Foothills Salem Gold

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Tap at brewpub. Not bad for a very light American wheat style. Pours a clear very light gold- lighter than the pilsner, and a thin lasting white head. Aroma is nice- slight doughy cream of wheat, clean , nice bready pils and a slight floral and spicy hop character with a good light fruitiness. Flavor is light crisp, crackery, doughy, pils, and slight lemon and floral-spicy hops. Finish is clean and very crisp.

Sampled at Southern Brewers Festival 2008. Lightly hazy well carbonated golden-orange brew with a lasting head. Grassy aroma with a mineral note. Clean lightly hopped (earthy) brew with just a hint of grain. A touch grassy as well. Clean and semi-dry with a light body. This is very easy drinking and probably on of the best Wheat Ales I’ve had (though the wheat does not stand out).

Purchased 1/16 keg. A clear golden straw color. Aroma of toasted malts and honey. Taste is toasted malts, slightly sweet with sudtle hop finish. Medium/light bodied.

pours a pale hay-yellow with a small white head. some lacing throughout. smells like flour and the aroma is strong enough to tickle your nose. tastes like dought and seltzer water. light and refreshing. not complex. quality ingredients.

Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a clear golden straw color. Aroma of toasted malts and honey. Taste is toasted malts, bitter grassy hops and a slightly sweet finish. Medium bodied.

From notes 3/21/05: Pours a deep golden color. Frothy white head. Random lacing with weblike patterns developing. Grassy aromas with a fuller "spent grain" or husky scent. Aromas seem to "warn" the macro drinker that this is how a lighter color beer should be. Flavors of a substantial bready malt note. Splashes of hops zing across the palate and finish off the sweetness. Well-carbonated, yet glides smoothly down the gullet. Intimates that this beer is more heady that it seems. A durable mouthfeel. Satisfyingly drinkable. "Emminently quaffable" per my server, and I agree. A good session for the micro-shy. Finishes clean.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours golded with a bit of white head. There’s a strong pils aroma with leafy hops. Crips malts and snappy hops. Refreshing.

On tap @ FH 6/30/06: Deep gold w/ a clear body and thin white ring of a head, again probably due to glass ware. Floral and herbal hops w/ abit of grainy wheat malt aroma. Highly fruity that give extra complexity for a lighter style of beer. Hints fo diacetyl and a hint of bready malt and doughy yeast. Very crisp, surprising for the amount of fruitiness in the nose and palate. Herbal hop flavor is also a bit earthy in the flavor. Malt flavor is very light, grainy, & bready w/ a semi sweet finish and lightly herbal hop aftertaste. Overall the flavor is a bit thin, but it’s a lighter style of beer. Highly carbonated, very prickly carbonated, lighter medium body, but smooth after the prickly carbonation goes away. The carbonation takes away from this one just slightly, but pretty flavorful for a lighter style of beer even though a bit thin overall. The flavors are very subtle. Very refreshing, even more so than the Torch Pils.