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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle shared by Willrunforbeer, much thanks. Aroma is earth English malts showing a light coffee and chocolate tones. Body is fuller for the style with a lingering earthy bitterness. The texture is drying on the tongue with a nice level of hops. Nice hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 19:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewvival 2015 Trip #125. Keg at Brewvival. Pours a clear amber with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral, green hops and pale malt. The taste is topical, citrus hops and pale malt. Medium bodied, nice.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2015
at 00:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brewvival 2015 Trip #124. Keg at Brewvival. Dark brown with a thin creamy tan head. Decent retention. Aroma of roasted malt, smoke, tobacco. The taste is roasted malt, smoke, chocolate, tobacco, dark cherries. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2015
at 00:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
New England Bucket List Trip #260. Keg at Beer Run. Pours a hazy red with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral hops and caramel. The taste is citrus, tropical hops and caramel malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2015
at 17:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at The Partisan. Poured a dark cola color, black color with a tan head. Aroma was chocolate, light barrel notes. Some bitter chocolate dominates with the character from the barrel aging coming through, but creating a very pleasant notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2015
at 22:31
8/10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2015
at 16:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
65 cl bottle (9,75%) @ lusikka, ”Special release February 2014”. Thanks Jason!
Aroma has intensive chocolate tones, some sweet cocoa and hints of licorice. Flavour has dark chocolate, some tobacco, mellow ash and salty licorice tones. Rather dry palate for the style. Salty licorice tones grow stronger rather quickly and start to disturb. Nice, but I must say I expected more.
Aroma has intensive chocolate tones, some sweet cocoa and hints of licorice. Flavour has dark chocolate, some tobacco, mellow ash and salty licorice tones. Rather dry palate for the style. Salty licorice tones grow stronger rather quickly and start to disturb. Nice, but I must say I expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 08:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle
Special release February 2014 - Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of chocolate, espresso, roasty malts, coffee, mocha, dark ripe fruits and toffee. Taste is smooth, roasty and chocolatey with some notes of coffee, mocha, espresso, molasses and hints of berries. Finish is roasty and malty with notes of dark chocolate, molasses, coffee and cocoa. Quite balanced and heavy.
Special release February 2014 - Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of chocolate, espresso, roasty malts, coffee, mocha, dark ripe fruits and toffee. Taste is smooth, roasty and chocolatey with some notes of coffee, mocha, espresso, molasses and hints of berries. Finish is roasty and malty with notes of dark chocolate, molasses, coffee and cocoa. Quite balanced and heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 08:19
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On Tap at Birch & Barley - Shows dark with coffee rims and foam The nose shows a lot of roasted malts, milk chocolate, caramel hints, molasses , and a little bit of coffee The palate shows medium body and high but even carbonation. A slight lactose sweetness, Heavy chocolate background throughout, intensely high bitterness bordering on overwhelming, pine like hoppy bitterness but with dark chocolate flavors also, extremely long finish with a lot of bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2015
at 20:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sample courtesy of the bartender at Dilly during Cincinnati Beer Week. The beer pours a deep brown-black color with a medium thick foamy tan head that dissipates gradually. Patchy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of oaky bourbon, roast malt and chocolate. Full-bodied with a boozy bourbon character and notes of sweet malt, vanilla and chocolate. The finish is oaky vanilla and malt. Enjoyable beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Dilly.
on 24 Feb 2015
at 14:26