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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a Food Lion. Murky brownish-orange color, tan head. Heavy sweet malt, brown sugar, a little toast. Caramel. Dark fruit / raisin. Banana and clove notes. Sweet. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2017 at 19:17


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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Merrior. Nice bright orange color with a frothy sheet of beige head that leaves heavy lace on the glass. Grapefruit and pine, some resiny notes. Smooth and soft. Quite tasty.

Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2017 at 14:48


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Grapefruit and mango nose. Hazy amber, medium yellow head, nice lace. Grapefruit and orange. Light body, moderate carbonation, resinous. Standard IPA with a bite.

Tried on 04 Nov 2017 at 20:17


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

Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop Uptown. Pours clear pale gold with a dusting of a white head. Aroma is green leaves and grasses, minor dust. Flavor is yeast, green grass, straw, browning leaves, light glue. Crisp and fine, but ordinary.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2017 at 15:13


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Hazy pale Amber, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is huge grapefruit, citrus. Flavors is light sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2017 at 18:08


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Clove, pie crust, and peach nose. Clear amber, thick head. Heavy clove, relatively dry peach. Medium body, eaay carbonation.

Tried on 14 Oct 2017 at 12:47



6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On draught at House Beer during the "Beer Tasting with Parkway Brewing" event on 08/25/2017. The beer s a hazy straw-gold color with a medium thin white head that evaporates quickly to a wispy film. Spotty lacing. Fruit, yeast and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of herbal yeast, fruit, malt and slight hops. The finish is mild citrus and yeast. Pretty average overall.

Tried on 26 Sep 2017 at 13:06


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

$1.95 bottle from Wine Warehouse. Pours clear golden with a soft white head. Aroma is cat piss, pine, tropical fruit. Flavor is very piney with a long lingering bite.Some citrus and hints of tropical fruit or melon, but that amazing pine bite is intense and overtakes much of the rest of the flavor. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2017 at 15:58


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

$10.19 bomber from Greenwood Gourmet. Pours deeper brown, clear. Dusting of a head. Aroma is plum, lots of caramel, mushy banana. Flavor is plum, Belgian yeast banana, clove, caramel, booze, light rose. Overdone and in your face.

Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 20:17