The top 10 beers worldwide (pinch of salt needed)

ciaran76

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/big-data-download/top-10-beers-worldwide-181808114.html

Craft beers may be giving big brewers a run for their money, but the top-rated beers worldwide in terms of taste come from all over the map, according to one product research site.
Pacifico and Negra Modelo from Mexico, Smithwick's Ale from Ireland, Windhoek Lager from Namibia and Affligem Blonde from Belgium are among the top 10 beers worldwide, according to rankings from FindTheBest, which gathers and filters consumer and expert reviews from across the Web.

"The most important quality of a beer is how it tastes. However, the experience of drinking a beer also involves several secondary elements, including appearance, smell and texture," said FindTheBest CEO Kevin O'Connor.

Source: FindTheBest
And while beer drinkers outside of the United States might consider Budweiser a premium imported beer, it's not on FindTheBest's list of the 10 best beers across the globe. Instead, Michelob Ultra and Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus make the list and Bud sits at 316th place.

And while all of the top 10 beers worldwide have five-star ratings, Budweiser, a highly-marketed staple beer, has just 3.5 stars, according to FindTheBest.
"'Best' can be different things for different groups of people," O'Connor said.

Since FindTheBest's rankings depend on reviews, consumers and experts need to have access to a beer before reviewing it, and that's not always possible for some of the truly delicious but hard-to-find beers out there.
"The reality is most of these [beers with big marketing budgets] aren't very good at all,” O'Connor told “Big Data Download.” “Our data shows that when people actually taste lesser-known beers and compare them to the most popular ones, they often prefer the small-brewery option," O'Connor said.

FindTheBest, which lists some of the top brands under several categories, including smart phones, bicycles and web-hosting services, is just one of many resources that beer lovers can use to find new beer suggestions. Mobile apps like BeerCloud, BeerStat, Beer Universe and iBrewMaster are some of the more dedicated beer research resources.

BeerNut

In other news, FindTheBest wins the 2013 award for Most Ironic Company Name.

Benny Cake

LOL, Michelob Ultra!

Tube

Top 10 I suppose is a reflection of what people are buying. Maybe. Smithwicks above Guinness Foreign Extra is just wrong though.

Colonel Sanders

Tube wrote: »

Top 10 I suppose is a reflection of what people are buying. Maybe. Smithwicks above Guinness Foreign Extra is just wrong though.

This is very true

Lost count of how many times I mentioned that I like my stouts and the response is "oh a Guinness man eh?"

Zebra3

Windhoek, wow.

Doesn't get much blander than that. :eek:

Lucena

"Craft beers may be giving big brewers a run for their money, but the top-rated beers worldwide in terms of taste come from all over the map, according to one product research site."

This first sentence doesn't even make sense! Where's the contradiction between craft beer giving big brewers a run for their money and the fact that they come from all over the world?

The article looks like it was cobbled together in ten minutes by someone who knows nothing about craft beer, and whose next article will be about world oil production, something that they also know nothing about.

Caonima

No Mikkeller? For shame

Lucena

Caonima wrote: »

No Mikkeller? For shame

Funnily enough I was in their bar in Copenhagen last week.

Just thought I'd mention that.:P

minidazzler

I hate lists like this, it's impossible to even subjectively rate all beers, because nobody has drank all the beers. Never mind being objective about it.

nellie1980

Tube wrote: »

Top 10 I suppose is a reflection of what people are buying. Maybe. Smithwicks above Guinness Foreign Extra is just wrong though.

Guinness is not a beer

Herb Powell

nellie1980 wrote: »

Guinness is not a beer

What??

Caonima

nellie1980 wrote: »

Guinness is not a beer

Here we go ...

nellie1980

Herb Powell wrote: »

What??

Guinness is not a beer it is a stout

Herb Powell

Stout is beer, yo

Grayditch

Beer encompasses a lot of things. Including stout.

adrian522

Aguila, the Colombian beer is horrible stuff altogether. I wouldn't class it in the top 3 Colombian beers. And there aren't much more than 3 Colombian beers.

It looks horrible and actually manages to taste worse than it looks.

Grayditch

I thought we were going to have to name our top 10. It would have taken a while to decide

nellie1980

Herb Powell wrote: »

Stout is beer, yo

Yo no its Stout ok

Heroditas

nellie1980 wrote: »

Yo no its Stout ok

You're in danger of making yourself look silly.

nellie1980

Heroditas wrote: »

You're in danger of making yourself look silly.

Well i would be mortified and terrified to look silly on a board because i voice an opinion.:D

Grayditch

It's kinda not an opinion, though. Stout is a beer. Like water is wet, it just, ya know... is.

nellie1980

Look im only voicing an opinion and realise my mistake some of it was part to the old add in 1979 when Guinness aired an add with the Slogan Guinness no beer comes near Lol
So now only pulling the urine ha ha:D

Polar101

"And while beer drinkers outside of the United States might consider Budweiser a premium imported beer"

Say what?

Caonima

Polar101 wrote: »

"And while beer drinkers outside of the United States might consider Budweiser a premium imported beer"

Say what?

Budweiser :D:D:D:D:D:D

Does anyone here even drink this piss anymore

sarkozy

Zebra3 wrote: »

Windhoek, wow.

Doesn't get much blander than that. :eek:

Seriously? I've been around the southern African beer block, and Windhoek is by far the best beer from Africa and I'd consider to be of world standard, easily facing up to other German beers. The best? I dunno. I'd put Windhoek in the same league as Warsteiner, Lowenbrau, Becks. But it'd never compete, in my mind, with Augustiner.

However, this 'Top 10' list is pants.

Aglomerado

sarkozy wrote: »

However, this 'Top 10' list is pants.

+1 , Smithwick's? Come on. That stuff is horse piss. Pinch of salt duly taken.

the beer revolu

Aglomerado wrote: »

+1 , Smithwick's? Come on. That stuff is horse piss. Pinch of salt duly taken.

When did you last have a pint of Smithwick's?

I find that because there is little taste for ale in mainstream Ireland that people commonly dismiss Smithwick's as "dish water" or, in this case a more assertive "horse piss", having not tasted it since they were 16 but it is, IMO, the best of the mainstream beers available all over Ireland and I have converted a lot of people to drinking it too. Now, don't get me wrong, I would never go out of my way for a Smithwick's nor would I put it in any top beer list of any reasonable number but it's really not a bad pint and streets ahead of the likes of Bud or Heineken.

And, yes, the list is ridiculous.

GLaDOS

If I'm in a bar with all macro beers, Smithwicks is often my beer of choice (that or Guinness). Tastes decent and is usually better value than the rest. Obviously shouldn't be near a top 10 list though.

Grayditch

Smithwicks has been the savior of many a night out for me. It might not be the belle of the ball, but it's always there and reliable

penev10

Had a bottle of Negra Modelo recently and it was very nice, not top 10 nice though.

Affligem wouldn't make the top 10 Belgian Beers never mind overall.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Another plus one for Smithwick's.

Definitely not a top 10 for me but as the others said if I'm in a bar with just mainstream big brewery beers it's usually a Guinness in winter or when I'm just having one or two or Smithwick's for the summer or I need a session beer.

Countless nicer ales out there but it beats the likes of Heineken or Carlsberg for me as far as mainstream tap beers.

Aglomerado

the beer revolu wrote: »

When did you last have a pint of Smithwick's?

I find that because there is little taste for ale in mainstream Ireland that people commonly dismiss Smithwick's as "dish water" or, in this case a more assertive "horse piss", having not tasted it since they were 16 but it is, IMO, the best of the mainstream beers available all over Ireland and I have converted a lot of people to drinking it too. Now, don't get me wrong, I would never go out of my way for a Smithwick's nor would I put it in any top beer list of any reasonable number but it's really not a bad pint and streets ahead of the likes of Bud or Heineken.

And, yes, the list is ridiculous.

Had one a couple of months ago just for a change! I am an ale drinker for much of the year but I've been mostly drinking O'Hara's/ 8 Degrees recently. I agree with you that it's streets ahead of Bud and Heineken, but I'm still not converted although I do like their Pale Ale when I can get it on draught.

rubadub

Some are put off smithwicks as its only 3.8%, I have found many people to be surprised to find its so low. Its supposed to be stronger in north america.

I have been pleased to see Galway Hooker in more bars now. Was in a bar in dublin city centre the other day with a load of the usual mainstream suspects, and galway hooker in amongst them, I am not sure if they even had smithwicks. In the past I used see it only in bars with a decent selection of others. I was wondering if publicans are favouring it over smithwicks.

Some Help Please

Almaza is a Lebanese beer which I must say is fantastic.

Molston Canadian is also very nice.

Grayditch

I had a Molson once. It didn't register an actual taste with me.

splashthecash

I love a Tiger after a long day's work...others that I like are Staroslav and Singha

nellie1980

splashthecash wrote: »

I love a Tiger after a long day's work...others that I like are Staroslav and Singha

Lovely beer its all i drink when im in Thailand

dan1895

Smithwick's is the best of the macros in my opinion and the pale aint too bad if there are no proper craft beers available. Its my go to beer when no craft is available but luckily that is becoming less and less common.

Oh yeh, that list gave me a laugh too.

Caonima

splashthecash wrote: »

...and Singha

Nice, simple beer, good taste and finish