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30 September 2007
The World’s Best Beers have been crowned by Beers of the World
An international panel of judges tasted their way through hundreds of entries from the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Australia and beyond to find the winners of each style.
These style winners then went head to head at a blind tasting event, where the UK’s top brewers selected the best beers in each category: World’s Best Standard Lager, World’s Best Premium Lager etc.
The beers that made it through were sent back to the judges for the final round, and Beers of the World is delighted to reveal the World’s Best Beers:
World’s Best Lager Budweiser Budvar Dark, 4.7%
World’s Best Ale Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
World’s Best Stout/Porter Deschutes Obsidian Stout, 6.4%
World’s Best Wheat Beer Grolsch Weizen, 5.3%
Category winners are:
World’s Best Pale Ale Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
World’s Best Dark Ale Robinsons Old Tom, 8.5%
Sub-category winners are:
World’s Best Standard Lager Simonds Farsons Cisk, 4.2%
World’s Best Premium Lager Full Sail Session Lager, 5.1%
World’s Best Dark Lager Budweiser Budvar Dark, 4.7%
World’s Best Strong Lager Voll Damm, 7.2%
World’s Best Standard Pale Ale Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
World’s Best Strong Pale Ale BrewDog The Physics, 5%
World’s Best Standard Dark Ale Deschutes Buzzsaw Brown, 4.8%
World’s Best Strong Dark Ale Robinsons Old Tom, 8.5%
World’s Best Stout Deschutes Obsidian Stout, 6.4%
World’s Best Porter Fuller’s London Porter, 5.4%
World’s Best Grain-Only Wheat Beer Grolsch Weizen, 5.3%
(tie) Meantime Wheat Grand Cru, 6.3%
World’s Best Flavoured Wheat Beer Meantime Raspberry Grand Cru, 6.5%
Roger Protz, chairman of judges, said: “This is an exciting time for beer drinkers. More and more craft brewers throughout the world are making beers bursting with distinctive and exciting aromas and flavours. The judges have been overwhelmed by the quality of the beers entered for the competition and it has been an immensely difficult task choosing the winners. I hope that not only the winners but all the beers in the competition will gain greater awareness and will delight drinkers, especially those new to beer.”
For more information
Contact Beers of the World Editor Sally Toms on 01603 633 808.
Style trophy winners can be found overleaf. More information at www.beers-of-the-world.com
The winners of the World Beer Awards style trophies are:
LAGER
Standard
2.5% & under Clausthaler Premium, 0.5%
2.6%-4.5% Simonds Farsons Cisk, 4.2%
Premium
Dortmunder DAB Original, 5%
Dark Budweiser Budvar, 4.7%
Low Carb Simonds Farsons Cisk Excel, 4.2%
Pilsner Veltins, 4.8%
Standard premium Full Sail Session Lager, 5.1%
Vienna Meantime Union, 4.9%
Strong
Marzen/Oktoberfestbier Voll Damm, 7.2%
Bock Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock, 6.9%
Strong lager Primator Exklusiv, 7%
PALE ALE
Standard pale ale
Bitter Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
Best Bitter Deschutes Mirror Pond, 5%
Blonde/golden Brakspear Organic, 4.6%
Kolsch Gaffel Kolsch, 4.8%
Summer Shepherd Neame Goldings Summer Hop, 4.5%
Strong pale ale
Amber BrewDog The Physics, 5%
Harvest Bateman’s Combined Harvest, 4.7%
IPA Okells 1907, 6.1%
Imperial IPA Deschutes Hop Henge, 7%
Standard strong/ESB Palm Speciale, 5.4%
Trappist La Trappe Dubbel, 7%
DARK ALE
Standard dark ale
Brown Deschutes Buzzsaw Brown, 4.8%
Mild Randall’s V.B, 3.4%
Strong dark ale
Barley wine Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, 9.6% (TIE) Robinsons Old Tom, 8.5%
Standard strong dark Gouden Carolus Classic, 8.5%
STOUT/PORTER
Export stout Deschutes Obsidian, 6.4%
Imperial stout BrewDog Rip Tide, 8%
Standard stout Hook Norton Double Stout, 4.8%
Sweet/milk stout Farsons Lacto Milk Stout, 3.8%
Porter Fuller’s London Porter, 5.4%
WHEAT BEER
Grain Only Grolsch Weizen, 5.3% (TIE) Meantime Wheat Grand Cru, 6.3%
Flavoured Meantime Raspberry Grand Cru, 6.5%
SPECIALITY
Chocolate Meantime Chocolate, 6.5%
Coffee Meantime Coffee, 6%
Experimental Caledonian Golden Promise, 5%
Fruit Cains Fine Raisin Beer, 5%
Gluten Free Saxon, 4.1%
Honey Wychwood Beewyched, 5%
Smoked Okells Aile, 4.8%
Geuze/Lambic Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille, 6%
Wood Aged Greene King Strong Suffolk, 6%
NOTES TO EDITORS:
· Beers of the World is the international consumer magazine promoting the very best beers of the world, and is published six times a year
· The World’s Best Beers will be available at the first Beers of the World Live from 13-15 June 2008
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