Victory Brewing Company

Why it matters

Prima Pils is the American beer most often cited as proof that a German pils can be brewed seriously outside Germany, and it did that while the rest of American craft brewing was avoiding lager entirely.

Details

Reference beers

• Victory Prima Pils5.3% ABV

  An American-brewed German pils, and the beer most often cited as proof that the style travels.

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Styles it is associated with

• German Pils — Pale, dry and firmly bitter, with a crisp finish and a spicy-floral noble hop character — Germany’s answer to the Bohemian original.

Traditions

• American craft brewing — The post-1980 American movement built on intense hop character, reinterpretation of European styles, and rapid categorical change.