Parkway Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Salem, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2012

Contact
739 Kessler Mill Rd, Salem, VA, 24153, United States
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.

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5

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2019 at 16:16


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. A- Roasty, cocoa, mild alcohol. A- Black color, dark brown liquid, beige head. T- Cocoa, roasty, mild orange, slightly sweet. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Okay. Fairly dry and roasty. Orange adds more sweetness than any flavor I'd say. Gets better as it warms.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2018 at 04:05


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

29-11-18 // bottle from Les 3 Moussequetaires in Metz, France. Virginia ticked - deep black with a beige head. Dark roasted malts in the nose. Dark bitter chocolate. Roasted. Creamy. Nice one. --- Beer merged from original tick of Raven's Roost Baltic Porter on 29 Nov 2018 at 22:20 - Score: 7. Original review text: Virginia ticked - deep black with a beige head. Dark roasted malts in the nose. Dark bitter chocolate. Roasted. Creamy. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2018 at 10:21


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

4 oz pour on draft at Dominion Wine & Beer. Clear dark golden brown with beige head. Aromas of caramel, grain, malt. Tastes of malt, grain, caramel. Medium-light body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Oct 2018 at 02:25


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

Draft pour at Dominion Beer and Wine's upstairs restaurant. Poured a dark, but clear copper orange color with not much of a head to speak of. Aroma was sweet resin notes, some earthy and mild floral hops. Sweet caramel, earthy finish. Easy to drink for the style.

Tried from Draft on 22 Oct 2018 at 06:25


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Lots of citrus. Too much grapefruit in IPA. Orange pour with ok head and lacing. Very sweet end with some grapefruit rind. Tap.

Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2018 at 19:54


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Lots of citrus. Decent malt complex. Ok but not super unique. Tap at Galaxy Hut.

Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2018 at 23:00


6

Malt

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2018 at 22:52


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

Bottle from Market Street Wine. Pours golden orange with a small head. Aroma is mango, pine, resin, grapefruit peel, stale hops. Flavor is tango mango, floral hops, grapefruit, pine, resin, grass, light chemical taste.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2018 at 22:34


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

$2.00 bottle from Beer Run. Pours murky magenta with a small pink head. Aroma is tart blueberry, green leaf. Flavor is tart blueberry, green grape, green leaf. A hint of initial sweetness on the blueberry but that quickly turns.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2018 at 22:39