Upright Brewing

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2009

Closed in 2025

Contact
240 N Broadway, Suite 2, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
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Description
A true craft brewery specializing in French and Belgian inspired farmhouse style beers with a Pacific Northwest twist.

Upright Brewing specializes in truly handcrafted, small batch beers made with character.

The name references the primary instrument of Charles Mingus, the great musician whose compositions defied categorization.

At Upright the recipes and processes are decidedly unbound, yielding brews that share Mingus’ spirit of exercising creativity & craft.

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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Shared with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026.
Aroma: some farmhouse notes, fruity, a bit of spice.
Taste: along the same lines, quite bitter.
Overall: ok, not the best from them, unfortunately.

Tried from Draft at Loyal Legion on 13 Feb 2026 at 06:56


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dink pour with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026.
Aroma: Belgian esters, green apples, a bit of spice.
Taste: along the same lines, good body, noticeable booze.
Overall: good for the style 👍

Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Beer Station on 13 Feb 2026 at 01:56


7.8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Shared with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026. 9.5% ABV.
Aroma: malty, hoppy, bold, some caramel.
Taste: along the same lines, on the thinner side. Finishes with noticeable hoppy bitterness.
Overall: good American BW.

Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Beer Station on 13 Feb 2026 at 01:40


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Shared with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026.
Aroma: funky, someoak and spice.
Taste: along the same lines, a lot of spruce and floral notes, but it's very balanced.
Overall: nice one.

Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Beer Station on 13 Feb 2026 at 01:32


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Shared with Josh during our trip to Festival of Dark Arts 2026.
Aroma: smells like Belgian saison, some spicy notes, some oak.
Taste: along the same lines, a bit funky and crispy. Slightly bitter in the end.
Overall: good one.

Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Beer Station on 13 Feb 2026 at 01:25


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Dullish pale brown, thin head. Acetic, off, the barrels aren’t helping and this is just a weak, vinegary sort of beer, with more booziness in the finish. I hope this isn’t my last Upright.

Tried from Draft from Chuck's Hop Shop - Greenwood on 08 Feb 2026 at 05:01


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

English style barley wine I was told. Dark amber with white head that collapses. Malty aroma, very full. Malty taste with toast notes, Wine like feeling.

Tried from Draft at Saraveza on 04 Jan 2026 at 05:15


8.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Yellow body with thick white head. Very light spicy aroma. Full spice and malt aroma, mouth filling. Pleasant and full finish. 'N goed boerhuis bier.

Tried from Draft at Saraveza on 27 Dec 2025 at 06:35


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Kicsi, gyorsan elolvadó hab, sötétvörös szín. Vörösboros, savanykás, meggyes, enyhén istállós illat. Savanyú, meggyes, istállós, vörösboros, hordós, gabonás ízek. Közepesen testes, közepesen szénsavas, nem keserű. Nagyon finom.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2025 at 18:06

gave a cheers!

7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by ClarkVV--Thanks Clark! Hazy, light brown, ring of head, light lacing. Aroma is strong corn, juniper, host of spices. Taste is strongly tart (not sour, but gets you in the back of the mouth) fruit, w/sweet berry, spices. Smooth texture, somewhat watery, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Not a style I gravitate to but more tart than sour and a lot going on! Well made for sure.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2025 at 14:13