Fullsteam Brewery
Microbrewery
in Durham,
North Carolina,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Fullsteam Brewery (Fullsteam R & D Tavern)
Established in 2010
Contact
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.
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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Solid herbal coffee and roasted dark malty. Smooth roasted and dark malty. Sweet and solid bitter. Roasted and lingering dark malty finish.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2014
at 05:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, nuts, coffee, chocolate and licorice. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long chocolate, caramel and licorice finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A clear-looking dark brown beer with a dense, finger-thick dark beige head leaving curtains. It’s very coffee-ish on the nose, with some notes of sourness and spices. Nutty, roasted flavor with caramel and a nice bitterness and some orange zest, as well as lots of coffee. Pleasant carbonation, full body and quite dry on the palate. It feels almost sourish in the finish. It’s an interesting one, I like the coffee impact, and it’s sure a beer I could have a few of. 140829
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 09:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very dark brown with big big beige head. Aroma is light roasted malts, caramel, coffee, little vegetable and a little chocolate. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little vegetable, coffee, chocolate, little dusty, medium sweet, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 09:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black with a big brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. High carbonation. A bit of vegetables in the finish. 290814
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 09:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice head with excellent duration. Color is roast malt, rich coffee, vegetables, malt, nuts and hops. A little too carbonated.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 09:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
4oz pour at Churchkey comes a clear, sweet potato brown with some cloudy, white head. Nose has some malt, corn, cracker, biscuit. Flavor has some corny sweetness, orange, honey, mild biscuit. Clean finish.
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 13:25
6.2/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
6.8/10
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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