Eleven regional, two grand champions emerge from 2020-21 USBTC winter event

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The United States Beer Tasting Championship (USBTC) has announced results from its 27th Annual Winter Competition, and three North Texas breweries are among the winners.

This year's winter event drew 544 entries from 151 breweries, with these beers judged across 19 different style categories. As always, regional winners were chosen in each category during the competition (North Texas breweries compete in the Rockies/Southwest division), then pitted against each other in a final round to determine a national grand champion.

Overall, eleven North Texas beers were named Regional Champion, with two of those going on to be crowned Grand Champion. Top honorees include Lion's Share VIII from Lakewood Brewing Co. of Garland, and Iron Thistle from Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. of Fort Worth.

A complete list of winning beers from North Texas is provided below, or you can click here for a full competition summary.

Lakewood Brewing Co., Garland

• Lion's Share VIII, Regional and Grand Champion in the Non-whiskey Aged Beer category.
  
• Bourbon Barrel Temptress, Regional Champion in the Whiskey Aged Porter/Stout category
• The Temptress, Regional Champion in the Imperial Stout category.
• Lakewood Lager, Regional Champion in the Vienna/Märzen Lager category.
• Punkel, Regional Champion in the Spice Beer category.
• Salted Caramel Temptress, Regional Champion in the Experimental Beer category.
  
  

Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas

• Bois D'arc, Regional Champion in the Dark Lager/Dunkel category.

Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth

• Iron Thistle, Regional and Grand Champion in the Scottish-Style Ale category.
  
• Bourbon Barrel-Aged Winter Warmer, Regional Champion in the Whiskey-Aged Beer category.
• Winter Warmer, Regional Champion in the Strong Ale category.
• Dadgum Coffee IPA, Regional Champion in the Coffee Beer category.

Cheers and congratulations to all!