KALAMAZOO --

A trio of Michigan-made beers were included on a list of the 50 best beers in the world.

According to The Fifty Best, a website that says it's "an unbiased guide to fine living for those with epicurean taste," Bell's Brewery Inc., of Kalamazoo, Founders Brewing Co., of Grand Rapids, and Jolly Pumpkin, of Dexter, produce some of the best craft beer in the world.

Bell's Two Hearted, Founders' Canadian Breakfast Stout and Jolly Pumpkin's Calabaza Blanca made the cut.

In its critique of Two Hearted the website said: "The Centennial hop variety from the Pacific Northwest is showcased with its grapefruit notes and piney taste. An unbeatable, crisp flavor that can rise over the hot flavors in spicy dishes or be enjoyed alone by a true hophead. Exactly 7% ABV, the Two-Hearted is amazingly balanced with sweet malt and bitter hops in what can only be described as natural synthesis."

For CBS: "The CBS is a new addition to the Founders Brewing Backstage Series. A combination of fine, imported chocolates and coffees formulate this richly flavored Imperial Stout. Aged in bourbon barrels that have most recently contained pure Michigan maple syrup. CBS is extremely smooth, inordinately sweet and exceptionally rich. The body is as thick as a milkshake and just as creamy. The molasses-like quality of the maple honey flavor interplays nicely with the bitter chocolate. An ample bite of bitterness comes in on the end, providing the perfect accompaniment to a fine cigar."

And for Calabaza Blanco: "Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales produces sour versions of many typical beer styles. Calabaza Blanca is a bottle conditioned, sour, wheat ale, spiced with orange peel and coriander. Brewed in the biere blanche tradition of Belgium, with a sour twist. Rather acidicly pungent, the hazy yellow, pale colored ale has a huge white head and sour flavors over a relatively smooth malt back. Evident is a funky taste of apples, bubble gum from the wheat and an ever-present sour linger."