Dogfish Head, Victory Brewing, and Stone Brewing have joined forces once again to create Saison du BUFF, a saison that blends locally-harvested sage, lemon thyme, rosemary, and parsley, and Citra and Centennial hops. The collaboration beer will start hitting store shelves this week in six-packs of 12 oz. bottles. This isn’t the first time the three … [ Read more]
Victory and Southern Tier merging, now held by Artisanal Brewing Ventures
February 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Mergers and acquisitions have become dirty words in the world of craft beer, but unique alliances like the one Victory Brewing Company and Southern Tier Brewing Company just inked are likely the new norm in this growing industry. The two respected craft beer companies will merge under a new holding company by the name of Artisanal Brewing Ventures … [ Read more]
New beer: Victory releases limited bourbon barrel-aged Java Cask
November 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Black Friday, meet your match. Victory Brewing has dubbed today “Dark Wednesday” and for the fourth year in a row has released a beer to mark the occasion. At 14.3% ABV, Java Cask is the strongest beer Victory has ever produced. According to Victory, the beer is a deeply complex chocolate malt-tinged stout, aged in bourbon … [ Read more]
Victory Kirsch Gose
May 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Victory Brewing Company Kirsch Gose 4.8% ABV Sours are making a big splash in the craft-beer scene right now, and finding one that comes in a four pack proves to be difficult. Luckily, Victory has done sour fans a solid with their bright and refreshing cherry gose, available in four-packs of 12-ounce bottles. This beer’s … [ Read more]
Victory Dirt Wolf Double IPA
December 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Victory Dirt Wolf Double IPA ABV: 8.7% When the fine folks at Victory Brewing decided to introduce a new Double IPA, they didn’t have any qualms about utilizing some of the most desirable hops on the planet. Talk to any beer geek about Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Chinook and it will conjure up feelings of tropical … [ Read more]
Style Profile: Russian Imperial Stout
December 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This issue’s Style Profile examines an oft-cited, if little-understood, style of beer. By Michael Agnew Illustration by DWITT Rich, warming, and impenetrably black, Russian imperial stout is one of the most beloved beer styles. Twenty-five of Ratebeer.com’s top-50 beers of 2013 are imperial stouts. They comprise 16 of the 50 top-rated beers on Beer Advocate. … [ Read more]
