Congratulations to the Texas craft breweries who brought home 59 medals in the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship
Breweries from across the country submitted more than 8,000 beers spanning over 170 styles to the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship. This year’s competition recognized breweries with gold, silver, and bronze medals across a wide range of categories. Among the standout performers, San Antonio’s Wild Barley Kitchen & Brewery earned a Brewery of the Year award for the 251 – 500 Barrel group, placing third overall with three golds and a bronze.
Medal Winning Texas Beers:
English Pale Ale
Silver: Whitechapel – Three Wide Brewing
Hazy/Juicy Strong Pale Ale
Silver: Heavenly Daze – Zilker Brewing Co.
Bronze: Silver Spaceship – ODD Muse Brewing Company
Session IPA
Bronze: Corporate Estate – Celestial Beerworks
Classic Irish Dry Stout
Silver: Splittin’ B’s – Buckstin Brewing Company
Bronze: Dry Irish Stout – Union Bear Brewing
Oatmeal Stout
Bronze: Overnight Oats – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
British Imperial Stout
Bronze: Midnight Release – Flix Brewhouse El Paso
Imperial Stout Specialty
Gold: Front Toward Enemy – Armor Brewing Company
Pastry Stout
Silver: Glazed & Unusual – Flix Brewhouse
Bronze: Mint Condition – Vallensons Brewing Company
English Barleywine
Bronze: It’s All Happening – Celestial Beerworks
German Kolsch
Bronze: Kolsch – Union Bear Brewing – Plano
South German Weizenbock
Gold: Shadowhorn – Flix Brewhouse-SAT
Bronze: El Carlito – No Label Brewing Co
French and Belgian Saison
Gold: Le Saison – Vista Brewing
Belgian Pale Ale
Gold: 1205 to Antwerp – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Belgian Dubbel
Bronze: Chugboat Island – Buckstin Brewing Company
Belgian Tripel
Silver: One Brew To Rule Them All – Flix Brewhouse
Belgian Quadrupel
Bronze: Nakatomi Nights – Flix Brewhouse-SAT
Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
Bronze: Tienne – Three Wide Brewing
Fruit Gose
Gold: Blood Orange Gose – Armor Brewing Company
American-Style Lager
Gold: American Lager – Central Machine Works Brewery
Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Bronze: Nederlager – Buckstin Brewing Company
Australasian, Latin American, or Tropical-Style Light Lager
Gold: City Lager – Turning Point Beer
Rice Lager
Bronze: Rice Lager – Central Machine Works Brewery
Mexican Lager/Pilsener
Silver: Lucha Libre – Flix Brewhouse-SAT
Munchner Helles
Gold: Helles Lager – Central Machine Works Brewery
German-Style Schwarzbier
Silver: Schwarzbier – Union Bear Brewing – Plano
Bronze: Black Lager – Frost Town Brewing
Traditional German-Style Bock
Gold: Bock – Union Bear Brewing – Plano
Silver: Dad Bock – Pondaseta Brewing Co.
Strong Bock
Silver: Balrog’s Bock – Flix Brewhouse-SAT
Bronze: Levitator – Maple Branch Craft Brewery
Baltic-Style Porter
Bronze: High Frequency – Project Halo Brewing
American-Style Fruit Beer – Grapefruit
Silver: Shiner Ruby Sunburst – Spoetzl Brewery
American-Style Fruit Beer – Peach
Gold: Altstadt Radler – Altstadt Brewery
American-Style Fruit Beer – General/Other
Bronze: Sportz Fruit Punch – Turning Point Beer
Fruit Wheat Beer – Tangerine
Bronze: Tang Walker – Pondaseta Brewing Co.
Fruit Wheat Beer – Mixed
Gold: POG Slammer – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Field Beer
Silver: Groovy – False Idol Brewing
Coconut Beer
Bronze: Tropic Groove – Three Wide Brewing
Chili Pepper Beer
Silver: Don Jalapeño – No Label Brewing Co
Smoke Beer
Bronze: Smoke Session – Armor Brewing Company
Specialty Honey Beer
Gold: Saison w/ sage and honey – Union Bear Brewing-Denton
Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
Bronze: Perpetual Peace – No Label Brewing Co
Barrel-Aged Breakfast Stout
Silver: Blackout Brunch – Turning Point Beer
Barrel-Aged Fruited Sour Beer
Gold: Daydreamer – Vista Brewing
Barrel-Aged German Lager
Bronze: Wild Dreams: Chapter 2 – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Foeders & Casks Aged Beer
Gold: Wild Dreams: Chapter 2 – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Silver: Life – Turning Point Beer
Aged Beer
Bronze: Mur de Barley – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Session Beer
Gold: Shiner Bock – Spoetzl Brewery
Bronze: Shiner Lemonade Shandy – Spoetzl Brewery
Near Gluten Free/Gluten Reduced Beer
Bronze: Amber Ale – Union Bear Brewing-Denton
Bronze: UB Light – Union Bear Brewing-Denton
Nut Beer
Gold: Scattered Castles – Project Halo Brewing
Historical Beer (D-G)
Bronze: Windmills & Tulips – Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery
Root Beer: A – Kids
Bronze: No Label Root Beer – No Label Brewing Co
U.S. Open’s Brewery of the Year (251 – 500 Barrels)
Wild Barley Kitchen & Brewery
For more information about the competition, as well as the complete list of medal winners, visit the competition’s website.