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Beer of the Week: The Veil Escape Barrel-Aged Saison

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about The Veil Escape Barrel-Aged Saison for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s Beer of the Week. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Brennan Haselton)

WASHINGTON — We all like to escape sometimes. But, in this case, you won’t want to.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about The Veil Escape Barrel-Aged Saison for the latest edition of ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:

  • Brewery: The Veil Brewing Company, Richmond, Virginia
  • Description: According to the brewery’s website, this beer is “a brettanomyces-fermented IPA aged in red wine barrels.”
  • ABV: 5.8 percent
  • Greg’s pairing suggestions: Smoked salmon dip; seared scallops; ham dishes; bitter greens, like arugula; Weinerschnitzel.

 

Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.

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