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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7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On tap at Loyal Legion - Portland, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out a nice wild yeast character, a touch of sprucey, and a touch of coriander-like spice. Flavour is nice and tangy, with lots of tart citrus, gentle saline, very subdued spruce, and some coriander-like spice. Somewhat briny finish, with plenty of saline and gentle tartness. Solid.
Tried from Draft at Loyal Legion - Portland on 17 Jun 2026 at 23:05

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Loyal Legion. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Buggy rustic yeast and some woody notes on the nose. Flavour is still pretty buggy, more of the saline coming through, moderately acidic. Not bad.
Tried from Draft at Loyal Legion - Portland on 17 Jun 2026 at 21:52

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at The Beer Mongers, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of sweaty, dry farmhouse notes, oak, and hay. Flavour has a nice old brett funkiness, leather, hay, and musty sweatiness. Seems a bit tired but is otherwise well-constructed.
Tried from Draft from The Beer Mongers on 17 Jun 2026 at 16:58

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
On tap at Beer Mongers. Pours a clear blonde with a white head. Grainy, rustic yeast, and some barrels on the nose. Flavour has a dry, rustic yeast, dry grass, and woody barrels. Nice level of funk throughout. Very solid.
Tried from Draft from The Beer Mongers on 16 Jun 2026 at 20:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bright and gold. Medium head. Light acidity, somewhat yeasty, on the sweet side. Yeah Upright's saisons fell off quite a bit over these last few years, unfortunately.
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 18:06

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Clear. Fruity, sweet, meh, estery, kind of a mess.
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 17:45

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Beautiful golden amber, thin head. Nice English-style yeast character, fruity, caramel malt. Then on the palate it’s hoppy, a bit of alcohol, resinous, the candied fruit notes come through the finish. Love that anglo-american character
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 17:44

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Light haze, pale. Medium head. Tart. The wit spices come through, along with a touch of yeastyiness.
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 17:43

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pale. Slight haze. Nice fruitiness from the spruce, soft malts body, light acidity. Well-balanced.
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 17:24

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy powerful bretty aroma. MOderate bitter very powerful bretty flavor. Average moderate bitter acetic finish. Oily palate and fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2026 at 18:30