The Veil Brewing (2021)

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  1. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    More Anniversary details posted...I get what they're trying to do by offering these bundles but seems like it's just overthinking the process and providing too many options.....not that 34 different beers is too many already. HA!
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    There are 34x different beers being released for pickup only in Richmond at our SA (Scott's Addition) brewery & our NFK taproom. There will be no anniversary bottles for sale at our FH (Forest Hill) location, but there will be draft options there⁠

    - Beginning at 10AM on Friday, 4/16 all anniversary beers with go up for sale on our site. We will be offering various bundles to choose from or you can build your cart with individual bottles & cans⁠

    - Pickup day/time slots for bottles will begin Tuesday, April 20 + continue for 6 business days afterword⁠
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    —Bundle #1 Ultimate Full Allotment: Max limit of each barrel aged Stout/Barleywine bottle (minus 1 brand TBA that will only be sold individually), max allotment of each wild bottle, max allotment of each can brand, 3x Randomly selected rare/hand-numbered bottles, 1x anni glass (randomly selected color), 1x special wild beer glass⁠
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    —Bundle #2 Full BA Stout/Barleywine: Max limit of each barrel aged Stout/Barleywine bottle (minus 1 brand TBA that will only be sold individually), max allotment of Sleeping Forever cans, 2x randomly selected rare/hand-numbered bottles, 1x anniversary glass (randomly selected color)⁠
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    —Bundle #3 Full Wild: Max allotment of each wild bottle, 1x special wild beer glass⁠
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    —Bundle #4 Single BA Stout/Barleywine: 1x of each Stout/Barleywine brand, 1x 4-pack of Sleeping Forever cans. 1x randomly selected rare/hand-numbered bottle. (No glass)⁠
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    —Bundle #5 Single Wild: 1x of each wild bottle. (No special wild beer glass, randomly selected rare/ hand-numbered bottles or glass)⁠
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    - Bundle prices + more info TBA⁠
    - The special wild beer glass is only available in the bundles mentioned above, other glassware will be available individually on our site⁠
    - If multiple orders are placed you may select 1 of your pickup times & pick up all of your bottles at that time. Try to limit your number of orders⁠
    - These bottles are for curbside pickup only, no shipping. Cans are available for shipping⁠
    - NO proxy beer pickups. Please bring an ID that matches the name on your order when picking up⁠
    - All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Please check your order carefully when picking up⁠
    - These rules/processes are subject to change
     
    #41 TomCat11, Mar 31, 2021
  2. cbusnoles

    cbusnoles Zealot (610) May 23, 2010 Ohio
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    Agree with this sentiment...I was unable to finish my bottle of Banana Fluff...it was sweeter than any AC I’ve had and that’s saying something...
     
    #42 cbusnoles, Mar 31, 2021
  3. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    #43 TomCat11, Apr 5, 2021
  4. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    "We’re pleased to announce the grand re-opening of The Funkhaüst Café this Thursday, April 15th!
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    After more than a year The Funkhaüst Café is back with a beautiful face-lift. This location is our special, eclectic, European-inspired taproom in our funky & wild barrel-aging facility.⁠
    The cafe features four rotating drafts of easy-drinking non-funky & wild beers (Witbier, Hefeweizen, Lagers, IPA’s, etc) as well as some of our funky & wild beers produced at this facility. We also offer on-premise bottle service, including vintages, highlighting our Mixed Fermies™, Lambic-inspired beers, as well as our Barrel aged Stouts and Barleywines. ⁠
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    You can find us here!:⁠
    2256 Dabney Road Suite F⁠
    Richmond, Va
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    We have indoor and limited outdoor (dogs allowed outdoor only) seating with draft and bottles for on-premise and to-go. Perfect for a dreamy date night.
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    HOURS:⁠
    Thursdays 5-9⁠
    Fridays 5-9⁠
    Saturday 2-8⁠
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    View our draft list, bottle list, and for more information head on over to our website. Bring the funk."
     
    #44 TomCat11, Apr 13, 2021
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  5. William_Navidson

    William_Navidson Pooh-Bah (1,557) May 1, 2015 Pennsylvania
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    I moved away from the area and accordingly haven’t kept up with The Veil as much since, but I used to patronize them a ton and was curious about their anniversary based on some Insta posts and wanted to learn more... am I missing something, or am I the only one a little confused by aspects of this release?

    First, it doesn’t help that theveilbrewing.com/anniversary gives me a 404 error (surely this has to be a mistake on my part right?) and I can’t find any hyperlinked reference to it in the “events” section of the site, or any reference on the main page, etc.

    And from what I can gather from Instagram the bundling seems... insane? Various beers are only sold in huuuuge bundles, but they also can’t guarantee that you won’t get duplicated in some case. What? The prices range between $29-$45 for some of the BA stouts, which seems wildly out of line with the market for these beers, right? Do they really sell out right away? Or will we see these at cost-or-below immediately afterwards on the secondary market sold by people trying to recoup costs? Requiring that people get a full allotment of their wild beers (many of which I’ve been a fan of) seems like an insanely transparent cash grab, doesn’t it?... given that they otherwise would likely sit around. And when I hear the term “bundle” I usually think of slightly deflated prices in exchange for buying so much, but that can’t be the case here.

    I’m not angry or upset as much as I am confused lol... my apologies if this is one of those topics that gets brought up here way too often (as I know some threads/topics are guilty of).

    edit: Veil just got back to my question on Instagram by noting that in fact their Anny site is down because they’re “posting new information at 3pm.” Hardly the biggest deal in the world and I have all the grace in the world for small businesses right now, but this all strikes me as pretty poorly managed lol.
     
    #45 William_Navidson, Apr 13, 2021
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  6. montman

    montman Maven (1,444) Mar 10, 2009 Virginia
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    Unless I missed something, you can just buy the wild beers individually or mix n match the ones you want. They do sit around, I think I will just try a few wilds on draft before buying any bottles since they should be there for awhile.

    I can't imagine most of the BA beers selling out super quickly, maybe a select few, but I bet most are available for a little while. There are way too many of them for that and it seems like some of the feedback I've seen (anecdotally) is less than thrilled about some of the diabeetus bombs.

    I'd speculate from what they said to you that they are re-thinking some of those bundle only bottle details but who knows. Some vocal pastryboi's complained that they couldn't get those by themselves and probably want them all. I know for me, most of those bundle only beers I would avoid.
     
    #46 montman, Apr 13, 2021
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  7. William_Navidson

    William_Navidson Pooh-Bah (1,557) May 1, 2015 Pennsylvania
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    Re: wild ales -- I think the "top bundle" includes a full allotment of all the wild beers. I could either be totally off base though (based on them taking the site down), or they could be changing it.

    And yeah, again... far from outraged here, I likely won't be able to try these anyway, just frankly confused to see this from a brewery so, so very focused on brand management and image.
     
    #47 William_Navidson, Apr 13, 2021
  8. Vikings1201

    Vikings1201 Zealot (737) Sep 8, 2012 North Carolina
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    Glad to see the bundles removed and some cart protection.
     
    #48 Vikings1201, Apr 13, 2021
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  9. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    卌 IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!! 卌⁠
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    Upon new developments in cart security for our online store, feedback from our customers, and other careful considerations we have decided to remove the bundle purchase options for our Fifth Anniversary beer release. One of the primary intents of the bundles was to save customers from the headache of having items in their online cart sell out before they can finish check out. Our online store will now prevent that from happening via an online waiting room for this release. You will know your place in line and have access to the store when it is your turn. Once you are in the store you will have 6 minutes to complete your purchase. Please have your shopping lists ready! All beers and merchandise will be first come first serve with the limits per person still in place. ⁠
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    We apologize for the last minute changes. We feel this is the fairest way to go about releasing these bottles given the circumstances. Thank you so much for your patience and support. Please see theveilbrewing.com/anniversary for and past posts for beer details. ⁠
     
    #49 TomCat11, Apr 13, 2021
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  10. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    As you plan your attack tomorrow and use wisely your 6 minutes of Supermarket Sweep....

    For all other details / rules check out their site https://www.theveilbrewing.com/anniversary
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    Beginning at 10AM (Eastern) on Friday, April 16 all anniversary beers with go up for sale on our site. These will be first come first serve. You will enter a virtual waiting room that will tell you your place in line. Once you have access to the store you will have 6 minutes to complete your purchase. Your cart contents will be protected as long as you check out within that time frame.

    For sale for our Fifth Anniversary:

    Imperial Stout/Barleywine Bottles
    (3x per person limit unless noted):
    • Bourbon Sleeping Forever 500ml ($24/each)

    • Apple Brandy Sleeping Forever 500ml ($24/each)

    • River of Wolves 500ml ($29/each)

    • widowed 500ml ($29/each)

    • devastate 500ml ($29/each)

    • empty 500ml ($24/each)

    • suffer 500ml ($29/each)

    • Salted Caramel Double Shot Frappe Bourbon Sleeping Forever 500ml ($29/each)

    • Maple Bourbon Chunky Monkey Fluff Sleeping Forever 500ml ($29/each)

    • Apple Brandy Bourbon Booberry Pie Sleeping Forever 500ml ($29/each)

    • Eternal Slumber Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Double Banana Split Hot Fudge Sundae with a Cherry On Top 500ml ($29/each)

    • Honeycomb Cinnamon Granola Crumble Bourbon Sleeping Forever 500ml ($29/each)
    *2x pp limit

    • Apple Brandy Pallbearer 500ml ($26/each)
    *2x pp limit

    • One Thousand Years 500ml ($26/each)
    *2x pp limit

    • One Thousand Years (conditioned on coconut, cacao nibs, vanilla, blackberry honey, and macadamia nuts) 500ml bottles ($30/each)
    *2x pp limit


    Rare Imperial Stout/Barleywine Bottles
    (1x bottle pp limit):
    • Double Vanilla Cotton Candy Fluffy Baby River of Wolves 500ml ($40/each)

    • Double Vanilla Double Cheesecake Apple Brandy Bourbon Booberry Pie Sleeping Forever 500ml ($40/each)

    • Strawberry Waffle Chocolate Chip Pancake widowed 500ml ($40/each)

    • Double Vanilla Apple Brandy Pallbearer 500ml ($40/each)

    • Birthday Cake Salted Caramel Double Shot Frappe Bourbon Sleeping Forever 500ml ($40/each)

    • Eternal Slumber Opulence 500ml ($45/each)


    Wild Beers:
    • Closer Glimpse Voignier x2 750ml ($20/each)
    *2x pp limit

    • All That You Are Merlot x2 750ml ($20/each)
    *2x pp limit

    • Make You Feel Blueberry x3 750ml ($20/each)
    *3x pp limit

    • Royalty Raspberry Old Sun x1 375ml ($12/each)
    *1x pp limit

    • All That I Am x3 750ml ($15/each)
    *3x pp limit

    • Mergence IV x2 750ml ($15/each)
    *2x pp limit


    Fresh Cans (6x 4-packs pp limit):
    • Sleeping Forever 16oz 4-pack ($22/each)

    • Chill Chill Bday Bday 16oz 4-pack ($20/each)

    • Sector 5 16oz 4-pack ($20/each)

    • Master Shredder³: Enhanced 16oz 4-pack ($17/each)

    • whiteferrari: enhanced 16oz 4-pack ($19/each)

    • Luxurious Luxury Vol. 8 16oz 4-pack ($26/each)

    • Vanilla Blueberry Dragonfruit Passion Fruit Raspberry Shu 16oz 4-pack ($26/each)


    Glassware:
    • Sleeping Forever Glass (13oz) $10/each
    (1x pp limit)

    • Pallbearer Glass (13oz) $10/each
    (1x pp limit)

    • Wild Tree Glass (12.7oz) $8/each
    (no limit)

    Anniversary Glassware -
    (1x per person limit total (not per color way):

    • Blue Fifth Anni Glass (15oz) $6/each

    • Green Fifth Anni Glass (15oz) $6/each

    • Purple Fifth Anni Glass (15oz) $6/each

    • Yellow Fifth Anni Glass (15oz) $6/each


    T-Shirts (printed on Comfort Colors)
    (No Limit)
    • Sleeping Forever ($20/each)

    • Pallbearer ($20/each)
     
    #50 TomCat11, Apr 15, 2021
  11. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Waiting room is open. You have to select Richmond Curbside or Norfolk Curbside Pickup and you'll be placed in there. The time to shop has also been upped to 8 minutes.
     
    #51 TomCat11, Apr 16, 2021
  12. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Welp.....Ive been reading through comment in BTV and seems like the process was/is not as smooth as Veil was expecting. Lots of people not happy. Freezing, pausing, lagging, can't check out or complete the order and when they finally do get to check out it says the items in their cart (that were suppose to be cart protected mind you) are no longer available..


    When I got spot 1063 with a 30 min wait from the waiting room I know it was a lost cause so didn't bother sticking around for it.


    And how Veil is copy & pasting this response on IG..
    "There’s been an overwhelming amount of visitors to the site for this release. Our e-commerce partners are having server issues and are diligently working on this. Please have some patience with us. Try refreshing if you’re noticing errors"
     
    #52 TomCat11, Apr 16, 2021
  13. Vikings1201

    Vikings1201 Zealot (737) Sep 8, 2012 North Carolina
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    The queue is paused at this point but I’ve been waiting for over an hour. A complete disaster at this point.
     
    #53 Vikings1201, Apr 16, 2021
  14. William_Navidson

    William_Navidson Pooh-Bah (1,557) May 1, 2015 Pennsylvania
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    lol now I'm a little happy that I randomly jumped into this thread at an opportune time.
     
    #54 William_Navidson, Apr 16, 2021
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  15. TurkeysDrinkBeer

    TurkeysDrinkBeer Savant (1,064) Sep 8, 2018 Virginia
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    So that was a complete and total shitshow but I still some how managed to grab everything I wanted. Total time spent refreshing and watching the site crash while checking out was about 50 minutes and I was in the first wave of people in the waiting room.
     
    #55 TurkeysDrinkBeer, Apr 16, 2021
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  16. montman

    montman Maven (1,444) Mar 10, 2009 Virginia
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    Yeah, it took awhile but eventually got in and ordered almost everything I set out to get. I had no interest in the waxed bottles so that helps - most of the rest is still available at noon.
     
    #56 montman, Apr 16, 2021
  17. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    #57 TomCat11, Apr 20, 2021
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  18. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    #58 TomCat11, Apr 23, 2021
  19. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Anyone interested, Hudson Valley is offering Free Shipping to VA on orders placed by Noon on 4/28/21 to celebrate their collaboration with Veil (Curtains VII, VIII and IX)
    https://hudsonvalleybrewery.com/beer-available-for-delivery

    **I've not placed an order yet but assume this would be on any beers and not just the Veil collabs**
     
    #59 TomCat11, Apr 26, 2021
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    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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