North Texas achieves new heights once again at the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship

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The 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship is in the books, with North Texas breweries showing out once again with 23 medals awarded. This sets yet another new record for the region at the U.S. Open, besting last year's total of 21.

As for a competition details, the 17th annual edition of the U.S. Open drew over 8000 submissions from across America. Entries were then judged against guidelines covering more than 170 categories and subcategories. A total of 9 North Texas breweries were recognized for their beers, with the medal count breaking down as follows: 5 gold, 5 silver, 13 bronze.

Of particular note, Turning Point Beer of Bedford marked its first ever appearance on the U.S. Open winners list with four medals, while Union Bear Brewing Co. of Denton/Plano set a local record for the number of individual awards won in a single year at the competition with seven.

A complete list of winning beers from North Texas is provided below. Click here for a full competition summary.

Armor Brewing Co., Allen

• Gold for Blood Orange Gose in the Fruit Gose category.
• Gold for Front Toward Enemy in the Imperial Stout Specialty category.
• Bronze for Smoke Session in the Smoke Beer category.

Celestial Beerworks, Dallas

• Bronze for Corporate Estate in the Session IPA category.
• Bronze for It's All Happening in the English Barleywine category.

False Idol Brewing, North Richland Hills

• Silver for Groovy in the Field Beer category.

Maple Branch Craft Brewery, Fort Worth

• Bronze for Levitator in the Strong Bock category.

Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas

• Bronze for Golden Dharma in the International-Style Pilsener category.

Odd Muse Brewing Co., Farmers Branch

• Bronze for Silver Spaceship in the Hazy/Juicy Strong Pale Ale category.

Three Wide Brewing Co., Fort Worth

• Silver for Whitechapel in the English Pale Ale category.
• Bronze for Tienne in the Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale category.
• Bronze for Tropic Groove in the Coconut Beer category.

Turning Point Beer, Bedford

• Gold for City Lager in the Australian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager category.
• Silver for Blackout Brunch in the Barrel-Aged Breakfast Stout category.
• Silver for Life in the Foeder & Cask-Aged Beer category.
• Bronze for Sportz Fruit Punch in the American-Style Fruit Beer category.

Union Bear Brewing Co., Denton/Plano

• Gold for Bock in the Traditional German-Style Bock category.
• Gold for Saison with Sage & Honey in the Specialty Honey Beer category.
• Silver for Schwarzbier in the German-Style Schwarzbier category.
• Bronze for Dry Irish Stout in the Classic Irish Dry Stout category.
• Bronze for Kölsch in the German Kölsch category.
• Bronze for Amber Ale in the Near Gluten-Free/Gluten Reduced Beer category.
• Bronze for UB Light in the Near Gluten-Free/Gluten Reduced Beer category.

Cheers and congratulations to all!