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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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7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to thirdeye11. Pours with a deeper (than 4) golden body and a huge off-white head. Aroma is grassy, fruity, tangerine, perfume, stone fruit. Taste is tart, stonefruit and bitter. Less effervescent than 4. But still fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2010 at 18:22

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to chad. Pours with a huge, rocky white head and a murky golden body. Aroma of spice, coriander, dryness, fruit, wheat, lemon. Taste is orange, tea, light umami, and a tartness. Somewhat spicy. Very effervescent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2010 at 18:20

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
courtesy of googzoid. Pours hazy golden straw, thin white head. Aroma nice saison yeast, wheat, pale malts and wodnerful citrus. Flavors, very light palate, silky wheat, mild bitterness, fizzy carbonation, herbal/lemon, grassy mouthfeel. Wonderful yeast finish. Bottle refers to the beer as ’bière de table’ which is a better description than a saison. Reminded me a lot of the light beer my parents would let us have at dinner when we were kids.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2010 at 09:45

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Good, whipped eggwhtie-like head, stable over hazy orange-amberish beer, well-carbonated. Very floral nose indeed, bit of honey and vegetal acids. Spicy, wild fruit, and fermented honey, as very watered-down mead. Dry apples, wry ones. Medicinal/ginger flavour with every new sip. Refreshing, spritzy summerdrink. Tastes more alcoholic than expected from its claimed ABV. Nice, very drinkable but not really special light beer. But definitely rare - many thanks to DonS!
Tried on 28 Mar 2010 at 06:56

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught.. Dark red amber with medium head. some was poured off to make an honest pint. Smoky aroma with a fruity note. Very peaty flavour, put me in mind of a very old Scotch whisky I’d once had, without the alcohol. Lasting peaty finish.
Tried on 08 Mar 2010 at 14:24

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle sent my way by bvc. Pour is a hazed golden yellow, bordering on murky. A one inch white head falls slowly, with slight lacing. Aroma is wheat grain, light coriander citrus spice, and salt - the salt is muted but present. Taste is slight sour citric coriander initially, along with the wheat and finishing with salt. The salt is mild initially, but more pronounced as it dries out the finish and the beer warms. Palate is medium, coats the mouth a bit, then dries out. I’m not sure how traditional of a Gose this is, but its still a cool beer, thanks a bunch for this one Brandon.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2010 at 07:12

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a big cream colored head. light floral aroma with light malt and light spice. Big floral flavor with light malt and light sweetness. medium body. Sweet malts linger with floral tones, spice, and light yeast.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:23

7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a huge cream colored head. Spice and yeast aroma with earth and hops. Spice and yeast flavor with citrus and light malt. Medium bodied. Spice and citrus lingers with malt, light grass, and light earthiness.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:19

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight vegetable/saison yeasty. Smooth fruity and light hoppy base. Mild citrusy and dry malty base. Bitter and citric finish. very dry. Lasting mix of fruity hops and yeasty impressions.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2010 at 06:41

5.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught. Poured light brown with a medium white head. Herby aroma, rather like a spice tray. Flavour was a bit too herby, the malt was overshadowed by the greens. I have to give Upright kudos for trying, but this was not to my taste
Tried on 04 Jan 2010 at 14:53