Opened 1996 Founded 1996 | Website victorybeer.com Parent organization Craft Revolution LLC | |
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Key people Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski Annual production volume 125,713 US beer barrels (147,521 hL) in 2014 Profiles |
Victory brewing company brewery tour
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 9 countries. Victory Brewing is located at 420 Acorn Lane Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335.
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Victory brewing company brewery tour
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 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. On February 16, 2016, Victory allied with Southern Tier Brewing Company of Lakewood, NY to become part of the Artisanal Brewing Ventures holding company.
Brewery
The brewery uses an automated, energy recovery, 50 BBL 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 oz., which is approximately .53 gallons or 2 liters. Victory makes their own root beer, which is also served in the restaurant.
Products
Victory produces over 20 brands of beer, some of which are:
October 2013 Dirt Wolf Double IPA will replace Hop Wallop
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
Sustainable Agriculture Business Leadership Award - 2014
Good Food Awards, Beer - 2011
Philly Beer Scene Awards:
Golden Icon Awards by Travolta Family Entertainment:
United States Beer Tasting Championship
Gold Medal - Festbier, GABF 2007
Gold Medal - Golden Monkey, GABF 2014
Silver Medal - Prima Pils, GABF 2007