Victory Brewing (2020)

Totally agree, I will always love Stormy. Miss that beer greatly, please Victory it’s a true pioneer beer and needs to be in a seasonal rotation. Please.

 

Enjoying an Easy Ringer and it is more flavorful than All Day IPA. Another winner in my book from Victory.

 

Easy Ringer is better than I thought it was going to be, and is at a much better price point than some of the new lo cal options I’ve seen. $18.99 for a 15 pack looks great next to those $13.49 Light Hearted six packs. This will be a repeat buy for me.

 

Saw classic the other day buying beer but only in 15 pack form. Anyone try it yet? I didn’t want to commit to 15 on a first time try just in case.

 

Have heard secondhand that it's real good.

 

It's available in 6 packs. I saw some on the shelf at an Acme in PA last week.

I didn't buy it at the time, but now I wish I had. I'm stuck working at home in South Jersey for the foreseeable future and my local shops don't have it (yet?).

 

I picked up a six pack tonight and drinking one now. It's very good and I highly recommend, here's my thoughts:

What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2704

 

How would you compare the Victory Classic to:

• Victory Helles
• Sly Fox Golden Helles

Cheers!

 

Victory Helles - I have always liked this beer and while I haven't had it in a few months, I would give the nod to Classic, it's a little fuller and "rounder".

SF Helles - one of my favorite Helles beers but I haven't had one in a few months and I should do a side by side soon but Classic can compete with it.

 

Maybe discuss this in an upcoming NBS thread?

As you know, I am a fan of side-by-side taste tests.

Cheers!

 

It's possible! I enjoy them also and I will need to pick up some SF Helles but I don't mind, always great to have those on hand

 

Classic in sixpacks of cans is all I've seen in Central Jersey, via AB Ritchie & Page (Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington & part of Hunterdon). Helles was usually even more difficult to find and find fresh than Prima Pils in the past few years around me - I'd say I appreciated it more than Classic. So, that's two former Victory standbys that I'll no longer purchase, since I did not care for the reformulated Prima at all.

 

Tried classic, bought a six pack the other day, really tasty beer. At least I personally felt that way. Will definitely buy more of this beer when I’m done the six pack, or once this whole virus outbreak is gone.

 

Quick look at the Victory website and it appears Headwaters and Homegrown are now no longer listed as year round beers. Bummer, two really drinkable beers I enjoyed a great deal once the weather gets nice. Tart Monkey has joined the lineup as they really continue to double down on the monkey line.

 

homegrown was a great beer, that is news to me. Have you tried classic yet? Every time I’ve opened a can so far it’s been gone so fast, every sip you just want another type beer. Nothing like homegrown but hey it’s a new awesome drinkable beer by them.

 

Haven’t seen Classic in my neck of the woods yet, and that was the real reason I was on their site so I could use the beer finder (which didn’t list Classic anyway). That was when I noticed the revamped lineup.

 

I am really bummed about Homegrown but had a feeling, as it suddenly totally disappeared from my area. I will give Tart Monkey a try and it sounds pretty good and similar to SN's Wild Little Thing and I had that recently and really enjoyed it. They can keep Twisted Monkey, though, that beer is disgusting to me and I love Mango. Many people seem to enjoy it, though.

 

Oh and btw my prediction is Hop Devil may be the next to go (or will maybe be reformulated). They have removed it from their mixed packs and it is dwindling from the shelves and there was a time when it completely disappeared for a minute. It is one of their last flagships but...

 

Hard to imagine both Storm King and Hop Devil being gone, but I agree the absence from the mix pack is not a good sign.

 

If indeed Hop Devil is nixed this would be a sad thing IMO. Hop Devil was one of my preferred beers to drink at Citizens Bank Park while watching a Phillies game.

The ABV dudes who now own/run Victory have (and will continue?) made changes that I am not a fan of. I suppose they look at the financials and make decisions accordingly? I kinda get that but I am no longer such a fan of Victory Brewing since I personally do not agree with much of these changes. For example, I am not a fan of the new 'series' of Monkey beers. Is ABV/Victory viewing the Monkey branding like AB does Bud Light? What is next, a Victory Monkey Hard Seltzer?

Cheers!