Country

Top Beer

 Brewery

Score

# of Beers
1 Albania Birra Tirana Premium Pils Birra Malto

6,8

1
2 Angola Nocal Cerveja Internacional Cervejas de Angola

8,5

3
3 Argentina Quilmes Cristal Cerveceria Malteria Quilmes

7,8

1
4

Armenia

Erebuni

Abovian Brewery

7

1
5

Australia

Carlton Cold

Carlton & United Breweries

8,5

5
6

Austria

Edelweiss Weissbier Snowfresh

 Hofbräu Kaltenhausen

8,5

5
7

Belgium

Gouden Carolus Cuvee van de Keizer 2005

Brouwerij Het Anker

11

73
8 Bolivia Pacena Centenario Cerveceria Boliviana Nacional

7

1
9 Bosnia & Hercegovina Nektar Pivo Banjalucka Pivara

6,3

1
10

Brazil

Xingu

Kaiser

8

2
11 Burundi Primus Biere Brarudi

7

1
12

Cameroon

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Guinness Cameroun S.A.

9,5

2
13

Canada

Unibroue La Fringante

Unibroue

8,5

4
14

China

Tsingtao

Tsingtao Brewery

7,5

2
15

Colombia

Pilsen

Grupo Empresarial Bavaria

6,8

1
16 Croatia Karlovacko Pivo Karlovacka Pivovara

8

3
17

Cuba

Palma Cristal

Cerveceria Bucanero S.A.

5,8

2
18

Cyprus

KEO

KEO

8,5

1
19

Czech Rep.

Staropramen Granat

Staropramen Breweries

10

17
20

Denmark

Mikkeller Monks Elixir

Mikkeller

10,8

290
21

Ecuador

Cerveza Nacionales Pilsener

Cervezas Nacionales Ecuador

6,8

1
22

England

Hambleton Nightmare

Hambleton

9

28
23

Estonia

A. Le Coq Chocolate Porter

Tartu Ölletehas

8,5

7
24

Ethiopia

Dashen Beer

Dashen Brewery

7,8

3
25

Faroe Islands

Föroya Bjór Black Sheep

Föroya Bjór

8

5
26

Finland

Lapin Kulta IV A

Hartwall

7,5

1
27

France

3 Monts

St. Sylvestre

10

19
28 French Polynesia Hinano La Brasserie de Tahiti

7

1
29

Georgia

Kazbegi Lager

Kazbegi

7

1
30

Germany

Schneider Aventinus

Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn

10

74
31

Greece

Alfa

Athenian Brewery

8

2
32

Greenland

Greenland Christmas Ale

Greenland Brewhouse

9,8

4
33 Guadeloupe Gwada Gold Gwada

7,8

1
34

Holland

Texels Winterbier

Texelse Bierbrouwerij

10

9
35

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Dragons Back

The Hong Kong S.A.R. Brewing Co.

9,3

1
36

Hungary

Szalon Sör

Pécsi Sörfözde

8,5

1
37 Iceland Ölvisholt Jolaöl Ölvisholt Brugghus

9,5

2
38

India

Taj Mahal

United Breweries

7

2
39 Indonesia Bintang Bir Pilsener Pt. Multi Bintang

7,3

1
40

Iran

Delster NA

Iran Behnoush Co.

4,8

1
41

Ireland

Kilkenny

Kilkenny

8,5

2
42 Israel Maccabee Tempo Beer

6,5

1
43

Italy

Menabrea 150 Anniversario Ambrata

Menabrea

9,8

5
44

Jamaica

Red Stripe

Desnoes and Geddes

7,3

1
45

Japan

Kirin Lager

Kirin Brewery Company

8,5

3
46 Jersey Mary Ann Liberation Ale The Jersey Brewery

9

2
47 Kazakhstan Shakhterskoe Syrasy Pivo Karagandinskoe

6,5

1
48

Kenya

Tusker Lager

Kenya Breweries

7,3

1
49 Kosovo Birra Peja Birra Peja

5,8

1
50 Laos Beer Lao Lao Brewery Co

6,5

1
51 Lebanon Almaza Pilsener Brasserie Almaza

7,3

1
52

Lesotho

Maluti Premium Lager (can)

Maluti Mountain Brewery

7,8

1
53 Liechtenstein Liechtensteiner Brauhaus Weiza Liechtensteiner Brauhaus

7,5

2
54

Lithuania

Svyturys Extra

Svyturys

7,5

2
55 Madagascar Star Three Horses Beer Brasseries Star

6

1
56 Malaysia Anchor Smooth Guinness Anchor Berhad

7

1
57 Martinique Biere Lorraine (can) Brasserie Lorraine

7

1
58 Mauritius Phoenix Beer Phoenix Beverages Group

6,5

1
59

Mexico

Negra Modelo

Grupo Modelo

8,5

4
60 Mongolia Ulan Bator Baadoq Ulan Bator Breweries

8,3

1
61 Montenegro Niksicko Pivo Trebjesa

6,3

1
62 Morocco Casablanca Société des Brasseries du Maroc

4,5

1
63 Myanmar Myanmar Lager Beer Myanmar Brewery and Distillery

6,3

2
64 Namibia Windhoek Lager Namibia Breweries

8

1
65

Nepal

Everest Premium Lager Special Limited Edition

Mount Everest Brewery

6

1
66

New Zealand

Emersons Old 95

Emersons Brewing Company

8,8

2
67 Niger Biere Niger Brasseries et Boissons Gazeuses du Niger

6,5

1
68 Nigeria Pal Nigeria Lager Pal Nigeria

6,3

1
69 North Korea Ponghak Beer Taedonggang Brewery

7,8

1
70

Norway

Nøgne Ø #100

Nøgne Ø

10

11
71 Peru Cusquena Cervecera del sur del Peru

7

1
72 Philippines San Miguel Pale Pilsen San Miguel

6,3

1
73

Poland

Zubr (Bison)

Zubr Pivovar Prerov

9

10
74 Portugal Cerveja Super Bock Abadia Uniao Cervejeira

7,5

4
75 Reunion Bourbon Brasseries de Bourbon

6

1
76 Romania Ursus Premium Compania de Bere Romania

8,8

1
77

Russia

Baltika 9 Extra

Baltika Brewery

8

4
78

San Marino

Amarcord La Tabachera

Spring srl

9,8

1
79 Senegal Biere la Gazelle Brasseries de l'Ouest Africain

6,3

1
80 Serbia Lav Pivo Carlsberg Serbia

6,8

1
81

Singapore

Tiger Beer

Singapore Brewery

6,8

1
82

Scotland

Orkney Dark Island Reserve

Orkney

10

10
83 Sierra Leone Star Lager Sierra Leone Brewery

7,3

1
84

Slovenia

Union Crni Baron

Pivovarna Union

6,8

2
85

South Africa

Castle Lager

South African Breweries

6,3

1
86

Spain

Estrella Damm Inedit

Damm

10

7
87

Sri Lanka

Lion Stout

The Lion Brewery and Restaurant

8

1
88 Swaziland Swaziland Brewers Christies Gold Beer Shandy

4,5

1
89

Sweden

Nils Oscar Kalasjulöl

Nils Oscar

9,3

13
90

Switzerland

Sonnenbrau Zwickelgold

Sonnenbräu

9

14
91

Tanzania

Safari Lager

Tanzanian Breweries

8,8

2
92

Thailand

Phuket Lager Beer

San Miguel Thailand

7,3

3
93 Togo Flag Speciale (Togo) Brasserie BB Lome

7

1
94

Trin/Tobago

Carib Lager

Carib Brewery

5,8

1
95

Turkey

Efes Pilsen

Anadolu Efes

7,3

1
96

Ukraine

Chernigivske Mitsne

Chernigivski Pivokombinat

7,8

3
97 Utd. Arab Emir. Barbican Premium Malt Aujan Industries Co.

8,5

1
98

USA

AleSmith IPA

AleSmith Brewing Company

10,3

40
99 Vietnam Saigon Export Saigon Beer Co.

6,5

2
 

 

 

 

 

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The 10 Best Beers Tasted

Beer Name

Beer Type

Brewery

Country

Score

1. Gouden Carolus Cuvee van de Keizer

Belgian Strong Ale

Brouwerij Het Anker

Belgium

11
2. Mikkeller Monks Elixir Quadrupel Mikkeller Denmark

10,8

3. Bøgedal Nr. 102

Traditional Ale

Bøgedal Bryghus

Denmark

10,5

4. Grottenbeer Bruin

Abbey Dubbel

St. Bernard Brouwerij

Belgium

10,5

5. Abbaye des Rocs Speciale Noel

Belgian Strong Ale

Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs

Belgium

10,3

6. Chimay Bleue

Trappist

Chimay

Belgium

10,3

7. Gulden Draak

Belgian Strong Ale

Brouwerij Van Steenberge

Belgium

10,3

8. Duelund Cowboy Den Gode

California Common

Duelund Bryglade

Denmark

10,3

9. Nøgne Ø #100

Double IPA

Nøgne Ø

Norway

10

10. Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

Nøgne Ø

Norway

10

The 10 Worst Beers Tasted

Beer Name

Beer Type

Brewery

Country

Score
1. Casablanca Pale Lager Société des Brasseries du Maroc Morocco

4,5
2. Christies Gold Beer Shandy Low Alcohol Swaziland Brewers Swaziland

4,5

3. Delster NA

Non-alcoholic

Iran Behnoush Co.

Iran

4,8

4. Cave Creek Chili Beer

Spice Beer

Black Mountain Brewing Co.

USA

5,3

5. Oettinger Mixed

Fruit Beer

Oettinger Bier Gruppe

Germany

5,5

6. Berliner Kindl Weisse

Weissbier

Berliner Kindl Brauerei AG

Germany

5,5

7. Carib Lager

Pale Lager

Carib Brewery

Trinidad

5,8

8. Løkken Mørk Kutterøl

Ale

Løkken Bryghus

Denmark

5,8

9. Engel Landbier-Hell

Kellerbier

Crailsheimer Engelbräu

Germany

5,8

10. Tuborg T-Beer Citrus

Fruit Beer

Carlsberg Brewery

Denmark

5,8

The 10 Strongest Beers Tasted

Beer Name

Beer Type

Brewery

Country

Alc.
1. Mikkeller (Black) Imperial Stout Mikkeller Denmark

17,5%

2. Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier

Doppelbock

Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg

Austria

14%
3. Mikkeller Black Hole Imperial Stout Mikkeller Denmark

13,1%
4. Skovlyst Biere Rouge Barley Wine Bryggeri Skovlyst Denmark

12%

5. Rochefort Trappistes 10

Trappist

Brasserie Rochefort

Belgium

11,3%

6. Vestfyen Willemoes Jul 2006

Barley Wine

Bryggeriet Vestfyen

Denmark

11,3%

7. Avery the Czar Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

Avery Brewing Co.

USA

11%

8. Eku 28

Eisbock

Kulmbacher Brauerei

Germany

11%

9. Gouden Carolus Cuvee van de Keizer

Belgian Strong Ale

Brouwerij Het Anker

Belgium

11%

10. Wiibroe Årgangsøl 2006

Malt Liquor

Carlsberg Brewery

Denmark

10,6%