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.
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Mild cocoa aroma. Cola brown, thin head. Charcoal, pecan. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2019
at 00:39
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2019
at 16:16
5.9/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
5.6/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
6/10
Malt
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 22:52
6/10
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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