The beer pronunciation thread.

[chadjaja]

With so many beers from the world here in OZ now and a fair few I'm unsure how to pronounce. So instead of me looking like a douche how about telling us all how you say the beers name. Im sure a few here will have differing opinions on some too.

I'll start it off with a common one.

Hoegarrden........Who'Garden

[KEG]

lol i saw the thread title and was going to give the example of Hoegaarden


Duvel: Doo-v'l

[drsmurto]

Beer = B...eer.

[gregb]

Tooheys: Too-eez

Cheers,
Greg

[warra48]

Hoegaarden is Flemish, so the pronunciation is very difficult for any who are unable to pronounce a soft "g".

As a born Dutchman, I have a walk up advantage.

Hoo - as in the hoo out of chook
g - soft g as in the ch in the scottish loch
are - just like the english I am, you are, we are etc
dun - but pronounce it more like a cross between dun and den

There now, wasn't that easy?

[warra48]

Grolsch.

The g is soft, like in the scottish ch in loch
The ch is silent in the Dutch pronunciation of this beer.
The r is prominent, like the scottish pronounce their r.

So: soft g - rrrrrrrrrrrr - ols

[warra48]

And the classic Aus megaswill:

V Bllleeeeccchhhh

[homebrewer79]

Not 100% sure on this but I'm sure someone will correct me, it's how i say it anyhow

Chimay - Shim ay

[rwh]

Löwenbräu

Loo-vein-broy

http://www.lowenbraubeer.com/fun_german101.html

[James L]

Weihenstephaner

Vine-stephaner or Vine-stephan-er... 2 or 3 syllables is fine (as far as i know)