The Veil Brewing - Richmond

Yeah I like doing side by sides of similar beers. Pretty excited for bhumbl and sitdwn, esp sitdwn as I really like galaxy and el dorado.

I havent tried nectar and knife yet and I am getting galaxy so mosaic so excited to try them.

 

Another surprise release. Counts not known but limited Crowlers of Master Shredder 3 added to the release today.

 

Anyone at the brewery have a line update?

 

Someone just posted a pic about to the dumpsters, but very spaced out because umbrellas. Looks like 30-40.

 

Final counts for today....
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~French Vanilla Hornswoggler 7% robust chocolate milk stout conditioned on a proprietary coffee blend, vanilla beans, and a touch of hazelnut. **MAY CONTAIN NUTS**
approx 195 cases. $18+tax/4-pack. 2x 4-packs per person.

~bhumbl 8% DIPA hopped 50/50 with Citra and Australian Enigma hops.
approx 223 cases. $16.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

~sitdwn 6% IPA hopped with Galaxy and El Dorado hops.
approx 224 cases. $14.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person.

~Bob from Marketing 6.9% sour IPA hopped intensely with Amarillo and Nelson hops. approx 109 cases. $14.50+tax/4-pack. 4x 4-packs per person

~Master Shredder3-5.5%-triple dry-hopped version of our house IPA Master Shredder.
approx 37 crowlers . $13.00+tax/32oz crowler. 1 per person.

We will also be hiding 10x Golden Tokens underneath the 4-pack holders(only on Hornswoggler cans). Find one of these coins and give it to a staff member behind the bar to receive a free Golden Hornswoggler glass. This is the ONLY way to get your hands on this glass. We will never sell this glass. It is only acquired if you are the lucky few to find a Golden Token.

 

Hi everyone! I'm headed down to see my folks in Wilmington, NC and I would like to stop in to Veil on my way down. Do I have a shot at some cans on Friday at opening? Do they do growlers ? fill to order crowlers? And how much of a line should I expect if'n I roll thru at 4pm ? Any info would be helpful. TY.

 

The Kendrick Lamar IPAs might make it until friday but you'd def have to be there at opening. I can't imagine more thant 3-5 people will be in line right at 4 pm should be a walk in walk out kind of thing if you want it to be. Pro Tip: have a few half pours from the draft list.

 

No growlers ever.......No Crowlers on demand. Those will only be available if they happen to surprise announce a release. Keep an eye on their fb page (or here) with updates of what's left going into Friday. Might be a very small number of 1-2 of this week's release left.

Outside of Veil, I would recommend swinging by The Answer for some Crowlers of their IPAs. Word is their Joose Andalls were wiped out last night but if any of those are available highly recommend them too. Triple Crossing is releasing Double Dry-Hopped Clevar Girl Friday beginning at Noon at their Fulton location. Final Gravity would also be a good spot to grab growlers. Solid beers at each and they all open up early in the day on Fri. Best spots for IPAs in RVA.

 

What's left....Not looking good for much, if anything, making it past today.

669 cases / 37 Crowlers sold yesterday
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~French Vanilla Hornwoggler (170 cases sold yesterday)
approx 25 cases. $18+tax/4-pack. 1x 4-packs per person.

~bhumbl (209 cases sold yesterday)
approx 14 cases. $16.50+tax/4-pack. 1x4-pack per person

~sitdwn (181 cases sold yesterday)
approx 43 cases. $14.50+tax/4-pack. 2x 4-packs per person.

~Bob From Marketing (109 cases sold yesterday)
SOLD OUT

~Master Shredder3 Crowlers (37 sold yesterday)
SOLD OUT

 

Are there usually lines starting at 4pm on Wednesdays for the cans that are left?

 

$64K in cans alone...

 

I need to go backread to check, but I'm pretty sure that is their biggest release in terms of cases sold. Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but looks like this beat the previous can sale record of 589.5 cases (Amun release) by about 80 cases.

There will be nothing left of this release on Friday with these numbers.

Side note, Triple Crossing is dropping cans on Friday though, DDH Clever Girl. There should be zero line and you should be good at 4PM. Head over to their thread for more info.

Usually only minimal lines at open, you won't wait if that's your question. Almost a certainty everything left will sell out today.

 

I did not check but when I saw that number the first thing I thought was I did not think they had ever eclipsed the 600 case mark on a release day before. Now just imagine if it would have been a sunny Tuesday....

 

For real. Or if they left it at 3pp on Horns, easily another 25 cases gone there to have broken 700.

 

The mead collab at Black Heath also sold out of their 500 bottles yesterday. That is awesome news! I have never been or even tried mead but that goes to show the power of Veil. Heard and read so many great things about it and how a lot of people who would have never thought to visit were amazed by the product, the tasting room and the meader/brewer (whatever the term is), Bill.

 

thank you all very much for the info.

 

I rolled up around 515-530 and was a bit surprised to see the line still almost the length of the parking lot; especially given how shit the weather was. Is that typical these days or Horns hype?

 

Cans SOLD OUT for the week.

Next week's release will be announced sometime on Saturday,

 

They mentioned other surprises...

 

It's getting to be more typical post Horneos for even "non hyped" releases. You can still get some not hyped releases with no lines (in the past couple months even - last time they did We Ded was post Horneos and I rolled up at 4:30, sat at the bar and ordered cans there. There was no line for Dirt Nap/IdonteverEVER either - that one shocked me). But the line is longer with increasing frequency and they're selling more and more. It was a given for collabs, and then the goses, now for Horns releases as well apparently. The Never Never Sufficient Sufficient release is going to break the block.

Bright side - they've been doing an unbelievably good job with managing the limits.