All German winners are from Franconia

Every year in Brussels, prizes are awarded for the best beers in the world in numerous categories. Some of them will go to China, France, the USA in 2024 – and a lot to Franconia.

The best beers in Germany come from Franconia – at least according to the results of this year’s “Brussels Beer Challenge”. The international beer competition annually crowns the best beers in the world in numerous categories. This year, all of the winning breweries from Germany have one thing in common: they are at home in Franconia.

This year the competition was held in Ghent, Belgium, for the thirteenth time, the organizers announced on the beer award website. It was held for the first time in 2012. This year, however, participation was particularly high: over three days, 72 beer experts tested 1,705 beers from participating breweries from 39 countries around the world.

Maisel Brewery from Bayreuth is the frontrunner among Franconian winners of the Brussels Beer Challenge

The best were then awarded gold, silver and bronze. Some of these awards went to Franconia this year. For example, the breweries from the region were able to impress in the Pils, Helles, Weizen and Baltic Porter categories. A Franconian also recently impressed in another competition: the restaurant “Zum Alten Zollhaus” in Forchheim won the TV cooking show “Mein Lokal, Dein Lokal” and beat, among others, an Icelandic restaurant from Hollfeld.

There are some old friends among the winners of the beer competition: the Maisel brewery and the Bayreuth beer brewery have already received several awards in recent years. This year the triumphant march continued: The Maisel brewery was able to secure various awards in three categories, making it the front runner among the Franconian winners.

The “Maisel & Friends Chocolate Bock” won gold in the Baltic Porter category. The brewery received silver for the wheat Doppelbock “Maisel’s Weisse Bajuwarus”. And there was a second silver medal for the non-alcoholic beer.

The winning beers from the award-winning breweries

The Kulmbach brewery was no less successful. There were “only” two awards for them – but two gold ones. She was able to impress in both the “German Pilsner” and Eisbock categories. The Bayreuth brewery was rated just as well. They secured gold for their Helles and for the best wheat in the competition.

Second place in the light beers went to the Kaiserdom brewery in Bamberg. The Bamberg brewery Klosterbräu was also able to secure an award – namely bronze in the smoked beer category. A winner from the Forchheim district is also there: The Brauhaus am Kreuzberg won silver for the best beer matured in wooden barrels.

These are the winning beers from the award-winning breweries:

In the category “Lager: German-Style Pilsner” it was possible Kulmbach noble herb from Kulmbacher Brewery AG and won gold.
The Kulmbach brewery also won the “Lager German-Sytle Eisbock” category. And with that EKU28.
That worked for the light beers Bayreuth hell the gold from the Bayreuth beer brewery. And bronze also went to Franconia in this category: Kaiserdom Spezialitätenbrauerei GmbH Bamberg took it with it Empire of Helles.
The Maisel brewery from Bayreuth grabbed the silver medal in the Weizen (double) bock category – with the “Maisel’s White Bajuwarus“.
Bayreuth was the best wheat Yeast White beer crowned by the Bayreuth beer brewery.
Of course, Bamberg cannot be missed in the smoked beer category. However, that achieves “Klosterbräu Bamberger Rauchbier” the Bamberg Klosterbräu brewery only bronze.
A brewery from the Forchheim district is also there: the Brauhaus am Kreuzberg has the best beers aged in wooden barrels Bock beer matured in whiskey barrels the silver medal.
The Maisel brewery from Bayreuth once again failed in the Baltic Porter category. There was gold here for that.”Maisel & Friends Chocolate Bock“
The Maisel brewery also impresses with its non-alcoholic beers and wins with the “Maisel & Friends alcohol-free“Silver.