- The top beers, brewers and new brewers listed by country according to reviews taken last year and weighted by performance within and outside of style, balanced by indicators of depth. The winners here are presented by country of origin and reflect the top performing brewers of all of those listed at RateBeer. New brewer contests include those brewers who gained their first review after Q3 2015. All winners in this category are eligible for award certificates.
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Albania |
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Andorra |
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Cerveses Alpha |
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Argentina |
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Armenia |
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Aruba |
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Australia |
Boatrocker Ramjet Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout |
Murray’s Craft Brewing Co. |
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Austria |
Bevog Hagger |
Bevog Brewery |
Next Level Brewing |
Azerbaijan |
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Bahamas |
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Bahamian Brewery & Beverage |
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Barbados |
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Banks Barbados Brewery |
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Belarus |
TRYE Beer Khmelishcha IPA |
Brew Team Brewery |
Brew Team Brewery |
Belgium |
Struise Cuvée Delphine |
De Struise Brouwers |
Bokkereyder |
Belize |
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Bolivia |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Pivara Oldbridž |
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Brazil |
Tupiniquim / Omnipollo Polimango |
Cervejaria Wäls (AB InBev) |
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Bulgaria |
Ailyak Mosaic Хмел IPA |
Byal Shtark / White Stork Beer Company |
Blek Pine |
Burkina Faso |
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Cambodia |
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Kingdom Breweries (Cambodia) |
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Canada |
Auval Ribes Nigrum (Cassis) |
Brasserie Dunham |
Brasserie Auval Brewing Co. |
Cayman Islands |
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The Cayman Islands Brewery Ltd. |
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Chile |
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Szot Microbrewery |
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China |
Boxing Cat Bourbon King Louie Imperial Stout |
Boxing Cat Brewery |
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Colombia |
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Bogotá Beer Company (AB InBev) |
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Costa Rica |
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Costa Rica’s Craft Brewing Co. |
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Croatia |
Vunetovo Aljaški Mrgud |
Nova Runda |
The Garden Brewery |
Cuba |
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Cerveceria Bucanero (InBev) |
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Cyprus |
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Aphrodite’s Rock Brewing Company |
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Czech Republic |
Matuška Černá Raketa (Black Rocket) 17° BARRIQUE |
Pivovar Matuška |
Pivovar U Dobřenských |
Dem Rep of Congo |
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Brasseries Simba |
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Denmark |
Mikkeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (Bourbon Edition) |
Mikkeller |
BRUS |
Dominican Republic |
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Ecuador |
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Egypt |
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El Salvador |
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England |
Beavertown Tempus Project Barrel Aged SPRESSO |
Cloudwater Brew Co |
Verdant Brewing |
Estonia |
Põhjala / To Øl Cellar Series - Taanilinn Cognac BA |
Põhjala |
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Ethiopia |
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Faroe Islands |
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Okkara |
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Fiji Islands |
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Finland |
Vakka-Suomen Prykmestar Savu Kataja |
Panimoravintola Beer Hunter’s |
The Flying Dutchman Nomad Brewing Company |
France |
Thiriez Jean Chris Nomad |
Mont Salève |
Brasserie de l’Être |
Gambia |
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Georgia |
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Germany |
Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock |
Gänstaller Bräu |
Stone Brewing Co. (Berlin) |
Ghana |
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Greece |
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Satyr Brews |
Greenland |
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Guatemala |
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Guernsey |
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Guyana |
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Honduras |
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Hong Kong |
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Young Master Hong Kong |
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Hungary |
armando_otchoa’s Freaky Wheaty Grabanc |
armando_otchoa |
Brew Your Mind |
Iceland |
Borg Surtur Nr. 38 |
Borg Brugghús |
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India |
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Indonesia |
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Ireland |
Galway Bay Two Hundred Fathoms (2016) |
Galway Bay Brewery |
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Isle of Man |
Okells Olaf |
Okells |
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Israel |
Alexander / Mikkeller The Beer Of Milk & Honey |
Mivshelet HaShakhen |
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Italy |
Baladin Xyauyù Barrel |
Le Baladin |
Canediguerra |
Jamaica |
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Razz Breweries Jamaica Ltd |
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Japan |
Yorocco Cultivator |
Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer) |
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Jersey |
Liberation 140 |
Liberation |
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Jordan |
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Colorado Trading Company |
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Kenya |
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Kosovo |
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Sabaja Craft Brewery |
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Laos |
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Latvia |
Malduguns Lauvas Pacietība |
Alus Darbnīca Labietis |
Bierhaus |
Lebanon |
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961 Beer - Gravity Brewing |
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Liechtenstein |
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Prinzenbräu |
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Lithuania |
Sakiškių Imperial Stout - Whiskey BA |
Sakiškių alus |
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Luxembourg |
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Ourdaller Brauerei (Simon) |
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Macau |
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Macedonia |
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Malaysia |
Danish Royal Stout |
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Malta |
Lord Chambray San Blas |
Lord Chambray |
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Mauritius |
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Mexico |
Insurgente La Lupulosa |
Cerveceria Insurgente |
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Moldova |
Litra Pale Ale |
Litra Brewing Company |
Lumencraft |
Monaco |
Brasserie de Monaco Ambrée |
Brasserie de Monaco |
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Montenegro |
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Morocco |
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Mozambique |
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Myanmar |
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Namibia |
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Nepal |
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Netherlands |
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #22 |
Brouwerij de Molen |
Tommie Sjef Wild Ales |
New Zealand |
Kereru Imperial Nibs |
8 Wired Brewing |
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Nicaragua |
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Nigeria |
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Nigeria) |
Guinness Nigeria |
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Northern Ireland |
Boundary Export Stout |
Farmageddon Brewing Co-Op |
Lacada Brewery Ltd |
Norway |
Lervig Brewers Reserve Barley Wine Aged in Bourbon Barrels (13%) |
Nøgne Ø (Hansa Borg) |
Salikatt Bryggeri |
Pakistan |
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Palestine/West Bank |
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Taybeh Brewing Co. |
Birzeit Brewery |
Panama |
Casa Bruja Chivoperro IPA |
Casa Bruja Brewing Co. |
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Peru |
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Sierra Andina |
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Philippines |
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San Miguel |
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Poland |
Szałpiw Buba Extreme Jack Daniels BA |
Pracownia Piwa |
Brokreacja |
Portugal |
Dois Corvos Finisterra Imperial Porter |
Mean Sardine Brewery |
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Puerto Rico |
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Réunion |
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Brasserie de Bourbon (Heineken) |
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Romania |
Bereta Juicebag |
Ground Zero |
Bereta |
Russia |
Bakunin Zatmenie (Eclipse) |
Victory Art Brew |
Brewlok |
Rwanda |
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San Marino |
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Titanbräu - Birrificio Artigianale Sammarinese |
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Scotland |
BrewDog / Nøgne Ø / Mikkeller Black Tokyo* Horizon |
BrewDog |
Fierce Beer Co |
Senegal Republic |
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Serbia |
Kabinet 02 Kolaboracija (Caramel Stout) |
Kabinet Brewery |
Crow Brewery |
Singapore |
Brewerkz Oatmeal Stout |
Brewerkz |
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Slovak Republic |
Dub Brewing Strange Land IPA 14,5° |
dUb Brewing Company |
dUb Brewing Company |
Slovenia |
Reservoir Dogs Batch #50 Imperial Stout |
Reservoir Dogs Brewery |
Pivovarna Hopsbrew |
South Africa |
Devil’s Peak King’s Blockhouse IPA |
Devil’s Peak Brewing Company |
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South Korea |
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Craftworks Taphouse & Bistro |
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Spain |
Nómada Papaya Rye |
Naparbier |
NaparBCN |
Sri Lanka |
Lion Stout |
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Suriname |
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Sweden |
Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter Börb’nåhallon |
Omnipollo |
Hyllie Bryggeri |
Switzerland |
BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien |
BFM (Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes) |
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Taiwan |
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Tanzania |
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Thailand |
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Full Moon Brewworks |
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Tibet |
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Transdniestra |
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Trinidad & Tobago |
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Tunisia |
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Turkey |
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Atak |
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Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Uganda |
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Ukraine |
Pravda Vesna |
Tsypa |
Tsypa |
United States |
Central Waters Ardea Insignis Imperial Stout |
Hill Farmstead Brewery |
American Solera |
United States Virgin Islands |
St. John Brewers Virgin Islands VI Massive Double IPA |
St. John Brewers - The Tap Room |
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Uruguay |
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Venezuela |
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Vietnam |
Pasteur Street Jasmine IPA |
Pasteur Street Brewing |
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Wales |
Lines Line FA - Primary Brett Imperial stout |
Tiny Rebel |
Lines Brew Co. |
Zimbabwe |
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