1 December 2014 - Best Beer HQ
The 100 best beers in the world (or just the ones that are available in America)
Yet another list of the so-called “best beers in the world”…
American men’s lifestyle magazine Men’s Journal has named what it considers the 100 best beers in the world (2014). However, to ensure that its readers could actually go out and try these betters themselves, the magazine limited the list only to beers that are sold in the United States of America.
Well, then it’s not really a list of the “100 best beers in the world”, is it? Last time we checked, the definition of “world” was all the countries and not just America.
Anyhow, to compile its comprehensive list of 100 beers, the magazine enlisted the help of a team of experts, including beer writers Joshua Bernstein and Matt Allyn, and at least a dozen domestic brewers and brew bar owners from as far afield as Chicago, Oregon, San Francisco and New York.
In other words, even Men’s Journal’s panel of beer experts are far from representative of much of the world. Still, it is pleasing to see that a large number of international beers have made the list
Here’s their complete list of the 100 best beers in the world (or just the best beers available in America – because we can’t stress that enough):
- Devils Backbone Schwartz Bier
- 32/50 Kolsch
- Rochefort 8
- Black Butte Porter
- Le Freak
- Achel Extra Bruin
- Saison Dupont
- Poperings Hommel Bier
- Duvel
- Rockmill Cask Aged Tripel
- Arthur
- Gumballhead
- Widmer Hefeweizen
- Fortunate Islands
- Bernardus Witbier
- Session Black Lager
- Bender
- Ommegang Witte
- Schneider Weisse Original
- Dancing Man Wheat
- Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel
- Altbairisch Dunkel
- Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Porter
- Sweet Baby Jesus
- Bourbon County Brand Stout
- Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout
- Death and Taxes Black Beer
- The Kaiser
- Monschoff Schwarzbier
- Rauchbier Marzen
- Reserve Wheat Ale
- The Kimmie, The Yink & The Holy Gose
- La Folie
- Tilquin Oude Gueuze
- Cantillon Kriek
- Red Poppy Ale
- Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse
- Westvleteren 12
- Allagash Dubbel
- Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
- Devotion Ale
- Saison Rue
- Westmalle Tripel
- Funkwerks Saison
- Orval
- Oerbier Special Reserva
- Golden Gate Gose
- Stillwater Gose Gone Wild
- Seizoen Bretta
- Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
- Surette Provision Saison
- Serenity
- Anchor Porter
- Board Meeting
- Upslope Brown Ale
- Odell IPA
- Wookey Jack
- Lagunitas Sucks
- Enjoy By IPA
- The Substance
- Two Hearted Ale
- Blind Pig IPA
- Sculpin IPA
- Rhinegeist Truth
- Fred
- Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Barleywine Ale
- Deranger Imperial Red Ale
- Yeti Imperial Stout
- Left Hand Milk Stout
- Kentucky Breakfast Stout
- Pecan Porter
- Harvest Ale
- Dirty Bastard
- Mother of All Storms
- Old Numbskull
- Arrogant Bastard
- Pallet Jack IPA
- Breakside IPA
- Everett
- Morimoto Imperial Pils
- Ramstein Maibock
- Devil’s Backbone Vienna Lager
- Chuckanut Pilsner
- Jack’s Abby Hoponius Union
- Pivo Hoppy Pils
- Prost Pils
- Pilsner Urquell
- Heady Topper
- DayTime
- Landlord
- Boat Beer
- Fuller’s ESB
- Freigeist Ottekolong
- Bikini Beer
- Maine Beer Company MO
- Daisy Cutter
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- Extra Pale Ale
- Osiris Pale Ale
- Krankshaft Kölsch