Interview with Victory's Bill Covaleski (Flash version)
We ran into
Victory Brewing's co-founder Bill Covaleski at a well curated tap take-over at the Blind Tiger recently. It served as the New York City debut for their
Dirtwolf Double IPA, the beer that's replacing
Hop Wallop, which is being retired. There were about 14 Victory beers on tap, including some interesting brews which we've never tried before.
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| The busy staff of Blind Tiger. |
One of Bill's college pals, Tony Limuaco, was there as well. Tony also ferments things for a living, but the object of his work is kimchee. His
Kimcheelicious is seeking to merge the famed fermented Korean cabbage into the American gastronomical world.
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| Tony of Kimcheelicious, B.R., Bill of Victory, Bob. |
In addition to their common experiences at college at Otis Parsons School of Design and their shared loved of fermetation, albeit of different things, Tony has also been involved in Victory, in a very visual context. Tony has designed a number of prominent Victory labels: Golden Monkey, Hop Wallop, Hop Devil, and the newest brew, Dirtwolf.
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| Labels that Tony designed. |
You can hear all about it on this installment of Beer Hear! And if you're unfamiliar with the history of how Bill and his brewery partner, Ron Barchet,
ended up forming a brewery -- a brewery that has an annual output of almost 100,000
barrels of fine beer -- the story starts in 1973 on a school bus when the
two were in 5th grade. Find out the rest of the story at
Victory Brewing's website!
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| White Monkey. |
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| Squeaky Wheel. |
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