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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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
This brew pours a slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of citrus, herbal hops and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried on 27 Nov 2014 at 20:37

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Draft. Cloudy pale yellow color, small thick white head. Aroma of subtle citrus and tropical fruit. Taste is smooth sour fruit. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2014 at 07:06

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a huge creamy-foamy tan head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was strong bourbon, cocoa, tangy, malty, vanilla and a bit of chocolate syrup. The flavor was bourbon, sweet toasty malts, honey, vanilla, more bourbon and an odd off presence underneath. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Interesting but I was a bit disappointed.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2014 at 17:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with faint orange highlights and a large creamy beige head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dry, roasty and woody. The flavor was dry, roasty, woody, smoky and had notes of cola, vanilla and a hint of charcoal. Very long roasty wood and smoke finish. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2014 at 17:08

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Draft. Dark brown color, medium tan head. Nice aroma of vanilla, dark chocolate. Taste has dark fruit, cocoa, vanilla. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2014 at 07:17

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Draft. Hazy brown color, thin head. Aroma of coffee on a roasty cocoa background. Enough beer survives in the flavor to make it an interesting variation on a theme.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2014 at 07:16

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a snifter. Black with dark brown highlights and big light brown head. Aroma is big vanilla, medium body, medium carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, some caramel, and hints of oak. Lots of flavor, nice vanilla aroma, nice amount of barrel for me, one of my favorite porters.
Tried on 23 Oct 2014 at 19:14

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Tap. Pours hazy golden small white head, nice lacing. Aroma is faint herbal, spruce. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, a bit dank and harsh. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2014 at 16:33

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 3.5
On tap at Pangea in avon nc it is a cloudy golden color with a slight head. The aroma is pumpkin with cinnamon and clove
The taste is light and spicy with flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and pumpkin. Nicely done!
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2014 at 15:01

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 2.5
On tap at Pangea in avon nc. It is a clear golden with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is tart and has a bitter after taste that lingers on the palate like metal
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2014 at 14:32