Foothills Brewing

Microbrewery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2004

Contact
3800 Kimwell Dr, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, United States
Description
It seems simple.

Water. Yeast. Grains. Hops. That’s all it takes to make beer. But what we do with those simple ingredients within these walls is what makes us special.

Foothills began brewing beer at our West 4th Street location in March 2005, with three 15-barrel fermenters. Jamie and his brewers managed to crank out 800 barrels of beer that year, and doubled that output the following year.

As demand and production continued to increase, the need became obvious for more space. The solution came in the form of a 48,000 square foot warehouse a few miles away, an old manila envelope factory that was retro-fitted with brewing equipment and became Foothills’ main production facility, located at 3800 Kimwell Drive.

Today both brewery locations continue to produce our top-quality beers. We offer weekend tours from our tasting room at our main brewing facility. Conversely, if you ask nicely at the downtown brewpub, you can probably get a peek at the operation.

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

Refrigerated September 2017 brown bomber poured into a glass. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is bourbon, medium/thick body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, dark chocolate, and booze. I prefer this to the regular Sexual Chocolate.

Tried on 27 Oct 2018 at 00:51


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Kicked the keg with this one at Salud. Saddened and disappointed that I had to enter this onto Ratebeer. Black color brown head. Fruity coffee aroma. Taste is smooth rich earthy coffee cocoa dark fruit. Tasty

Tried on 07 Oct 2018 at 14:23


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to Jeff. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a strong combination of grass and straw with a hint of sweetness underlying. Flavor has lots of grass that is supported by straw and a hint of sweet grains underling.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2018 at 00:20


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle thanks to Matt. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is bourbon barrel vanilla roast coffee chocolate and some ash. Taste is more of the nice bourbon barrel notes coffee chocolate and some caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2018 at 20:11


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is a deep dark amber with a large tan head. Aroma is toasted bread crust with various other grains. Flavor is more bready malts but this version of a marzen has more of a sweeter toffee and caramel to it. The sweetness does not make this as chuggable as most marzens but did give it a more richer body. Flavorful but a little bit sweeter than the mainstays of the style.

Tried on 13 Sep 2018 at 00:25


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Tried on 01 Sep 2018 at 14:33


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Tried on 01 Sep 2018 at 14:33


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Flying Saucer - Raleigh, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out a pungent and rather bitter piney hop character upfront, with a crisp toasted biscuity malt base. Flavour is along the same lines, bringing out bold piney hops, light dankness, and crisp biscuity malt. Piney and punchy. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2018 at 03:48


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Flying Saucer - Raleigh, pours a clear clear with a small white head. Aroma brings out light, tart cranberries, with a touch of lacto. Flavour is along the same lines, with subtle tart cranberries and a bit of lacto. Easy and gentle. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2018 at 03:48


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Dibre piwko, jest czeko, jest kawa, jest beczka, jest polslodo tylko, jest dosc niezaduzo ciala... pyszka

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2018 at 17:49