The Veil Brewing - Richmond

With it being 2pp and probably not many people came by multiple days for more tix you will probably have to string together deals with 2 separate people. Worst case scenario just make the trip up and visit some of the other really good breweries in RVA and go to the after party that begins at 6.

 

Details posted about an hour ago
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Here is a full draft list and a bunch of info for Forever Summer Fest attendees. Friendly reminder, this is technically a private, ticketed event. The brewery will be closed to the general public on Saturday August 27th until 6pm. We will then open the doors to the general public for the official Forever Summer Fest After Party.

Draft list:

The Veil Brewing Co
LOL Tho
Cheryl Cheryl
Daddy's Home
IdontwanttoBU
Crucial Taunt
Lil' Kitty Boi

Ocelot Brewing Company
Seamless
Three Lovers

Commonwealth Brewing Company
Papi Chulo
Wapatoolie

Oxbow Brewing Company
Grizacca

Other Half Brewing
All Citra Everything
Topical Depression

Cycle Brewing Company
Crank
Hammer
Fixie

Bissell Brothers
Reciprocal
The Subtance

Tired Hands Brewing Company
Hophands
We Are All Infinite Energy Vibrating At The
Same Frequency

Threes Brewing
Yclept
There You Are

Monkish
Dreaming of the Usual
Swap Meets

Suarez Family Brewery
Believe You Me

Trillium Brewing Company
Galaxy Cutting Tiles
Double Dry Hopped Fort Point

Lawson's Finest Liquids
Sip of Sunshine

The Answer Brewpub
Piece of the Action
Making IPA Great Again

We will open the gate for Session A attendees at 10:45am. Beers will not begin pouring until 11am. Feel free to line up prior to 10:45am so our security personnel can check ID's and give you the appropriate wristband in an effort to expedite the entry process. Anyone on the Will Call list for session A or session B can pickup their tickets from the Will Call table located at the entrance to the event beginning at 10am. We encourage everyone to Uber or carpool to the event. Our parking lot will be closed for the event. Street parking will be available. If you plan on driving please bring a designated driver. Designated drivers will be allowed entry into the event. They will receive a color coded wristband. There will be food, cold brew coffee and soft drinks available for purchase by designated drivers. If a designated driver is observed sampling beer the entire group will be escorted from the event.

Session A ends promptly at 2pm and the brewery grounds will be cleared so clean up and preparations for session B can take place. The gate will open to session B attendees as soon as cleanup and preparations are completed. Attendees can line up prior to 2:30pm to help expedite the entry process. Beers will begin pouring at 2:30pm.

Session B will end promptly at 5:30pm and the brewery grounds will be cleared so we can clean and make preparations for opening to the public at 6pm.

As you enter the event you will receive your glass and meal tickets. You will receive a map of the event which will show you where each brewery will be pouring beers. The map will also serve as a checklist of samples you have received. After you receive a pour your map will be marked showing that you have received that tasting pour. This allows us to ensure everyone will be able to sample each beer.

We will have several items to raffle off during the event. We are extremely thankful to be able to support Child Savers with the proceeds from this event. Representatives from Child Savers will be in attendance. The Child Savers tent will serve as the location for our raffles. Raffle tickets are cash only and will be $5 per ticket. You can buy as many tickets as you want. There will be a raffle drawing for session A at 1pm and a raffle drawing for session B at 4:30pm. You must be present during the raffle drawing to win. Raffle items for each session are identical.

Items for raffle:

1) Glassware package including our limited edition grand opening glass.

2) Glassware package including our limited edition Hornswoggler glass.

3) 4-pack of Sleeping Forever

4) A private tour of the brewery for 4-6 people on a Saturday with Co-founder and Head Brewer Matt Tarpey.

Child Savers will also be accepting donations at their tent.

Veil merchandise will be available for purchase during the event inside at the far right of our tasting room bar. We are not reserving cans for purchase during the event. If there are any cans remaining from our Tuesday release we will split those and make them available to attendees on a first come first served basis. If you want a better chance to purchase cans we suggest you visit the brewery this week prior to the event.

The brewery will be closed to the public on Saturday 8/27 until 6pm. We will be opened to the public at 6pm and closing at our normal time of 12am.

The after party will begin at 6pm when the brewery opens to the public. If a line begins for entry to the after party please orient it south down Roseneath Rd and around the corner to Marshall St. We will have 4 designated points of sale at the bar inside the tasting room. Please go to one of these lines for service. Special beers made available at the after party, like Sleeping Forever, will be limited to two pours per person in an effort to let as many people as possible enjoy the beers.

If you have any other questions, please post them (on the fb post) and we will do our best to answer them in a timely fashion. It's going to be a great festival for an amazing cause. Cheers!

 

I think I got the announced new Veil beers that will be tapped at the Forever Summer Fest After Party. This is an event anyone can attend, beginning at 6pm, and is when the tap room will open to the public on Sat. No entry fee for this. At least 2 of the pictures on Veil's FB page show sixtels so assuming each will be this. Not sure how many though. Sleeping Forever appears to be just a single sixtel so that will definitely go quick even if they do 6oz min. pours.

- Sleeping Forever(our anniversary imperial stout) - sixtel. This will be the last time this beer is tapped in Virginia until our anniversary next year.

- Never Again is a 4.9% Gose with Pink Himalayan salt and a ton of raspberries. Almost 700lbs/100 gallons of raspberry purée was added to this 15bbl batch. It's just insane! The aromatics are incredible. Smells just like fresh raspberries. Probably the cleanest kettle sour we've ever produced. Perfect level of acidity. We are beyond thrilled and proud of this beer. This will be a draft preview ONLY. Cans will be packaged and released the following Tuesday August 30th with 2 other brands to be announced soon.

- Daddy Daddy(double dry-hopped Daddy's Home). This one and only pin(cask conditioned) of this double dry-hopped Triple IPA collab with Other Half Brewing Company is going to be straight insane. Loaded with Simcoe, Citra, and Galaxy it's going to go fast.

- Jeune(French for "young") is a single barrel of a 100% spontaneously fermented turbid mashed beer. At only 6 months in age, this barrel is an incredible expression of our what we envision this project becoming. The acidity has developed to resemble a 1-1.5 year old traditional spontaneously fermented ale. Jeune is the blood of The Veil. It's the most passion driven element of our project. The spontaneous program is guided by patience. We allow the beer to tell us when it is ready. We may not see more from these barrels for months or years.

 

Maybe it`s just me, but that seems like an incredibly short / disappointing list of IPAs for $100. Makes WW Funkatorium Invitational look like a steal at $80 and $100 for VIP.

I`m sure it will be a great time though - enjoy!

 

^^^ Don't worry, after sampling 5-6 everyone's pallet will be so shot it won't matter if it's Founders All Day IPA or Heady Topper.

 

Not a great list for sampling tons of different beers, but an amazing list for drinking awesome IPAs all day. I wish I could have made it, but not too sour about missing it (work, not ticket issues).

 

So, I left Virginia with 11 left each of Crucial Taunt and Toof Ache (I drank one of each while I was still there) and I now am down to 4 each left. They've been cold the entire time too. This is from the 8/2 release.

I gave 4 CTs away and split another with a friend, and I gave 4 TAs away, and these are people that all know their beer, and all of them came away thoroughly impressed. Not that none of you know this already, but cheers to The Veil. Lol, I'm drinking the rest of them all myself.

 

Anyone coming into town tomorrow night and looking for something to do....The Answer is releasing their collab w/ Cycle beginning at 4pm. Cycle is also bringing up several of their beers to tap. Details on The Answer's social media pages.

 

This may not be the proper thread to ask this. But would Richmond be a good place to do a day beer trip? Like if I got an airbnb. LCCB doesnt look too far away either which would be fun.

 

Can update for Friday......41 cases of Lil' Kitty Boi going into today's 4pm opening.

Definitely! You almost need to plan at least 1/2 day for LCCB. Depending on where you are in Richmond that trip (one-way) would be 40-50 minutes most likely. There's a lot of breweries so you could easily stretch it into a couple days if you were to even make a weekend out of it.

 

Thanks for the info. We will be going to the answer after session a

 

The Answer keeps their tap list updated on Untappd so check that out before heading over to help decide. As of last night they still have a couple from the CCB takeover on. Definitely give they Andalls a go. They never disappoint!

 

100% yes. there is plenty to occupy you, buddies and i have done this a few times from DC

+ The Veil
+ The Answer
+ Mekong
+ Triple Crossing
+ Strangeways can be fun
+ Hardywood
+ Black Sheep for food

etc. Theres plenty more to add, you can easily fill a 1 night trip

 

That was going to be my next question, food. Ok I need to do this soon.

 

Mekong has awesome food if you like Vietnamese. The Answer also does very good food too.

 

That Andall list... good lord.

If we wanted to pal around downtown Sunday AM is there anything or anywhere to walk around to in order to kill time? (Center of the Universe opens at 1PM). Brunch at Black Sheep looks like a possibility. We're staying near the capitol it looks like, so we can probably walk around there and down to James River (Brown's Island/Gambles Hill Park).

 

Go to Saison or Saison Market. Grab the Nashville Chicken biscuit. Alternatively brunch at Millie's is also fantastic, but you need to get there early, like 9am. Brown's Island is fine, but would also suggest Church Hill. Grab a beer at Union Market and can walk around Libbie Hill park. Tons of options, for sure.

 

the Scotts Addition/Fan/VCU area will have lots of extra traffic as students returning now

 

Anyone at the after party? Heading over soon. Wondering how crowded it is.

 

Forever Summer Fest was a great time.