5 May 2014 - Best Beer HQ
The best beers in the world: World Beer Awards 2013
It’s official: wheat beer Primator Weizenbier from the Czech Republic is the best beer in the world.
That’s according to the World Beer Awards 2013, a prestigious annual competition that selects the very best internationally recognised beer styles – including lagers, stouts and specialty beers – from across Asia, America and Europe.
The judging is blind and each beer is ranked by flavour, aroma, its appearance and how it feels in the mouth. The panel of judges, made up of experts from around the world, look for beer with balance, complexity, character and quality.
It’ll come as no surprise to beer lovers that Belgian beers were well represented at the World Beer Awards for 2013, with Belgium’s Lindemans Old Kriek Cuvee Rene and Malheur 12 named the best sour and dark beers respectively.
However, the Czech Republic’s Primator Weizenbier was named the best beer in the world and the best wheat beer. The judges described it as “clean, very refreshing and well carbonated. Good balance of sweetness and bitterness with [a] spicy lingering finish”.
World Beer Awards 2013 award winners
Best dark: Malheur 12, Belgium
Best flavoured: Tazawako Beer Rauch, Japan
Best lager: Sharp’s Cornish Pilsner, England
Best pale beer: Maison de Brasseur Thou, France
Best sour beer: Lindemans Old Kriek Cuvee Rene, Belgium
Best specialty beer: Le Trou du Diable La Bretteuse Brassin Special, Canada
Best stout and porter: Minch Beer Imperial Stout, Japan
Best label: Deschutes The Dissident, USA
Category winners:
Best American brown ale: Full Sail Amber, USA
Best Belgian-style dubbel: Mons Abbey Dubbel, Canada
Best Belgian-style strong: Malheur 12, Belgium
Best black IPA: Thornbridge Wild Raven, England
Best brown: Jopen Bokbier, The Netherlands
Best dark barley wine: Swan Lake Barley, Japan
Best oud bruin: Rodenbach Grand Cru, Belgium
Best strong dark: Redoak Wee Heavy, Australia
Best vintage dark beer: Rodenbach Vintage 2010, Belgium
Flavoured beers:
Best chocolate and coffee: Baden Baden Chocolate, Brazil
Best experimental: Samuel Adams Hazel Brown, USA
Best fruit: Unibroue Ephémère Apple, Canada
Best honey: Samuel Adams Honey Queen, USA
Best smoked: Tazawako Beer Rauch, Japan
World’s Best Wood-Aged: Petrus Aged Pale
Lagers:
Best alcohol free: Clausthaler Classic, Germany
Best amber/vienna: BIerland Vienna, Brazil
Best bock: Baden Baden Bock, Brazil
Best dark lager: Evans Black, USA
Best doppelbock: Fujizakura Heights Beer Sakura Bock, Japan
Best dortmunder: Hoepfner Goldkoepfle, Germany
Best German pale: Fujizakura Heights Beer Pils, Japan
Best Helles/Münchner: Alpirsbacher Spezial, Germany
Best low carb: Sharp’s Cornish Pilsner, England
Best Czech Pale: Konrad 12º, Czech Republic
Best seasonal: Feldschlösschen Maibock, Germany
Pale Beers:
Best altbier: Bamberg Altbier, Germany
Best amber: Swan Lake Amber Swan Ale, Japan
Best Belgian-style ale: Unibroue Seigneuriale, Canada
Best Belgian-style golden: Rogue Single Malt Ale, USA
Best Belgian-style blonde: Unibroue Quatre – Centième, Canada
Best Belgian-style strong: Samuel Adams Brewlywed, USA
Best Belgian-style tripel: Le Trou du Diable Buteuse Brassin Special, Canada
Best bière de garde/saison: Brasserie du Bocq Saison 1858, Belgium
Best bitter more than 5%: Stewart Radical Road, Scotland
Best bitter up to 4%: Deschutes River Ale, USA
Best bitter up to 5%: Great Newsome Frothingham Best, England
Best imperial IPA: Minoh W-IPA, Japan
Best IPA: SanktGallen Yokohama XPA, Japan
Best pale barley wine: Samuel Adams Griffins Bow, USA
Best pale ale: Samuel Adams Belgian Session, USA
Best seasonal: Maison de Brasseur Thou, France
Sour Beers:
Best gueuze: Lindemans Old Gueuze Cuvée René, Belgium
Best kriek: Lindemans Old Kriek Cuvée René, Belgium
Best gose: Dollnitzer Ritterguts Gose, Germany
Best lambic: Redoak Blackberry Wheat Beer, Australia
Speciality Beers:
Best experimental: Le Trou du Diable La Bretteuse Brassin Spécial, Canada
Best rye: Jopen Jacobus RPA, The Netherlands
Best gluten-free: Huyghe Mongozo Premium Pilsner, Belgium
Stouts & Porters:
Best stout: Deschutes Obsidian Stout, USA
Best imperial stout: Minoh Beer Imperial Stout, Japan
Best oatmeal stout: Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, USA
Best porter: Bogota Beer Chapinero Porter, Colombia
Best strong porter: Les Trois Mousquetaires Grande Cuvée Porter Baltique, Canada
Best sweet/milk stout: Brasseurs du Monde Exploite, Canada
Wheat Beers:
Best alcohol free: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Alkoholfrei, Germany
Best Bavarian hefeweiss: Primátor Weizenbier, Czech Republic
Best Bavarian kristal: Weihenstephaner Kristal Weissbier, Germany
Best Belgian-style witbier: Mont Blanc La Blanche, France
Best dark wheat beer: Ketterer Ur-Weisse Dunkel, Germany
Best strong wheat beer: Eisenbahn Weizenbock, Brazil
Labels:
Asia’s best beer label: Fujizakura Heights Beer Rauch, Japan
Europe’s best beer label: Lindemans Old Gueuze Cuvée René, Belgium
The Americas’ best label: Deschutes The Dissident, USA
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