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Announcing the Top Winners of the 2025 World Beer Championships
The World Beer Championships (WBC) was founded by the Beverage Testing Institute (BevTest) in 1994 as the first international beer competition in the United States. The WBC uses BevTest's proprietary blind tasting methodology and points-to-medals system. BevTest assigns platinum, gold, silver, and bronze medals based on points earned, which translate to an absolute quality evaluation for an individual product on its own.This year's Best of Category winners from around the world include:
Best Pale Lager: Damm Brewery Keler 18 Pale Lager (Spain)
Best American-style IPA: Toppling Goliath Cyber Sue American Style IPA (USA)
Best New England-style IPA: Fremont Brewing Head Full of Dynomite Hazy IPA (USA)
Best Flavored Imperial Stout: Toppling Goliath 2024 Mornin' Delight Stout Brewed with Maple Syrup and Coffee (USA)
Best American-style Lager: Chang Classic Beer (Thailand)
Best Märzen/Oktoberfest: Harbor Brewing Oktoberfest (Spain)
Best Pilsner: Toppling Goliath TG Pils Bavarian Style Pilsner (USA)
Best Flavored Barrel Aged Ale: Jackalope Brewing Mice & Men Blueberry Baltic Porter Aged in Brandy Barrels (USA)
Best Flavored Beer: Chang Espresso Lager (Thailand)
Best Barrel Aged Imperial Stout: Fremont Brewing 2024 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout (USA)
Best Winter Ale: Narragansett Bing Crosby White Christmas Winter Warmer (USA)
Best Hefeweizen: Damm Brewery Free Damm Non-Alcoholic Beer (Spain)
Best Munich Helles: Federbrau German Single Malt (Thailand)
Best Scottish-style Ale: Salt Flats Brewing Co. Kilted Harley Scottish Ale (USA)
Best Imperial New England (Hazy) IPA: Tighthead Brewing Company Chilly Water Pale Ale (USA)
Best Mexican-style Lager: Tighthead Brewing Company Tres Izquierdas Three Lefts Mexican Lager (USA)
Best Reduced Calorie Lager: Cape May Brewing Co Cape May Light (USA)
Best Gluten Free Lager: Damm Brewery Daura Damm Gluten-Free Lager (Spain)
Full results can be found at BevTest's free consumer buying guide site Tastings.com:
https://www.tastings.com/Competitions/World-Beer-Championships-2025.aspx
To register commercial beers for the 2026 World Beer Championships taking place in October 2025, please click here:
https://secure.bevtest.com/Review/2026WorldBeerChampionships
Beverage Testing Institute
4849 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60630
Media Contact: Jerald O'Kennard,
President, Beverage Testing Institute
jerald@bevtest.com, 773-930-4080
ABOUT BEVERAGE TESTING INSTITUTE:
Beverage Testing Institute (BevTest) was founded in 1981 as the first international wine competition in the United States, adding beer, spirits, cider, sake, mead and more to the repertoire in 1994. Using industry-leading methodology co-developed with Cornell University and a one-of-a-kind approach to trade focus groups and sensory panelist recruitment, BevTest's evaluations are so much more than a competition. BevTest establishes and advocates for the highest standards in the beverage industry. We are members of ASTM International and our proprietary, ASTM-International-compliant, blind tasting methodology is so rigorous that it has been vetted and accepted by the National Advertising Department of the Better Business Bureau and used by leading beverage brands as the basis for numerous successful quality-based claims in national media campaigns.
We are the research, advisory and engagement company that helps alcohol brands be better. Our value to the drinks trade is built on our unique position as a critic and advocate for the alcohol beverage industry, an independent publication, and a decades-long, consumer-trusted quality and certification brand. We utilize exceptional methodology, proprietary software, and decades of experience to offer research, development, and marketing services that protect large investments, elevate brand reputations, optimize market reception, and engage consumers.
For 43 years, we've helped our clients and partners accelerate their development processes, improve the quality of their products, and amplify their brands' reputation and worth through quality-centric messages and marketing strategies. Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Wine Enthusiast, Restaurant Hospitality, The New Yorker, Wine & Spirits, Epicurious.com, and All About Beer are just a few of the many media outlets that have tapped into BevTest's acumen and expertise.
Learn more at https://bevtest.com and discover drinks you will love at https://www.tastings.com, our free consumer buying guide with tens of thousands of our adult beverage reviews.
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