Beer Garden

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In the past two decades we have witnessed unprecedented changes in the U.S. beer industry. The emergence of craft brewers and consumers’ new-found appreciation for quality beer have resulted in what is often called the “Craft Beer Renaissance.” Beer has taken on a new excitement and relevancy to the average person.

Only a few made the grade for taste in America for quality like Blue Moon, Samuel Adams, Amstel Light, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Victory, Michelob Honey Lager, Anchor.

The victory brewery ingredients

At Victory they believe that the very best ingredients are necessary in order to brew the very best beer. Here, German malted barley, a mix of European and American whole flower hops, 45 unique yeast strains (for our wide variety of beers), and the highest quality local water is blended to create our refined brews.

Onward to Victory:

RGI has chosen Victory Beer as a fine beer clear choice for flavor and real beer taste.

Having trained in Germany, we appreciate the artistic freedom we have here in the U.S. Here, a fervent core of consumers embraces creativity, and we are happy to serve that audience with our experience in traditional methods, selection of choice, often imported ingredients, and the best processing that technology can offer us. We relish the opportunity to please both ourselves and our audience with our flavorful creations.

Bill Covaleski, Brewmaster & President

Ingredients Brewery

At Victory they believe that the very best ingredients are necessary in order to brew the very best beer. Here, German malted barley, a mix of European and American whole flower hops, 45 unique yeast strains (for our wide variety of beers), and the highest quality local water is blended to create our refined brews.

Note: Victory is one of only a few breweries in the country that uses whole flower hops. While almost all other breweries used pelletized hops, Bill and Ron insist on using the whole-flower varieties. This unprocessed form of hops imparts better flavor and aroma to beer.

Brewing

Every brew begins with malt preparation. Victory’s imported German malts are first brought into the brewhouse via a conveyer system from our silo house. At that point the malt is sifted to ensure outside particles are taken out. The malt is then immediately sent to the wet mill. This wet-milling process softens the malt allowing us to remove the barley husk from the kernel with less breakage. The intact husks produce sweeter wort and yield less tannic bitterness than their broken counterparts.

Once transferred to the fermentation tanks, we add specific yeast strains for each of our beers. The yeast converts the sugars from the brewing process into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. Most of our beers are sent through our filtration system after fermentation and maturation. There all of the yeast particles are removed to prevent spoilage. Our unfiltered beers, like Sunrise Weiss, skip this step.

After the beer has been filtered (or not) it is kegged and/or bottled. We have a state-of-the-art, German-built bottling system that fills approximately three 12-ounce bottles per second.

The last step in the journey from ingredients to consumer is, of course, end user “quality assurance.” Every new brew here at Victory is personally taste tested by Bill and Ron.

Victory is one of only a few breweries in the country that uses whole flower hops. While almost all other breweries used pelletized hops, Bill and Ron insist on using the whole-flower varieties. This unprocessed form of hops imparts better flavor and aroma to beer.