San Antonio breweries take top honors at Great American Beer Fest

Who won: Second Pitch Beer Co. and Longtab Brewing won gold in the American Amber Lager and American-Belgo-Style Ale categories, respectively.

• Roadmap Brewing Co. won silver in the Historical Beer category.

The intrigue: All three breweries opened in the last five years, illustrating the vibrancy of the San Antonio beer scene.

Day trip alert: Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, now an old standby among regional breweries, won prizes in two categories.

Flashback: Earlier this year, Second Pitch and Freetail Brewing took home awards in the World Beer Cup competition, known as "Olympics of beer."

Bottom line: We're thirsty.