The Veil Brewing (2022)

Quite the price hike if I recall correctly. Also, from speaking with Tarpey I'm under the impression that this is the only way Starve E will be available. I recall A and B being released the same way but C, D and D Reserve were all regular public releases. Curious what drove the decision to make it a festival exclusive bottle if in fact that ends up being the case? Maybe some incentive to buy a ticket?

 

Crossing the state line into Maryland. Three on tap at the Ale House in Columbia: Black and Blue Mega Tastee, Dirt Nap, and Nature Boi.

Not sure if any local bottle shops have started to stock their offerings.

 

You could always do the beer 8 days out, but the food thing is new.

 

I can only speak to the Norfolk location, but they removed online ordering for curbside/pick up sometime last year.

 

I don't think it is the per oz math that is a huge deterrent, I just think in general the interest in these kind of ticketed "higher end" beer fests is in real decline.

 

What makes you think each brewery is only bringing 1 beer each? Not saying you’re wrong but was curious if you heard this from someone.

I understand the 3 ounce limit on barrel aged stouts, but limiting a 3 ounce pour of the hops/lagers being poured from places like Root + Branch and Suarez seems a bit silly.

 

Wow. That really puts this festival price into perspective. It was probably the most expensive stateside festival I’ve seen, and now only having one beer from each brewery makes it even crazier. Wakefest costs like half the price with unlimited pours of a hundred + beers.

And that beer list absolutely sucks. Hell, my wife and I could probably buy each beer and fry it shipped to us for a cheaper price than what we paid for the tickets, let alone hotel, gas, food, etc.

 

Breweries only bringing one beer completely changes my outlook on this festival. I should have done more research on this but for the price they were charging, I thought for sure there would be more choices from each visiting brewery.

To hell with this. Are tickets transferable? I paid $363 for two tickets and probably would be willing to let go of them for $200 total. What a fraud this is.

 

Wow, what a shitty beer list for $180. Between the price, the fact that it'll probably be blazing in the 90's and now this beer list they have the trifecta of suck happening. No wonder they can't sell any tickets. Probably would have been a lot less sold if all this info would have come out before tickets went on sale.

 

Thanks for posting this. Still can’t help but think that this is insanely overpriced for what you get.

 

Yep. I could probably find someone on Facebook to sell me the majority of these beers shipped to my house for the cost of the two tickets alone.

Also, will 3 ounce pours of the majority of these beers even be enjoyable? Good god, I would rather have a 12 ounce pour of one ipa/lager than 3 ounce pours of four different ipas/lagers.

 

At least Side Project is bringing the heat. The rest of the breweries look like its just whatever was next up on deck. Typically see most other festivals where the breweries pouring bring the good stuff or at least something thats not on regular rotation.

 

Still though, only getting one 3 ounce pour from Side Project is crazy. Wakefest had unlimited pours of stuff like the Bake Kujiras, Black Magicks, Eunoias, Angry Chair's big barrel aged stouts, along with the lighter stuff and the general admission tickets are only like $80. Other Half bringing a shelf ipa is the biggest LOL of them all.

 

Literally NOTHING on that list is special or exciting with exception to the two SP beers and Starve E. Then again, the new Starve has a good chance of sucking also with the way their BA stouts have been trending the last two years. I'm really glad I didn't buy tickets this year

 

I've been seeing random Veil kegs show up in shops throughout the Raleigh area. Are they distributing at least something here full time now?