All about the Saison beer style with Jef Van Den Steen, master saison brewer.

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Күн бұрын

If you watch no other interviews about beer this year, watch this one. One of the greatest characters I have come across on my travels. His name is Jef Van Den Steen, owner of Brewery De Glazen Toren and he is about as passionate about Saisons as anyone on the planet. Not to mention the fact that the saison he produces in his tiny backyard brewery was recently awarded as the second best in the whole of Belgium, just behind Dupont!!

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@maphilib 6 жыл бұрын

In fact he is an icon in Belgium, the little Michael Jackson from Belgium, he wrote different books(in dutch) about beer, not brewing but beer styles. A well known member off different tasting panels, a column writer, if you think about beer in Belgium, you think about Jef, he is a really connoisseur ...

@rickkan4870 3 жыл бұрын

Should be Michael Jordon because he puts a lot of hops, one needs to have hops to dunk but doesn’t need hops to moon walk

@user-oy2xb1vg6q Жыл бұрын

@@rickkan4870 Actually he really means Michael Jackson, the beer and whisky expert who wrote The World Guide to Beer&The World Guide to Whisky, not the singer.

@adammarcello9797 3 жыл бұрын

He had me at: “Convert all the sugars into alcohol”…..We drink beer for the taste, refreshment, and for the alcohol. I like high alcohol beers….drinking a lot of Maine Beer Company (Freeport, Maine). Straight up delicious beer.

@Amocoru 3 жыл бұрын

Belgian beer is everything. No other country even comes close. They're hundreds of years ahead. Absolute heaven.

@GratDuForloradeArgumentet Жыл бұрын

Haha you wish :P

@alanpotter8680 Жыл бұрын

@@GratDuForloradeArgumentet Care to elaborate? No? Leave, then. Belgian beer beats everyone else by a mile. Second come the Czech.

@GratDuForloradeArgumentet Жыл бұрын

@@alanpotter8680 Yeah they are not that good, and most European countries have better breweries. But as you are some filthy casual you wouldn't know I suppose.

@SanderBK Ай бұрын

@@alanpotter8680 , you must be an oldschool beerdrinker. There is so much more. I'm a brewer myself and must admit, the Belgians make good beers and probobly are my favorite. But they are conservative and don't adapt. So lucky we live in an age where the number of craftbrewers is skyrocketing to a number we have'nt seen since forever.

@goodolarchie 28 күн бұрын

America is extremely innovative and makes awesome beer, but it's true, Belgium is mecca for the most exquisite and nuanced ales, and Czechia is the same for lagers. That doesn't mean Germany, Britain, US, etc. don't have incredible beer scenes, but when you've been crushing it for 1000 years, you earn this right.

@zingiberae 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best beer videos I've ever seen..cheers

@MinnesotaFats 2 жыл бұрын

100% agree. This guy's got beer and life figured out. Makes me happy people like him are out there.

@HopZine 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, what a character. He makes some fantastic beer.

@alexreily1376 4 жыл бұрын

agree!

@HopsANDgnarly 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful life goal! I hope to be like him!

@wouter012 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff, you make me look forward to retirement now!

@alexreily1376 4 жыл бұрын

Super man! Hundreds years of happy life for people like he is!!

@MinnesotaFats 2 жыл бұрын

I brew a lot of saisons. Completely agree with his 'no sweetness' philosophy. Just kegged one that has been fermenting for over two months. Took that long to dry out.

@alanpotter8680 Жыл бұрын

Then you did it wrong, as Belgian brewers would say. Saisons should be bottle conditioned and aged. The "CO2 is CO2" saying is completely wrong. Also, if u use the "recommended" strains, you'd never get sweetness, unless you screwed up during the step-mashing (yes, they all step-mash). My Saisons always ferment to almost 0, with attenuation between 95 and 100%. I age them for 6 months in a temp controlled room. I brew big batches, though.

@Shep01 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is living life.

@eamonnmurphy8116 7 жыл бұрын

Absolute badass, and a fantastic brewer to boot! Thanks for putting up the video!

@RandomPsychic 3 жыл бұрын

what a fanstastic outlook. Love his passion.

@photosmithy 7 жыл бұрын

awesome guy 🍻 just discovered this style of beer i love them.

@kyleseifert3892 5 ай бұрын

What a character

@makacraque 3 жыл бұрын

That was so great, thx!!!!

@kevinismawayoflife4660 3 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic!

@Stian1342 7 жыл бұрын

WIsh my job was to brew beer. Someday!! Awesome guy, seems so lovley

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

Brew at home it's great!

@Swagg3r3d 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is awesome. Great life philosophy

@grahoovian2628 3 жыл бұрын

What an interesting man. Truly passionate

@killerdude-hz2bb 3 жыл бұрын

he talks so much shit

@fungi42021 3 жыл бұрын

Love the style

@monot00nz 3 жыл бұрын

Saisons/farmer's ale isn't my bag, but I'm glad to see someone so well versed in the knowledge of them.

@Patrick.Weightman 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know anybody that does like it tbh. It's always so dry and bland it's like drinking a beer-flavored seltzer water. Almost like if you had an IPA filled with ice, drank half of it, let the ice melt then sold it as a new drink

@harrisfreedman5785 3 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick.Weightman Try Saison Dupont. If you find Dupont bland, I feel sorry for your taste buds.

@wimdetroyer8532 3 жыл бұрын

@@harrisfreedman5785 saison Dupont is a great beer!

@thomashancock6805 3 жыл бұрын

The Dutch Jim Lahey

@wimdetroyer8532 3 жыл бұрын

He is Belgian, not Dutch. The language is Dutch, that is correct.

@thomashancock6805 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Randy

@skramdurosnob9794 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomashancock6805 frig off bubbles 😜

@marc-antoineallard9317 3 жыл бұрын

An inspiring man

@matthewchow4991 3 жыл бұрын

Whoah this guy is THE MAN

@waynemcauliffe2362 3 жыл бұрын

Great beer mate

@punamicrocerveceria7923 6 жыл бұрын

Awsome video man! U need to come to Argentina!

@spicymchaggis2601 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see he got dressed up for his interview

@greglucero8714 3 жыл бұрын

Real truth right there

@Racer-M 3 жыл бұрын

With him all the way til the end.. not sure how to take that last part. Lol.

@andrewlutton4684 6 жыл бұрын

Dude !

@bcbstmike 3 жыл бұрын

My man

@CG-ud6my 3 жыл бұрын

Modern Times has a good saison

@mkeysou812 10 ай бұрын

Looks like he lives on a diet of Saison and yoga

@deanrouleau8403 3 жыл бұрын

Been to the brewery...he uses dry yeast at lower temps..tanks have no chilling on them and he has to heat them up during the cold winters. the have foil blankets loosely wrapped around the bottom with small space heaters...might be lager yeast NOT Dupont yeast...

@MikluxaMaklay40rus 3 жыл бұрын

Я сам пиво варю и понимаю человека хоть я и не знаю языка) Быть добру, товарищи!)

@makrele2487 3 жыл бұрын

Come to Düsseldorf if you want bitter beer. After 3 glasses you will love it forever

@flyttkartong6761 4 жыл бұрын

Cool guy :) I agree, I´m not very fond of sweet beers.

@smgri 6 жыл бұрын

funny guy///last of the old guard

@AndreyKaravashkin 2 ай бұрын

Мощный дед

@GratDuForloradeArgumentet Жыл бұрын

I can't find any reasonable definition for what a Saison is 😁

@giossicom 3 жыл бұрын

De Glazen Toren: the best beers in the World

@squiremuldoon5462 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet is good for horse and elephants, not human beings.

@blu02215 5 жыл бұрын

Quote of the day!

@Tylar245 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet is good for yeast

@davidgreen4084 3 жыл бұрын

Then why do I like candy so much?

@andyhawkins5463 3 жыл бұрын

I want some right meow to go with my budveiser

@dcumanjae 3 жыл бұрын

이분이 세종대왕인가요

@JudgeHolden13 2 жыл бұрын

This video is making me thirsty

@BenRangel 3 жыл бұрын

Do you really think saison is more drinkable than any other beer? Personally I drink it way slower than a lager or IPA which I can gulp down fast

@stateofchrysalis5483 3 жыл бұрын

Why gulp beer?

@BenRangel 3 жыл бұрын

@@stateofchrysalis5483 I usually take my time with a beer. But this guy is mentioning drinkability as a top feature of Saison. So just questioning that. if I was working outside on a hot day and someone was gonna bring me some beer to quench my thirst a Saison wouldn't be my top choice.

@stefanlauster4877 3 жыл бұрын

His accent sounds Swiss

@ahpadt 3 жыл бұрын

its a dutch-belgian accent

@MrMCassassin 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like a Greek Philosopher.

@chrisstrebeck4345 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.. I was thinking the same thing..

@skramdurosnob9794 3 жыл бұрын

And to think I drank 8 carlsbergs last night. He dont do sweet lol

@rogerman65 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet is also good for children, and for me. But not for oldtimers. I like both sweet and dry beers myself. Belgian beers are very good and actually probably the best, but IPAs and APAs can also be good. German Reinheitsgebot beers can too be good. Belgian beers very often have natural flavor enhancers as opposed to German beers. The Danes put syrup in their beers as a natural flavor enhancer. If you can enhance the flavor in a beer by using natural ingredients, then why not. But the Czhech use chemicals in their beers as flavor enhancers, at least in Bernard Amber. Not cool, because it gives an acidic long lingering aftertaste!

@SuperNoncents 3 жыл бұрын

What you are saying is beyond snobbish. There are breweries everywhere that do all kinds of things. Don't generalize entire regions or people. Fuck off. From Oregon with love.

@rogerman65 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperNoncents Of course. I like many American IPA or APA beers a lot. The American hops are some of the best there is, if not the best. I may generalize regions, but that's because I am from Europe. I have reviewed South Side Strong once. I think it got good grades. Sorry if I came out looking beyond snobbish. Actually I am only snobbish.

@rogerman65 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperNoncents IPA stands for Indian Pale Ale as in India in Asia. APA stands for American Pale Ale. If you didn't know. Like in my country, mainstream lagers or pilseners like Budweisser are no good. But there are craft beer breweries in America that keeps a high standard on their beers. I think they absolutely can compete with Belgian and German beers.

@NLJeffEU 3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerman65 not realy. Fuck amurican beer 😂👍

@donniedarko979 3 жыл бұрын

You want your beer with or without hair?

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

Both...

@KarlosEPM 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@SergeOOnliner Жыл бұрын

Прикольный пердун

@KrummyBrinkleJr. 3 жыл бұрын

call me a horse because dry beers make me vomit

@AgnosiaAgnosis 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously that glass was not beer clean... gross.

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

When?

@AgnosiaAgnosis 3 жыл бұрын

@@ziggybarth5026 look at when he's pouring the glass (it has bubbles on the side it's so gross lol)

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

@@AgnosiaAgnosis you mean in the first 10sec of the video? The foam on top of the beer?

@AgnosiaAgnosis 3 жыл бұрын

@@ziggybarth5026 lol what? No. Like 15 seconds in maybe

@ziggybarth5026 3 жыл бұрын

@@AgnosiaAgnosis "like 15 seconds"? There's a time scale on the bottom of the play screen that gives you the Exact time in any moment of the video so giving me the EXACT time would make this all a lot easier