An international and highly respected judging panel has identified the best beers in each of the eight categories of the annual World Beer Awards. With over 1000 beers from more than 30 countries, judges blind tasted and scored the entries over four rounds of judging. The final two rounds were held in London, where 50 international brewers, industry experts and journalists tasted and voted on the World’s Best Beers before the 2015 Country Winners were announced. Judges named Fish Tale Ales – Beyond the Pale – as the World’s Best Beer.
Adrian Tierney-Jones, european chairman of the World Beer Awards says: “After four arduous rounds of beer tasting and evaluating the merits of beers from all over the world I’m very pleased to see the results of our hard labours – the spread of winners shows the quality of entries from all over the world. These beers managed to please a hand-picked group of beer experts and writers from Europe, Asia and USA. For the last two rounds, for the first time, we invited brewers to join the tasting panel to help us find the World’s Best. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the judges for all their professionalism and dedication – it’s been a pleasure working with them.”
Category Winners:
World’s Best Beer & World's Best Pale Beer Fish Tale Ales, Beyond The Pale
World's Best Dark Beer VanderGhinste, Oud Bruin
World's Best Flavoured Beer Rodenbach, Rosso
World's Best Lager Kronenbourg 1664, Millésime
World's Best Sour Beer Timmermans, Oude Gueuze Limited Edition
World's Best Speciality Beer Samuel Adams, Stony Brook Red
World's Best Stout & Porter Deschutes, Obsidian Stout
World's Best Wheat Beer Brasserie du Mont Blanc, La Blanche
World's Best Label Mateo & Bernabé and Friends, 21 Mateo
For further information on the World Beer Awards 2015 including the country winners, Bronze, Silver and Gold medalists as well as regional style winners, images and tasting notes for all the winning beers go to www.worldbeerawards.com
28 September 2015 - Rebecca Sterritt Paragraph Publishing, content manager