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Three locals honored at 2026 National Homebrew Competition
Image credit: American Homebrewers Association. Three area homebrewers were honored tonight at the 2026 National Homebrew Competition (NHC), taking place this year in Asheville, North Carolina. Hosted by the American Homebrewers Association , this year's event drew 3575 entries from homebrewers located around the world. Submissions were then judged across 40 categories covering homebrewed beer, cider (and perry) and mead. Award winners from North Texas are summarized below. You can also click here to view a complete competition summary. Barry Forrest of Dallas. Silver in the Smoke-Flavored Beer category. Club Affiliation: Horsemen of the Hopocalypse . Karl Wayne King of Colleyville. Silver in the Strong European Lager category. Club Affiliation: Cap & Hare Homebrew Club . Jarrett Long of Arlington. Gold in the Specialty IPA category. Bronze in the Specialty Mead category. Club Affiliation: Horsemen of the Hopocalypse . Cheers and congratulations to all!
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3 Nations notches another win at 2026 World Beer Cup
Image credit: Brewers Association. Tonight in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, winners were announced at the 2026 World Beer Cup (WBC). While the WBC hasn't always been a yearly event (annual competitions began in 2022), this was the 30th anniversary of the first WBC, which took place in 1996. Over that period, 24 beers brewed in North Texas have been recognized as being among the best in the world. For 2026, in a repeat of last year's result, 3 Nations Brewing Co. of Carrollton was the lone North Texas honoree, taking a bronze for its year-round Mexican lager, Texian. It's the third overall WBC award for 3 Nations, having previously won medals at the 2022 and 2025 competitions. Competition Statistics: 8,166 beers judged based on entries sent by 1,644 breweries and cideries representing 50 countries worldwide. For a historical comparison, 600 entries were submitted by 250 participating breweries in 1996. 356 medals awarded across 119 style categories covering craft beer (114) and cider (5).
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Maple Branch, Flix Frisco/Little Elm medal at 2026 Best of Craft Beer Awards
Image credit: Best of Craft Beer Awards. Two North Texas breweries have been honored at the 2026 Best of Craft Beer Awards competition. Held in Central Oregon since 2014, and reported on here since locals were first awarded medals in 2016, the Best of Craft Beer Awards is billed as "one of America's fastest growing competitions." For the 2026 edition, the event drew 1,498 entries from 270 breweries, with submissions judged against style guidelines covering 58 beer and beer-adjacent categories and subcategories. Among this year's winners were Flix Brewhouse Frisco/Little Elm and Maple Branch Craft Brewery of Fort Worth. This is the first Best of Craft Beer award for the crew at Flix Frisco/Little Elm, while Maple Branch has now nabbed four medals at the competition. In fact, Maple Branch's winning beer, Raspberry Fields, has been recognized at three separate competitions, including the Great American Beer Festival (2022) and the Texas Craft Brewers Cup (2023, 202
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North Texas secures 15 medals at 2026 Texas Craft Brewers Cup
Image: Texas Craft Brewers Guild. The awards ceremony for the 2026 Texas Craft Brewers Cup took place tonight in Austin, with breweries from North Texas claiming fifteen medals, along with one People's Choice award. Presented by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild , the event drew 930 entries from 142 Texas breweries (note, membership in the Guild is not required for entry). Competition beers were broken down into 30 different categories representing over 150 beer styles, then judged against guidelines published by either the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) or the Brewers Association as created for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Of the eleven North Texas breweries to secure a medal, Four Bullets Brewery of Richardson was the sole first-time honoree. Also worth mentioning, Maple Branch Craft Brewery of Fort Worth followed up their silver for Romanov's Revenge at last fall's GABF with a gold at the Texas Craft Brewers
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Oak Highlands gets Grand result at 2026 USBTC Winter Competition
Image credits: Brian Brown/Beer in Big D (background image), United States Beer Tasting Championship (award logo). Four beers from Oak Highlands Brewery of Richardson have been honored at the 32nd Annual Winter Competition of the United States Beer Tasting Championship (USBTC). For the 2026 edition of the event, 562 beers were submitted by breweries from across America. Regional Champions representing seven different U.S. regions were crowned across 19 different style categories. And as always, North Texas breweries competed in the Rockies/Southwest Region. Surveying the winning beers from Oak Highlands, the brewery's Vanilla Porter was a Regional Champion for the fourth consecutive year. On top of that, Oak Highlands capped off its tenth anniversary in 2025 with a Grand Champion in its Quad Bless Texas Madeira-Aged Belgian Quad (arguably one of the best local beers of the year). For more on the 2026 USBTC Winter Competition, click here to visit the official com
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