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Foothills Brewing

🌍 United States · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Founded in 2005 in downtown Winston-Salem, Foothills grew from a single brewpub into one of North Carolina's most beloved breweries, famous for its annual cult stout release.

13Beers
5Styles
6.9%Avg ABV
2005Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
15%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Foothills Brewing

13 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 13 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 13 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppy
6 of 13 beers
citrusy
6 of 13 beers
chocolate
5 of 13 beers
roasted
5 of 13 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad13 beers · 5 style families
IPA 5Porter 3Stout 2Lager 2Amber 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.

Across 13 beers in 5 style families, none of Foothills Brewing's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesFoothills Brewing
in no beersin every beer
malty
in 8 of 13 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
bitter
in 7 of 13 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
smooth
in 6 of 13 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
hoppy
in 6 of 13 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
clean
in 6 of 13 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Right where the field sits.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 68%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
4 / 13
beers above the median
#332
best ranked beer
Torch Pilsner

Their beers place in the Top 68% of the catalogue on average, across 13 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Foothills Brewing

Founded in 2005 in downtown Winston-Salem, Foothills grew from a single brewpub into one of North Carolina's most beloved breweries, famous for its annual cult stout release.

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Winston-Salem · North Carolina · United States
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