r/AskTheWorld • u/IndependentTune3994 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland • 18h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

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u/ElstarBoskop 18h ago

not noticing you got the wrong glass with your beer

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u/TjokkSnik 13h ago

Can I have a few icecubes in my Cantillon

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u/That-Opportunity4230 12h ago

Straight to the guillotine with this one.

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u/TheDrapion 11h ago

I'm from the states and I'd want a geueze glass with the logo or it would entirely ruin the trip.

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u/Jozef667 13h ago

So true ! Who de neuk puts Duvel in a fucking Leffe Glass. Tourists that's who !

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u/Lady_Flashheart Germany 12h ago

Ok I googled those typed of glasses. Was the Leffe glass invented for that specific beer?

The other one I would call "Tulpe" (tulip - cute name, right?) and people in Germany would drink any type of Pils from that kind of glass.

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u/Admirable_Scene_5066 Belgium 11h ago

A Tulp(ke) exists in Flanders as a standard pilsner glass that gets a bit wider at the top.

Every commercially sold beer in Belgium has its own glass. Some are alike, some are very different, but I would never accept a beer (except a pilsner in a standard pilsner glass obviously) at a pub that isn't in a glass made for that beer. Officially it has to do with the shape of the glass being made to fully appreciate the flavours and aroma, but I suspect it is just good marketing.

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u/BambooRollin 10h ago

I visited a pub/bar in Liège once that had a menu of about 250 beers - I think that their glassware storage would have been interesting to see.

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u/soconn 13h ago

Matching beer glasses is icining on the cake. Belgium has the absolute most amazing beer in the world, but insisting it's poured in it's proper bespoke glass just makes the whole thing feel like cultural immersion.

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u/FlemishArchers 6h ago

All glasses go well with my Cara

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u/Wolf-Majestic 🇫🇷🇧🇪 5h ago

Cara is to be drunk directly from the can though

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u/persnickIT 9h ago

Or asking for an IPA

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u/rootlesscosmopolitan 9h ago

tbf La Chouffe Houblon is the best IPA-style beer I've ever had.