Fullsteam Brewery

Microbrewery in Durham, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Fullsteam Brewery (Fullsteam R & D Tavern)

Established in 2010

Contact
726 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Description
We launched Fullsteam in 2010 with a single mission: to explore what it means to be a Southern brewery. Sometimes that definition means brewing with foraged and farmed adjuncts. Other times it means making innovative beers with local grain. And sometimes it means just making true-to-style beers more Southern in temperament.

In our nearly ten years focused on this mission, Fullsteam has purchased more than $500,000 in Southern-farmed ingredients. We track our commitment to the Southern Beer Economy in our monthly farm reports.

Whether it’s the beer we brew, the food we cook, or the events we host, we believe in connecting people to the land and to one another. And through it all, we aim to keep it fun. Beer should be fun.

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

4oz pour at Churchkey pours a clear, rootbeer brown with some clumpy, white head. Nose has a ton of vanilla, banana, rootbeer, a little coconut. Flavor is a little weaker, banana, vanilla, caramel, banana cream pie. Thin finish.

Tried on 02 May 2014 at 13:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Churchkey. Poured a dark brown color with a small white head. Aroma was ripe banana, some chocolate notes. Flavor was banana, chocolate, with a touch of vanilla. Lots of banana. Very interesting.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2014 at 22:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pretty tasty for style. Lots of interesting malt in here that comes through with nice aromas despite steaming. Medium thick consistency. Light hops in finish with a little citrus zest. Tap at Churchkey.

Tried from Draft on 23 Apr 2014 at 09:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Kentucky Fried Charleston Trip Beer #91. Draft at Brewvival. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bourbon, roasted malts, vanilla and a bit of green apple. The taste is bourbon, roasted malts, stone fruit, chocolate. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2014 at 19:16


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Kentucky Fried Charleston Trip Beer #89. Draft at Brewvival. Pours a clear dark brown color with a thin head. Poor head retention. Aroma of tart citrus, earth, cherries, stone fruits. The taste is tart stone fruits, citrus, cherries, mild acetic funk. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2014 at 19:11


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22oz bottle I picked up at a artisans market at Union Market in DC. Pours a clear amber with some thin, eggshell head. Nose is interesting, some muddled dark fruit, plum, malt, some orange peel but then a lot of tomato and a little celery seed. Flavor is the same, some mild sweetness, some tart tomato, herbal, oddly savory too. Slightly sticky finish. Very strange.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2013 at 12:19


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

4oz pour an inky black with some creamy beige head. Nose is nice, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, some booze, some cake icing, some cherry, some molasses. Flavor has a flick of pepper, vanilla, coconut, wood pulp, caramel, cherry, medicinal. Hot, peppery finish. All over the place.

Tried on 06 Nov 2013 at 15:33


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Dark brown color, tan edge head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate liqueur. Taste is burnt coffee. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2013 at 15:09


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft at ChurchKey for Night of the Living Ales: Part 3, thanks to Travlr. Poured a very pale, hazy yellow color with a large white head. Aroma was notes of lemon, some tart notes. Palate has some touch of earthy notes and some chalk. Okay.

Tried from Draft on 31 Oct 2013 at 22:51


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Draft. Chalky pale yellow color, fluffy white edge head. Aroma of funky lemon tarts. Taste is earthy, chalky lemon.

Tried from Draft on 31 Oct 2013 at 17:51