Victory for Missouri

BeerNews.org just dropped a solid lead that Victory Brewing, out of Pennsylvania, is eying Missouri as part of its next expansion.  In a video interview with Gary Vaynerchuk, Victory President/Brewmaster, Bill Covaleski indicates that Missouri is "ready for their beers." 

This shows once again that Missouri is such a solid craft beer market that an established and well distributed East Coast brewer wants to gain access.  It will probably still be a while before anything is finalized.  As of now nothing from Victory has been submitted to the Missouri Brand Label Registration.  That means that if we ever do see anything from Victory in Missouri, it won't be until next year at the earliest.

For a while I was trading for Victory beers on a regular basis, so I am a familiar with a few of their offerings.  There are a few Victory beers that I would be eager to get on a regular basis.

• Storm King Stout - This is a top Russian Imperial Stout that ranks in BeerAdvocate's Top 100.  Rich with dark malts, it still has a peppery bite from the hops.
• Prima Pils - A super hopped Pilsner, great for the summer
• Old Horizontal - The Old Ho' will put you horizontal.  A very tasty barleywine.
• Wilddevil - I haven't had this one yet.  This is Victory's wild yeast ale so it should be interesting.