Best Beer in the World

Beer, the third most favorite drink after tea and water, originated almost 6000 years ago. Thanks to the trial and error method of prehistoric nomads! Cereal grains like wheat, rice or corn are fermented, brewed and flavored with hop to give a distinct bitterness, finally resulted into beer. It has become an inherent part of many countries, cultures and traditions like pub culture, beer festival and so on. To know more about this fascinating beverage, read on

Vielle Bon Secours : It claims to be the world's most expensive beer with a price tag of £500 (equivalent to around $1,000) per bottle or about £39 (equivalent to around $78) per pint.

Carlsberg Vintage No.1 : Tagged at $395 a bottle, Carlsberg's Vintage no.1 is one of the costliest beer ever, brewed by the Carlsberg Group in the year 2008. The interesting thing to note here is that only 600 bottles of this beer has been made and one bottle holds four-fifths of a pint.

Samuel Adams Utopias : This beer flows from the largest American owned brewery and is among the most expensive brands of beer. It also holds a Guinness World record for being the strongest beer with an ABV (Alcohol By Volume) of 27%.

Tutankhamun Ale : This limited beer is named after the famous King Tut, as the recipe of this extraordinary beer was discovered in Queen Nefertiti’s Temple of the Sun in Egypt which housed a brewery, build by King Akenhaten (husband of the Queen and probable father of King Tut). The rare ingredients add to the richness and definitely the expense of this brand. Sold at $52 per bottle, Tutankhamun Ale is worth a shot.

• Corona Extra
• Corona Light
• Heineken
• Labatt Blue
• Tecate
• Guinness
• Foster’s Lager
• Amstel Light
• Bass Ale
• Modelo Especial

1. Narke Kaggen Stormaktsporter
2. Cigar City Bourbon Barrel Aged Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
3. Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
4. Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
5. AleSmith Speedway Stout
6. Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout
7. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)
8. Russian River Pliny the Elder
9. Rochefort Trappistes 10

United States Many people think that America’s best selling beer is Budweiser, but it actually gets worse. Since 2001 the best selling beer in the USA has been Bud Light with an almost 16% share of the total market though it’s only sold internationally.

Canada Their best selling brand is Labatt Blue. It’s definitely at least half a step above most of the popular American beers. Coors Light has made its way up to number two, and Molson Canadian checks in third.

Brazil With almost a third of the total market, the local brand Skol dominates, with Brahma getting about 20%, followed by Antarctica with about 14%. All of them are owned by InBev which is the largest brewing company in the world.

Mexico Corona is the best selling beer in Mexico, one of the top selling imported beers in the United States and also one of the best selling beers in the world, available in over 150 countries. 

Germany  Krombacher taking the crown as the single top brand, followed by Bitburger, Warsteiner, and Becks, which is by far the most exported German beer. 

Netherlands continues to be dominated by the giant Heineken brewery. There is no doubt that Heineken Pilsner takes the first place. Its nearest competitor is Amstel bought by Heineken in 1968. Grolsch, which is known for its stay-attached bottle cap, is a distant third.

United Kingdom The bestselling brand is Carling, which used to be called Carling Black Label, and isn’t well known in most of the world.

Ireland Guinness stout beer dominates the market in Ireland. Domestic sales have been dropping a bit though they still account for nearly half of the total in the country..

Belgium Belgium is home of the giant InBev brewery company, and traditional lagers are still most popular. Stella Artois is by far the largest selling Belgian beer around the world, but it only holds an 8% share in the country, crushed by Jupiler, which gets around 40% of the market. 

Japan is really in love with the beer. While sake owns about 8% of the country’s alcohol market, beer takes down almost 60%, with four huge companies dominating the scene. Asahi Super Dry appears to be on top, closely followed by Kirin, Sopporo, and Suntory.

China   those who can afford beer reach for a Tsingtao, the only Chinese beer with an aggressive export campaign, so it’s the world’s favorite Chinese beer as well. Zhujiang and Ynjing are ranked number two and three.

• Bud Light
• Budweiser
• Coors Light
• Miller Lite
• Natural Light
• Busch,
• Busch Light
• Miller Genuine Draft
• Miller High Life
• Michelob Light

Various social traditions and activities are associated with beer drinking, such as playing cards, darts, bags, or other pub games; attending beer festivals, or visiting a series of different pubs in one evening; joining an organisation such as CAMRA; or rating beer. Various drinking games, such as beer pong, flip cup and quarters are also popular.