{"id":338,"date":"2007-10-02T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/look-ma-more-best-beers-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2007-10-02T12:10:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T19:10:24","slug":"look-ma-more-best-beers-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/look-ma-more-best-beers-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Look, ma, more World’s ‘Best Beers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HappyApparently the judges for the Beers of the World<\/a> World\u2019s Best Beers<\/em> competition didn’t get the memo from Men’s Journal<\/em> that Lagunitas Pils is the best lager in the world.<\/p>\n

They seem to think it is Budweiser Budvar Dark.<\/p>\n

They did almost<\/em> agree with Men’s Journal<\/a> on the World’s Best Stout, picking Deschutes Obsidian Stout. The MJ panel thought it was Deschutes The Abyss.<\/p>\n

Beers of the World<\/em>, in case you didn’t know, is a British beer magazine. According to its press release: “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.<\/p>\n

“These style winners then went head to head at a blind tasting event, where the UK\u2019s top brewers selected the best beers in each category.”<\/p>\n

They came up with an admirable list, but like the beers ranked<\/a> in the current Men’s Journal<\/em> — and let’s be honest, like the ones we’ll be lauding two weeks from now at the Great American Beer Festival — you are best to consider it a collection of really good choices and little more.<\/p>\n

It may have come to your attention I am schizophrenic on this matter of competitions\/lists, given that I’m immersed in The Beer Mapping Project Fantasy League<\/a>. I love the lists, but I also love making fun of them and somehow I don’t consider that inconsistent. <\/p>\n

I’m not sure what breweries entered this particular competition. Deschutes Brewery from Oregon did quite well, but there were only a handful of other American winners. Obviously the judges were good — Roger Protz<\/a> was the chairman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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 flavors.,” Protz said. “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.”<\/p>\n

So it deserves to be taken seriously — as seriously as you take any such results. <\/p>\n

Best of the best:<\/strong>
\nWorld\u2019s Best Lager: Budweiser Budvar Dark, 4.7%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Ale: Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Stout\/Porter: Deschutes Obsidian Stout, 6.4%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Wheat Beer: Grolsch Weizen, 5.3%<\/p>\n

Category winners:<\/strong>
\nWorld\u2019s Best Pale Ale: Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Dark Ale: Robinsons Old Tom, 8.5%<\/p>\n

Sub-category winners:<\/strong>
\nWorld\u2019s Best Standard Lager: Simonds Farsons Cisk, 4.2%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Premium Lager: Full Sail Session Lager, 5.1%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Dark Lager: Budweiser Budvar Dark, 4.7%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Strong Lager: Voll Damm, 7.2%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Standard Pale Ale: Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, 4.2%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Strong Pale Ale: BrewDog The Physics, 5%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Standard Dark Ale Deschutes Buzzsaw Brown, 4.8%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Strong Dark Ale: Robinsons Old Tom, 8.5%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Stout: Deschutes Obsidian Stout, 6.4%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Porter: Fuller\u2019s London Porter, 5.4%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Grain-Only Wheat Beer: Grolsch Weizen, 5.3%
\n (tie) Meantime Wheat Grand Cru, 6.3%
\nWorld\u2019s Best Flavored Wheat Beer: Meantime Raspberry Grand Cru, 6.5% <\/p>\n

There were still more trophy winners. Here’s that list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A final thought: Another a reason to hope that BrewDog finds a U.S. importer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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