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

WTOP'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 WTOP's Beer of the Week. (WTOP/Brennan Haselton)

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

WTOP’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 WTOP’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 WTOP 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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