The 2015 U.S. Open Beer Championship was held recently, and Texas breweries definitely made a strong showing. This blind tasting event features judges and entries from all over the world, but all of the breweries chosen for Top 10 awards were from the U.S.
Two of the top 10 breweries were from Texas; second place went to Lakewood Brewing (Garland), and 8th place went to Pedernales Brewing (Fredericksburg). These rankings were based off of overall points for each brewery with first place votes receiving 10 points, second place received 5, third received 3, fourth received 2, and fifth received 1 point.
Here are the other Texas winners from the 2015 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Visit the website for full results.
Golden or Blonde Ale:
Silver- Hijack, Infamous Brewing
English Pale Ale:
Bronze- Royal Scandal, Peticolas Brewing
ESB:
Bronze- Public Ale, Community Beer
Brown Porter:
Gold- Mission Control, 8th Wonder Brewery
American Stout:
Silver- Big Mistake Stout, Cobra Brewing
Cream Stout:
Gold- Chocolate Stout, Shannon Brewing
Barley Wine:
Silver-Sledge Hammer, Peticolas Brewing
Scottish Ale:
Gold- Scotch Ale, Guadalupe Brewing
Silver- Great Scot!, Peticolas Brewing
Irish Red Ale:
Bronze-Irish Goodbye, Peticolas Brewing
Imperial Red Ale:
Bronze-Velvet Hammer, Peticolas Brewing
German Wheat:
Gold-Lobo Krystall Weizen, Pedernales Brewing
French/Belgian Saison:
Silver- Till & Toll, Lakewood Brewing
Belgian Tripel:
Gold- Saint Dymphna, Lakewood Brewing
Belgian Quadrupel:
Silver- Inspiration, Community Beer
Marzen / Oktoberfest:
Gold- Lobo Oktoberfest, Pedernales Brewing
Silver- Lakewood Lager, Lakewood Brewing
American Wheat:
Silver- Rock Ryder, Lakewood Brewing
Vegetable Beer:
Gold- Pumpkin Texas Honey Ale, Guadalupe Brewing
Bronze-Menger 32, Branchline Brewing
Rye / Roggen Beer:
Bronze- Woodcutter Rye IPA, Branchline Brewing
Smoked / Rauch Beer:
Silver- Visionary 2015, Rahr & Sons
Special; Aged Beer:
Bronze- Brado’s Cute, Lakewood Brewing
