Blog Tag: Upright Brewing

Base Camp's In-Tents IPL was one of the easier beers to identify in the Braul While the rest of you were potentially loading up on cheap pints at Hopworks on the Tuesday of Portland Beer Week, I was enjoying the relative calm at the Fifteenth Avenue Hophouse for their PDX BEER BRÄUL at half price. The official write-up from the Hophouse can be found below, but I hope everyone was able hit either location (the original... Read More »

The folks over at BREWVANA have announced a great upcoming connoisseur tour, hosted by Commons Brewing's Sean Burke. Explore European influenced breweries like The Commons Brewery, Upright Brewery, and Occidental Brewing, with a stop for lunch at Old Town Pizza and Brewing. More details including pricing and ticket info below in the official press release: The November installment of BREWVANA’s monthly Connoisseur Tour series  takes Sean Burke, brewer for The Commons Brewery, on the bus where he... Read More »

Upright Brewer's Dinner Wildwood Restaurant & Bar Friday, September 7, 6:30pm $75/person includes food, beer, gratuity Reservations: Shelly@wildwoodrestaurant.com 503.225.0130 Wildwood Sous Chef Paul Kasten is at it again. This time he's hosting Alex Ganum of Upright brewing and pairing some rare and vintage Upright beers with an amazing 6 course meal! Each course was specifically designed to pair perfectly with the corresponding beer. You probably have your favorite beer and dinner pairing at home, but... Read More »

Upright Tap Takeover Bottles 5015 NE Fremont Friday, April 27th, 6pm-9pm As usual, you can find upcoming events on our events page. Sometimes events get special mentions here on the blog as well—just so you don't miss 'em. In this case, Alex Ganum from Upright Brewing is bringing eight of his beers to Bottles for a Tap Takeover event. When an imaginative brewer brings his beer to a great location for a meet/greet/drink, we're definitely... Read More »

Fantasia from Upright Brewing answers the age old question: What is craft brewing? Craft beer is not defined by market segments, budgets, or campaigns. Forget the ideas surrounding the size of the brewery or the barrel production numbers and boil it down to the simple, yet often overlooked concept of "what if". Craft beer is created by carefully executing an idea—and creative brewers will come up with equally creative ideas. Throw quality ingredients and patience... Read More »

From Upright Brewing: Next week on Monday marks the re-release of our Gose bier one of our absolute favorite releases and one that won us a Medal at last years World Beer Cup. Gose is a nearly extinct style of wheat beer from Germany that is brewed with Coriander and Salt and is both light, refreshing, slightly tart and yet has a subtle salt finish that leaves you wanting another. The Grain & Gristle will... Read More »

Whether you have plans tonight or not, you may want to change them:  Check out the new details to Upright Brewing's bottle release party tonight.  Along with the relase of their "unnamed strong lager brewed in tribute to the only band that mattered in the 80's brit punk invasion*", you can also look forward to: Tonight, 4:30p-9:00p at Upright Brewing. 240 N. Broadway @ Leftbank Project Suite 2 Portland, OR 97227 (503) 735-5337 Our newest... Read More »

Well, it is the end of 2009 and, as is customary at the end of any year, the media has thrown at us 2009 year in review after 2009 year in review. Recaps of the past year's events fill almost every television station, every website and every newspaper. Covering everything from the year in celebrity gossip to the year in natural disaster gossip, these 365 day highlight reels come at us with almost punishing frequency.... Read More »

Brewpublic's Angelo De Ieso II, amongst friends, beer, and ghosts. Last night at Upright Brewing, beer geeks gathered for an Imperial and Baltic Porter tasting. There were a few kegs including Block 15's Imperial Smoked Porter and Lucky Lab's Imperial Stout. Thrown in for good measure were Upright Brewing's Four, Seven, Reggae Junkie Gruit, and Anglo-Saison. Sure, not anywhere close to Baltic Porters, but they were hosting the party, so I let it slide. And... Read More »