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.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Served on draft at Mellow Mushroom in Charlottesville, VA on 3/30/11. 200th North Carolina Rating! Pours a deep slightly hazy copper color with a large dense creamy brown head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of chocolate, nutty notes, citrus hops and mild bourbon notes in the finish. The taste is bourbon, mild chocolate nuts and a bitter hop finish. Smooth and well balanced. Medium bodied. Quite a good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 20:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA on 3/18/11. Pours a clear copper color with a medium offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malts a floral, leafy hops. The taste is earthy and malty with a leafy, floral hop finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 19:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
At ACBF 2011. Bottle thanks to someone wondering around with this bottle. Black with lasting tan hea.d Lots of cocoa. Pure cocoa, good in mouth, slightly balanced even for so much choc. Good beer. Love the choc on this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2011
at 01:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled, tasting @ cgarvieuk. Black colour, beige head. Nose is roasted malts, coffee, little vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, coffee, coconut, lots of vanilla. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2011
at 06:45
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle–pours a rich brown head with trailing lace and a sheeting black color. Aroma is bourbon/wood, cherry, dark malt, some spice hops. Taste is roasty/peat/chocolate-dark malt, bourbon/wood, secondary spice hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 09:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... dark black ... thin tan lacing ... big bourbon front... dark roast ... nose ... dark malts ... chocolate ... lots of coconut ... big and boozy bourbon ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 13:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, thanks GT2! Black, small head. Aroma of dark chocolate and licorice. Sweet and soft, full bodied. Sugar and tobacco, lots of cocoa, growing bitter finish. A very solid chocolaty sweet stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2011
at 01:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. 2010 vintage 739/1000. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty sweetish chocolate and molasses aroma. Smooth roasted malty chocolate flavor with bitter hints and some vinous hints. Has a roasted malty chocoalte and licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2011
at 23:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty grainy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2011
at 23:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma. Fruity malty grainy weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2011
at 23:33