The Veil Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Richmond,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2016
Contact
Description
Craft brewery located in Richmond and Norfolk, Va. Focusing on hop-forward ales, high gravity barrel aging, and spontaneous fermentation.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned 3/16/26, drunk 4/24/26.
Nice clementine/tangerine character in the nose. Easygoing, juicy, aromatic, with sparse, cracker-like malt in support. Light tropical fruit in there, as well. Clean and bright with no resin or weird yeast character.
Similar flavors in the mouth, with bright peach-mango-pineapple-tangerine character. Sparse malt again with cracker-like character. While I wouldn't quite accuse it of being too thin of malt, it's definitely on the low end of my tolerance. Even with zero IBUs, the dry hop pushes it to being quite a hop bomb and there's nary a sweet note to be found. Some slight chewiness keeps it bearable. If they are going to enhance and TDH this, then it seems like it needs a touch more heft from the malt to balance it.
Nice clementine/tangerine character in the nose. Easygoing, juicy, aromatic, with sparse, cracker-like malt in support. Light tropical fruit in there, as well. Clean and bright with no resin or weird yeast character.
Similar flavors in the mouth, with bright peach-mango-pineapple-tangerine character. Sparse malt again with cracker-like character. While I wouldn't quite accuse it of being too thin of malt, it's definitely on the low end of my tolerance. Even with zero IBUs, the dry hop pushes it to being quite a hop bomb and there's nary a sweet note to be found. Some slight chewiness keeps it bearable. If they are going to enhance and TDH this, then it seems like it needs a touch more heft from the malt to balance it.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 24 Apr 2026
at 20:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours hazy golden, small fizzy white head, some lacing. Aroma is pineapple, passionfruit, lemon. Flavor is light tart, lightly salty, pineapple dominant. Medium body. Pretty decent, and still a beer.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2026
at 00:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks fonefan! Black colour, tiny head. Aroma is liquorice, chocolate syrup, some mild alcohol with a bit wood too. Flavour is sweet chocolate syrup, plum pudding, a bit wood as well as some liquorice and alcohol as well. Sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2026
at 16:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from my brother: pours mahogany with small head. Loads of vanilla, wood and whiskey; toffee and caramel, some hoppiness. Taste is sweet but moderately so, not too boozy or sharp. Well balanced and very smooth. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2026
at 14:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Can from Grotta Azzura & Grotta Local, New York, NY.
Nose is dark chocolate, smoke,raisin, coffee, cocoa. Smoky sweet flavours of dark chocolate, coffee, raisin. Unsurprisingly dry. Malty sweet finish. Great stuff.
Nose is dark chocolate, smoke,raisin, coffee, cocoa. Smoky sweet flavours of dark chocolate, coffee, raisin. Unsurprisingly dry. Malty sweet finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Can
at
Grotta Azzurra & Grotta Local
on 11 Apr 2026
at 09:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can (1/5/26) from CBC Liquors, Westford. Opaque, dark yellow, tons of sparkle, thick head with excellent retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is strong grapefruit, lemon. Taste matches aroma, late dry biscuit. Smooth, creamy texture, soft carbonation, dry, yeasty finish as taste with mild bitterness.
Tried
from Can
from
CBC Liquors - Westford
on 05 Apr 2026
at 01:59
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Grapefruit and pineapple marmalade. Pours murky orange with OK head. Light hop tang finish. Funnily enough for booze level, it lacks body. Tap at Beer Run.
Tried
from Draft
from
Beer Run
on 02 Apr 2026
at 17:29
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are citrus, stone fruit, onion, mushroom and malt. Flavors are similar to nose and on the sweet side up front. Going to bittersweet. Full body and okay carbonation. Not bad but nothing special.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 31 Mar 2026
at 23:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Romans are straw, citrus, barnyard, malt and tobacco. Flavors are similar to nose. Bittersweet. Okay body and carbonation. Kind of run of the mill. Decent and drinkable but forgettable.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 30 Mar 2026
at 04:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
The mild aromas are citrus, pine resin, malt and herbs. Flavors are similar to nose and slightly more sweet than bitter with decent carbonation. Full body and finish follows flavors. Nothing new or special but definitely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 29 Mar 2026
at 03:52