Texas Craft Brewers Cup Awards Medals to Licensed Breweries at Austin Meeting

The Texas Craft Brewers Guild handed out Texas Craft Brewers Cup medals to licensed breweries at its annual meeting and awards ceremony in Austin, with the awards presented Feb. 23 after meeting activities on and around Feb. 21, 2026. The medals recognized winners in the trade-focused Cup, which acknowledges licensed breweries across the state.

Guild leaders staged the awards as part of the organization’s annual meeting in Austin, drawing licensed craft brewers from across Texas to the city for the week of events. The Texas Craft Brewers Cup is explicitly industry and trade-focused, and the medals issued at the ceremony were awarded to breweries operating under state licenses rather than to homebrewing entrants.

The Cup’s presentation on Feb. 23 followed sessions and competitions held on and around Feb. 21, 2026, at the guild gathering in Austin. Those sessions were organized under the Texas Craft Brewers Guild’s calendar for its annual meeting and awards ceremony, and the medal ceremony served as the formal close to the Cup portion of the program.

By awarding medals at the Austin meeting, the Texas Craft Brewers Guild tied competitive recognition directly to its statewide trade calendar. The Cup’s emphasis on licensed breweries across Texas positions medal winners for stronger recognition in distributor, taproom, and festival conversations that the guild organizes and supports at the trade level.

Members and attendees at the Austin annual meeting received the Cup awards in a ceremony that the guild scheduled as part of its broader annual program. The medals from the Texas Craft Brewers Cup were presented to licensed breweries at that Feb. 23 awards ceremony, marking the official distribution of honors for the 2026 competition season tied to the guild’s meeting events on and around Feb. 21.

The Texas Craft Brewers Guild’s awarding of Cup medals at the Austin meeting completed the guild’s industry-focused recognition cycle for licensed breweries this year, with the Feb. 23 ceremony serving as the public, trade-facing moment for winners drawn from across the state.