In a blind tasting, the winning beer was judged by the expert jury to be a \u201ctypical Altbier with balanced bitterness and a gentle cherry note\u201d. It also stood out for its pleasant roasted and classic German hop notes. The sommeliers could also clearly detect a chocolaty note (the competition requirement was to use BEST Chocolate malt).
The runner-up beer was brewed in North Rhine-Westphalia, the home of the classic Altbier. The \u201cB\u00dcD Alt\u201d scored with nutty malt notes, a flattering bitterness and \u201cgreat drinking pleasure,\u201d said beer sommeli\u00e8re Mareike Hasenbeck.
Third place goes to Federico Vauthier from Italy. He succeeded in bringing notes of caramel, raisins and toffee into the beer in his \u201cGarage Beer Lab\u201d.
All Altbier creations that reached the final round were very close to the classic Altbier in terms of color, foam, aroma, bitterness, taste, CO2 saturation as well as \u201cdrinkability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 155 Altbiers from all over the world were sent in for the brewing competition and tasted by the expert jury. \u201cA new record,\u201d says the delighted Bestmalz CEO Dr. Axel G\u00f6hler, who launched the competition in 2015. \u201cThe international participation is something to be proud of.\u201d Individual beers came from Denmark, Norway, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Four beers in PET bottles were sent in from Bulgaria, including the winning beer. The longest distances were covered by entries from the USA and Australia. The most beers came from Germany (73), Lithuania (36) and Italy (14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the BESTMALZ booth at the drinktec international beverage trade show in Munich. The winning beer, which was brewed for this purpose in the Neckarsulm brewery, was also served there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time, the BestBrewChallenge awarded prizes for particularly creative packaging and bottle labels. The award for the best overall presentation in terms of the combination of packaging and bottle label went to Maximilian Maier, who softly bedded his \u201cAlte G\u00e4rlinde\u201d beer in a wooden crate padded with hay. The label shows a charming elderly lady. The entry was accompanied by wooden beer mats and labels with laser engraving.
Jan Mordhorst designed a bottle label in the style of an Advent calendar with fold-out doors for his \u201cALTe Liebe\u201d beer creation.
The Bestmalz team had particular fun unpacking the entry from the Lielukos Family Brewery in Lithuania: Befitting the beer name \u201cTreasure\u201d, the packaging consisted of a wooden treasure chest. Inside, the beer bottles were surrounded by roasted malt grains and gold coins (made of plastic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The call for the next round is expected to be issued in January 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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