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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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Pizza Peel. Hazy to cloudy golden amber color, medium white head. Mixed citrus aroma. Taste is lightly bitter grapefruit and pineapple. Tasty.

Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2017 at 18:18


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

Tap at Darryl’, Greensboro. Colour is slightly cloudy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, citrus, hops and malts. Pretty nice.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2017 at 18:47


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

On tap at Timothy’s. Black with medium beige head. Aroma is nice chocolate, medium body, light carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is dark chocolate with dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2017 at 15:21


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

Pour is hazy golden with a large white head. Aroma is a nice bready and hay malt with some grassy hops. Flavor is an even better more richer bready malt. A little bitterness tickles the tongue as this goes down. A very good malt to hops combo. This is a tasty pils lots of rich bready malt.

Tried on 08 Feb 2017 at 18:00


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

Nice old-school West Coast IPA, less concerned with citric niceties than with brutal bitterness. Caramel-grainy malts hint at a lingering sweet side but quickly give up the IBU fight, leading to a resinous, clingy fade. Tasty.

Tried on 27 Jan 2017 at 17:30


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

On tap at P&P Charleston. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is nice herbal/formal hops, medium body, lower carbonation, soapy texture, and good lacing. Taste is floral hop, herbal hops, and bitter hops.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jan 2017 at 11:28


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Lilly, white grape, mild funk nose. Hazy amber, thick billowy head, good lacing. Lilly and lemon zest, somewhat vegetal.

Tried on 15 Jan 2017 at 16:21


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Draft. Clear deep amber color, light tan head. Lightly spiced and floral aroma. Taste is spiced caramel.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jan 2017 at 18:48


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Clear deep golden color, big fluffy white head with good retention and lacing. earthy pine aroma. Taste is bitter and resiny. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 04 Jan 2017 at 18:57


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bomber from Wegman’s Charlottesville. Hazy golden yellow with floaties. Large pillowy white head, good retention. Aroma of bright lemon and lime, pale malt. The taste is lemon, lime, earth, pale malt. Medium bodied, bright, mild lingering bitterness.

Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:08