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

2021 Silver Medal—Great American Beer Festival

Timbo Pils

Hoppy Lager Category

Austin Chronicle's "Best Austin Brewery"

2021

Austin American-Statesman's "Best Austin Brewpub"

2020

Austin American-Statesman "Best Austin Craft Beer"

2020

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 Chronicle's "Best Austin Brewpub"

2018

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

Voted Best Brewpub—U.S. Open Beer Championships

2014

Voted Best Brewery—Austin A-List

2014

Austin’s Best Brewpub—Austin Monthly’s Reader’s CHoice

2014

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

The Best 20 Beers in 2024 - Mosaic Takedown

2024

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted 20th Best Hazy IPA Producer in America

2024

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted the 17th Best American IPA Producer in America

2024

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Best Beer Selection

2024

Austin Chronicle

Community Choice Awards - Best Beer Selection

2024

Austin Statesmen

Top 100 Pizza Spots in US (#88)

2024

Yelp

Voted the 6th Favorite Small Regional Brewery in America

2023

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted the 9th Best Hazy IPA Producer in America

2023

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted the 12th Best American IPA Producer in America

2023

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Electric Jellyfish Ranked #20 in Top 25 Beers of 2023

2023

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted #3 Best Places To Drink In Austin

2023

Yelp

Ranked #3 Best Pizza

2023

Round The Rock

Voted the 9th Favorite Small Regional Brewery in America

2022

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted the 13th Best Hazy IPA Producer in America

2022

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Ranked #2 Brewery in Austin

2022

Austin Chronicle

Ranked #2 Best Pizza

2022

Round The Rock

Ranked #1 Brewery in Austin

2021

Austin Chronicle

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

Electric Jellyfish Voted Best Beer in the State of Texas

2020

Zymurgy

Voted the 18th Best Hazy IPA Producer in America

2020

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Voted the #1 for producing the ‘Best Beer’ in Texas by fellow Brewers

2019

Texas Craft Beer Report by Hopalytics

Training Bines voted one of the 10 ‘Most Important Texas Beer of 2019’

2019

Texas Monthly

Finalist for Best Pizza in Austin

2018 & 2019

The Austin Chronicle

Craft Beer & Brewing Cover Story

2018

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Top 3 Best Small Brewery in the U.S.

2018

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Top 15 Austin Breweries

2018

The Austin Chronicle

First Plates Winner

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

The Austin Chronicle

“10 New U.S. Breweries to Watch, from D.C. to California"

2014

Bon Appétit Magazine

“10 Bars in Austin Where You Should Be Drinking Right Now”

2013

Austin American Statesman

“Favorite Breweries and Craft Beers in Texas"

2013

Crafted Pours

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