The Best Brews of 2025: World Beer Competition Results Revealed!

Why the World Beer Cup is the Ultimate Beer Showdown

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hi everyone. Gary Monterroso here welcoming you to a special
edition of Beverage Chronicles because we have a lead breaking
news event that we want to pass on to you.
The Brewers Association is a non profit organization committed to
supporting small and independent American craft brewers, and they have

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just revealed the winners of the twenty twenty five World
Beer Cup, recognized as the most esteemed professional beer and
cider competition globally. The awards ceremony took place at the
Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, coinciding with the Craft Brewers

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Conference and brew Expo America. Over the course of seven
days and fourteen sessions, a panel of two hundred sixty
five judges from thirty seven countries meticulously assessed eight thousand,
three hundred seventy five submissions from one thousand, seven hundred

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sixty one breweries and sideries across forty nine nations, ultimately
presenting three hundred forty nine awards. Chris Williams, the director
of the World Beer Cup competition, remarked, the World Beer
Cup competition continues to highlight the global industry's commitment to

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innovative craftmanship. A variety of flavors and technical excellence. This
list of twenty twenty five winners exemplifies the peak of
craft brewing and cider making, showcasing what can be achieved
through dedication and passion. Congratulations to this year's award recipients.

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They have once again established the benchmark for excellence in
their craft, inspiring innovation and promoting healthy competition within the industry.
Some statistics that may interest you. This is the sixteenth competition.
Twenty twenty was skipped annualized as starting in twenty twenty two,

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there were eight thousand, as I mentioned, eight thousand, three
hundred and seventy five entries on thousand, seven hundred sixty
one breweries and sideries from forty nine countries. First time
brewery entries three hundred seventeen two hundred sixty five judges,
International judges one hundred and thirty two from thirty seven countries,

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judge countries, thirty seven judging sessions in days seven days,
fourteen sessions. Beer style categories including subcategories one hundred, twelve
cider categories five. Average number of beers in each category
was seventy three. The most entered style categories at two

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hundred and ninety entries where juicy or hazy. India pale
Ale at two hundred and fifty three entries West Coast
style in the appall Ale next at two hundred eight
entries were American Style in the appall Alls, German style
pills had one hundred and eighty six entries and hoppy

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Lagger had one hundred and fifty five entries. Had a
total of three hundred thirty six possible awards in one
hundred twelve beer style categories. Three hundred thirty four were awarded.
In the five cider style categories, all of fifteen possible
awards were granted, and that would certainly be way too

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difficult for me to list all of the winners, but
to make it easy, go to our website, which is
Beverage Chronicles dot com again www. Beverage product com. Scroll
down toward the bottom of the page and you can
click on a link that will take you to the winners.

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