The Veil Brewing - Richmond

They've also released WF twice in the past 3 months or so. That helps keep the hype down (see Dirt Nap, WWDD etc.). The beers people once traveled/lined up for don't draw the same crowds when they're released more regularly. Obviously in addition to it being twice as much as they've ever made and it being sold alongside 6 other beers this week as you mentioned.

 

Hope this keeps up ! Doing a few days in Richmond in the beginning of April and have a stop at Veil planned. Hoping some carry out packages will also come with me!

 

Having beers start to show up more frequently and no big hype beers in a given week certainly helps with lines and availability. I like having the special beers come out (Circle of Wolves, Never Never Again Again, etc) from time to time to have something interesting and new to try, but its nice to have weeks where you don't have to be in line at 2PM on a Tuesday to be able to get any cans. I am sure its a measure of hype dying down and beers starting to show up with more frequency, but I think that is a good thing if you just want to be able to purchase and drink the beer.

 

I'm clearly late to the game. While I've known for a while that Veil has had batch variation problems, some of these most recent cans are pretty rough. CT seems nowhere near where it should be and has been and DN just tasted playdoo like almost. WF is tasting good, but still pretty frustrated with this slew of IPAs.

The most recent social media posts about the new system seem to hint that "yea we've made some less than mediocre beer recently but NOW we've really dialed it in" which is bull.

 

I hear you on the Dirt Nap. I didn't buy any but a friend gave me a pour last weekend and I thought it had a really strong chemical offtaste.

 

SURPRISE FRIDAY DROP! Today, Friday February 23rd at 4pm (when we open doors for service), we will be releasing our latest offering from our Funkhaüst called Old Sun!

Old Sun is the barrel fermented and inoculated version of our 5.8% farmhouse inspired ale New Sun. Fermented and conditioned in red wine French oak barrels for 12 months, then bottle conditioned for 2.5 months, Old Sun has notes of zippy Apple, pear skin, white wine grape, beautiful yet restrained acidity, wonderful carbonation, with a Chardonnay body.
- There will be approx 600x 375ml bottles available. $11+tax each. 3x bottles per person.

- There will be 10x 1.5L magnums available. $60+tax each. 1x magnum per person.

REMAINING CANS
- Special Combo #1 8% DIPA
$16.50+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- Uncle Cousin Mosaic single hopped 11% Triple IPA.
$17+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- whiteferrari 8% DIPA is hopped 50/50 with Citra and Galaxy hops.
$16.50+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- Casual Casual Drinks Drinks 8.5% DDH DIPA hopped with Citra and El Dorado.
$17.50+tax/4-pack. NO LIMIT

- Crucial Taunt 8% house DIPA.
$15+tax/4-pack. NO LIMIT

- Child Support 4.5% hoppy Pilsner w/ Citra.
$13+tax/4-pack. NO LIMIT

 

Per their IG this morning, The Veil will be announcing this week's releases tomorrow (Monday).

 

Tomorrow's releases...
__________________________
Never Letgo (DEBUT) is the next iteration in our fruited Gose series. Clocking in at 4.9%, Never Letgo was conditioned on hundreds and hundreds of gallons of Pomegranate purée.
Shooting for approx 190-210 cases. $17+tax/4-pack. 1.5x cases/9x 4-packs per person

IdonteverwanttoBU3 (DEBUT) is the TRIPLE dry-hopped version of our 9.3% 0 IBU DIPA IdonteverwanttoBU. Hopped with a clinically insane amount of Citra and Mosaic.
Shooting for approx 160-185 cases. $19.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

Broz Broz Night Night is the double dry-hopped version of our 9% Citra DIPA Broz Night Out. This one turned out insane. We love the base beer, but with the DDH treatment it becomes gnar-gnar in the best possible way!
Shooting for approx 170-190 cases. $18.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person


There will be a small amount of Special Combo #1 and Uncle Cousin cans available from last Tuesday’s can release set at NO LIMIT.

Child Support w/ Citra cans are also set at NO LIMIT.

There are just over 10x cases left of Old Sun bottles also.
Old Sun will be available at 6x bottles per person.

 

These would be a brew that would be understood if they decided to throw some crazy ingredients in a beer but chances are they won't get wild and crazy although with what DFH does it would make perfect sense.

 

Got around to checking out the IG video The Veil posted yesterday. It was tough to hear with all the background noise going on but one of the beers brewed is a DIPA (no surprise there!) with a bunch of different peppers on the big system and then the 2nd is a Stout (ingredients kept a mystery) done on the pilot system. Both should be ready in a few weeks.

 

WWWWSS?

That's a REALLY good idea on the DIPA. I had BBNN on draft this week and it has that peppery/vegetal thing going on (like what happened with Extra Kreme but way more subdued) so this way if they haven't worked out that issue they can hide it with actual peppers. It makes too much sense.

 

3/1 (Thursday) remaining cans....
_________________________________
~Never Letgo - $17+tax/4-pack. 1.5x cases/9x 4-packs per person

~Broz Broz Night Night - $18.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

~IdonteverwanttoBU3 - $19.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

~Child Support w/ Citra - $13+tax/4-pack. NO LIMIT

 

INFO FOR TODAY, SATURDAY MARCH 3RD’S CAN AVAILABILITY:

~Never Letgo 4.9% Gose conditioned on Pomegranate purée.
$17+tax/4-pack. 1.5x cases/9x 4-packs per person

~Broz Broz Night Night 9% DDH all Citra hopped DIPA.
$18.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

~IdonteverwanttoBU3 9.3% TRIPLE dry-hopped 0 IBU DIPA. Hopped with Citra and Mosaic.
$19.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

~Dry-Hopped Coalesce 5.5% dry-hopped unfiltered Czech style Pilsner with all German malts/hops.
$13+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

 

Tomorrow's (3/6) Releases. All debuts....
________________________________________
- I’m Derek Jeter is a new 8% DIPA hopped generously with Galaxy, Mosaic, and Nelson hops.
Shooting for approx 160-185 cases. $16.50+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- You’re Derek Jeter is a new 10.5% TIPA hopped intensely with Citra, Motueka, and Simcoe hops.
Shooting for approx 160-185 cases. $17.50+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- whitemiata is the 6% IPA version of our beloved Citra/Galaxy DIPA whiteferrari. The luxuriously soft mouthfeel and beautiful integration of two of our fave hops all together in a more crushable ABV.
Shooting for approx 180-200 cases. $14.50+tax/4-pack. 2x cases/12x 4-packs per person

- Double Coconut Hornswoggler That’s right! We took our 7% robust chocolate milk stout Hornswoggler and conditioned it on TWICE as much coconut as our Coconut Hornswoggler. Almost half of a ton of coconut.
Shooting for approx 140-165 cases. $20+tax/4-pack. 1x case/6x 4-packs per person

We will be hiding 15x 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 get a free Golden Hornswoggler glass(as seen in the picture in this post; the Hornswoggler himself is on the back side of the 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. We made 40% less of this style of glass than the last Hornswoggler glass. Make sure you try to grab one before we switch to the next style.


We most likely will have a small amount of Never Letgo(pomegranate Gose) cases and a decent amount of Dry-hopped Coalesce(Czech Pilsner) cases left from last week still available on Tuesday. Anything left will be set at NO LIMIT.

 

We are pleased to announce the first round of details for our 2 year anniversary celebration! April 2017-April 2018 was a heck of year filled with growth, travel, learning, collaborations, festivals, and pushing ourselves to be the best that we possibly can be. We would not be celebrating year two if it wasn’t for all of you. We are beyond humbled and thankful for all of your support. So thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

Last year we celebrated our one year anniversary by hosting a ticketed, 3 session event. We’ve decided to make things this year a little more accessible/spread out and celebrate for a full week. We will be doing releases each day from Tuesday April 17th through Sunday April 22nd. On Sunday April 22nd we will also be tapping a bunch of special/vintage kegs from us as well as some guest kegs from some of our homiez.

We will have limited glassware and t-shirts available also. For limited glassware, we will be releasing a small amount of a different color-way anniversary glass featuring the twin tiger anniversary design each day throughout the week. We will post the counts, color-ways, and limits on glassware on Sunday April 15th. For limited t-shirts, we will be making a small run of two different color-ways featuring the twin tiger anniversary design. We will have some fun food vendors throughout the week also.

**We will post counts, limits, and pricing on all available merchandise, cans, and bottles on Sunday April 15th.**

Here is a tentative release schedule for the week:

**TUESDAY APRIL 17TH 4-9PM**
CANS:
~redferarri-8%-Galaxy/Mosaic DIPA
~greenferarri-8%-Galaxy/Simcoe DIPA
~ImdonewithU-11%-0 IBU Citra/Mosaic TIPA
~Never Aloha3(cubed)-5.3%-Triple fruited Hawaiian Punch Gose
~Sleeping Forever-12%-anniversary Imperial Stout

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #1
~limited anniversary t-shirt color-way #1

FOOD VENDOR: Intergalactic Tacos

**WEDNESDAY APRIL 18TH 4-9PM**
BOTTLES:
~Bourbon Barrel Aged Sleeping Forever-13%-anniversary imperial Stout aged in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels for 12 months-500ml bottles and *possibly* limited 1.5L magnums available
~Sauvage-3.7%-barrel fermented Brett table beer aged in red wine barrels-750ml bottles and limited 1.5L magnums available

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #2

FOOD VENDOR: Tyler from Autumn Olive Farms and Bobo from Southbound/Alewife

**THURSDAY APRIL 19TH 4-9PM**
*This will also our be our monthly Third Thursday celebration. We will be donating a percentage of draft sales to SCAN.*
BOTTLES:
~Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Sleeping Forever-13%-anniversary imperial Stout aged in Laird’s Apple Brandy barrels for 13 months-500ml bottles and *possibly* 1.5L magnums available
~TBA Wild Bottle-750ml bottles and limited 1.5L magnums will be available-we will announce this brand 1-2 weeks before release

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #3

FOOD VENDOR: InHause Dumplings

**FRIDAY APRIL 20TH 4-10PM**
BOTTLES:
~TBA Sleeping Forever barrel aged variant-13%-500ml bottles and *possibly* 1.5L magnums available-we will announce this brand very soon
~Raspberry All That You Are-5.6%-Spelt Farmhouse Inspired Ale aged on whole local raspberries-375ml bottles and limited 1.5L magnums available

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #4

FOOD VENDOR: Cobra Burger

**SATURDAY APRIL 21ST 12-10PM**
CANS:
~whiteferrari-8%-Galaxy/Citra(over 400x cases)

BOTTLES:
~Vanilla Sleeping Forever-12%-anniversary imperial stout conditioned on vanilla beans-500ml bottles and *possibly* 1.5L magnums available

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #5
~limited anniversary t-shirt color-way #2

FOOD VENDOR: 12-6PM ZZQ - - 6-10PM TBA

**SUNDAY APRIL 22ND 12-8PM**
*NOTE WE WILL BE OPEN EXTENDED HOURS ON THIS DAY*
BOTTLES:
~TBA Sleeping Forever Bourbon barrel aged variant-13%-500ml bottles and *possibly* 1.5L magnums available-we will announce this brand very soon
~Kentucky Reserve Sleeping Forever-14%-anniversary imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels for 24 months-limited 500ml box sets including 2x Glencairn whiskey glasses available

GUEST TAPS CONFIRMED:
~Oxbow, Monkish, Trillium, Cycle, Bissell Brothers, Tired Hands, Other Half, Jester King, and more TBA
*SPECIAL/VINTAGE KEGS FROM THE VEIL TBA*
*We will be selling drink tickets for all draft pours for Sunday 4/22.*

MERCH:
~limited anniversary glassware color-way #6

FOOD VENDOR: THE HIGH ROLLER LOBSTER CO.

We will continue to release more information regarding our two year anniversary week long celebration. We are super pumped to celebrate with y’all! It’s going to be a rad week!

 

Not a fan. I'm sure more people will come out and spend a lot of money. Personally this set up means I'll spend less money on anniversary beers than I did last year.

 

The anniv party last year was so smooth and enjoyable, interesting they are changing it up so drastically. Then again to be fair, if I missed out on tix last year I might have a different opinion. Either way looks like a week of lines, especially for the SF's.

 

They don't even have an option for anything to be ticketed which bothers me. If they had a way to buy an allotment I'd have jumped on it. I'd have been made at myself for spending that much to get 1 bottle/4 pack of everything, but I'd have bit in a heartbeat.

 

I would not be surprised if in future updates they announced the opportunity for people to get a full allotment of everything being released without having to be there every day. Maybe a lottery for lets say 50-100 people can pre-pay and show up Sat / Sun to pick up.