Don't mess with the U.S.A. when it comes to bartending. The United States wins the annual Stella Artois World Draught Master Competition, a contest that rewards the world's best pourer of Belgian beers.

The competition took place Friday night at the Vaudeville Theatre in Brussels, Belgium, which is capital of the beer loving community.

The Stella Artois World Draught Master title has this year been awarded to Jessica Waltz U.S.A. (1st place winner), Michel Denayer - Belgium (1st runner-up) and Irwin Pang - Singapore (2nd runner-up). This edition of the event saw 27 countries competing in the final.

Waltz, 28, is a bartender at Ten Stone in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

Waltz receives a free trip to the destination of her choice anywhere in the world. The two runners-up each received a free trip to anywhere in Europe.

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.A.