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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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7.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Can) clear, fluorescent bright orange colour with a high cream coloured head; aroma of jam, dryish flavour with a long, light bitter finish; an IPA saison
Tried from Can on 26 May 2023 at 00:56

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Undated shelf turd, drunk 5/6/23. Clear, bright bronze-honey-maize. Small, off-white head, low retention. Wildflowers, lilac, honey, floral notes and soft barrel. Gentle acidity with plentiful brett and light lactic notes. Clean. Soft, malty, quite malty actually, maybe too malty? It's close. Tons of brett and a very honey-herbal-like quality. Floral with more honey-like malt and biscuit. Clean, low acidity. Low barrel character. Easygoing, drinkable, fruity.
Tried on 06 May 2023 at 15:11

8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Undated bottle, but I think it's 2019, a shelf turd, drunk 4/21/23. Clear cherry pie with deep brass/bronze hues. Small, pinkish-tinged, white head is small, sitting at spotty cover. Nose is ebullient cherry, very meaty and juicy. Good sourness with light-to-moderate brett and moderate lactic acidity and probably some malic in there too. Doesn't seem acetic and malts are gentle showing wheat softness that helps take any potential edge off of things. Juicy and aromatic with zero aggression. Great cherry balance; it doesn't dominate but is quite present. Soft, juicy, with hints of medicinal Brett and lovely cherry pie character. Hard to see where the cherry fruit starts and the cherry-like Brett ends. Really nicely homogenized and soft as all hell thanks to the wheat. More tart than sour, but still some malo-lactic character to give a burst of sourness up front, providing brightness to balance the mega-soft, chewy wheat. Well, damn. This is just phenomenal, phenomenal stuff. So balanced and easygoing, yet incredibly flavorful. All the best acids here too with no heavy lactic and zero acetic. It's not surprising, given how good Fantasia is. Should pay more attention to these guys.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2023 at 22:02

7.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Black body with off white head. Coffee and light malt aroma. Malty taste with coffee and roast bread notes. Pleasant finish.
Tried on 25 Mar 2023 at 22:32

4.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
9/III/23 - 1Pt. can from a trade, shared @ home, BB: n/a, no dates on the can (2023-225) Thanks to Zion for the trade!

Clear gold blond beer, creamy irregular white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very malty, a bit oxidized already, caramel malts, some strawberry jam. MF: soft to almost no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sugary and sweet start, very malty, syrupy almost, a little fruity, a bit oxidized, some cardboard. Aftertaste: very malty, old oxidized, unpleasant, bad one.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2023 at 22:30

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Upright, pours a cloudy dark amber / burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma is full of tart grape skins, tart grape juice, and wild yeast. Flavour is intense, with lots of grape skins, tart grape juice, wild yeast, and oaky wood. Really great incorporation of the grapes into a great wild beer. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:31

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Upright, pours a clear dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma smells great, with old bready malt, light oak, and crusty bread. Flavour is authentic, with crusty bready malt, light oak, and a touch of caramel. Dry, bready, crusty and highly drinkable. Excellent alt.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:26

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Upright, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright rustic saison yeast, some fresh dank hops, and a touch of tropical fruits. Flavour is bright, tasting like cucumbers and spent peaches, tropical fruits and dank hops, all on top of a nice farmhouse yeast character. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:22

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Upright, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out rustic saison yeast, tropical hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour is tropical, with lots of floral hops, rustic saison yeast, and tropical notes. Clean and vibrant. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:17

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Obelisk, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out soft rye notes, earthiness, rustic saison yeast, and straw. Flavour is dry, with a nice earthy, slightly spicy rye character, subdued hops, and bready malt. Has that signature Upright yeast character. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2022 at 05:42