Texas Stein Holding

09/21/2025

A champion is born and greatness realized! The Steinasty reigns!

Krause's Cafe Hofbräu USA

09/21/2025

The Krause's Cafe Steinasty gained another member today! Sydnie Mauch became the sixth National Masskrugstemmen Champion from New Braunfels! Our Stein Superwoman held her liter for 5:12 to leave no room for doubt that Krause’s is THE Masskrugstemmen mecca of the world!

Congratulations Sydnie! Enjoy that well deserved trip to Munich! The hard part is over! Welcome to the club!

09/20/2025

Today is THE day the entire Krause's Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen summer season builds up to! The Masskrugstemmen National Championships on the Central Park Summer Stage!

We’re excited to see Sydnie and Henry display their strength, determination, and mental toughness and become the newest members of the coveted Steinasty!

Tune in at the link below and prepare to witness greatness!

https://www.facebook.com/events/rumsey-playfield-central-park-72street/live-stream-of-hofbr%C3%A4u-masskrugstemmen-championship-with-us-steinholding/737073799210289/

09/05/2025

We’re proud of our guy Edwin! One of the toughest steinholders in the country! Way to represent the Steinasty and NBTX!

Thanks also to U.S. Steinholding Association for these segments. Great job!

08/24/2025

Great article by the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung on Sydnie! They’ve always been great supporters of the New Braunfels Masskrugstemmen scene! Thank you!

Sydnie has that champion mentality and is all business when it comes to Masskrugstemmen. We’re excited for the NYC national championships and look forward to seeing another banner or two hung in the Krause's bierhalle!

During the 2024 season, Mauch represented Krause’s at the national competition and ended as a runner-up, losing to the first place winner by three seconds.

This time around, Mauch said she is coming for first place.

08/03/2025

The WOW factor was off the charts last night at the
Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen finals at Krause's Cafe!

Congratulations to Sydnie Mauch and Henry Thomason for winning last night’s final and moving on to represent Krause’s at the U.S. National Masskrugstemmen championships September 20th in New York City!

2024 US National runner up, Sydnie, came back with a vengeance and was locked in like we’ve never seen. She held her stein for an absolutely amazing 6:21 and left no room for doubt by the time it was all said and done. We think Sydnie will build on this performance, break the US national record and claim yet another National Championship for Krause’s! Wreck ‘em Sydnie!

Henry has been training for this moment for a long time and he did not disappoint last night! He cruised to his victory with a stoic hold of 18 minutes. If he was struggling, we couldn’t tell! We know our guy has a lot more in the tank though and we’re feeling good about yet another banner being hung this time with Henry’s name on it!

Could it be a first ever Steinasty sweep in Central Park? Sydnie and Henry will do their best to make it happen!

Thank you to everyone that helped out one way or another to make this season the best yet. Thank you also to all the competitors that show up every year to participate in what has now become a Saturday night Krause’s ritual known as Masskrugstemmen! Prost!

08/02/2025

In less than 12 hours, the madness known as the Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen finals at Krause's Cafe will begin! At 8 pm the chaos ensues as we find out which man and woman will represent Krause’s at the National Championships in New York City!

Get to the Biergarten early and grab your seat or tune into our Facebook Live stream to cheer on your favorite Masskrugstemmer! Who’s your favorite to take the win? See you tonight! Prost!

07/31/2025

We’re 48 hours away from what will be THE best Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen finals we’ve ever seen at Krause's Cafe Saturday night! Both the men’s and women’s competitions will be an absolute battle to see who will represent Krause’s at the National Championships in New York City!

We’re looking to hang another championship banner in the Krause’s bierhalle and etch another name or two into the coveted Steinasty! Prost!

07/31/2025

Congratulations to Marquetta Valdez and Edwin Brown for winning the final week of the Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen competition at Krause's Cafe!

First time Masskrugstemmer, Marquetta strolled into the biergarten and casually put up an impressive time of 4:10! We think she may have some more time in that strong right arm 💪

Masskrugstemmen veteran, two-time Krause’s finals winner and everyone’s favorite tuba player, Edwin Brown, left no room for doubt as he literally sweated his way to a season high time of 14 minutes!

We’re less than 72 hours away from what will be one of the best Krause’s Masskrugstemmen finals you’ll ever see. Make your plans to be there Saturday night well before the 8 pm start time! Prost! 🍻🍺

07/26/2025

Tonight’s the last night to qualify for the Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen finals at Krause's Cafe on August 2nd! It’ll be hot, the Biergarten will be packed and the competition will be fierce to see who moves on to the coveted finals!

Are you Masskrugstemmen tough? Come show us tonight at 8 pm! Prost!

07/20/2025

To say last night’s Women’s Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen at Krause's Cafe was the best one of the season would be an understatement! We had some of the best stein holders in the state of Texas lined up battling each other last night.

Congratulations to Sydnie Mauch, Amanda Trahan and Amanda Rodgers for punching their tickets to the August 2nd finals! All three of them have made a previous Krause’s final while Sydnie and Amanda T. have also competed at the National Championships in NYC in years past!

As good as the battle was, Sydnie eventually outlasted everyone else and posted a season high time of 4:15! Sydnie finished 2nd at the Masskrugstemmen National Championships last year in NYC and has her sights set on claiming another Big Apple win for Krause’s Cafe!

If last night was any indication of how the August 2nd finals will go, you won’t want to miss what will be greatness in action from all of these strong ladies!

07/19/2025

We had so much fun at the week 4 Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen competition at Krause's Cafe, we needed a week off!

Congratulations to Ashley Tippit and Patrick O’Brien for dominating all other stein holders and positioning themselves nicely for the August 2nd finals!

Ashley, one of the last ones to sign up that night, made light work of the other 7 competitors while Patrick had the luck of the Irish with him as he outlasted 26 other men! Beast mode activated!

We’re back at it tonight at 8 pm to hold beautiful Hofbrau steins filled with that delicious German nectar! If you want to see what you’re made of and have an eventual chance to win a trip to the Masskrugstemmen National Championships in NYC, you have two weeks left. Come get it!