International Beer Ordering

May 25, 2016

With summer disappearing into the sunset we’ve been brushing up on our foreign language basics, just in case we (our wives) manage to drag ourselves out of the brewery and away to a desolate beach, sparsely populated by palm trees, to relax for a week or two...

Beer is enjoyed and drunk the word over and could even be seen as a universal language –an after-work or weekend ritual that people from countries the world over partake in and feel familiar with- it is, however, unfortunately difficult to order beer in different countries where a different kind of language barrier is in place. Yes pointing helps, but it’s always nice to be able to speak the lingo when you go somewhere non-English speaking.

So here we’ve compiled a list of how to order a beer in many popular languages, so that if you manage to get away this winter you won’t be spending that period beer-less; and knowing this little bit of the local language could be your gateway into a greater, more appreciative world of foreign beer!

French	Une Bière, s’il vous plait	Oon bee-air, seel voo pleh
Spanish	Una cerveza, por favor	Oo-na thair-veh-tha, por fa-vor
Italian	Una birra, per favore	Oo-na beer-re, pair fa-vo-re
Portuguese	Uma cerveja, por favor	Oo-ma ser-vay-ja, poor fa-vohr
German	Ein bier, bitte	Ine beer, bitt-uh
Russian	Одно пиво пожалуйста	Ahd-na pee-vah pah-zha-loosta
Polish	Poproszę jedno piwo	Po-pro-she Yed-no pee-vo
Greek	μια μπυρα ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ	Mee-a beer paraka-loh
Japanese	ビール一杯下さい	Bee-ru ip-pon ku-da-sai
Chinese(Mandarin)	请来一杯啤酒	Ching lie ee ping pee-jew
Swedish	En öl, tack	Ehn irl, tahk
Danish	Jeg vil gerne have en øl	Yay vil geh-neh heh en url
Dutch	Een bier, graag	Un beer, gra-ah
Korean	맥주 하나 주세요	Mayk-joo Hahn-jahn joo-se-yoh
Thai	ขอเบียร์อีกหนึ่งที่ด้วย	Ow bee-a Nung ti dw-ie
Indonesian	Tolong, satu gelas bir	Toh-long, sa-too ge-las beer
Fijian	Bia, vinaka	Bee-ah, vee-naka
Australian	Good Day kind sir, may I sample one of your fine ales?	G'day Cobber, chuck us a stubby from the fridge!