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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared by Marcus. Cool label. Pours hazy orange gold with a transient white head. Light fruity aroma. Medium minus body/mild carbonation. Mildly sour; mildly cherry; mildly funky. Quite refreshing and tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2010 at 16:55

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Ben! Poured a cloudy yellow with a thin white head. Aroma had a nice combination of citrus floral and grainy malt notes. Flavor was light with floral and citrus notes and a bit of a saltiness. Really worked nicely.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2010 at 12:24

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a hazy dark brown. Aroma of rye, hops and citrus. Flavour of rye, sour fruit, citrus and some floral notes. Very nice.
Tried from Draft on 22 May 2010 at 00:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Bottleworks, pours a hazy golden blond. Aroma of sour fruits, citrus, yeast and hops. Flavour is a lot closer to a sour ale than saison - lots of citrus, sour fruits and yeast. Interesting one.
Tried from Draft on 20 May 2010 at 10:59

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Draught. Cloudy orange with medium white head. Moderate lacing. Flowery aroma, with spice and citrus notes. Spice flavour, very full and pleasing, with naartjie sweet citrus nots. Lasting yeasty finish.
Tried on 10 May 2010 at 16:50

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Suzygreenberg. Pours a cloudy gold with a very thick white heads that lasts and laces nicely. Aroma has strong notes of citrus, flora and some earthy yeast notes. Flavor begins with a nice floral and citrus notes and finishes with a nice earthy note.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2010 at 14:05

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
@Tampa Wkly Gathering @OTH Thanks Seabass-750ml bottle-pours a white head and hazy straw/yellow color. Aroma is lemon grass/wheat, musty, yeast. Taste is lemon grass/wheat, musty, yeast, spice-pepper. Plenty of effervescence.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2010 at 21:00

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours hazy deep gold with thin white head. The aroma is full with grains, honey, lemon acidity and herb-y spices as well as bits of wheat and yeast. The taste is effervescent across the palate punctuating notes like yeasty spices, lemon, graininess, herbaliness, mild tartness too, wheat and a thin layer of yeastiness. Darn tasty stuff.
Tried on 29 Apr 2010 at 20:02

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Sampled at 16th St. Liquor Store, pours a hazy golden amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus, yeast, and orange peel. Flavour is citrus, yeast and a dominant sourness of orange peel and lemon. Very nice touch.
Tried on 16 Apr 2010 at 16:09

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled at 16th St. Liquor Store, pours a hazy yellow with a big white head. Aroma of citrus and yeast, with some malty sweetness. Flavour is similar, with some coriander and hops on the finish. Very complex and creamy mouthful. Great one.
Tried on 16 Apr 2010 at 16:04