Victory Brewing Company


Victory Brewing Company 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.

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, 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: Year-Round
Seasonal / Limited Release
Blackboard Agave IPA: India Pale Ale with Grapefruit..
Blackboard Berliner Weisse: Berliner Weisse with elderflower..
Blackboard Cream Ale: Cream Ale with cold brew coffee added..
Anniversary 20: Experimental India Pale Ale brewed with citrus and pine..
21st Birthday IPA: Birthday India Pale Ale crafted with Chinook, Centennial, and Mosaic hops..
Big Bottles Only
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.

Awards

Sustainable Agriculture Business Leadership Award - 2014
Good Food Awards, Beer - 2011
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
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

Gold Medal - Festbier, GABF 2007
Gold Medal - Golden Monkey, GABF 2014
Silver Medal - Prima Pils, GABF 2007