Parkway Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Salem,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Parkway Brewing
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
We love our home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and we love the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469 mile scenic journey of mountainous wonder that showcases the natural beauty and unique heritage of our region. Beautiful vistas, distinctive music, oddball characters and fantastical folklore are just a few of the things that make our home a special place. It’s enough to make a person mighty thirsty.
The story of Parkway Brewing Company is a love story, a story that embodies the American Dream, a story of do-it-yourself determination, a story that continues on an exciting journey- much like the scenic highway for which Parkway Brewing is named. Two couples with a dream: a Master Brewer with a scientist’s brain and an artist’s palate, a visionary instigator with a dogged determination and their two creative and clever wives saw craft beer culture exploding across the nation and wanted to bring it home to the mountains of SW Virginia.
Since opening in 2013 on Kessler Mill Road in tiny Salem, Virginia, Parkway Brewing Company has not only created some of the state’s tastiest brews, but we’ve created a place that has brought together a community of like-minded, free-spirited beer lovers with a penchant for the great outdoors.
The story of Parkway Brewing Company is a love story, a story that embodies the American Dream, a story of do-it-yourself determination, a story that continues on an exciting journey- much like the scenic highway for which Parkway Brewing is named. Two couples with a dream: a Master Brewer with a scientist’s brain and an artist’s palate, a visionary instigator with a dogged determination and their two creative and clever wives saw craft beer culture exploding across the nation and wanted to bring it home to the mountains of SW Virginia.
Since opening in 2013 on Kessler Mill Road in tiny Salem, Virginia, Parkway Brewing Company has not only created some of the state’s tastiest brews, but we’ve created a place that has brought together a community of like-minded, free-spirited beer lovers with a penchant for the great outdoors.
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours hazy golden, medium creamy white head, decent lacing. Aroma is sea air, lemon, sour mash. Flavor is light tart, fairly salty, wheat mash. Light body, but of a perfume finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2016
at 17:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Oak, bourbon nose, the former is dominant. Cloudy amber, thin head. Oak, grapefruit peel, subtle bourbon. Medium body, easy carbonation. Not boozy at all, tasteful amount of bourbon, perhaps not enough for some.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2016
at 12:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was rich, creamy malts. Roasted chocolate. Roasted, toffee. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2016
at 00:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Dark brown with beige head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, malt. Tastes of caramel and toffee. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2016
at 22:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Sedona Taphouse, 3/29/16. Dark brown, thin creamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malts, oats, chocolate. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, cherries. Thin-medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2016
at 00:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at B Side served in a wine glass. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of floral notes, orange citrus, malt, light pine. Tastes of floral notes, orange citrus, malt. Medium body with a dry finish. Pretty nice, drinks like an IPA almost.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2016
at 17:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral notes, pine, citrus. Tastes of floral notes, pine, citrus, wheat. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2016
at 13:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5oz draft pour at Whole Foods Old Town Alexandria. Pouerd a pretty clear golden yellow color with a small white, foamy head. Aroma was light juicy hop notes, some resin. First sip was a blast of floral notes. Second sip was bitter grapefruit zest, lemon. Pine resin. Really bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2016
at 14:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle thanks to obguthr
Pours black with a medium sized tan head, some lacing. Aroma of dark malts, dark fruit, caramel and chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, chocolate, leather and chocolate
Good
Pours black with a medium sized tan head, some lacing. Aroma of dark malts, dark fruit, caramel and chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, chocolate, leather and chocolate
Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2016
at 23:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Draft: Strong grapefruit and tangerine nose. Clear amber, thin head, nice lacing. Tangerine, rosehip, grapefruit. Medium body, resinous, easy carbonation. Deliciousness.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2016
at 19:13