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.
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.
7.6/10
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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
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
$2.09 bottle, Vintages by the Dan. Pours golden with a small white head. Bready, grassy aroma. Flavor is grasses, lemon zest, light crust, light flowers. Not bad, but also unexciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 18:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$2.19 bottle from Vintages by the Dan. Pours amber-brown with a large beige head. Aroma is brown leaf, light vegetation, light caramel, roasted nuts. Flavor is smooth roasted nuts, caramel, toffee, brown leaf. Good flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2018
at 22:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$2.19 bottle from Vintages on the Dan. Pours ambery-orange with a small beige head. Aroma is ginger, pumpkin guts, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla. Yes, it has all of these aromas but this isn't overspiced. Flavor is pumpkin guts, cinnamon, nutmeg, cream, caramel malt, ginger. A nicely done, not overdone, pumpkin spice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2018
at 22:06
8.3/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Market Street Wine. Pours golden, pretty clear, with a huge off-white head. Aroma is cranberry juice, light cherry. Flavor is tart cranberries, perhaps some cherry skin, light grasses. Finishes dry . Not a ton of flavor here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2018
at 22:25
7.4/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
9/10
Backlog
Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 14:33