Texas World Beer Cup Winners
Indianapolis 2025
The World Beer Cup 2025 awards were held once again on May 1st in Indianapolis, IN at the closure of the 2025 Craft Brewer’s Conference. This is the 16th such competition and broke down as follows:
Total Breweries – 1,761 (2,060 in 2024)
Total Countries – 49 (50 in 2024)
Total Beers Entered – 8375 (9,300 in 2024)
Total Medals – (349) (329 in 2024)
New Breweries – 317 (436 in 2024)
Categories – 112 (110 in 2024)
Most Entered Style Categories
- Category 111, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale: 290 entries
- Category 112, West-Coast Style India Pale Ale: 253 entries
- Category 110, American-Style India Pale Ale: 208 entries
- Category 43, German-Style Pilsener: 186 entries
- Category 39, Hoppy Lager: 155 entries
Notable Medal Count by State (>10 medals)
- California – 76
- Oregon – 35
- Washington – 24
- Colorado – 21
- Texas – 13 (6 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze)
* 2024 Numbers – 15 (6 Bronze, 3 Silver, 6 Gold) - Ohio – 12
- North Carolina – 11
Texas Winners
| Medal | Beer Name | Brewery | Style | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 40 Mike Mike | Free Roam Brewing Co. | American-Style Amber Lager | Boerne |
| Gold | Vacancy Classic | Vacancy Brewing | American-Style Lager | Austin |
| Silver | Flanders Redux | True Anomaly Brewing Co. | Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale | Houston |
| Silver | Pilsner Rešov | Equal Parts Brewing | Bohemian-Style Pilsener | Houston |
| Bronze | Belgian Blonde | Frontyard Brewing | Classic Saison | Spicewood |
| Silver | Hopadillo | Karbach Brewing | English Ale | Houston |
| Gold | Altstadt Radler | Altstadt Brewery | Fruit Beer | Fredericksburg |
| Gold | Firemans #4 | Real Ale Brewing Co. | Golden or Blonde Ale | Blanco |
| Bronze | Karbach Kellerbier | Karbach Brewing | Kellerbier or Zwickelbier | Houston |
| Silver | Shiner Bock | Spoetzl Brewery | Session Beer or Belgian-Style Table Beer | Shiner |
| Silver | Shed & Silo | 3 Nations Brewing | South German-Style Hefeweizen | Carrollton |
| Gold | Mosaic Takedown | Pinthouse Brewing | West Coast-Style India Pale | Austin |
| Gold | Perpetual Peace | No Label Brewing Co. | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer | Katy |
