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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Light smoke and some roast. Pours hazy dark brown with good head and lacing. Light caramel. Good balance and very drinkable. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2015 at 17:21

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Light cherry aroma with smoke. Well integrated and pretty tasty. Pours black with OK head and lacing. Lift bittersweet finish with some tang. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2015 at 16:54

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey shared by kraddel, thanks! Clear light yellow with off-white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, grapefruit citrus, light floral. Tastes of citrus, pine, floral, light tropical fruit. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 17 Feb 2015 at 01:09

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Revisiting this beer. Bottle dated 2/7/2016 so about 9 weeks old. Into a chalice. A: Pours a mostly clear orange gold 1" craggy beige head retaining and lacing well. S: Grapefruit pith and pine. A hint of sweet orange and caramel barely there. Light overall. T: Citrus pith with a small hint of the orange or grapefruit flesh. Backed with a pretty bracing pine bite. Any malted barley is lost. M: Kind of thin with a tingly carbonation. Bitter resinous short finish. O: Had high hopes for this but I’m not bowled over. Pretty nice pale ale but not terribly noteworthy. Glad I re-rated it though, because I do like it more now than last year.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2015 at 21:48

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours clear blonse good white head. Smell is subtile, floral, bit bitter. Very elegant though. Taste is bitter, floral. Tad aweet perhaps. Got a lerfumy tone as well which im not too enthousiastic about, but luckely, it doesnt overpower. Bit vegetal in the ending as well. All way trough it keeps its elegance though
Tried on 16 Feb 2015 at 16:23

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Fonefan 300814. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, malt, hop, peaches. Flavour is grapefruit, malt, hop, peaches, orange, pine, orange. Medium body. Nice beer.
Tried on 15 Feb 2015 at 05:30

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sample, draught, during the Great American Beer Festival (Denver), savoured on October 2 2014; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: roasted barley, roasting, coffee, light bittering hops; mouth: roasted barley, roasting, coffee, light bittering hops, slight ashy, alcohol, alcohol warmth, pepper, finale in alcohol with presence of pepper, full body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, lors du Great American Beer Festival (Denver), savourée le 2 octobre 2014; œil : noire, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse brun, pas de dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, torréfaction, café, léger houblon amérisant; bouche : orge torréfiée, torréfaction, café, léger houblon amérisant, très léger cendré, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, poivre, finale en alcool avec présence de poivre, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2015 at 16:09

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle, thanks. Pours clear ruby black, small tan head. Aroma is citrus, roasty. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Medium body, lightly acidic.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2015 at 22:09

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at a tasting. Pours a clear copper with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, spicy, herbal, citrus and tropical hops. The taste is spicy, herbal, tropical hops, caramel malt. Medium bodied, moderate lingering bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2015 at 20:52

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared at a tasting. Pours a clear copper with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of spicy, floral hops, celery, dandelion, pale malt, mustard seed, honey. The taste is bitter citrus, tropical, pine, resin hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. .
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2015 at 20:45