To highlight a year's hard work in training bartenders all over the world, InBev brought together a selection of international finalists for the annual Stella Artois World Draught Master Competition, a contest that rewards the world's best pourer of Belgian beers.

The highly-anticipated competition took place on October 28th, 2005 at the Vaudeville Theater in Brussels, Belgium, capital of the beer loving community. The Stella Artois World Draught Master title has this year been awarded to Jessica Waltz, a 27-year-old bartender at Ten Stone in Philadelphia. Michel Denayer - Belgium (1st runner-up) and Irwin Pang from Singapore rounded out the top 3 (2nd runner-up).

This edition saw 27 countries competing in the final.

The Stella Artois World Draught Master competition rates the best bartenders from five continents, judging their tapping skills, bottle-pouring skills and table-serving protocol. Every step of the perfect pour is carefully scrutinized and scored by a team of expert judges from six countries. The winner receives a free trip to the destination of his/her choice anywhere in the world. Two runners-up each receive a free trip to anywhere in Europe.

With this contest, InBev underlines its commitment to quality; not only of the product itself, but also with respect to the way it is served and presented to consumers.

The participants in this year's edition came from: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine and the U.S.