The 12 best beers in the world (according to experts)

The refreshment of joy, the joy of summer. These are some of the qualifiers we hear the most when referring to beer. According to experts and different 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.

At present, in addition to traditional beer and the consolidated variant "0.0" or called "without alcohol", there are also infinite combinations with other types of drinks -sodas and soft drinks in general- that allow you to enjoy the beer. In essence, different categories have been analyzed that are included in: lager, dark, lager, flavored or sour beer, among others.

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The most desired beers in the world

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

Next we will see a list of the 12 most desired beers according to the experts.

1. Hirsch Hesse Weisse

How could it be otherwise, one of the German premium beers is chosen for the best in the world. Company was founded by Ludwig Aeble (Hirsch-Brauerei) in 1782 in the Baden-Wurtenburg länder. Its success is based on tradition and craftsmanship in its preparation. His care and respect for the times has given the German brand its own soul. Hirsch Hesse Weisse is in the wheat beer category.

2. Ulmer Pilsener from Bauhöfer

Another of the star products of the Oktoberfest country. According to the World Beer Cup, the famous Pilsener gets the second best place for its moderate alcohol content (5.5%) and its low fragmentation, as well as being considered Best Low Bitterness Lager Beer. The judges consider it refreshing and suitable for any time and meal of the day.

3. Hideji Kuri Kuro

We move to the other end of the globe, and we land in Japan to find ourselves with the surprise of this classification of the best beers in the world. Curiously, It is a product designed for the western market, especially the USA., combining the traditional recipe of the Japanese town of Kyshu. Sweet in taste and 9% alcohol, it is one of the tastiest according to 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 flagship 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 inside those beers with a sweet and fruity flavor.

5. Cookie muncher

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

6. "Where the Buffalo Roam"

This movie-named canned beer has been awarded as the best lager in the world in 2017. Apart from the more than 170 international awards from around the planet, this product of the company Canadian Cameron Howe was born in 1997 and has been widely successful for his sweet and sour taste to the time.

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7. Celtic Brunette

We return to the Old Continent, to Italy, specifically. It is also one of the youngest brands on the spectrum, from the Birra Morena company 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 is another of the big surprises on the list. An Icelandic company founded in the midst of a global economic crisis, it is considered by many to be one of the best in Europe. Surtur 8.2 beer (for its production series) tastes like liquorice, coffee and burnt sugar, and 15% alcohol, it is the best beer matured in wooden barrels of the world.

9. Musta lomittaja

Near Icelandic orbit we found the company Ruosniemen Panimo, based in Espoo (Finland) and founded in 2011 by five engineering friends who never imagined being part of the select beer club. 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 elaboration that dates back to the eighteenth century. His 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

Curious is the story of the founders of the company Mt. Begbie, a married couple with a technical profile: the husband is a nuclear physicist and the wife a biologist. They became known back in 1996 at the Olympics in the US, 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, 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 at lunch and dinner.

Bibliographic references:

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