The refreshment of joy, the joy of summer. These are some of the qualifiers we hear most often when referring to beer. According to the experts and various prestigious competitions, every year the best beers in the world are voted . From Latin America, through Asia and especially Europe we find the most influential brands.

Nowadays, in addition to traditional beer and the consolidated “0.0” or “non-alcoholic” variant, there are also countless combinations with other types of beverages – sodas and soft drinks in general – that allow you to enjoy beer in a different way. In essence, different categories have been analyzed, which include: blonde, dark, lager, flavored or sour beer, among others.

The most desired beers in the world

Year after year the best beer contests in the world take place around the globe. The World Beer Cup and the World Beer Awards are the best banner for evaluating the best brands . The seriousness with which the manufacturers take it, as well as those who will judge the taste, is not insignificant, since the companies are playing billions in production and prestige. There are about two thousand brands that are presented and only about twenty enter the select club.

Below is a list of the 12 most desired beers according to the experts.

1. Hirsch Hesse Weisse

As it could not be otherwise, one of the German premium beers is chosen as the best in the world . The company was founded by Ludwig Aeble (Hirsch-Brauerei) in 1782 in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Its success is based on tradition and craftsmanship in its production. His care and respect for the times has given the German brand a soul of its own. Hirsch Hesse Weisse is in the category of wheat beer.

2. Ulmer Pilsener of Bauhöfer

Another of the Oktoberfest country’s star products. According to the World Beer Cup, the famous Pilsener gets the second best place for its moderate alcohol rate (5.5%) and its low fragmentation, as well as being considered the best lager beer with a low bitterness taste . The judges consider it refreshing and suitable for any time and meal of the day.

3. Hideji Kuri Kuro

We traveled to the other side of the globe, and landed in Japan to meet the surprise of this classification of the best beers in the world. Curiously, is a product designed for the Western market, especially the U.S. , combining the traditional recipe of the Japanese town of Kyshu. Sweet tasting and 9% alcohol, it is one of the tastiest according to the experts.

4. Hook Norton Red Rye

It is another of the great delights of the brewing world, originally from the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Its star product “Red Rye” has been awarded as the best specialty beer in the world. Made with rye malt, 4.8% alcohol and mixed with different fruits , is within those beers of sweet and fruity flavor.

5. Cookie Muncher

The Novo Brazil brewing company has been standing out for a few years for its originality in the North American market. Based in the State of California, Novo Brazil is a national company with a Brazilian flavor and touch, and this is how it has managed to be the best dark and strong beer, having an alcohol rate of 13% and a highly bitter taste.

6. “Where the Buffalo Roam”

This canned beer, named after a film, has been awarded as the best lager in the world in 2017 . Apart from more than 170 international awards from around the world, this product from the Canadian company Cameron Howe was born in 1997 and has enjoyed numerous successes for its sweet and bitter taste at the same time.

7. Celtic Moray

We return to the Old Continent, to Italy in particular. It is also one of the youngest brands in the spectrum , from the company Birra Morena founded in the 80s and reinvented at the end of the 90s with tremendous worldwide success. Morena Céltica Stout has been the best in the stout category, with double malt and 6.8% alcohol.

8. Borg Brugg Hús

It’s another one of the big surprises on the list. An Icelandic company founded in the midst of the global economic crisis, it is considered by many to be one of the best in Europe. Surtur 8.2 beer (due to its production series) tastes like liquorice, coffee and burnt sugar, and 15% alcohol. It is the best beer matured in wooden barrels in the world.

9. Musta Lomittaja

Near the Icelandic orbit we find the company Ruosniemen Panimo , based in Espoo (Finland) and founded in 2011 by five friends engineers who never imagined being part of the select club of beers. The Musta Lomittaja is considered the best smoked beer, almost black beer with 7% alcohol.

10. Little Bangin

It is another of the flags of the Irish craft beer company Rye River Brewing established in 2013, but with a flavor and production that dates back to the eighteenth century. Its secret recipe is based on the hops it contains and the low alcohol content, less than 4%. This has led it to be considered the best IPA beer in the world.

11. High Counrty Kölsch

The story of the founders of the Mt. Begbie company is a curious one, a couple with a technical profile: the husband is a nuclear physicist and the wife a biologist. They became known around 1996 at the time of the U.S. Olympics in Canada. And so, in 2017 it was considered the best Kölsch beer (hence its name) for respecting the German tradition in this type of beer .

12. Cisk

Let’s close this list of the best beers in the world with an old acquaintance: a Pilsner, from the Maltese company Cisk, founded, curiously enough, shortly before the Great Depression of 1929. It is the best Czech style lager, pilsner style made with malt, Czech hops and 5.5% alcohol, which makes it a great companion during lunch and dinner.

Bibliographic references:

  • World Beer Cup: The Most Prestigious Beer Competition in the World.
  • World Beer Awards.