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.
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Clear bright yellow color, champagne bubbles. Aroma of light lemon. Taste is light lemon, straw.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2014
at 13:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Hazy yellow color. Aroma of straw and light spice. Taste has mixed spice and rising white bread dough, maybe subtle citrus. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2014
at 13:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tangerine, grapefruit, caramel, and lillies aroma. Cloudy amber, thin head, good lacing. Grapefruit dominant with whole orange, tangerine, and cat pee highlights. Grass finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. Juicy, balanced, and complex. Delicious fruit forward DIPA.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2014
at 02:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft pour at Novemberfest 2014. Poured a nice clear dark yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was tropical fruit notes, orange and some floral hop notes. Flavor was light crisp, malts, citrus. Pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2014
at 19:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at GABF 10/03/2014 (as "Barrel Aged Dubbel), thanks to my sis for assistance with note-taking. The beer pours a dark reddish-amber color with a medium foamy off-white head that diminishes steadily. Strings of lacing. Aroma of whiskey, malt and fruit. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky whiskey, caramel malt and dark fruit. The finish is boozy with a malty aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2014
at 20:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Original rating on 10/19/2014. 4 oz draft pour at Spacebar. Clear golden brown with off-white head. Aromas of spices, floral notes, light pumpkin. Tastes of light pumpkin, spices, floral notes, some bitterness, a little vegetal. Medium body with a dry finish. Medium body with a dry finish. More on the spiced side. 6/4/6/4/12
Re-rated on 10/1/2015. 4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear amber with off-white head. Aromas of spices mostly. Tastes of pumpkin, spices, toasty notes. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Still not great. 6/4/7/4/12
Re-rated on 10/1/2015. 4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear amber with off-white head. Aromas of spices mostly. Tastes of pumpkin, spices, toasty notes. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Still not great. 6/4/7/4/12
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2014
at 15:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 2.5
On tap at space bar in falls church it is a clear k
Light gold color with a slight head. The aroma is not very distinct the taste is a slight bitter resonance but a hint of grapefruit
Light gold color with a slight head. The aroma is not very distinct the taste is a slight bitter resonance but a hint of grapefruit
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2014
at 19:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On draft at Spacebar in Falls Church. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Light bready nose. Flavors of biscuit. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2014
at 19:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Caramel, a little butterscotch, grass. Cloudy amber, medium head. Grass, caramel on the edges, grapefruit peel. Quite a bitter aspirin and lilly finish. Light body. Hoppy but not without a malt presence. Could pass as an APA, certainly more bitter than other SIPAs, but the style is still defining itself and consensus has not yet been reached.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2014
at 18:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4 oz draft pour at Spacebar. Poured a totally clear straw yellow with a very small off-white head. Aroma was light sweet malts, some mild crisp fruits. Flavor was light caramel, sweet malt notes, crisp biscuit. Easy to drink. Girlfriend really liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2014
at 08:11