World Beer Awards 2014 - winners announced

By James Evison

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World's Best Beer: Haacht Brewery's Tongerlo Blond
World's Best Beer: Haacht Brewery's Tongerlo Blond
The winners of the World Beer Awards 2014 have been announced with Belgium's Haacht Brewery walking away with the overall best beer prize for its Tongerlo Blond.

The annual global awards saw world winners announced across eight categories of international recognised beer types, including lager, flavoured beer and wheat beer.

The expert judges in Asia, Europe and the Americas, each had its own regional chair under the guidance of the international chairman, and Publican's Morning Advertiser​ contributor, Adrian Tierney-Jones.

A four stage judging process - which included features editor of the Publican's Morning Advertiser​, Jessica Mason - whittled down styles from across all the world to a simple collection of the world's best beers.

These included:

  • World's Best Beer:​ Haacht Brewery Tongerlo Blond
  • World's Best Dark Beer​: Malheur 12
  • World's Best Flavoured Beer​: Redoak Special Reserve
  • World's Best Lager​: Samuel Adams Double Bock
  • World's Best Sour Beer​: Mort Subite Oude Geuze
  • World's Best Speciality Beer​: Samuel Adams Roggen Wolf
  • World's Best Stout & Porter:​ Redoak Baltic Porter
  • World's Best Wheat Beer​: Eisenbahn Weizenbock
  • World's Best Label​: Great Heck Black Jesus

 For all the winners, go to the World Beer Awards website​.

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