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29 July 2010
2010 WORLD’S BEST BOTTLED BEERS ANNOUNCED
Following four rounds of judging, five bottled beers have been crowned ‘World’s Best Beers’ by the international, highly respected judging panel. Judges have now blind-tasted beers, from over five hundred entries in *twenty-seven countries, in the annual World Beer Awards. Category winners and style trophies have also been named. These Awards are truly global as the ‘World’s Best’ winners in 2010 demonstrates; originating from the USA, Quebec, Czech Republic, Japan and Germany. Organised by www.tastingbeers.com the competition selects, awards and promotes to consumers the best beers available internationally. For the first time this year, ‘The World’s Best Beers 2010 Book’ has been produced, which includes tasting notes on all style winners and those who have been highly recommended. The book will be available from July 2010 and available through all good bookshops, specialist beer shops and available to purchase directly from www.tastingbeers.com at the RRP of £7.95.
WINNERS 2010 WORLD BEER AWARDS 2010
Category Brewery Location ABV ROGER PROTZ -CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGES COMMENT
World’s Best Standard Pale Ale: * Deschutes Red Chair NWPA Deschutes Brewery, Central Oregon, USA
6.4% Big fruity hop character balanced by juicy malt and tart citrus fruit
World’s Best Strong Dark Ale:Unibroue 17 Unibroue (Sapporo), Chambly, Quebec.
10% Roasted grain and burnt fruit balanced by big peppery hop notes
World’s Best Premium Lager:Primator Premium Lager PivovarNáchoda.s.
Czech Republic
4.7%
Real lager! Toasted grain, floral hops and a hint of citrus fruit
World’s Best Stout – Strong: Minoh Beer Imperial Stout A.J.I Minoh Beer
Osaka, Japan
8% Burnt fruit, roasted grain, liquorice and coffee balanced by peppery hops
World’s Best Strong Wheat Beer: Weihenstephaner Vitus BayerischeStaatsbrauereiWeihenstephan
Freising, Germany
7.7% Classic German wheat beer: banana and cloves with rich grain and gentle hops
The international panel of judges is chaired by Roger Protz, with European chair Jeff Evans, US chair Stan Hieronymus and Japanese chair Bryan Harrell. The chairmen are supported by their panel of judges; leading beer experts Jay Brooks and Eric Warner in the US, Ben Vinken in Belgium, Sylvia Kopp in Germany, Sally Toms in the UK, and Tatsuo Aoki in Japan.
The Award stages were as follows:
AWARD STAGES
Best Regional Style Trophies:
Each beer is tasted by style in the region in which it is entered to select the best beer style in Europe, the USA and Asia.
World’s Best Style Trophies:
The winning beers from each style in region are then tasted against each other to select the World’s Best Styles.
The World’s Best Categories:
The world’s best styles are tasted against each other to select the World’s Best Beers by Category.
The World’s Best Beers:
The world’s best categories are then tasted against each other to select the World Best Beers. The winners were announced at an Awards luncheon held in London on the 28th July 2010.
WORLD'S BEST STYLES
Swan Lake Porter Stout & Porter Porter
Les TroisMousquetaires Porter Baltique Stout & Porter Porter – Baltic
Rogue Mocha Porter Stout & Porter Porter – Flavoured
Hook Norton Double Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Dry
HidaTakayama Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Export Style
Kiuchi Expresso Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Flavoured
Minoh Beer Imperial Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Strong
Konig Ludwig WeissbierDunkel Wheat Beer Dark
UnibroueInc Quelque Chose Wheat Beer Fruit
Fujikanko Kaihatsu FujizakuraWeizen Wheat Beer Grain-only
Weihenstephaner HefeweissbierAlkoholfrei Wheat Beer Low / No Alcohol
Kiuchi White Ale Wheat Beer Spiced
Weihenstephaner Vitus Wheat Beer Strong
REGIONAL BEST STYLES
Asia’s Best Styles
Kiuchi Commemorative Ale Dark Ale Abbey / Trappist ASIA
Swan Lake Barley Dark Ale Barley Wine ASIA
IseKadoya Brown Ale Dark Ale Brown ASIA
Kiuchi XH (Extra High) Dark Ale Strong Dark ASIA
Ikspiari Harvestmoon Schwarz Lager Dark ASIA
Redoak Rauch Lager Flavoured ASIA
Cosmos Chang Draught Beer Lager Pils / Pils(e)ner ASIA
Kingfisher Premium Lager Lager Premium (inc.Doppel Bock) ASIA
Beer Thai Archa Beer Lager Seasonal (inc.Marzen&Oktoberfestbier) ASIA
Fujikanko Kaihatsu Fujizakura Rauch Lager Speciality ASIA
Cosmos Federbrau Beer Lager Standard (incDortmunder/Helles) ASIA
Kingfisher Strong Lager Lager Strong (inc.Maibock, Bock) ASIA
Kamakura Beer Moon Pale Ale Altbier ASIA
Swan Lake Amber Swan Ale Pale Ale Amber / Vienna ASIA
Redoak Bitter Pale Ale Bitter ASIA
Redoak Aussie Ale Pale Ale Flavoured ASIA
IseKadoya Imperial India Pale Ale Pale Ale Imperial IPA ASIA
Redoak IPA Pale Ale IPA ASIA
Honda Sangyou Company Preston Pale Ale Pale Ale Standard ASIA
Swan Lake Porter Stout & Porter Porter ASIA
Redoak Baltic Porter Stout & Porter Porter – Baltic ASIA
IseKadoya Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Dry ASIA
HidaTakayama Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Export Style ASIA
Kiuchi Expresso Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Flavoured ASIA
Minoh Beer Imperial Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Strong ASIA
Fujikanko Kaihatsu Fujizakura Chocolate Wheat Wheat Beer Dark ASIA
Ikspiari HarvestmoonYuzu Ale Wheat Beer Fruit ASIA
Fujikanko Kaihatsu FujizakuraWeizen Wheat Beer Grain-only ASIA
Kiuchi White Ale Wheat Beer Spiced ASIA
Europe’s Best Styles
Het Anker GoudenCarolus Classic Dark Ale Abbey / Trappist EU
Harvey's Christmas Ale Dark Ale Barley Wine EU
Thwaites Flying Shuttle Dark Ale Brown EU
Rodenbach Grand Cru Dark Ale Flavoured EU
Harvey's Old Ale Dark Ale Mild EU
St Austell Smugglers Vintage Ale Dark Ale Old / Vintage Ale / Oud Bruin EU
Harviestoun Ola Dubh Special Reserve 40 YO Dark Ale Speciality EU
Fuller's 1845 Dark Ale Strong Dark EU
Bernard Dark Lager Dark EU
Utenos Ice Lager Ice EU
Clausthaler Classic Lager Low / No Alcohol (inc. ‘light’) EU
Alpirsbacher Pils Lager Pils / Pils(e)ner EU
Primator Premium Lager Premium (inc.Doppel Bock) EU
Heineken Breznak Bernstein Lager Seasonal (inc.Marzen&Oktoberfestbier) EU
Zwick'l Bio Bier Lager Speciality EU
Konig Ludwig Hell Lager Standard (inc.Dortmunder / Helles) EU
SA Damm Keler 18 Lager Strong (inc.Maibock, Bock) EU
Brasserie St. Feuillien Blonde Pale Ale Abbey / Trappist EU
St Austell Admiral's Ale Pale Ale Amber / Vienna EU
Fuller's London Pride Pale Ale Best Bitter EU
Hook Norton Hooky Bitter England Bitter EU
Stewart Brewing Hollyrood Pale Ale Blonde / Golden EU
Sharp's Chalky's Bite Pale Ale Flavoured EU
HoublonChouffe Pale Ale Imperial IPA EU
Worthington's White Shield Pale Ale IPA EU
Greene King Abbot Ale Pale Ale Premium EU
Urthel Saisonniere Pale Ale Seasonal EU
Innis & Gunn Original Pale Ale Speciality EU
Fuller's ESB Pale Ale Strong / Extra Special EU
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Stout & Porter Porter EU
Baltika No6 Porter Stout & Porter Porter – Baltic EU
Okell's Aile Stout & Porter Porter – Flavoured EU
Hook Norton Double Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Dry EU
Harvey's Imperial Extra Double Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Strong EU
Konig Ludwig WeissbierDunkel Wheat Beer Dark EU
Floris Kriek Wheat Beer Fruit EU
Arran Blonde Wheat Beer Grain-only EU
Weihenstephaner HefeweissbierAlkoholfrei Wheat Beer Low / No Alcohol EU
SA Damm EstrellaInedit Wheat Beer Spiced EU
Weihenstephaner Vitus Wheat Beer Strong EU
The Americas’ Best Styles
Deschutes Mirror Mirror Dark Ale Barley Wine USA
Whistler Black Tusk Ale Dark Ale Brown USA
Deschutes Black Butte XXI Dark Ale Flavoured USA
Deschutes The Dissident Dark Ale Old / Vintage Ale / Oud Bruin USA
Samuel Adams Stony Brook Red Dark Ale Speciality USA
UnibroueInc Unibroue 17 Dark Ale Strong Dark USA
Samuel Adams Black Lager Lager Dark USA
Bamberg Rauchbier Lager Flavoured USA
Samuel Adams Noble Pils Lager Pils / Pils(e)ner USA
Full Sail Session Premium Lager Lager Premium (inc.Doppel Bock) USA
Rogue Dirtoir Black Lager Lager Seasonal (inc.Marzen&Oktoberfestbier) USA
Samuel Adams Boston Lager Lager Standard (inc.Dortmunder / Helles) USA
Samuel Adams Longshot Traditional Bock Lager Strong (inc.Maibock, Bock) USA
Les TroisMousquetaires Sticke Alt Pale Ale Altbier USA
Samuel Adams Irish Red Pale Ale Amber / Vienna USA
Samuel Adams Pale Ale Pale Ale Bitter USA
UnibroueInc La Fin Du Monde Pale Ale Blonde / Golden USA
Samuel Adams American Kriek Pale Ale Flavoured USA
Deschutes Hop Henge Experimental IPA Pale Ale Imperial IPA USA
Deschutes Inversion IPA Pale Ale IPA USA
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale Pale Ale Premium USA
Rogue Juniper Pale Ale Pale Ale Seasonal USA
Samuel Adams Utopias Pale Ale Speciality USA
Deschutes Red Chair NWPA Pale Ale Standard USA
Le Trou du diable ButeuseBrassin Special Pale Ale Strong / Extra Special USA
Deschutes Black Butte Porter Stout & Porter Porter USA
Les TroisMousquetaires Porter Baltique Stout & Porter Porter – Baltic USA
Rogue Mocha Porter Stout & Porter Porter – Flavoured USA
Deschutes Obsidian Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Dry USA
Rogue Chocolate Stout Stout & Porter Stout – Flavoured USA
Saguenay Criminelle Stout & Porter Stout – Strong USA
Samuel Adams Dunkelweiss Wheat Beer Dark USA
UnibroueInc Quelque Chose Wheat Beer Fruit USA
Samuel Adams Hefeweizen Wheat Beer Grain-only USA
UnibroueInc Blanche De Chambly Wheat Beer Spiced USA
UnibroueInc Don De Dieu Wheat Beer Strong USA
For further information on the 2010 awards as well as previous year’s awards visit www.tastingbeers.com.
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Notes to Editors:
*Countries include: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia,. Czech Republic., Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, U.S.A. and Wales.
www.tastingbeers.comis the international web site promoting the very best beers of the world, with fortnightly tastings throughout the year.
**About the Judges
World Chairman
Roger Protz – World Famous beer writer and journalist. In 1988 he founded the British Guild of Beer Writers
European Chairman
Jeff Evans – tastingbeers.com resident taster for the last 5 years, he is an internationally known beer writer and won Beer Writer of the Year 2001.
Judges
Sally Toms –taster, freelance writer and former Editor of Beers of the World Magazine.
Sylvia Kopp –freelance beer writer since 2007. She works for consumer magazines as well as for professional audiences writing in German as well as in English.
Ben Vinken – is a world authority when it comes to Belgian beers. Since 1991 he has published the magazine 'Bierpassie'.
North American Chairman
Stan Hieronymus is one of America's leading writers on beer and brewing. He has authored or contributed to more than ten books.
Judges
Eric Warner – retired President and CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, Eric is a German-trained Brewmeister and a graduate of the Technical University of Munich at Weihenstephan.
Jay Brooks –is an experienced GABF judge and beer writer. Jay is also the director of the Celebrator blind tasting panel.
Asia Chairman
Bryan Harrel –is a Tokyo-based writer and the publisher of Brews News, a monthly newsletter about the craft beer scene in Tokyo.
Judges
Tatsuo Aoki – is an organiser of Japan Craft Beer Selection, he is also the owner of the famous Popeye Bar in Tokyo that specialises in craft beer.
For further information on the awards contact:
Sophie Donovan
ParagraphPublishing Ltd
(00 44 (0) 1603 633 808. Mobile: 00 44 (0) 7785 331 735
*Sophie@paragraphpublishing.com
For further press information:
Gill Shaffer
Mint Communications
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(00 44 (0) 20 8347 8206: Mobile 00 44 (0)7958 989124 Fax: 00 44 (0)20 8342 9975
*gill@mintcomm.co.uk
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