The guy is drinking beer for a living. Let that set in. He's cracked the code to life, future scholars will write endless dissertations on his genius. The comparisons let your passion show through, that's the real key to the popularity of them.

I have 2 bottles of each, going to have them whilst listening to the Arsenal v City game. Always like to watch your videos of the beers I am going to have before I have a bottle. It increases my appreciation. A huge thank you for the channel, man. You are THE number one beer channel out there! Salut!

Some of the German pilsners we get in our area: Warsteiner Bitburger Konig Radeberger Wernesgruner (cheap but good!) The really good big brewers: Weihenstephaner Ayinger Paulaner Happy Pils from Berlin is a nice modern take on German pilsners.

It's because of your videos Simon, that I have started drinking better beers, so, on Friday I bought 3 Warsteiner, 6 Pilsner Urquell and 6 Budweiser Budvar, I never usually pick these up, I usually go for the mass produced rubbish, but not anymore. My thanks goes to you Simon 👍

Went down Morrisons earlier today and got 2 lots of the buy 4 for the price of 3 of Krombacher. I used to drink Warsteiner but much prefer Krombacher now, I also got a bottle of Hofbrau Original which is pretty nice.

I’m a lager/ pilsner German beer snob. I order from Germany. Pay a fortune. BUT. I still cannot beat the taste of krombacher !! I’ve tried ALL the pils in Germany. Koclsch. Helles etcetcetc and krombacher is still my fav beer. I even have a German friend who can’t believe I drink it. He says ‘it’s ok but there is so many better pils ‘. But for me and my tastes. There isn’t. Now. It gives me an awful awful hangover were my stomach is churning for 10 hours the next day so I only ever limit myself to 3 660s a week. Anyone else rate krombacher as highly as me ??

Hacker Pschorr Keller bier is my go to German beer - if drink it more regularly if I didn’t have to go to a specialist supplier. I can get import Stella cheaply in my corner shop (for some reason - next to the uk stuff for ~the same price !?) so I’m generally happy with that…

A few years ago Warsteiner moved their brewery closer to the mountains and water source. Krombacher is 4th Generation family owned, always has been. Heineken own 45% of Paulaner 👍 Great review 🍺

I have a suggestion, in ASDA they sell a German beer called Feldschlosschen for £1.05 per 500ml bottle. The beer is second to none for the price and I think it would be a good review, especially with the cost of living etc. Love the channel. Cheers

It used to have Premium Verum on it previously I think. How about these two versus Czech Budvar and Urquel?

Loaded my fridge full of both of these beers for xmas , plus some Budvar and Urquel. And 9 different cheeses (a few of them are extraordinarily strong and stinky). Going to enjoy the next few days!! Merry Christmas and thanks for all your great content and entertainment this year.

I recently bought a six pack Warsteiner lagers and I love this pilsener! It is a bit more hoppy than the Dutch pilseners I usually drink in the summer, but at the same time a bit sweeter as well. To me this lager is almost like a blond beer and that for a lager price. I am not complaining. That said, when served cold I like any lager/pilsener. It is at room temperature they really show their strengths and weaknesses. But I only drink beers at room temperature in the fall and winter (with room temperature I mean between 17 and 20 degrees celsius) and that excludes pilsener/lagers

Yes - past year or so gone off the taste of warsteiner didn’t know why. Always pick kromabacher in Morrisons now or keo isn’t a bad drink. Found augustiner helles lagerbier this year. What a drink that is 🤤

Warsteiner and Krombacher are a two of the best supermarket bombers out there, I also regularly buy Bitburger from Adnams brewery £35 for 24 500ml tins, an absolute steal considering all three are a country mile ahead of the rest of the bland glucose syrup shite that claims to be premium lager.

My two "go to" German beers! Warsteiner is indeed a pilsner. I also buy Bitburger. These big brands are very quaffable and haven't fallen foul (yet!) of the UK brewed "fake foreign beer" syndrome! I don't prefer one over the other and always get both on the three for five offer at Tesco. Having a Bitburger tonight though. What you say about Warsteiner is concerning. I will check this out when I next have one out of my beer cupboard.

I much prefer Krombacher, did a 40 mile train trip, just to go to a pub that had it on draft! Put it up against Hofbrau original though - that really is the pinnacle of German brewing imho!

When I used to visit my auntie in Celle, we also enjoyed some Warsteiner. Most of the more local brews are amazingly good.

Ive had Kronbacher and it is nice , sort of reminded me of beer like Warstiener . Ive had it in the past but not regularly. Its good but there is a sort of perceived aftertaste to it that I could never quite place . Still would drink it though Another Ive liked is Lowenbrau

I went to dusseldorf in the late 80s. The beer there was superb. I had some gastweiler alt, it was lovely. Unfortunately it's been bought out by carlsberg. 😢

I agree with everything you said. I used to love warsteiner. But I feel something has changed. I now prefer krombacher. I thought I was going mad. But good to see somebody with the Same opinion. Cheers.

Very interesting, I must try Krombacher. I just did a 330ml Warsteiner (7 points) V 330ml Hoffmeister (9 points) lager face off. Warsteiner is much dryer and the Hoffmeister is more malty and enjoyable. Cheers

Great review...I just tried them both together and I always thought that I preferred Krombacher as it was the first beer that I ever was drunk on when 14 on a German exchange in Siegen, less than a mile from the Krombacher factory. We were 14 and buying Stiefels. Unsurprisingly we lost our England VS Germany football match 3-0. And today I actually preferred the Warsteiner. But I always thought that I preferred the Krombacher. This bottle tastes a bit weak and metallic. The Warsteiner seemed to have a lot more of a bitter hop punch. I think each bottle can be slightly variable...like often beer at the beginning of a barrel in a pub is better than the end. Great review that you can change from what you thought before the review started ; ) Radeberger is the best though.

You say you get 3 for 2 at your Morrisons-I only get 4 for 3! My choice on that shelf now is the Stella Unfiltered-25p less than the watery Stella!

Great beers, love how the German pils etc. are good straight up delicious quality without trying too hard to be crafty or clever. Love a British ale, love a German lager. Drinking great pils in a German beer garden is a beer drinking career highlight for me 😁👍 great to be able to buy these beauties fairly widely at home.

Lowenbrau on the Perfect Draft is absolutely Stunning 👌

I thought the same thing last few times i had warsteiner it wasn't as clean and crisp and definitely got a musty flavour from it. Thought it was just me being fussy so I'm actually glad to know its not just me.

When living/visiting there I used to like a quite generic like the above - Konig Pilsner, nice and sharp and if you got a well-poured one, quite delicious with tight head.

I tried both a week ago, and warsteiner was drier, but the krombacher, although less dry left an awful clove aftertaste for a long time. I have some warsteiner still as part of a tesco 3 for £5.50 deal. Then again I like tennents. I'll give krombacher 7 warsteiner 8.5 I would prefer smaller bottles or cans, 660ml can be too much especially if having a couple.

Krombacher is off for me. I tried it last summer here and had to give it away. Pretty rare for me when it comes to cheap thirst quenchers when having a beer whilst knocking over chores around the garden. It tasted "processed" for lack of a better phrase. Must be the "hop extract" they brew it with.

Great review, I wonder if you just had a bad bottle of Warstiener? Love to hear if you have an other soon if it’s back. German breweries don’t very often go backward. But the one beer that I thought could knock both these two off their perch is Radeburger. You have not reviewed that I know of. I’d love to see a comparison of that also super high-quality. I had that same kind of restaurant experiences you had in that noodle chicken place. I had Polish restaurant that happened to serve Radeburger certainly the most delicious beer experience I’ve ever had in my life. Give it a try, please.

Recently, I had the 5litre keg of Warsteiner whilst on holiday in Aberystwyth and found it dry but very refreshing. Only lasted 1 day

Warsteiner is widely available all over eastern USA at $2.50 a pint I’m loving it

Both are great german lagers, I also find Bitburger & Veltins to be good alternatives.

My local pub has Warsteiner on draught, and it's the only pub in the town that does, it's not a bad pint either, and strong as hell.

Enjoyed one of those staropramen unfiltered you reviewed at the weekend 👍 And a Duvel strong blonde, 8.5%. Blew my socks off🤪

I like both Krombacher and Warsteiner but find Krombacher a bit more refreshing. Here in Cyprus both are widely available so they are my go to beers. One supermarket sells Hofbrau Original which I prefer over Krombacher or Warsteiner. Just recently a few supermarkets started selling Bitburg which I like too, on the downside Paulaner Munchen Hell has completely disappeared.

It is Varsteiner! You have chosen two of my go to beers when I lived in Germany in the 70s. Krombacher is the better beer, I think. But Varsteiner.

Out of curiosity, I went down and picked up x3 different 4 pack cans of Krombacher, Bitburger & Warsteiner here in Ireland. Each a €8 a 4 pack. I started off with a can of Bitburger, excellent pilsner. Found it a bit too drinkable. Warsteiner, checked the can, nothing to do with Carlsberg/Marstons on the can. It had "Product of Germany" written on it though. The Krombacher, same "Product of Germany" on the can and tasted wonderful. I can honestly say, Warsteiner was the best of the bunch. Bitburger & Krombacher would be the same in quality for me, but second to Warsteiner. The Warsteiner was just the most refreshing & regret not just buying x3 4-packs of that instead. But, I did find a few weeks ago, I bought Warsteiner in a bottle and it did have that musty taste, like it was left out or brewed in the UK water. It was also 10 months old, the can I'm current enjoying, being only 3 months old. I tend to buy all my beer these days in cans, they have a faster restock time and never come in contact with the sun in those boxes they're sold in.

It was forces guys stationed in Germany who popularised Warsteiner in the UK wasn't it? While your average Brit was piling boxes of Carling into their trolleys the guys who'd returned home would be grabbing these. I preferred DAB.

Couple of Krombacher it is then for the England match this Saturday. Last Sunday's match I was drinking the Czech Staropramen you recommended from Lidl's, delicious! Just discovered this excellent channel, thought I'd gone off beer in recent years, turns out I was just drinking the wrong stuff!

I've noticed Warsteiner everywhere, nice German beer brewed in Germany! Easy choice over the label engineered UK brewed stuff.

Will also add, that I get the dry peppery taste from Warsteiner, I don't get the musty taste. There's a slight hop taste there at the end that is muted by malt but it doesn't taste any different to me. Cheers from the Western US. Would love a follow up on this, Simon!

I had warsteiner the other day, I thought it tasted slightly dank which I deffo didn’t taste like before. I thought it was a bad batch or something

Someone in the comment section suggested that the stuff we get in the UK in 660ml bottles of both krombacher and warstiener are slightly different than the stuff they drink in Germany in 500ml bottles. I'm planning on doing a side by side and ill let you know the results. The German Warstiener bottles doesn't list "hop extract" as an ingredient so that's an immediate difference.

Just started watching the channel and finding it really useful. I just did this comparison myself. Bought 2 bottles this evening. The Krombacher is miles better, there's no competition. The Warsteiner was bitter (not in a pleasant way), metallic, and chemically. Not nice.

Last time I had Warsteiner probably about 6 months ago, didn't enjoy it as I usually do. Thought maybe just growing out of it, in one way plus side if it is a change to the beer I know the German stuff will be as good as ever. So tempted to pick up Frankenheim Alt from beers of europe Simon but last I checked they were short dated. Remember being at a gig in Dusseldorf and Warsteiner and Frankenheim Atl were both on sale so each time I would buy a beer a switch between the two. Whenever you can try some good Dusseldorf Alt. Not sure if Frankenheim is well rated though I likes it but the likes of Schumacher and Füchschen is superb.

Warsteiner is my favourite UK Supermarket lager, drank it for a long time (even told you to review it years ago 😂). Carlsberg started importing it a while ago and the quality did dip for a bit but I can assure you it’s back to its best, it may be your palate after drinking the Krombacher which as you said it’s a bitter beer. If anything Krombacher isn’t as good as it was for me. As I said on another video, both are brewed in Germany but are not the same beer the Germans have. It’s strange.

There is something massively different to the warstiner on the initial taste. I have no idea what it is as I'm not an expert. But there is something overpowering on the 2 seconds in taste that's so off-putting to me. There's something overwhelming that overpowers all other tastes coming through. I had a bottle of krombacher earlier and then tried a war. I actually poured the second half of the pint out and went back to the krom

I tried a Supermerket Krombacher next to a Krombacher intended for the German market, here's what I thought. Appearance, same colour, same 2 finger white head, but the German one has better head retention. Smell UK: really nice, soft white bread, pale malts, wet dough, Jacobs crackers, peppery leafy hop, hay, grass, smells very inviting. Smell DE: Hoppier, lots of noble hop bitterness, I think I even smell that spice of a saaz hop, where as the UK one was like a vague hop. Both have that nice all malt smell of a Germany lager, the German one is nicer however. Taste UK: Pretty nice, far better than any mass produced lager in the UK, but it still does taste "macro" if that makes sense. White toast, supermarket honey, candy sugar, quite sweet, touch of fennel and caraway. It has a weird sweetness to it which I'm not a fan of, it's usually why I prefer Warstieiner. Its an OK beer, but if they had Paulaner at Tesco I'd buy all of that over this, or Budvar, or Pilsner Urquell. Taste DE: Nicer but similar, there isn't that cheap sugary honey taste, its more of a malty sweetness, like a crusty loaf, white toast, and a nicer more hoppy bitterness. It also tastes cleaner, Far longer finish on the DE one. Comments: the UK one is dated BBE 02/05/24 the DE 08/02/24 so the UK one is a little fresher so the difference in hop quality couldn't be explained by time in bottle. The one intended for the German market is indeed better, but not by a lot, and it isn't night and day. So it really isn't worth the hassle of sourcing the German one unless like myself you're curious.

Like both these. Just got some warsteiner.

Krombacher is my favourite Lager of all time. The first time i drank it was a stone the crows moment

I Tried Warsteiner wasn't mad keen if I am honest bit to earthy tasting for my liking. Almost like they used water from the local pond.

I find Warsteiner to be inconsistent. A couple bottles I've had have literally been some of the best beer I've ever tasted, bread and honey flavours and perfectly balanced. But other times it's quite metallic and just not great

That's one of the most roguishly creased collars on a polo shirt I've seen all day 😉

The Don of beer reviewers 🍺

Available in Morrisons 3 for 6 quid 500ml krombacher. Also pilsner urquell brewed in plzen. Fruh kolsch currently not in the offer

By far, my “go to” German beer is Spaten Lager…just the good ol’ plain Spaten Lager. I find it to be more crisp and refreshing than anything else. Sometimes it’s just better to pay $9.99 for a sixer of Spaten, instead of paying $3.00 a bottle for new brews to try (especially when money is a bit tight).

I like them both but prefer kombacher especially ice cold in my stein with meat grilling on the Q

Simon... just a little tip...W in German is pronounced as a V so it's Varsteiner not Warsteiner and Krombacher is the better... both still brewed in Germany...

Another good video, keep up the good work

Just got a bottle out of spar called 'Bowland brewery' it says bavarian. Not bad, definitely got its own taste. U ever tried it mate? I'd love to hear ur take on it. Loving the channel pal really good stuff

The best German beer I ever had was draft Lowenbrau. I haven't seen it in decades, 'tho a few years ago I saw it in small cans in Asda.

Can you try the most sold beer in germany? It is called Oettinger. Eventhough it is considered industrial, it beats these two. It is a solid brew, not spectacular but reliable. 20 half liter bottles cost 6,50€ today.

I absolutely love Krombacher. It's a perfect go to, easy drinking beer. Warsteiner can be too... Heavy. It doesn't lend itself to an easy drinking lager at all.

Fantastic stuff. Keep it up.

I would have to agree that Krombacher is better balanced and thus the better beer. I would check the production date of the Warsteiner in this video. It has a distinctive malt profile that really overpowers the hops after 6 months or so. Krombacher, Warsteiner, Radeberger, and Wernesgruner are all great values if found fresh.

Last week I went to Morrisons and bought a bottle each of Warsteiner, Krombacher and Fustenberg. I wanted to compare them to the Lowenbrau I had recently ordered (see my post and replies below). They were all nice beers, as you'd expect but I thought the Warsteiner came out on top for me, by quite a distance. Oddly, it had an unusual but pleasant flavour. However, it didn't trump Lowenbrau, in my estimation.

I prefer krombacher. Especially since the cost of living crisis, in my local Morrisons its still £1.77 while warsteiner shot up to £2.50!

Good evening just a quick msg to ask if you have reviewed Loch Lomond Brewery Hit it Chewy Scottish tablet Stout from Lidl it’s absolutely stunning Stout can you please do a review on it if you haven’t done so Thankyou.

I prefer Krombacher but they're both very good. Warsteiner a bit more variable in my experience and it may be an age of the bottle thing as others suggest.

For me krombacher every time they sell 500 ml cans of krombacher in Lidl when I was in dusseldorf last year for under a euro so cheap. Wish the beer in Scotland was cheaper.

i am from Warstein, the city with the brewery. its about the water and the recipe, water quality is lacking ... some here say its better now, then the past 10 years but for me its not in the range of Krombacher

Krombacher is my go-to German pils with Bitburg as usually my second choice. I do rate Warsteiner & have some in the fridge atm but I haven`t noticed a change in quality myself but give way to your superior palate if you think it`s quality has declined.

“Var” not “War” 😎

Went down Morrisons again yesterday, all Krombacher bottles are 500ml now, no 650ml on sale. Same price 4 for £6.60. I'd rather pay the same money for the smaller bottles as long as they keep the same recipe though, and don't do a Rheinbacher balls up.

It would be fun to keep track of your winners in each video, and then start showing tasting battles until you get down to your absolute favorites. Who would win the Simon’s Favorite Lager, IPA, Stouts, etc, etc…be fun.

I recommend Mönchshof Keller Beer 🍺 from Kulmbach Germany 🇩🇪 It’s awesome 👏

Racb doesn't state the temperature of the lager, whether it's chilled or room temperature.

Warsteiner is the clear winner of these for me. Much better balanced. I think the Krombacher uses hop extract.

Simon remember to pronounce warsteiner as varsteiner

I used to be the president of a local over 30s/Old Boys football team and the custom was that one player had to bring a case of beer with them for the end of Tuesday training. If you dared to bring anything but Warsteiner, there would be lots of sulking and moaning. Even though were up North, that seemed to be the de facto pilsener.

That's a tough one they are both awesome beers, bit like asking you to choose which one is your kids is your favorite child 😂😂😂

I bought a bottle of warsteiner in a tesco 4 for 3 at the weekend but my old man came round on fathers day and drank it 😂

In Germany we call both Warsteiner and Krombacher "TV beers" meaning they may hit the average consumers' taste but both are far away from any 8 or 9, sorry...instead of try Schlenkerla Rauchbier made in Bamberg or Franziskaner Weissbier from Munich. And many other less-known smaller brands. Greets, Paul

What do you think of Paulander?

I remember going into a Greek taverna with a gob as dry as a Witch's wotsits and getting an ice cold warsteiner in a frozen glass - my word

Warsteiner Pils and Dönkel are the only beers one needs in life!

I came from Soest next to Wastein (it is the area from Soest), but I pervers Krombacher. It has more taste and I like the foram!

Agre with you now I hope you compare krombacker vs bitburger that should be closer

These are both fine but they are a tier below Veltins or Jever

Alwyas brown bottles. That's why ze Germans think Becks is orrid.

OK Simon, Have you tried Kaltenberg Pils? If you haven't, don't bother as it was a fine beer when it was 6% ABV, it's now a ghost of what it once was at only 4.8%. Is this what they call progress? By the way, Simon, it's pronounced Varsteiner, in my local they call it War Starter.

Agree Warsteiner has a weird after taste. Krombacher always the better for me.

I find Warsteiner to be very temperature sensitive. Also, it looks like you've got the imitation Warsteiner there. Bitburger and Herrenhäuser (Hanover) are my favourite pilsners.

go ahead ...i bought Warsteiner Premium Beer on carrefour turkish market first time in my life i try now while ur watching

I am German and I personally don't like both of them, these are standard mass production beers. There are much much better beers in Germany and even much better beers in the UK. I would always prefere a good ale, typical bitters . I love the beers of the Windsor and Eton brewery for example or thornbridge aso.

why is the krombacker pils 500 ml in Germany and 620 ml in Tesco or Asda I had a 500 ml bottle last week of the internet

By far krombacher is the superior.. when I go to Germany my friend all drink this also könig or bitburger ✌🏼👌🏼

Warsteiner every time for me. Love it but I'll definitely try the other one

Are thay imported beers