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 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
375mL bottle drunk 11/2/25.
Clear, rosy orange. Bronze and with an off-white head.
Sacch yeast rising up to outdo the spicing. Barrel aging gives a good evenness of aroma. Soft, honey-like malts help balance.
Soft and malty with light spicing in the finish. Bit of ginger acidity and juniper character. Soft and malty with mild Belgian yeast. Lingering bitter herb such as Angelica or similar.
Tried from Bottle from CBC Liquors - Westford on 02 Nov 2025 at 13:57

7.4/10
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2025 at 09:02

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Gold body with big white head. Light hoppy aroma, less than you would expect from a fresh hop Ipa. Full hop taste with malt squeals and a good finish
Tried from Draft at Saraveza on 03 Oct 2025 at 23:47

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
375ml bottle. Cloudy, orange, dark golden colour with small, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Mildly bretty, funky, yeasty fruity aroma, sweet-ish, biscuity, pale malty background, notes of grapes, berries, yellow stone fruit, quite vinous fruitiness overall, some honey, Hubba Bubba bubblegum. Taste is slightly biscuity, pale malty with subtle residual sweetness, yeasty fruity and mildly funky, bretty, yeasty as well as slightly citrusy fruity and minimally tannic, woody, oaky, vinous fruitiness again, additional notes of quince, old lemon peel, vanilla, toasted oak, some mild, fruit acidic tartness.
Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally astringent palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Complex, vinous fruitiness, fairly mild and balanced - good!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2025 at 23:10

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
16 oz can. Pours a dirty dark mahogany with light head. Aromas of figs, chalky berries, sweet caramel, and wet toasted malts. Flavors follow same with additional earthy fresh ground coffee and slightly tart berries. Odd, getting lots of stuff except cacao; but interesting.
Tried from Can from The Gull Liquor Store on 22 Jul 2025 at 22:59

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Clear golden with medium white head. Malty, grainy, some grassy notes, herbal, nice clean helles. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Company on 29 Jun 2025 at 22:00

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Touch of citrus notes, spruce, pleasant tartness, quite balanced and easy drinkable.
Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Company on 29 Jun 2025 at 22:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Nice pine notes, moderate bitterness in finish, ligt to medium bodied. Soft texture.
Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Company on 29 Jun 2025 at 22:00

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Clear golden with medium white head. Malty, bit grainy, some grassy notes, tad sweet with bitterish finish. Nice classic pilsner.
Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Company on 29 Jun 2025 at 22:00

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Cloudy golden with small white head. Nice funk on nose, fruit, melon, some pleasant tartness. Quite balanced, drinks nicely.
Tried from Draft at Upright Brewing Company on 29 Jun 2025 at 22:00