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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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at PreFunk. Golden pour, a little cloudy, small white foamy head. Aroma features mild citrusy notesand a bit of a Belgian vibe. Taste comes off like a cross between a hazy IPA and a saison, minor hoppiness and a little Belgian yeast.
Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2024 at 23:45

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7
Black with off white head. Smoke and malt aroma. Full malt taste with smoke as an edge. Pleasant malt finish
Tried on 10 Feb 2024 at 05:47

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a pale yellow color gruit with a small white foamy head with light retention and light lacing. Aroma of light tart notes with some herbal notes and faint vinous/gin barrel notes. Taste is also a mix of tart/acidic notes, light funky yeast notes with some faint wine barrel and gin barrel notes. Body is about average with medium carbonation. Interesting mix of flavors but a little more acidic than I was hoping for.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2024 at 19:26

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out golden topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice funky barrel notes some stone fruit kick. Taste is more of the funky wild notes barrel and stone fruit sweetness.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2023 at 23:08

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Belmont Station. Clear golden with small white head. Malty, sweetish, light hoppiness, somewhat bland, light bodied. Not much going on here.
Tried from Draft at Belmont Station on 10 Dec 2023 at 21:53

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Brouwer's Cafe for Barrel Bash (Big Wood) 2023, pours a clear reddish pink with a small white head. Aroma has Belgian yeast, tart cherries, and a touch of oak. Flavour reveals tart cherries, Belgian yeast, bugs, and oak. Strange concoction but this works well.
Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2023 at 01:18

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Kicsi, gyorsan elillanó hab, narancsba hajló szín. Animális, gabonás, szőlős, kissé fűszeres és tölgyfahordós illat. A korty határozott animalitással indít, majd fűszeres, gabonás, savanykás szőlős, licsis, hordós ízekkel folytatódik, lecsengése leheletnyit keserű és borsos. Közepesen testes, enyhén szénsavas, alig keserű. Nagyon finom, komplex, frissítő.
Tried on 05 Dec 2023 at 20:13

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at The Beer Junction, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is moderately tart, with some rustic farmhouse notes, gently tart citrus, and toasted grains. Flavour is similar, with toasted grains, some rustic notes, light bugs, and earthy grains again on the finish. Light and clean; pleasant.
Tried from Draft on 19 Nov 2023 at 19:49

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Very pale, greenish, no head. Light brett and some bright berryish hop, gentle herbal character, soft acidity. Chilled out all round. But still complex.
Tried on 24 Oct 2023 at 05:04

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Chuck's CD, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out bitter raspberry leaves, rustic saison yeast, and some oaky bugginess. Flavour is bitter, with lots of rustic saison yeast, bitter berry leaf, and toasted grains. Very bitter but lacks dynamism and depth. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 09 Oct 2023 at 05:36