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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours orange with medium frothy off white head that lasts. The aroma is floral hop and grapefruit. Medium mouth, grapefruit, pine, nice bitterness, resin finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2015
at 17:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Aroma has a fair bit of chocolate. Sweet, very rich with molasses, big woody character, toffee..some really rich dark malt character. Finishes fairly syrupy, really boozy and intense.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2015
at 15:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ ChurchKey, Washington DC. Pours a hazy pale pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity grassy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter peachy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy peachy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2015
at 06:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at dbarnold's, 10/31/15. Dark brown with a lasting brown head and drippy lace. Lots of chocolate here, not a ton of bourbon, just a strong stout with a nice malty flavor and light bitterness. Still, a very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2015
at 22:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Hazy straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of big herbs, lemon citrus fruit and peel. Tastes of herbs, citrus, light apple. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2015
at 20:21
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft at Churchkey courtesy of GenDV138, thanks! Cloudy very pale yellow color. Massive spice aroma. Taste has overwhelming spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2015
at 16:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Slightly hazy golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral notes, citrus, light tropical fruit. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, tropical fruit, floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Very nicely done.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2015
at 21:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey, consumed on 9/11/2015. Slightly hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of floral notes, hay, citrus. Tastes of floral notes, big hops, light pine, grassy notes. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2015
at 20:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from 2012 thanks to JCB. Opens with a health pop. Pours deep mahogany, very large tan head that eventually dissipates into sticky clumpy residual and lacing. Aroma has notes of bourbon, roasted malts, cocoa, vanilla. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, lots of bourbon and not a lot else that has survived. Lightish body, high, to the point of offputting, carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2015
at 00:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of lemon citrus fruit and peel. Tastes of citrus, floral, light wine, oak. Medium body with a dry finish. Works amazingly well surprisingly.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2015
at 23:42