Overall winners have been announced in the 2021 World Beer Awards, from what judges are hailing as a particularly high standard of entries.

World Beer Awards 2021

World’s best dark beer: Wäls, Quadrupel

World’s best flavoured beer: Brasserie De L’Abbaye Du Val-Dieu, Excellence

World’s best IPA: Whalers Brewing Co, Wanderer

World’s best lager: Karlsberg, Kellerbier

World’s best no-/low-alcohol beer: Big Drop, Galactic Milk Stout

World’s best pale beer: Anosteke, Blonde

World’s best sour and wild beer: Indie Alehouse, 10-4-20

World’s best speciality beer: Liefmans, Kriek-Brut Xtra

World’s best stout/porter: Salto, Stout

World’s best wheat beer: Brouwerij de Halve Maan, Brugs Tarwebier