Victory Brewing Company
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Victory Brewing Company is a brewery
founded in 1996 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania
, USA. The main brands are HopDevil, Prima Pils, Headwaters Pale Ale, Golden Monkey and Storm King, which are distributed in 30 states. Victory Brewing is located at 420 Acorn Lane Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335.
bakery, Victory has grown considerably and evolved well outside the traditional small market of a beer-brewing restaurant
.
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 oz., which is approximately .53 gallons or 2 liters.
Victory produces over 20 brands of beer, some of which are:
Gold Medal - Festbier, GABF 2007
Silver Medal - Prima Pils, GABF 2007
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
founded in 1996 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Downingtown is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,891. Downingtown was settled by English and European colonists in the early 18th century and has a number of historic buildings and structures.-History:The town was...
, USA. The main brands are HopDevil, Prima Pils, Headwaters Pale Ale, Golden Monkey and Storm King, which are distributed in 30 states. Victory Brewing is located at 420 Acorn Lane Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335.
History
Founded in 1996 by Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski in an old Pepperidge FarmPepperidge Farm
Pepperidge Farm is a commercial bakery in the U.S. founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand after her family's property in Fairfield, Connecticut, which in turn was named for the pepperidge tree, Nyssa sylvatica. Since 1961, the company has been owned by the Campbell Soup Company...
bakery, Victory has grown considerably and evolved well outside the traditional small market of a beer-brewing restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
.
Brewery
The brewery uses an automated, energy recovery, 50 BBL system made by Rolec in 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
Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
. 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 oz., which is approximately .53 gallons or 2 liters.
Products
- Prima Pils: A 5.3% abvABVABV is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Alcohol by volume, a measure of the alcohol content of alcoholic drinks* Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria, from its IATA airport code...
pale lagerPale lagerPale lager is a very pale to golden-coloured beer with a well attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid 19th century when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewing techniques back to the Spaten Brewery in Germany and applied it...
using 2 row German pale malt and German and Czech whole hops. It has received favorable reviews in The New York Times, and by "beer hunter" Michael JacksonMichael Jackson (writer)Michael Jackson was an English writer and journalist. He was the author of several influential books about beer and whisky.-Life:...
. It is double hopped with Saaz hopsSaaz hopsSaaz is a "noble" variety of hops.It was named after the Czech city of Žatec . This hop is used extensively in Bohemia to flavor beer styles such as the Czech pilsener.Saaz hops accounted for more than 2/3 of total 2009 hop production in the Czech Republic....
and then with Northern Brewer hops from Germany, giving it a "very hoppy" character.
- HopDevil: An India Pale AleIndia Pale AleIndia Pale Ale or IPA is a style of beer within the broader category of pale ale. It was first brewed in England in the 19th century.The first known use of the expression "India pale ale" comes from an advertisement in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper published January 30, 1835...
at 6.7% ABV, described by the brewer as "menacingly delicious, with the powerful, aromatic punch of whole flower American hops backed up by rich, German malts." - Headwaters Pale Ale: An American Pale Ale with citrus and fruity notes. (5.2% ABV)
- Golden Monkey: A Belgian-style ale of high alcohol content, mixed with Asian spices (9.5% ABV).
- Victory Lager: A Helles lager. 4.8% ABV.
- Storm King Stout: A US example of Russian Imperial Stout. Very hoppy and strong. 9.1% ABV.
- V Twelve: Belgian Quadrupel. 12.0% ABV. Available in 25.4 oz. corked bottles, which is approximately 750 mL.
- Helios Saison: 7.5% ABV
- Baltic Thunder: Porter. 8.5% ABV
- Whirlwind Witbier: A classic Belgian 'white ale'. Available April-August 5.0% ABV
- Sunrise Weissbier: An unfiltered, Bavarian-style ale Available July-August 5.4% ABV
- Victory Festbier: An Octoberfest lager using all imported German malts and decoction brewing process. Available September-October 5.6% ABV
- Hop Wallop: Pungent punch of mint and pine aromas, a silky malt base adds complexity to this golden ale. 8.5% ABV
- Old Horizontal: A bouquet of floral, fruity aromas slides into honeyed malt depth in this amber barleywine. Available December-February 11% ABV
- Yakima Glory (formerly Yakima Twilight): A dark IPA/CDA. Available November-January 8.7% ABV
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).Awards
Golden Icon Awards by Travolta Family Entertainment:| Year | Award | Category | Beer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Golden Icon | Best Specialty Beer | Victory Golden Monkey |
Gold Medal - Festbier, GABF 2007
Silver Medal - Prima Pils, GABF 2007
External links
- Victory Brewing Company - Official company site
- Victory Brewing Blog - Official company blog