Ever wonder how many different brands of beer there are? Or how long it might take to try every single beer out there?
According to Wikipedia, Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, with more than 35 billion gallons (133 billion liters) sold each year! Add to that there are rumored to be more than 20,000 brands of beer, and you've got quite a task ahead of you if you plan to try them all.
We here at LivingSocial love us some beer - heck, we'd have to in order to dedicate an entire category to it! From dark beers to light; strong to weak; lager to stout; you can bet we've tried a bunch. That said, we're no experts, at least not compared to some folks who take their appreciation for beer to the next step; these people are true experts. There is a popular site that all beer-lovers should know about called Beeradvocate, which is where many of these experts to go talk about and rate beers. This is one of the sites that we turn to whenever we're looking for a cool new beer to try, or clarification about a brewery location or the spelling of a specific brew - a real almanac, if you will.
I recently found myself pondering, "what are the best beers on earth?" By no means is this question easily answered, however, sure as fate BeerAdvocate has taken a stab at answering it by compiling a list of what they deem "Top 100 Beers on Planet Earth" , using a fancy-schmancy statistical formula that eliminates a lot of bias you might find in other lists. While I totally encourage you to take a visit to their Top 100 list, I'll summarize the Top 10 for you here:
- Trappist Westvleteren 12 by Brouwerij Westvleteren
- Pliny The Younger by Russian River Brewing Company
- The Abyss by Deschutes Brewery
- Dark Lord Imperial Stout by Three Floyds Brewing Company
- Kate The Great by Portsmouth Brewery
- Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout by Russian RIver Brewing Company
- Pliny The Elder by Russian River Brewing Company
- Trappist Westvleteren 8 by Brouwerij Westvleteren
- Masala Mama Indian Pale Ale by Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
- AleSmith Speedway Stout by AleSmith Brewing Company
But what about the millions of beer fans at LivingSocial? What do they like most? Well, I've got the answer to that as well. Here's the Top 10 most popular beers on LivingSocial: Beer:
- Heineken by Heineken N.V.
- Corona by Group Modelo
- Guinness Draught by Guinness Ltd.
- Budweiser by Anheuser-Busch/InBev
- Stella Artois by Stella Artois
- Coors Light by Molson Coors Brewing Company
- Bud Light by Anheuser-Busch/InBev
- Beck's by Haake-Beck Brauerei
- Carlsberg by Carlsberg Group
- Fosters Lager by Fosters Group Ltd
So there you have it - the Top 10 beers in the world according to the people at Beeradvocate, and the Top 10 most popular beers according to the people at LivingSocial: Beer. Have you tried them all? Be sure to head on over to LivingSocial: Beer to add them to your collection, rate, and review them!
Cheers from the team at LivingSocial!
