Awards & Media
At Pinthouse, our goal is to serve award-winning beer and hand-crafted food in a warm and casual setting. And, we’ve been working hard since 2012 to brew great beer and make some tasty food!
We’d like to toot our own horn a little bit – OK a lot – by giving you a chance to check out some of the awards and accolades we’ve received since opening in October of 2012. If you want to try one of our award winning beers, keep an eye on our Tap Schedule for upcoming beer releases! Or, take a look at our Beer On Tap for a real-time look at our current beer menu boards.
“There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says ‘Good people drink good beer.’ Which is true, then as now.” – Hunter S. Thompson
Awards & Notable Accolades
2024 Gold Medal - World Beer Cup
Green Battles IPA
American-Style Strong Pale Ale Category
2023 Bronze Medal - Best Of Craft Beer
Fresh Hop Road To Nowhere DIPA
Specialty Fresh Hop Beer
2023 Silver Medal - World Beer Cup
Lasso Pils
Hoppy Lager Category
Coolest Taproom in The Americas - Pinthouse Brewing Taproom
2023
Craft Beer Marketing Awards
Best Beer Series Can Designs in The Americas - Core Beer Brand Series
2023
Craft Beer Marketing Awards
2022 Bronze Medal—Great American Beer Festival
Fresh Hop Training Bines
Fresh Hop Beer Category
Best Beer Series Can Designs in The Americas - Core Beer Brand Series
2022
Craft Beer Marketing Awards
2021 Silver Medal—Great American Beer Festival
Fresh Hop Green Battles
Fresh Hop Beer Category
2020 Gold Medal—Great American Beer Festival
Cosmic Sloth Belgian Quad
Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
2019 Gold Medal—Great American Beer Festival
Fresh Hop Green Battles
Fresh Hop Beer Category
One of Craft Beer & Brewing's 19 Best Beers of 2019
DDH Green Battles
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
2018 Gold Medal—Great American Beer Festival
Green Battles IPA
American-Style Strong Pale Ale Category
2018 1st Place—Alpha King Challenge
Fully Adrift DIPA
Best Hop-Laden Beers in the Land
2018 Gold Medal—World Beer Cup
Green Battles IPA
American-Style Strong Pale Ale Category
2018 Silver Medal—World Beer Cup
This Year’s Crop Wet Hop
Fresh or Wet Hop Ale Category
2018 Bronze Medal—World Beer Cup
Bailing Room IPA
American-Style India Pale Ale Category (377 entries)
Austin Beer Guide's "Best Austin Brewpub" Reader's Choice
2018
Austin Beer Guide's "Best Austin Brewpub" Editor's Choice
2018
2016-2019 Austin Beer Guide's Best Overall Beer
Electric Jellyfish IPA
Readers' Choice
2017 Gold Medal—Great American Beer Festival®
Bearded Seal Dry Irish Stout
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Category
2017 3rd Place—Alpha King Challenge
Nomura Imperial Jellyfish Double IPA
Best Hop-Laden Beers in the Land
2015 Gold Medal—the Los Angeles International Beer Competition
Jaguar Shark Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Category
2014 Bronze Medal—Great American Beer Festival®
Jaguar Shark Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Category
2015 Silver Medal—the Los Angeles International Beer Competition
Fully Adrift Double IPA
Imperial India Pale Ale Category
2013 Bronze Medal—Great American Beer Festival®
Blind Jake Porter
Brown Porter Category
2014 Silver Medal—the Los Angeles International Beer Competition
Jaguar Shark Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout
Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Category
2014 Silver Medal—the Los Angeles International Beer Competition
Old Beluga Amber Ale
Ordinary or Special Bitter Category
2014 Bronze Medal—the Los Angeles International Beer Competition
Bearded Seal Dry Irish Stout
Classic Irish-style or Dry Stout Category
2014 2nd Place—Alpha King Challenge
Fully Adrift Double IPA
Best Hop-Laden Beers in the Land
Austin’s Best Brewpub - Austin Beer Guide Awards
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Finalist
2017
Austin’s Best Food & Beer Spot
2013
Austin’s Best New BrewPub—Austin Beer guide’s Reader’s Choice
2012
Austin’s Best New Brewpub—Austin Beer Guide’s Editor’s CHoice
2012
Media Recognition
Voted the 15th Favorite Small Regional Brewery in America
2024
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
Stan Hieronymus’s Top 10 Beers of 2024
Cryogenic Electric Jellyfish
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
Voted the 6th Favorite Small Regional Brewery in America
2023
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
Voted the 9th Favorite Small Regional Brewery in America
2022
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine
Best of the Best 2021 - Best Brewpub Winner
2021
Austin Statesman
Best of the Best 2021 - Best Craft Beer Winner
2021
Austin Statesman
Best of the Best 2021 - Best Place to Have a Cold Beer Winner
2021
Austin Statesman
Voted the #1 for producing the ‘Best Beer’ in Texas by fellow Brewers
2019
Texas Craft Beer Report by Hopalytics
2013 “Top 30 Innovative Brewers and Beer Professionals Under 30 Years Old To Watch in America”
Joe Mohrfeld, Director of Brewing
All About Beer Magazine (He is also considered very handsome.)
Nation’s “5 Weirdly Delicious Pizza Toppings”
Return of the Mac, Off the Map Pie
Thrillist