Top 10 Best Beers In The World of All Time

Sally Polly May 17, 2021 | 06:37

Beer is one of the most famous drinks in the world. Whether enjoyed with a sunrise, sport, friends, food or a sunset, there is surely no better accompaniment to life than a well-timed beer. In the article below, we list 10 best beer in the world all time that never go out of style.

Top 10 Best Beers In The World of All Time

Beer is so many things—perfect for both every day and special occasions, it’s light and dark, rich and robust, and sour and sweet. With the ongoing rise of craft beer, it's also proliferating like never before, which can make it challenging to find the best brew.

List of 10 best beer in the world all time

10. Kingfisher, India

9. Tsingtao, China

8. Red Stripe, Jamaica

7. Brewdog, Scotland

6. Singha, Thailand

5. Pacifico, Mexico

4. Hanoi Beer, Vietnam

3. Alpha Pale Ale, Australia

2. Estrella Damm, Spain

1. Quilmes, Argentina

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10. Kingfisher, India

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Kingfisher is an Indian beer brewed by United Breweries Group, Bangalore. The brand was launched in 1978. With a market share of over 36% in India, it is also available in 52 other countries. The Heineken Group holds 42.4% equity shares in United Breweries Ltd. Kingfisher is ranked 74th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2012, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory. In the Brand Trust Report 2013, Kingfisher was ranked 102nd among India's most trusted brands and subsequently, according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, Kingfisher was ranked 198th among India's most trusted brands.

During the years 2009 through 2015, United Spirits (USL) / Diageo exited all non-core investments in United Breweries and sold 850,000 INR shares to Heineken, which will now give it leverage to managing affairs of India's largest beer producer. USL sold 3.21% shares for Rs 872 crore in a block trade. The shares were sold at Rs 1,030 apiece, a slight premium to Tuesday's closing price of Rs 1,014.10. As of July 2015, Heineken's stake in United Breweries (UB) has increased from 39% to 42.1%. This deal will give Heineken an upper hand over Vijay Mallya in running the company.

9. Tsingtao, China

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Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. is China's second largest brewery, with about 15% of domestic market share. It was founded in 1903 by Bavarian settlers in Qingdao, Shandong province. Its logo displays an image of Zhanqiao, a pier on Qingdao's southern shore.

Tsingtao Brewery was founded by the Anglo-German Brewery Co. Ltd., an English-German joint stock company based in Hong Kong which owned it until 1916. The brewery was founded on August 15, 1903 as the Germania-Brauerei (Germania Brewery) with a paid-in capital of 400,000 Mexican silver dollars divided into 4,000 shares priced at $100 each.

Since 1903 Tsingtao has been brewed using the same unique process implemented by German and English settlers in Qingdao, China. A year later their first beer was served at a live kung-fu fight. They still use fresh spring water from the Laoshan Mountain, the same place the ancient religious belief of Taoism originated.

8. Red Stripe, Jamaica

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All Red Stripe was originally brewed by Desnoes & Geddes Limited in Kingston, Jamaica.

In 2012, Diageo (then owners of Red Stripe) moved brewing of Red Stripe intended for the U.S. market to City Brewing Co. in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Latrobe Brewing Company in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (home to Rolling Rock). Production of Red Stripe brewed for Jamaica, Brazil, Canada, and Europe stayed in Jamaica.

In 2015, two California people sued Diageo for misrepresenting that Red Stripe is a Jamaican beer. This despite the fact that the bottles noted the Pennsylvania brewery.

In late 2015, Heineken USA purchased Red Stripe from Diageo. In 2016, the company released news that all brewing operations for the brand will return to Jamaica.

Red Stripe pours with a dead-on appearance of the style. It's color is that of light straw and it's very clear although with fewer bubbles than other representatives of the style. The head rises white with a medium density and falls rather quickly.

Red Stripe's aroma is grainy sweet with just a hint of sweet apples. Its flavor follows suit with a generally nondescript sweetness and a healthy carbonation sting on the tongue.

Around the middle of the drink, some hops peek through then quickly scuttle away as a lingering sweetness hangs in the mouth. The beer has a full mouthfeel and a generally fuller flavor than most light lagers.

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7. Brewdog, Scotland

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BrewDog was founded in Fraserburgh in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie.

In 2009, BrewDog purchased its first bar, in nearby Aberdeen. At the end of 2018, the company and its franchisees operated 78 bars worldwide.

In 2011, BrewDog was described as "one of the prime movers" behind the campaign which changed the law in 2011 to allow new beer measures in Britain.

2011 also saw the company offered crowdfunding shares totalling £2 million, the equivalent of 8% of the capital of the company. The shares were sold at £23.75 and accompanied several benefits such as discounts in its bars and online purchase of its beers, and the opportunity to attend its annual shareholders' meeting.

The main brewing moved from Fraserburgh to nearby Ellon in 2012. In 2014, the company ended operations in Fraserburgh.

In March 2015, BrewDog was awarded £1.5m in Regional Selective Assistance. That same month, the company announced plans to increase its workforce by 130.

In February 2016, BrewDog open-sourced its beer recipes to the public, making them a form of Free Beer.

Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners acquired a 22% stake in the company for approximately £213 million in April 2017.

In February 2018, BrewDog announced that it plans to build a $30 million production brewery and tap room on an 11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft) greenfield site in the Metroplex complex at Murarrie, in Brisbane, Australia. In November 2019, the company announced that it would be expanding its footprint in the United States with a new distillery.

In December 2019 BrewDog opened its first bar in Ireland, at the Capital Dock development in the upmarket Grand Canal Dock area of Dublin.

6. Singha, Thailand

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In 1933, founder Praya Bhirombhakdi received a brewing license from the Thai government and the construction of Boon Rawd Brewery began. The production of Singha followed shortly after.

The brewery was bestowed with a royal warrant on 25 October 1939. Boon Rawd became the only brewery permitted to display the royal Garuda which is a symbol of exceptional services and quality products.

In 1955, the brewery increased its capacity from bottling 6,000 liters per hour to 12,000 liters per hour with additional brewing vessels, storage tanks, and mechanic fillers.

In 1967, the brewery undertook a major expansion, extending their ground from 3.6 acres to 22.8 acres.

In 1971, Boon Rawd began exporting Singha thanks to new filling lines and a steady growth in production and demand. Its first consignment of 1,200 cases was bound for Los Angeles.

In 1988, Boon Rawd opened its second beer production facility in Pathum Thani and replaced mechanical filling lines with automatic ones, doubling its production capacity.

In 1989, Boon Rawd started producing Singha beer in cans, the first brewery to do so in Thailand.

In 1996, Boon Rawd opened its third brewery in Khon Kaen. It was the largest and most technologically advanced facility in Thailand in the 1990s. Boon Rawd then had a major reorganization of their group of companies, establishing the Singha Corporation in 2001 to manage their 150-plus subsidiaries.

In 2011, Singha Beverage opened in Nakhon Pathom and was considered the most energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly brewery in Thailand.

In 2020, Singha launched a biodegradable, plastic-free packaging for their cans, made from recycled wood pulp. Singha also introduced Singha Reserve, a premium lager beer, to the Thai market.

5. Pacifico, Mexico

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Cerveza Pacífico Clara, better known as Pacífico, is a Mexican pilsner-style beer. Cerveza Pacífico is named so because the Pacífico brewery is located in the Pacific Ocean port city of Mazatlán, in the state of Sinaloa, México.

It was first brewed in 1900 when three Germans, Jorge Claussen, Germán Evers and Emilio Philippy opened a brewery, the Cerveceria del Pacífico, in Mazatlán. Its label includes a picture depicting a lifesaver encircling a ship's anchor superimposed over the port's lighthouse hill, known locally as "Cerro del Crestón." In Mazatlán, the beer is available in four different size bottles: "cuartitos" (6 fl. oz), "medias" (12 fl. oz.), "ballenas" (32 fl. oz.) and "Ballenón" (1.2 L).

Alcohol content: 4.5 percent. "Clara" means clear, blonde, as opposed to "oscura" (dark).

The Pacífico brewery was bought by Mexican brewing giant Grupo Modelo in 1954, which was later acquired by the Belgian-Brazilian Anheuser-Busch InBev company.

As of 2020 the brand is owned and marketed in Australia by Lion.

4. Hanoi Beer, Vietnam

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The pride of Vietnam’s capital is crisp and deliciously inexpensive. Lightly golden with a mild smell of grass and hops, the hint of a citrus tang makes this a champion thirst quencher. It is also infinitely preferable to its debaucherous cousin Hanoi Vodka, which your wallet might like at only two pounds a bottle, but your head won’t thank for the two day hangover.

3. Alpha Pale Ale, Australia

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Pale ale is an ale (a beer brewed using warm fermentation) made with pale malt. The term first appeared around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at that time. Different brewing practices and hop levels have resulted in a range of tastes and strengths within the pale ale family.

Coke had been first used for dry roasting malt in 1642, but it wasn't until around 1703 that the term "pale ale" was first applied to beers made from such malt. By 1784, advertisements appeared in the Calcutta Gazette for "light and excellent" pale ale.

By 1830, the expressions bitter and pale ale were synonymous. Breweries tended to designate beers as "pale ales", though customers would commonly refer to the same beers as "bitters". It is thought that customers used the term bitter to differentiate these pale ales from other less noticeably hopped beers such as porters and milds.

By the mid to late 20th century, while brewers were still labeling bottled beers as pale ales, they had begun identifying cask beers as bitters, except those from Burton on Trent, which tend to be referred to as "pale ales".

A serial award winner, the most recent of which was being awarded first place in the 2013 Australian International Beer Awards. It’s brewed by Matilda Bay Brewing Company in Victoria and has the added benefit of not being in any way related to Fosters. The Amber Nectar, as it is unaffectionately known, is an Australian imposter, brewed under license in England and largely unknown in the Outback. Back to Alpha Pale Ale, the makers advise it tastes best when accompanying steak and caramelised onions, but then what doesn’t?

2. Estrella Damm, Spain

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Estrella Damm is a lager beer, brewed in Barcelona, Spain. It has existed since 1876, when August Küntzmann Damm founded his brewery in Barcelona, and is the flagship beer of S.A. Damm, a prominent brewery in the city. The brand is the oldest in Spain[1][2] and the name Estrella means "star" in both Catalan and Spanish. Estrella Damm is available in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, Peru, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Ukraine, Norway, Poland, Estonia,Portugal, Finland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Georgia, Honduras and the UK in a 4.6% version. In the United States, it is available through United States Beverage, LLC. Despite its name, Estrella Damm should not be confused with another Spanish lager, called Estrella Galicia.

During the heyday of baseball in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, S.A. Damm sponsored a local baseball team, Picadero Damm. In 2007, Estrella Damm was one of the major sponsors of Emirates Team New Zealand, a challenger for the America's Cup who won the Louis Vuitton Cup.

In 2009, the globally acclaimed chef Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler and sommeliers Ferran Centelles and David Seijas from El Bulli Restaurant created a luxury bottled lager beer called Inedit for Estrella Damm by mixing blend of lager and wheat beer styles, then a combination of barley malt, wheat, hops, coriander, orange peel, yeast and water. Inedit means "unprecedented".

In 2012, Estrella Damm aired its first UK commercial, which features the band Billie the Vision and the Dancers and was set in Menorca.

During the 2019 professional tennis season, Estrella Damm sponsored both ATP and WTA tournaments in Spain.

Estrella Damm also sponsors the National restaurant awards along with holding the Estrella Damm gastronomy congress on the same day.

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1. Quilmes, Argentina

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Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes is an Argentine brewery founded in 1888 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, by Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant.

The company grew quickly, and by the 1920s it was the most popular beer brand in Buenos Aires. Since then, it has become something of a national symbol and has 75% of the beer market share in Argentina. It sponsors the Argentina national football team, and the colours of its labels are Argentina's light blue and white.

As of 2005, Quilmes has plants in Quilmes, Zárate, Tres Arroyos, Corrientes, Tucumán, and Mendoza. It is also exported to Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States, Spain, Israel, Dominican Republic, France, UK, Italy, Australia, and several other countries. It sells a yearly total of around 17 million hL of beer and 8 million hL of soft drinks and other products.

The international company Quilmes Industrial S.A. (QUINSA) is a Luxembourg-based holding that controls Quilmes and franchises PepsiCo's products, including Gatorade and Tropicana, in Argentina and Uruguay. QUINSA owns 30% of Quilmes, with 53% of the voting rights within the corporation.

In 2002, Brazilian company AmBev bought 37.5% of Quilmes S.A. in an agreement that gave AmBev control of the Quilmes brand in Argentina. The merger of the two companies created, for a brief time, the world's third-largest beverage producer.

In 2006 AmBev increased its share of the company to over 91%, effectively taking full control of the Quilmes name.