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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
3 week old bottle A: Clear mahogany tea color with a short but lasting tan head leaving sheets of lace. S: Nuts and chocolate with faint orange and herbs. T: Light citrus hops over toasty malts with light chocolate and orange lingering. Hoppier than expected. M: Smooth creamy mouthfeel with ample soft carbonation and tart, bitter finish. O: Very nice, Great flavor balance and slick texture make it a winner for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2019
at 23:00
Tried
on 26 Jan 2019
at 15:04
8/10
Dark black bod large foam tan head. Bourbon choc roast vanil arma. Choc brbn roast molasa flav. Full bod mod carb 8/5/8/4/15 4.0
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2019
at 11:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Albion. Clear light golden with large foamy off white head, sweet lemon drops aroma, medium carbonation, sweetish starting honey-citrus taste turning bitter towards the end, thin body, long finish. Interesting flavor profile.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2019
at 23:00
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Uninspired for a black IPA, more like a bitter dry porter, with a heavy dose of unsweetened chocolate and pine, but lacking the bright hop notes needed to stand out in this style. Eh.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2019
at 02:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run. 900th North Carolina rating! Hazy gold, thin creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of doughy malt and stone fruit. Taste is lime, crackery malt. Medium bodied, dry. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2019
at 00:47
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from kroger I believe. Looks like any other pale clear beer. Lots of visible sparkling carbonation. Smell is mostly simple beer but the nose hints of a little fruit in there. For a fruit beer, this comes across rather better. Its certainly tart. Taste is somewhat refreshing, something between a radler and a berliner weiss riding on a typical lager beer background. Goes down fairly easy. Good cutting co2. Not bad overall, doesn't seem to have many, if any, ill effects. I'd drink another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2018
at 17:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Duckworths uptown. Black with dark brown highlights. Aroma is bourbon, medium/thick body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is cheap bourbon, chocolate, oak, and some cherry.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2018
at 23:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Violet Crown Charlottesville. Hazy orange, large foamy white head, good retention. Tropical fruit, tangerine, pale malt aroma. Taste is bitter citrus, tropical fruit, pale malt. Medium bodied, well balanced.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2018
at 16:09
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Nice label on bottle. Big strong impressive fest beer impressions. Totally big blast beefsteak. So strong so rich so malty and even a little cloying, whew. Yes big time okto fest. Leaves a medicinal feel on the palate when finishing in the end. Cloudy darker beer but not really dark. Has a creamy head on it. Smells malty and a little volatile. Decent cutting co2.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2018
at 21:35