Texas World Beer Cup Winners
Las Vegas 2024
The World Beer Cup 2024 awards were held once again on April 24th in Las Vegas, NV at the closure of the 2024 Craft Brewer’s Conference. This is the 15th such competition and broke down as follows:
Total Breweries – 2,060 (2,376 in 2023)
Total Countries – 50 (51 in 2023)
Total Beers Entered – 9300 (10,213 in 2023)
Categories – 110 (172 styles) (103/176 in 2023)
New Breweries – 436 (522 in 2023)
Total Medals – (329 out of 330) (307 in 2023)
* Gold was not awarded this year for the Belgian or French-Style Ale category
Most Entered Style Categories
- Category 109, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale: 326 entries
- Category 110, West-Coast Style India Pale Ale: 281 entries
- Category 40, German-Style Pilsener: 221 entries
- Category 108, American-Style India Pale Ale: 213 entries
- Category 29, Wood & Barrel-Aged Strong Stout: 198 entries
Notable Medal Count by State
- California – 61
- Oregon – 29
- Colorado – 21
- Texas – 15 (6 Bronze, 3 Silver, 6 Gold)
* 2023 Numbers – 18 (5 Bronze, 9 Silver, 4 Gold) - Washington – 15
- Virginia – 11
- Ohio – 10
Texas Winners
Category 4: Field Beer – 51 Entries | Bronze: Rhu Barbed, Karbach Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Category 5: Pumpkin Beer – 33 Entries | Gold: Pumpkin in Lager, Karbach Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Category 17: Strong Porter – 73 Entries | Bronze: The Hot Stove, Texas Leaguer Brewing Co., Missouri City, TX
Category 24: American-Style Sour Ale – 142 Entries | Bronze: Fancy Meeting You Beer, Alamo Beer Co., San Antonio, TX
Category 28: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 163 Entries | Gold: Perpetual Peace, No Label Brewing Co., Katy, TX
Category 31: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 72 Entries | Silver: Red Giant, True Anomaly Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Category 35: International Pilsener – 133 Entries | Bronze: Mexican Lager, Union Bear Brewing Co. – Denton, Denton, TX
Category 42: Munich-Style Helles – 181 Entries | Bronze: Hell Yes, The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Category 45: German-Style Maerzen or Franconian-Style Rotbier – 54 Entries | Gold: Marchtoberfest, Galveston Island Brewing, Galveston, TX
Category 51: American-Style Pilsener – 126 Entries | Gold: 401K, Freetail Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX
Category 73: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale – 20 Entries | Gold: Flanders Redux, True Anomaly Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Category 91: Irish-Style Red Ale – 98 Entries | Silver: Irish Goodbye, Peticolas Brewing Co., Dallas, TX
Category 92: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 64 Entries | Bronze: Irish Hello, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Category 99: American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 114 Entries | Gold: Green Battles, Pinthouse Brewing, Austin, TX
Category 100: Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale – 132 Entries | Silver: Silver Spaceship, ODD Muse Brewing Co., Farmer’s Branch, TX
