Victory Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Victory Brewing Company


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location = Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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opened = 1996
production = 55,000 barrels
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Victory Brewing Company (Victory) is an American brewery located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. 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. Victory's beers, especially HopDevil, Prima Pils and Storm King, have received rave reviews and allowed Victory to move outside their traditional tri-state market. Victory is currently distributed in 23 states. Another noteworthy item is the variety produced by Victory. Whereas a typical beer pub produces five or six different beers, Victory brews over 20 beers, providing a huge variety. The restaurant was completely remodeled in spring of 2008 with a new focus on smoked barbecue. A unique 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, thereby vastly increasing the shelf life of the beer compared to direct spigot filling.

One distinguishing characteristic of Victory is the insistence on using raw whole hops. Most production breweries employ pelletized hops or extracts due to the increase in storage space and the much lower wort losses during production. Victory also brews using traditional methods where appropriate, such as using the energy intensive Decoction process for production of certain German style lager biers. Brewhouse is a highly automated, energy recovery, 50 BBL system made by Rolec in OberBayern, Germany.

Products (Partial)

*Prima Pils: A well reviewed and award winning Pilsner, this beer is hoppier than other pilsners, reminiscent of a European pilsner.

*HopDevil: An India Pale Ale 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."

*Golden Monkey: An Belgian-style ale of high alcohol content, mixed with Asian spices (>9% ABV).

*Victory Lager: A classic version of the Munich style Helles bier - think Masskrugs at Hirschgarden. 4.8% ABV.

*Storm King Stout: US example of Russian Imperial Stout. Very hoppy and strong. 9.1% ABV.

Beer reviews

* [http://www.ratebeer.com/Brewers/victory-brewing-company/101/ RateBeer's reviews]

Awards

"Golden Icon Awards by Travolta Family Entertainment:"

Gold Medal - Festbier, GABF 2007

Silver Medal - Prima Pils, GABF 2007

External links

* [http://www.victorybeer.com/ Victory Brewing Company] - Official company site