Victory Brewing Company

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Victory Brewing Company
Victory Brewing Company logo.svg
Location Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Opened1996
Key peopleRon Barchet and Bill Covaleski
Annual production volume125,713 US beer barrels (147,521  hL) in 2014 [1]
Parent Artisanal Brewing Ventures
Website victorybeer.com

Victory Brewing Company (Victory) is a brewery founded in 1996 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States. The main brands are HopDevil, Prima Pils, Headwaters Pale Ale, Golden Monkey, DirtWolf, and Storm King, which are distributed in 34 states and nine countries. Victory Brewing is located at 420 Acorn Lane Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335. [2]

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History

Founded in 1996 by Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski in an old Pepperidge Farm bakery, Victory has grown considerably and evolved well outside the traditional small market of a beer-brewing restaurant. The brewery's first [3] three beers were Victory Festbier, Brandywine Valley Lager (now Victory Lager), and HopDevil Ale. Initially they thought that the malt forward Victory Festbier would become their most popular beer. However, they soon realized that consumers craved very hoppy beers, such as HopDevil Ale, the most[ citation needed ]. On February 16, 2016, Victory allied with Southern Tier Brewing Company of Lakewood, NY to become part of the Artisanal Brewing Ventures holding company. [4]

Brewery

The brewery uses an automated, energy recovery, 50-US-beer-barrel (59 hl) system designed and manufactured by Rolec in Chieming, OberBayern, Germany. Victory also brews using traditional methods where appropriate, such as using the energy intensive decoction process for production of certain German style lager beers. Victory uses whole hops.

The restaurant was completely remodeled in spring of 2008 with a new focus on smoked barbecue. A growler filler was installed during the renovation that allows any of 20 draft beers to be routed to the counter-pressure growler filler. This device includes a CO2 evacuation step, increasing the shelf life of the beer compared to direct spigot filling. The growlers are 68 US fluid ounces (0.53 US gal; 2.0 l). [5] Victory makes their own root beer, which is also served in the restaurant. [1]

Products

Victory produces over 20 brands of beer, some of which are: Year-Round

Seasonal / Limited Release

Blackboard Agave IPA: India Pale Ale with Grapefruit. (7.0% ABV).

Blackboard Berliner Weisse: Berliner Weisse with elderflower. (5.2% ABV).

Blackboard Cream Ale: Cream Ale with cold brew coffee added. (6.5% ABV).

Anniversary 20: Experimental India Pale Ale brewed with citrus and pine. (5.5% ABV).

21st Birthday IPA: Birthday India Pale Ale crafted with Chinook, Centennial, and Mosaic hops. (6.1% ABV).

22-US-fluid-ounce (650 ml) Bottles Only

Catering

Victory Brewing is a full service caterer and offers full party planning for many events. They offer a brewpub on wheels, which is a mobile catering kitchen. It has enough food and beer to serve up to 1000 people and has a cooler capacity of 16 kegs (2500 servings of cold beer). [6]

Awards

Philly Beer Scene Awards
YearAwardWinner
2010–2014Brewery of the YearVictory Brewing Company
2013Brewmaster of the YearBill Covaleski
2010, 2011Best PilsnerPrima Pils
2010Best PorterBaltic Thunder
2011Best Belgian StyleGolden Monkey
2011–2013Best StoutStorm King
2011Best Fruit / Spice BeerSaison du BUFF (shared with Dogfish Head and Stone)
2012, 2014Best LagerPrima Pils
2014Best Imperial Pale AleDirtWolf
Golden Icon Awards by Travolta Family Entertainment
YearAwardCategoryBeer
2006–2007Golden IconBest Specialty BeerVictory Golden Monkey
United States Beer Tasting Championship
YearAwardBeer
2011, 2013Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionHeadwaters Pale Ale
2013Grand ChampionHeadwaters Pale Ale
2001–2005, 2007, 2008, 2013Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionPrima Pils
2002–2005, 2013Grand ChampionPrima Pils
2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionHopDevil IPA
2008Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionFestbier
2008Grand ChampionFestbier
2000, 2004, 2006Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionVictory Lager
2000, 2004Grand ChampionVictory Lager
2003–2005Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionStorm King
2006, 2007, 2012Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionV-Twelve
2012Grand ChampionV-Twelve
2005, 2008Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionWhirlwind Wit
2006Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionSt. Boisterous
2006Grand ChampionSt. Boisterous
2011, 2013Best of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast regionYakima Glory

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References

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