted like Michelob or something. And then there was US "Löwenbräu", which was even more hilariously bad.
Hertog Jan is a really good beer. Also one of my favorites. They also offer a famous quadruple. Dutch people love strong beers. You should try Grolsch Kanon 😅
Grolsch kanon is overly sweet, just as Gulpener Gladiator which is also brewed by Grolsch.
We argue a lot on beers here, but I'm glad to see Phil likes Hertog Jan. It's the preferred pilsner in my town, and I'd say it's entirely deserved.
Great review but you missed out the best one named "Graan Geluk" This beer won the golden medal of best special beer under 7% world wide in the Brussels Beer Challenge 2020
In a night you just pick up 1/2 quadripples, most of the time also a triple before.
When it is cold outside and you sit down after dinner. Grab a quadriple and take your time drinking it.
My Man Phil: you got a good taste for high quality beers; Hertog Jan is definitely king of the pilsners/beers in Netherlands (definitely my favorite!)
Hertog Jan is always my to go to beer to drink.
I also like to drink Palm Herfstbok in fall/winter, but that's a Belgian beer.
Omg I'm so happy you like the Hertog Jan beer hahaha!! I got some sass in the comments when I mentioned it in the last video hahaha! 😂
My favourite is Zundert - a nicely gingery tasting Dutch trappist beer
1 quadruppel is enough, you can go for 2 on an evening but it's more for with a dinner and you drink maybe 1 pilsner the rest of the evening.
Hertog Jan is the best "normal" beer or pilsener from the Netherlands. Alfa, which you guys haven't tried (yet) is a good second. I live in Broekhuizen, right across Arcen and right across the Hertog Jan Brewery where they brew the special beers. The pils is brewed in Dommelen in the Dommelsch Brewery, also belonging to the AB-Inbev concern. Got 2 small bars here in Broekhuizen where you can try a lot of beers; one is right at the River Maas, Hoëg (only from spring till begin of november) and Wort a little bit further up down the road.
Alfa is the number 1 Dutch pilsner for me.
I think the best La Trappe is their Isid’or, bit sweet, caramel flavored amber beer with 7,5% alcohol.
Hertog Jan is by far the best Pilsner from the Netherlands. I always wonder why especially in America Heineken is praised so much because here we call it "slootwater" which means water from a ditch.
The advantage of Kölsch glasses: they only have 🍻0,2 l...Especially when you try a quadrupel beer...
as a dutchman i can confirm brand and hertog jan are the best, standard brand is awesome too
As a dutchie, you actually choose the worst categories you can pick
Triple is better then quadruple, if you never had triple you don’t like quadruple 😂
Bavaria comes from the Bavarian republic, at the time when the Netherlands and Belgium both took parts of that part of land area. It is what is called Brabant in the Netherlands today, which lays partly in Belgium as well, next to Limburg, which also was split between Netherlands and Belgium. Imagine a state in the USA being split into two countries because the Spanish speaking part of the country doesnt want to belong to the English speaking part. It s not exactly like that, but that would be close
I think you are confused with the Batavian Republic (1795-1806). The name Bavaria (Latin for an area in Germany) is an ode to the Bavarian way of brewing beer.
Volgens mijn omgeving is Alfa bier uit Schinnen ook goed.
Today Amstel is owned bij Heineken and is brewed in the Heineken factories . Both brands originated in Amsterdam and were fierce competitors. Heineken is a familyname where Amstel is named after the Amstel river which flows through Amsterdam
Just opened my Hertog Jan, and this showed up on my timeline 😁
grolsch is the beer the would advertise in cinemas, at the start of some movies you'll hear those plops
Such videos have Covid intimacy vibes and I love it! 👌😘
Yeah Phil know how it is, Hertog Jan you cannot beat, nothing better than a nice cold Hertog Jan.
When I get La Trappe Quadrupel I usually have 4. But then it's usually time to sleep anyway :)
The quadrupel is one of my favorites and most of the time i drink special strong beers its like 2 max 3 beers
We Belgians like to refer to Dutch beer as "slootwater" hahahaha
You got it wrong its nor beer but pilsner beer is fermented in a barrle and pilsner in the bottle or can.
The triple etc is more of a special beer you take one, maybe 2 on a evening. Like you have Jack Daniels whiskey that you can down a whole bottle, and you have more expansive whiskey you take a glass an evening and just sip.
And hertog Jan is the best "normal" beer of the Netherlands. I can also really recommend the Hertog Jan Grand Prestige or the yearly limited edition Grand prestige.
My favourites. Pilsner: Brand and Grolsch. Other beer: La Trappe
Heiniken purposly makes their beer worse by being in a green bottle thats why most beers are in a brown bottle (like the Hertog Jan) that blocks UV light better than green glass keeping a beer better for a longer time
Hertog Jan has multiple variations the grand prestige is one of mine favorites. But they also create very good barrel projects.
If you want to go for dutch special beers i would recomend Moersleutel, they experiment allot. I realy like their dark beers they go to 10% and higher 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
On the quiddrupel is not a beer you drink to get drunk, but I like to mix it in a special beer sesh. start with white/light beers and end up with the darkest. I love me a chocolate or exspresso beer to end with
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I personally like Gulpener beer the best, but maybe that's because I'm from the south? I miss Brand beer, it comes from my village Wijlre.
The best Dutch beer is called Warsteiner Herb and we buy it over the border in Germany. 😉
I drink two Quads a week, usually. One of my faves!
Bavaria is a Dutch pilsner brand that has been around for some 100 years now. Originally, it was only available in the region around the brewery (the east of the province of Brabant). Later, it became a national brand. Some 20 years ago, they also wanted to export it to Germany (i don't know why, they have much better pilsners there), and especially the Bavarian brewers took offence to the name. It went all the way up to the European Court, and the Dutch brewery won. The German move was seen as illegal cornering of the market.
'Brand' is a Dutch surname (it means 'fire'), especially from the province of Limburg.
Gulpener is from the South-Limburg town of Gulpen. ('gulp' means 'fly' (as in a man's trousers), but I don't think the place-name has anything to do with that.
Brand does currently mean fire, but it was used as (flaming) sword.
I am a dutch brewer the quadruppel is most of the time a beer people drink 1 maybe 2 just to enjoy the beer not to get drunk to get drunk people just take a pilsner
Grolsch and grolsch lentebok, lentebock you wil get it only at springtime and its soooo goood
You should come to groningen and try a "eierbal" (eggball). They are amazing