Golden Pheasant
IBFB Grand Champion 2016
For the first time this year International Beer Festival Budweis has elected not only the best beer, but also the... read more >
XXIX / 2019
Final press release 2018For more details about degustation progress in each category click here.
Gold Brewer’s Seal Award is the most prestigious brewing award not only in the Czech Republic. This is due to both, its long tradition and the great interest of domestic as well as foreign breweries. In 2018, 245 breweries from 20 countries all over the world participated in the competition with 1112 products competing for the prizes.
The professional tasting event will be attended by experts in the areas of brewing, food and quality certification. Your tasting representatives and experts are welcome.The medalists in the individual categories will be given a chance to compete for WORLD BEER SEAL 2019 held under the supervision of professional international certification authorities:
BUREAU VERITAS CZECH REPUBLIC
TÜV SÜD Czech
3EC International
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority
Georgiy Y. Didarov, the chief of brewing department of Group of Companies Brewery House Bavaria, Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia, is coming again to České Budějovice to present their products
It will be an honour for us to welcome perhaps the most successful German brewer Stephan Michel, the owner of Mahrs-Bräu Bamberg GmbH, who has won awards for its outstanding beers not only in České Budějovice, but also around the world. He is going to compete with ten of his products for the Gold Brewer’s Seal.
World-famous brewer from Yokohama, Japan, Shinya Suzuki, will once again present his excellent beers in our competition for the Gold Brewer’s Seal.
Hirono Tatsuhiko, Senior Adviser of ASAHI BREWERIES, Ltd, participated actively in professional tastings for the Gold Brewer’s Seal 2016 and will be welcome again in 2017
Golden Pheasant
The Gold Brewer’s Seal 2016
Final Results / More detailed
MAJOR AWARD
61 Entries
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We know the winners of the tasting competitions 2016
The Gold Brewer's Seal and Bohemian Golden Spring Awards 2016 were awarded to the... read more >
The Best from West Germany!
The Waldhaus Brewery is a small private brewery situated in the Swarzwald Nature Park at the tip of Baden... read more >
The Best from Bavaria!
As many as three breweries are coming to GBSA from the northern Bavarian (upper Franconian) town of Bamberg... read more >
Schwarzbräu at GBSA 2016
The raging favourite of this year's tasting competitions will surely be the Schwarzbräu Brewery from Zusmarshausen... read more >
Mahr's Brau at GBSA
The Mahr's Brau in beautiful, historical Bamberg is an offshoot of one of the city's best pubs. The Mahr's Gasthaus... read more >
The Best from Austria!
After the first major success at the Europe's largest brewing competition, European Beer Star in Germany in 2011... read more >
The Best from Spain!
Damm is a prominent brewery in the Barcelona. The Dam Brewery has existed since 1876, when young master... read more >
The Best from Finland!
Stadin Panimo (Helsinki Downtown Brewery) is an innovative craft brewery located in Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland... read more >
Originality from Italy
Though not numerous, this year's participants from Italy are very interesting. Craft breweries in Italy are experiencing... read more >
Five Breweries from Russia
At least five breweries from Russia are arriving at the GBSA 2016. Two of them are from the city of Zhukovskiy with population... read more >
The Best from Poland!
As in the past years, Perła - Browary Lubelskie from Lublin will be the biggest Polish star at the GBSA in 2016. This brand... read more >
The Best from Czech Lands!
Not only the best beers from the Asian or American continent will arrive this year at the Gold Brewer's Seal Awards "Star Beers", awarded at numerous international events... read more >
The Best from America
At the 2014 US Open Beer Championship in Atlanta (Georgia) the boys from Wormtown Brewery experienced something comparable to the resounding triumph of the American Hockey students at the Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980... read more >
Kout Brewery at GBSA 2016
Or "How a mysterious recipe found in the corner created a jewel from Kout" ... Kout Brewery in the Bohemian Forest (Šumava) was established only a few years ago, however even in such a short period the brewery won unprecedented renown... read more >
World’s Best Beer at GBSA
One of the most successful breweries in the long-term GBSA's evaluation Primator Brewery, has registered beers in 18 out of 29 categories! The top quality of its beers is guaranteed by the excellent results achieved not only at the Gold Brewer's Seal Awards... read more >
The Best from Slovakia!
All Stars of the Slovakian brewing come to the International Beer Festival Budweis! Yet, we register: Banskobystrický Brewery, Cassa Brewery Košice, Golden Phasant Brewery (Zlatý Bažant) / Heineken Slovakia Hurbanovo... read more >
Antoš Brewery at GBSA 2016
According to Bohuslav Balbín, a famous Jesuit historian, and his quote from his third book “The Diversity of the Czech Kingdom”, published in 1681 "Beer from Slaný used to be recommended as the number one in Bohemia"... read more >
GBSA: 31 beers
from Frydlant!
This year, one of the most successful breweries in the long-term GBSA's evaluation, Primator Brewery, has registered the highest number of beers we have ever had from a single brewery. Primator will compete in 18 out... read more >
GBSA 2016:
Cider first time!
Until this year the prestigious GBS Awards has been intended for brewers exclusively. Other awards will be added to the existing ones this year. Gold Cider Seal Award will be distributed to the best producers in the category of refreshing... read more >