Favorite YouTube beer show?

I'm just gonna say it... Greg sucks! ;

He rambles on for 7 minutes before he cracks the brew. The food/cheese pairings need to go. The endless rants on dating are played out and repetitive. Now he's focused on IBUs, which just goes to show his lack of knowledge. He spews misinformation all the time regarding breweries, brews, etc. Finally as far as tasting notes go, I don't think he really smells or tastes what he is saying. He just spouts off typical flavors & aromas you would expect from that style.

/rant.

 

This is hilarious. You think Darwin is forced and robotic, yet you enjoy Chris and his pop of bitterness.

I think if you pay attention to Darwin closely, you'll learn that he is as essute a taster as there is on YouTube. He regularly talks about fruits, spices, adjuncts that he randomly tastes just so he can be familiar with them in order to properly use them in beer reviews.

I'd agree if you said he's got a process he follows every time, but I wouldn't call him robotic. He knows his stuff and his videos never seem predetermined. I always think he's breaking down the beer in front of the camera. That makes it authentic to me rather than robotic.

 

Right off the bat huge pop of citrus on the front of the tongue.

 

This comment is full of dark fruits, vanilla, oak, bourbon barrel character, coffee, chocolate.



Read this with a death metal singer voice

 

He does have a process he follows every time.

 

Chris admitted to doing this during a Q & A Facebook a while back. He's also a qualityliquorstore hack. That site and its pricing are horrible. I get it, he wants to profit off his channel, but his reviews are a waste of time #teamGreg #teamDarwin #teamClementshomebrew #teamMasterOfHoppets #TeamJoeS, don't remember his name but the behind the bar guy is super annoying, but his reviews are spot on.

 

Jow's Arcade
Behind the Bar
Darwin
Buds N Suds

 

I appreciate the kind words for me a person and love input. It's been so many videos and I still need to improve.
I'm curious if you can elaborate on "forced and exhausting."
I try to offer as wide of a range of tasting notes as I can, along with beer/brewery comparisons to hone in on what I am trying to describe.

I speed up many other YouTube videos. That's I keep things short and sweet. Thanks for throwing me on your list!

Again, love the input. I'm curious what you appreciate as a viewer as more appropriate.

I do have reasons for why I do that. The swirl releases the aroma better, as with the creation of that wonderful colloid head allows you to trap the aroma. Then digging in with the nose is the best way to get as much as you can with short quick snifts.

This is such an incredibly flattering comment. I hugely appreciate it. I do my best to do what you describe and separate myself in that sense.

 

Is there any Youtuber or source in general that isn't hugely partial to double IPAs, imperial stouts (especially with additives), barrel aged anything and sours while simultaneously shitting on any kind of lager? I get it--you like extreme flavors, the kind that, for me, overpower any kind of pairing, whether it be food or friends or conversation. But there's so much more in regard to styles. The beauty is in the nuance. Every beer reviewer on Youtube that I loosely follow (Greg's Beer Review, Darwin, Beer Geek Nation, Massive Beer Reviews) craps on all lagers regardless of style, simply doesn't review lagers or is completely biased toward these in-your-face, blow-your-palate-out-of-your-mouth, sipper styles.

 

Not usually a show but Four Brewers has had some video versions of their podcasts on YouTube. I love that podcast For Me it's like hanging out with friends at a bottle share. One of my favorite videos of their podcast was episode 32 of season 2 it was cool to have a visual of the green flash/alpine debate at the time. Also they do Cheap Beer Corner and the Four Brewers Quickie. It's usually good for some laughs and while I don't always agree with their opinions I like what they have to say about what they are drinking.

 

That's society these days. So many people need to be figuratively hit over the head with a sledgehammer to get their attention. Whether it's music or movies or beer or whatever, the more bombastic and extreme it is, supposedly the better. Now I imagine all the knuckle draggers will assault me with their "Get off of my lawn" retorts, lol.

Anyways, there's a place in the world for both kinds of beers (and movies and music etc), the more extreme and the more subtle. It's just getting some people to realize that is the problem.

 

I made some of those So have plenty of others... thing is nobody really watches those as per my experience.

 

Beer Geek Nation, Joe Senigaglia....both guys seem like cool dudes....

 

He's refined....

 

I think Darwin does a good job at highlighting different styles. Sure, there's still a lot of big hops, but if you look through his vids you'll see more variety than anyone else. From what I've seen, he def does not shit on these styles either.

In general, I'm bored with most reviewers because it's the same stuff over and over. I like Darwin the most cuz he'll mix it up, he gives great notes, and his vids are quick. I also like Erik Wood cuz he's ultra honest and straight forward (though I miss Jon).

 

Updated List:

Massive Beer Reviews
Darwin
Brew Review Crew
Baby Face Beer Review (I think his channel was taken down, wtf)
Not Your Average Beer Reviews

Who else pauses Greg's video to see what's in his fridge?

I always skip over BGN now.

 

Darwin is my favorite. Quick reviews, nice variety of new releases, and he mixes it up with glassware vids, blind taste test, etc.

Behind the bar is cool for when I'm curious about a whale that I'll never try. He's done a manbearpig and a sr-71.

 

Darwins and Beer Geek Nations are my favorite. They talk briefly about the beer beforehand and get straight to the point.

Least favorite would be Greg's, endless rants. Jow's Arcade, all I hear is haze, juicy, juice bomb, juicy, pineapple juice and juicy.

 

I'm not really into watching reviews, but I did see a couple guys each chug a BA Abraxas and it suckered me into watching a couple of their other videos.

 

Its actually "haze for dayz", and "straight joooooose"

Cheers buddy.