The best black beer in the world is also Catalan. After defending the title in the last edition of the World Beer Challenge (one of the main beer competitions in the world), Cap d’Ona has now triumphed in World beer prices 2022. He did it with Owell aged black Grand Cru, which was voted the best black beer in the world among all the countries and styles submitted to the competition. More than 3,200 beers from more than fifty countries around the world took part in the competition, held in the United Kingdom. international media like Forbes echoed the news, as well as the French newspaper Le Figaro.

In addition, seven other prizes were awarded in the same category: the title of best altbier went to the Quebecer The three Musketeers (LTM); the best Brown beer American style, for the Irish Crafty Brewery; that of the best Belgian-style double brown beer, for the Brazilian Wäls Brewery; the best Belgian-style strong dark beer, for Quebecers Frampton Brass; the best Brown beer in the English style, for the Japanese Iwate Kura Beer; the best light black beer, for the british Longman Brewery; and the best strong black beer, for the Belgian Gouden Carolus. For its part, Cap d’Ona received the additional distinction of best barley winesince it is made by hand with rye from Cerdagne and aged for up to 36 months in barrels of Nuit-Saint-Georges wine.

fourth consecutive year

The Argelers de la Marenda brewery-distillery (Catalunya Nord) celebrates that “for the fourth consecutive year, Cap d’Ona became the winner of the contesta unique distinction for European breweries: “in 2019 it did so with the Triple Blonde, in the best Belgian-style blonde category; in 2022, with Cerdagne organic rye dark beer, in the best rye beer in the world category, and in 2021, with roasted chestnut beer, in the best beer with spirits in the world category. The latter was organic and gluten-free, which is also the basis of the Aged wood awarded this year.

In the rest of the categories, these beers were the winners: best beer fragrantfor the british Necessarily wrong; better APIsfor German Camba; best beer blond beerfor German Ayinger; better without alcohol (or little alcohol), for the Belgian The Flying Dutchman Nomad Brewing Company; best beer palefor the australian Vale Brewery; best beer sour and wildfor the Belgian Plow Tail; best beer specialityfor the canadian Independent brewery; better stout & porterfor korean Original beer company; and a better wheat beer, for the Swiss Schutzengarten.