On September 7, 2013 the Young Veterans Brewing Company Taproom opened in Virginia Beach. The taproom opened because Virginia changed a law. Before then, all you could do in a set up like that was give a free sample of the beer, allow taste tests of drinks, and sell a packaged product. After the law changed you could actually sell beer to customers who wanted to hang around and have an enjoyable time in the taproom. YVBC was the 1st company to open up after the new law passed. And it was important to Neil and Thomas that the company stayed local. Virginia Beach is home for them and they didn’t want to change that.