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What’s brewing in San Antonio: Breweries awarded, Alamo Beer bankrupt
Altstadt Brewery in Fredericksburg won three medals at the 2025 Texas Craft Brewers Cup competition.
Editor's note: The bustling San Antonio beer scene is always changing — usually with openings and closures, but there are other twists along the way. Let's discuss it over a cold one.
Area breweries receive honors
A handful of San Antonio-area breweries won awards at the Texas Craft Brewers Cup held earlier in February.
- Flix Brewhouse San Antonio received a gold medal in the American and international lager category for its Lucha Libre beer.
- Back Unturned Brewing Co. got a silver medal in the American and European sour category for its Hawaii 210.
- Wild Barley Kitchen and Brewery received a bronze medal in the chocolate and coffee category for its Awaken porter.
- Dorćol Distilling and Brewing got a bronze medal in the session and standard dark German and Czech lager category with its popular Lettie kölsch.
Several Hill Country breweries won medals, too.
- Real Ale Brewing Co. in Blanco won a gold medal in the German Pilsner category for its Hans' Pils brew.
- Boerne’s Cibolo Creek Brewing Co. and its Hauptstrase received a silver medal in the German pilsner category.
- Altstadt Brewery in Fredericksburg won a gold medal in the session and standard German and Czech lagers category with its lager. Additionally, Altstadt’s kölsch received silver in the kölsch category, and its Vienna Red received bronze in the session and standard German and Czech lagers category.
- Save the World Brewing in Marble Falls won bronze in the American and international light lager category with its Cerveza TX beer.
- Kerrville’s Pint and Plow Brewing won bronze in the stout and porter category with its Kill It Good beer.
- Bear King Brewing won bronze in the experimental, hybrid and specialty beer category with its Lady Wood beer.
Alamo Beer files for bankruptcy
Alamo Beer Co. recently filed chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to filings, the East Side brewery listed 20 creditors with unsecured claims between $4,752 and $43,169.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy will let Alamo Beer to stay open and pay creditors while the brewery straightens out its finances.
There’s been speculation surrounding Alamo Beer’s future. Ownership has mulled putting part or all of the Alamo Beer property up for sale.
Alamo also collaborated with the owners of Viva Beer to produce the latter’s beer.
