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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle from ??? at bottle share. Golden pour with a short tight head. Aroma greets you with flowery, piney hoppiness. Hops continue on in the taste, more dominant than the malt backbone hiding in the background. Pretty well balanced brew..
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2016
at 11:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at P&P Charleston. Translucent dark brow with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, medium body, medium carbonation, and pretty good lacing. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, and a little caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2016
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out golden topped with a small head. Nose is pine floral hops and some bread. Taste is more of pine floral hops a nice bread malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 15:27
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottle. Smell is bright ipa, no BO here. First taste is liquor laced candy with hop bitterness. Quite different than other ubiquitous IPA. Warming sensations in the tummy halfway thru. Strong bitter in yer face bitter hop bite settles in near the end. I think I’m chewing on fresh pine sap soaked green grapefruit rinds. Somebody get me a cold cheap pale lager for a chaser, heheh. If you like this style, reverse my numbers, not an IPA fan but this stuff is terribly on style without the mouth coating dullness and mild BO. Whewwie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2016
at 11:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear orange Amber, medium off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is line, grapefruit, orange. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2016
at 13:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Pours hazy peachy golden, small off white head, a bit of lacing. Aroma is pretty mosaic, dank, tropical, armpit. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, dank and tropical. Medium body, a bit harsh again
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2016
at 13:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear pale orange, small off white head, good lacing. Aroma is melon, line, perfume, lemongrass. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, perfume and pine, a bit sharp. Light plus body.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2016
at 13:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, unreadable bottle code on the neck. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with decent strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange rind, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/sticky/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Probably over 6 months old judging by the protein cloudiness, but was still very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2016
at 19:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Whoops, almost thought this was the old CSA! Pop top for a mild pungent tart veggie perfume. Look is almost clear pale with thin white head. Decent co2 on the uptake with a mild friendly, perhaps slightly above average enjoyability factor compared to other fruit beers of this genre. Friendly lager finish.
Tried
on 19 May 2016
at 13:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 2013 vintage. Pours clear black, medium tan head, dissipates to a large ring with good lacing. Aroma is bourbon, cocoa, vanilla. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium bitter, loads of bourbon. Base beer has faded out unfortunately, leaving a ghost of cocoa behind. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2016
at 00:44