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.
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
2009 bottle 257/600, pours a thick black with a tall dark tan head. Aroma is heavy on the chocolate with roasted malt and some alcohol as well. Wonderful burnt sugar and chocolate flavors with some dark fruit as well. There is a nice finish of black patent malt and coffee with again some booze in the vein of bourbon, it’s sweet and lingering. Very nice RIS!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2009
at 15:52
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
19th July 2008. Smooth slightly creamy and remarkably light Impy Stout. Smooth non bitter coffee, a little chocolate and an undertone of subtle red fruit. Thoroughly enjoyable!
Tried
on 15 Nov 2009
at 06:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Denver Rare Beer Tasting aged in 23 Year Old Pappy Van Winkle Barrel. Pours out a ink black topped with a brown head. Aroma wow lots of bourbon. But has plenty of strong vanilla, sweet chocolate and dark roast to mellow out the bourbon bomb. Taste was much as the aroma lots of bourbon, vanilla, light oak, rich malts, and nice finish. I wish it was a little thicker.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2009
at 20:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brewgrass 2009 Dark brown small tan head. Rich aroma with lots of chocolate, some coffee and roast malts. Slightly bitter from the roast malts, but a lot of flavor here that follows the aroma under the roast malt bitterness.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2009
at 11:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brewgrass 2009 Black with a tall tan head. Lots of roast malt, coffee, chocolate and just enough Bourbon to give this a wonderful aroma. Flavor follows the aroma. Well balanced, just the right amount of BA to make this a winner.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2009
at 07:25
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle with thanks to kp. Pours a dark and viscous brown with a head that has died to a film as I wait for this to warm. Aromas of chocolate, tobacco, leather, pine and so on. The label of this is kick ass and adds a tick to the appearance without question. Flavor is chocolate malt based, but has a pine hops edge to the finish. Tons of cherries come out as this warms, which makes the experience all the better. God bless Sexual Chocolate. This is darn fine stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2009
at 02:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2009 Bottle thanks to mar! Pours thick with a dark brown head over a near black body. Aroma is chocolate, rich cocoa, dark fruits, leather and molasses. Taste is raisins, ash, dark fruits and chocolate. Thick and mouthcoating with light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2009
at 15:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. 2008 Vintage 429/500 marked on the label. Pour is black and deep brown, smallish khaki head on top. Aroma of roasted coffee, bitter roast malt, sweet cane sugar on the edge of it. Hint of straw earthiness and tobacco. Taste is the roast malt, slightly bitter coffee, soft cocoa and cane sugar sweetness. Nice balance and integration. Slight alcohol heat in the finish, but not unexpected. Palate is medium thick, mouth coating. There is a nice clean bitterness to the long finish. Nice one, thanks Phil!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2009
at 09:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet roasted malts with lactic and coffee notes. Taste is fruity in the beginning with notes of green apple and pear. Finish is roasted malts and chocolate. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2009
at 23:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a very dark chocolate brown with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and faint hops. Taste is roasted malts, herbal hops, bitter espresso and green apple. Medium to full bodied,
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2009
at 23:16