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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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught from proletariat. Golden pour. White head. Bit of a yeasty funk. Weird grainy note that hurt this one.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:13


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draft pour pint at Route 2, Monroe. Clean golden pour, plenty of rocky foam head. Really unique IPA, very dry on taste, big floral bitterness, slight funk note. Drenched malt nose, gentle floral hop aroma. Quite sharp with the bitterness on the late palate. Pretty strange, but really not bad overall.

Tried from Draft on 16 May 2025 at 03:18


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

500ml @ Ryan's (thx for the beer!)
Aroma: nice farmhouse notes, Brett, a bit of caramel.
Taste: along the same lines, very flowery, Brett, some roasted malt. Very crispy and carbonated.
Overall: very Brett forward, maybe a bit too much even, but it still a good one.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2025 at 04:56


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 500mL bottle (Beer Mongers 15th Anniversary edition). Clear-ish amber gold with off white head. Lots of brett upfront, fairly dry, some feint floral citrusy notes in the background. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2025 at 04:54


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 11/07/24). Chestnut brown with small beige head. Saison yeast, touch of cacao nibs, a little bit timid, could go further, but okay.

Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2025 at 01:26


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Slightly hazy golden beer with a big whitish head. Citrus and yeast aroma with spice. Yeast and spice flavor with grapefruit. Medium bodied. Yeast and spice linger with grapefruit and light summer fruit.

Tried on 25 Feb 2025 at 16:36


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at The Beer Mongers, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma has gentle nectarine upfront, rustic saison yeast, toasted grains, and cereal malt. Flavour is dry, with fermented out stone fruits, rustic saison yeast, and cereal grains. Dry, rustic, not that fruity on the finish. Pleasant.

Tried from Draft from The Beer Mongers on 22 Feb 2025 at 04:51


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at De Molen during Borefts ’15. Aroma of fruits, citrus, some yeasty notes, floral, hoppy notes. Flavour is lightly sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. Not big on Saison funky yeast, but it has a refreshing bitter fruity hoppy character. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:03


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap at De Molen during Borefts ’15. Aroma of fruits, citrus, yeast, floral notes. Flavour is light sweet with a light to moderate bitter finish. Body is light to medium. This one won’t win any awards for character or complexity, but it’s a pleasant light refreshing Saison that goes down well on a summer day.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:03


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From tap at Oproer, Utrecht. Aroma is tart fruits, funk, peach, apricot, oak, some floral notes. Flavour is a tasty medium sour. Body is medium. Lovely Sour Ale!

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:42