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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 6
Draft. Hazy brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of roasty chocolate. Taste is light malted milk balls. Easy drinking.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2013 at 04:20

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Draft. Hazy amber color, medium off white head. Aroma of slightly spur cherries, plums. Taste is dark fruit and citrus, light spice an a bit of tartness at the finish. .
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2013 at 04:17

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I’m very surprised and impressed that we got this one before North Carolina. Draft at ChurchKey. Clear golden color, bright white head. Aroma of subtle mixed spices. The ginger really comes through in the taste, but it’s not overwhelming. Very drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2013 at 16:45

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Draft. Hazy amber color, small white edge head. Aroma of subtle rye bread. Taste is mixed light spiced fruit.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2013 at 16:37

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
roasty, citrus, earthy, golden, hazy, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, lively, long finish, long finish,
Tried on 21 Jan 2013 at 19:45

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On draft at Churchkey DC on innauguration night. Pours a deep res amber with an off white head. Aroma of vanilla and toffee. Flavors of figs and chestnuts. Quite nice.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jan 2013 at 19:28

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pizzeria Paradiso, Georgetown tap: Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate, smoke, and bacon. Taste is moderately smoked. It ain’t no Aecht Eiche Doppelbock, but it is not minimal either. The nice thing is that there are also all of the porter flavors basically uninterrupted by the smoke: kind of like drinking two beers at once. Pretty dank.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jan 2013 at 14:49

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Draft. Murky brown color, brown head. Aroma of low smoulder and burnt household goods. Taste is chewy ashtray, but in a good way. Enough plain malt to balance the smoke. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2012 at 15:59

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
America Eats, DC tap (expensive as all hell): Pours a light orange with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma is light clove, light malt, and a bit of sugar. This is pretty much a dignified lawn mower beer. Everything is good, but it is so light that it could not be offensive to even the most inexperienced palate. Again, it is not bad, but it is kind of a run of the mill American Belgian Wit.
Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2012 at 20:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at Brewvival 2012. Pours hazy orange with a large creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of wheat, spice, earthy notes, citrus. The taste is big citrus, wheat, spice, caramel. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2012 at 20:22