The Veil Brewing - Richmond

I know they sold out of WWDD, not sure of the others.

 

Drats. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Also saw someone mentioned Droid Charger sold out as well. Pretty safe to say a good amount of NNSS will definitely be available today and probably quite a bit of MMSS.

 

Might as well count NNSS as gone - 1 case left. Expect MMSS to be gone today.

They didn't clarify exact case counts with their final announcement yesterday, so it was between 637 and 677 cases sold yesterday.

 

What's left today (Wed., June 28th).

They sold a lot more of that Gose than I expected. Really, nearly 500-600+ people came through yesterday?! Almost as if just about everyone who came through yesterday maxed out on everything. @davleather better be ready to get in line early and be one of the first 6 if you want that NNSS today
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~Never Never Sufficient Sufficient - approx 1 case. $22+tax/4-pack. 1x4-pack per person

~Master Master Shredder Shredder - approx 32 cases. $14.50+tax/4-pack. 2x 4-packs per person

 

All cans sold out for the week.

On the good side, The Veil did release the final list of participating breweries that will be at their Forever Summer Fest on August 12th. Full list is below. Tickets go on Sale July 9th at Noon (online and in-house)

-Monkish Brewing Co.
-Trillium Brewing Company
-Other Half Brewing Company
-Bissell Brothers
-Oxbow Brewing Company
-Suarez Family Brewery
-Cycle Brewing
-The Answer Brewpub
-Threes Brewing
-Ocelot Brewing Company
-Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
-WeldWerks Brewing Company
-Cloudwater Brew Co
-Hill Farmstead Brewery
-Final Gravity Brewing Co.
-Stigbergets Bryggeri
-Casey Brewing and Blending
-American Solera
-Cellarmaker Brewing Company
-Tired Hands Brewing Company
-Half Acre Beer Company
-Omnipollo
-Holy Mountain Brewing

 

That is quite a list.

 

Interested to see what Cellarmaker brings.

 

Can anyone point me to a post/website that gives a rundown on how Veil handles can releases and what to expect re: availability and timing? It looks like this thread is updated regularly when releases are announced -- so I'm mostly wondering (generally -- I'm sure certain releases would draw bigger crowds) what time I should arrive, how long I should expect to wait, etc. Will be in town on Tuesday, July 13th and possibly the 14th. Plan is to stop by for some drafts and hope to get lucky with some cans.

Thanks in advance for any help/direction.

 

Refer to the Behnd The Veil, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1007466815973486/?fref=ts, if you are in fb. They generally post line update before Noon each Tues. but in all honestly if you show up by 2pm then all is good. With the limits and total counts lately you could event show up around 6/7 and miss much of the line still coming away with fill allocation of everything.

 

Thank you for the info. Their website says they open at 4p on Tuesdays so does that mean people are generally lining up before noon for a 4p can release?

 

How long do these beers usually stay fresh? Gonna have another opportunity to swing by Richmond again on my way to some 4th festivities and thought I'd pick up some beers. Only thing is that I actually won't be able to drink them till the end of the month. Worth it?

 

For the hyped releases there will be a few oddballs that show up before noon, but it's very unnecessary to line up 2+ hours early unless you have somewhere you need to be at 4:15.
Go enjoy life/some other things rva has to offer then still get a full allocation much later in the day.

 

Details on tomorrow's release. Keep mind their special hours of Noon - 6pm tomorrow (July 4th). I could see the limits on at least Fire Emoji and ImdonewithU end up being lower. Also still do not see a big need to show up before opening. Everything with the exception of probably Sierra Misty (depending on how it ends up tasting) will probably last most, if not all, day.
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Sierra Misty (DEBUT) is a 6.2% sour IPA with lemon and lime. We added a ton of organic lemon and lime juice to this sour IPA, some lime peel, and hopped heavily with Citra, Motueka, and Lemon Drop hops. V citrusy and refreshing!
Shooting for 85-100 cases. $15.50+tax/4-pack. 3x 4-packs per person.

Fake Fake Love Love (DEBUT) is the double dry-hopped version of our 8% DIPA Fake Love. Hopped intensely with Citra, El Dorado, and Simcoe
Shooting for 195-210 cases. $17.50+tax/4-pack. 6x 4-packs/1x case per person.

ImdonewithU (DEBUT) is the next installment in our 0 IBU series. This time we bumped it up to an 11% Triple IPA version. 0 IBUs and hopped 50/50 with Citra and Mosaic like IdontwanttoBU and IdonteverwanttoBU.
Shooting for 195-210 cases. $17.50+tax/4-pack. 6x 4-packs/1x case per person.

Fire Emoji (DEBUT) is our collaboration with our friends and neighbors The Answer. Clocking in 8.2%, this DIPA was hopped v heavily with Motueka, Galaxy, and Citra. We also decided to hit it with a DDH treatment.
Shooting for 210-240 cases. $18+tax/4-pack. 6x 4-packs/1x case per person.

*LIMITS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*

 

Making a trip from NJ tomorrow for the first time, won't be able to get there til between 12-1, from the sound of it I should be fine getting all beers and enjoying the place, any other tips?

 

I think you will be fine. Probably a wait though. As long as you you are in their parking lot you can grab pours to enjoy in line. Final Gravity is open 10-7. Triple Crossing - Downtown open Noon - 8. Triple Crossing Fulton open 4-10. Both The Answer and Mekong are closed.

 

Pretty sure they mentioned somewhere they'd be doing limited crowlers today too. That draws some people in early sometimes too. At this point (14 in line about 4 hours out) it isn't much different than a typical "hyped" release.

 

Absolutely crazy this early. I think at this point these are people who are regulars who this is their normal routine or first timers who don't know any better. As the person who posted on a page last week, show up 3+ hours early with a 10 minutes wait for cans or show up an 1-2 hours after opening with a maybe 1 hour wait at most. Even with 1 case limits, a 200+ count one would be fine to show up at opening or after. Even if Sierra Misty is the worry of FOMO, show up at 11 at the earliest and I think one would be perfectly fine though it will probably last for people showing up after open.

 

Surprised by the lines today, I showed up two hours after they opened and still ended up waiting over an hour and a half.

 

Did you end up getting everything or was something already gone? I believe around closing they just had Fake Fake Love Love and ImdonewithU left.

Someone also mentioned there was only 1-2 POS going for cans most of the day so that probably contributed to the long wait and the long lines even a few hours after opening.