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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8/10 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

8.1/10 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

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Bomber shared. Pours a deep brown with a small bit of head that lingers. Creamy milk chocolate, vanilla and bourbon on the nose. More of the same on the palate. Sweet but with some charred oak, and roasted cacao nib towards the back end. Finish is balanced and lingers. Decadent. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate on 16 Dec 2016 at 22:15 - Score: 9. Original review text: Creamy milk chocolate, vanilla and bourbon. Charred oak, cacao nib.
Tried on 22 Dec 2016 at 16:02

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Uptown. Pours mostly clear golden with a huge white head. Aroma of dust, toasted bread, light citrus. Flavor is lemon peel, burnt toast, vegetation like mad - unriped, green vegetation, cardboard. Jesus, this is a 97% top beer? Good god. Either my taste buds are way off or everyone else is insane (I think my taste buds are on the mark, btw).
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2016 at 15:23

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Blindfold me and I’d swear it was a pint of cat pee. Big vegetal hop front, almost too green, followed by hits of green peppers and the tiniest snippet of mint. Slides into a sweet middle before smashing you upside the head with crazy hop bitterness. Weed and pine on the fade, green as green can be.
Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2016 at 22:25

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 5
On draft at Pangea Tavern in Avon NC. It is a brownish black color with a slight head it has the aroma is citrus and the taste is citrus with hints of roasted grain
Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2016 at 13:16

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On draft at Pangea Tavern in Avon NC. Pours a clear cola brown with an ecru head. Grassy nose. Flavors of citrus and toasted grain. Bitter roast finish.
Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2016 at 13:08

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sample at Denver Rare Beer Tasting VIII on 10/07/2016. The beer pours black with a bit of brown around the edges and a medium beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Small patches of lacing. Bourbon, malt and berry aroma. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, vanilla, blackberry and malt. The finish is bourbon and berries. Good beer all around.
Tried on 09 Nov 2016 at 21:14

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Draft at Flying Saucer. Opaque dark brown color dark brown head. Huge berry aroma on a roasty background. Taste is sweet berry up front balanced by espresso and dark chocolate. Very tasty.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2016 at 10:47

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
On draft at Westover Market. Pours a clear golden color with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is strong citrus flavor with hints of grapefruit and had a strong grapefruit finish
Tried from Draft on 27 Oct 2016 at 13:24