Samples of beers are entered into the competition every year by the Japanese brewery Oirase, situated in Aomori Prefecture in the northern part of the largest Japanese island Honshu.

From Sakhalin, the largest Russian island situated in the North Pacific Ocean, more specifically in its southern part, the brewery SaBEER Nagieff, which belongs to the technology park Nagieff, will come back to take part in the competition.

Another registration for participation in the 30th year of the International Beer Festival came the long way from Southeaster Asia, namely from the island of Taiwan.

The anniversary 30th year of the International Beer Festival in České Budějovice (17 - 22 February 2020) will not be missed by the festival newbie, the Belgian brewery De Poes from Tielt in West Flanders.

For the first time this year International Beer Festival Budweis has elected not only the best beer, but also the Brewery of the Year (IBFB Grand Champion). We granted points to all the finals positions: 10 points for gold, 7 for silver, 5 for bronze, 3 for the

Final Results

The Gold Brewer's Seal and Bohemian Golden Spring Awards 2016 were awarded to the most successful producers at the final ceremony of the International Beer Festival Budweis on Saturday, February 6th 2016.

The Federal State of Baden–Württemberg is also going to be represented in České Budějovice.

As many as three breweries are coming to GBSA from the Northern Bavaria / Upper Franconia: Mahr's Brau from Bamberg (according to U.S. Men´s Journal 2007 “Best Brewery in the World”), Brauerei Gebr. Maisel and Bayreuther Bierbrauerei from Bayeruth.

The raging favourite of this year's tasting competitions will surely be the Schwarzbräu Brewery from Zusmarshausen. This brewery takes great advantage of its location in the natural park situated in Bavarian Swabia. A 70-meter deep well supplies the brewery with very clean

The Mahr's Brau in beautiful, historical Bamberg is an offshoot of one of the city's best pubs. The Mahr's Gasthaus — built in 1670 — is one of the great places in the world to have a beer. Mahr's is a rare example of artisanal brewing in a land of increased mass production, consolidation

After the first major success at the Europe's largest brewing competition, European Beer Star in Germany in 2011, where this small craft brewery won bronze Gusswerk Edelguss (in the category of 'Bottom Fermented Beer with Alternative Cereals'), the owner and brewer Reinhold Barta said:

Damm is a prominent brewery in the Barcelona. The Dam Brewery has existed since 1876, when young master brewer and founder August Damm Küntzmann emigrated from Alsace, fleeing the Franco-Prussian War. Now is Damm an independent brewery. It has one of the most

Stadin Panimo (Helsinki Downtown Brewery) is an innovative craft brewery located in Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland. Stadin Panimo was founded in 1998. Stadin has been awarded many awards in different Finnish beer competitions, of which the most important is probably Suomen Paras

Though not numerous, this year's participants from Italy are very interesting. Craft breweries in Italy are experiencing a huge boom and they often manage to break through even in toughest global competition.

At least five breweries from Russia are arriving at the GBSA 2016. Two of them are from the city of Zhukovskiy with population of 100,000, situated about 30 km from Moscow.

As in the past years, Perła - Browary Lubelskie from Lublin will be the biggest Polish star at the GBSA in 2016. This brand belongs to the most successful foreign participants at the Gold Brewer's Seal Awards. In 2010 Perła Export won gold in a very prestigious 'Premium Lager'

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, will also be sent out to our tasting competitions by Czech breweries.

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, and their famous victory over the

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.

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

All Stars from the Slovakian brewing come to the International Beer Festival in České Budějovice!

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”.

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

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