Hungarian beer among the best three in Europe

At the most significant and famous beer competition, called Brussels Beer Challenge, the Hungarian Kőszegi Beer’s product (Kőszeg is a town located in Vas County) became the third best beer in Europe and the first Hungarian beer to achieve this unique title.

The first beer challenge was held in 2012. This event aims to support quality beers and to strengthen this industrial sector in every part of the world. It is also a great opportunity for countries’ breweries, as they can introduce themselves to the world.

According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, the competition was held at Mechelen Brewery not far from the Belgian capital city. After the competition, the prizes were given to the winners at the Food Expo in Gent. This was the seventh Beer Challenge in the history of the competition, and more then forty-eight countries took part in it from all over the world. An overall 1522 beers competed for the unique title. The jury consisted of eighty-eight members, who decided on the best beers by strict rules. Many of them were world-famous beer experts.