Wine tasting featuring Provincial Vineyards! 5pm to 8pm!
Green Flash Tasting 11/22
Green Flash tasting on Friday, November 22 right here at Uptown Market! Stop by from 5pm to 8pm!
"Mike and Lisa Hinkley took their interest in the craft beer industry to a new level in 2002 when they founded Green Flash Brewing Company. Former pub owners, Mike and Lisa jumped into brewing, and in 2004 renowned brewmaster Chuck Silva joined the team.
With Chuck on board we began brewing premium style beers, modern twists on traditional styles, and our beers began to develop a following. Cutting edge brews, Green Flash Brewing Company’s beers don’t fit traditional guidelines, instead we let our hybrid, benchmark beers blaze their own trail.
Located in San Diego, CA, we specialize in brewing assertive and distinctive beers, such as our West Coast I.P.A.: an award-winning beer whose wide acceptance has helped define a category. We also brew seasonal, collaborative and barrel-aged beers.
Our award-winning beers are on draft and bottled and are available throughout the United States in bars, restaurants and retail outlets.
We take craft brewing very seriously. We are brewing trailblazers and we believe in continuously evolving. Above all we champion the enlightened beer drinker. The Flash of Genius stories shed a (green) light on the rich heritage, flavor complexities and detailed process poured into our quality beers. Drink the beers, learn the story, taste enlightenment."
-Green Flash Brewing Company
Homebrew Contest Today! 10/27
Homebrewers,start your mashtuns!
Uptown Market is hosting a Homebrew Contest on October 27, 2013.
The theme is Oktoberfest and Pumpkin Beers. Starts at 1pm!
Ballast Point Tasting 11/2
Come on over to Uptown for a Ballast Point tasting from 5pm to 8pm Saturday, November 2nd!
After developing a taste for beer in college, founder Jack White decided to try making more interesting beer than he could find in the store or at a keg party. He developed a talent for home brewing in his back yard and soon realized it wasn’t easy to get access to the various supplies and ingredients he wanted—nor did he have anyone with whom to trade ideas about brewing.
In 1992, Jack opened Home Brew Mart, which he filled with the supplies, ingredients, and conversation every brewer needed to make better beer at home. Soon after, he found a collaborator in Yuseff Cherney, a fellow home brewer with a similar passion and a set of home brewing awards to boot. Together, they decided to open a “back room” brewery out of Home Brew Mart. In 1996, Ballast Point Brewing was born.
Jack and Yuseff’s philosophy has always been doing what they love, and making what they love to drink. So, naturally, they named the beers after something they loved almost as much as brewing—fishing. Today, many of the beers are named for fish or fishing terms, and the labels have fish on them as an homage to the brewery’s origins and as a reminder to always do what you love.
Mil Piedras Tasting 10/26
Join us on Saturday, October 26th from 5-8pm for a tasting featuring Mil Piedras!
Mil Piedras wines are made with estate-grown fruit from a single vineyard located in one of the most prestigious wine regions of Argentina, Valle de Uco. Benvenuto de la Serna, maker of Mil Piedras, is a small family winery owned by Silvio Benvenuto (Italian immigrant) whose mission statement is to “make 100% estate and 100% handcrafted wines."
The vineyard is located 1100 meters above sea level. Tucked away in the western most-end of Mendoza, the region has semi-desert climate with constant bright sun shines and very little rain fall. This region has the most pristine environment for water supply, essential for the vines in the desert, which comes from fresh snowmelt off the Andes mountains directly next to the vineyard (literally).
Three Creeks Brewing @ Uptown! 11/1
Three Creeks Brewing will be at Uptown on Friday, November 1st. Stop by to enjoy a tasting of tasty brews from Sisters, Oregon! 5pm-8pm
Three Creeks Brewing Co. opened in July of 2008 in Sisters, OR as the gateway to Central Oregon’s world famous craft brewing region. Their brewers craft classic Northwest style ales in a 10 bbl JVNW brewhouse using high quality malts from around the world, local Northwest hops, and water from the Cascade mountains. Annually producing around 2,000 barrels of beer, these brews can be found on draft and in 22 oz bottles throughout Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley. With beers ranging from the popular and quaffable Knotty Blonde and local favorite Stonefly Rye, to the flagship Hoodoo Voodoo IPA there is sure to be a beer to please every palate.
Stone Brewing Halloween Tasting! 10/31
Hop Valley Tasting 10/29
Hop Valley will be here from 4-7pm on Tuesday, October 29th! Come on down! There will be beer, food, and fun, followed by our weekly Trivia Night!
21st Amendment Tap Takeover!!! 10/11
Join us on October 11th for 21st Amendments tap takeover! Takeover starts at 5pm!
THE COMPANY:
In 2000, Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan founded the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco’s historic South Park neighborhood. The popular brewpub is now at the heart of the new city center, just south of the financial district and only two blocks from the San Francisco Giants baseball park. In addition to eight rotating taps of multiple award-winning hand-crafted house beers, the pub has been voted “Best Brewpub”, “Best Burger” and “Best Happy Hour” by the San Francisco press.
Freccia and O’Sullivan met in early 1995 in San Francisco. Both had just moved from southern California to the Bay area when they heard the calling of beer. O’Sullivan, a former photographer and paralegal, “traded his suits for boots and was saved by beer”. He moved to Berkeley and took a job as assistant brewer at the Triple Rock Brewery there. Freccia, a writer, actor and, by extension, restaurant professional, was also an avid homebrewer. Frustrated with the lack of beer culture in the L.A. area, he moved to San Francisco and began writing for the Celebrator Beer News, the west’s largest beer publication. Freccia and O’Sullivan met, became friends and, while sitting together in a summer class on brewing science at UC Davis, hatched their plan for what would become the 21st Amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
Around the turn of the 20th century, in the year 1900, there were thousands of small breweries operating across America. When Freccia and O’Sullivan were researching old San Francisco breweries (trying to find a cool name for their new brewery), what really made an impact was the discovery that there were about 40 breweries operating just within the city limits of San Francisco (by comparison, today there are eight with a population more than double what it was in 1900). They realized that the brewery captured the essence of the neighborhoods of San Francisco. They were the local gathering places. Places to exchange ideas, debate politics and philosophy. Places for families to come together on weekends. Places that provided something unique—hand crafted beer that was different at every brewery and that defined the taste of a neighborhood.
In 1920, Prohibition wiped out this culture and put the “local” out of business. For 13 years, social interaction was largely driven underground, to the speakeasies, where regular citizens became a nation of outlaws.
But with the passage of the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, we, as a society, were able to begin the slow climb back to reclaiming the essence of the neighborhood gathering place. At the 21st Amendment, they celebrate the culture of the great breweries of old, making unique, hand crafted beers, great food, and providing a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere that invites conversation, interaction and a sense of community.
10 Barrel Tasting 10/12
This Saturday, October 12th we will have 10 Barrel Brewing here for a tasting from 3pm to 6pm. The motto of this Bend, OR based brewery is "Brew beer, drink beer and have fun doing it." Needless to say, we dig their style.
Georgetown Tasting! 10/10
Join us Thursday October 10th for a tasting with Georgetown Brewing from 5pm to 8pm!
Who We Are...
We're Roger Bialous and Manny Chao... a couple of beer loving local boys who brewed up a pretty darn tasty beer in the garage (actually it was the back deck, but garage sounds better). We decided to chuck our jobs... all for beer. Yee-haw.
In all seriousness, we're living out our dreams. We love beer. We love brewing. Here we are. Life's too short not to follow your beer, er... I mean passions. The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote, " a flute without holes is not a flute and a donut with no holes is a danish."
Blue Dog Mead at Uptown Tonight! 10/5
Visit us tonight at Uptown Market for a tasting with Blue Dog Mead, Eugene's first meadery!
5pm - 8pm
North Shore Bento
North Shore Bento will be serving lunch at Uptown Market Monday through Friday!
Check out the menu on their website:
http://www.northshorebento.com/
and stop in for some tasty Bento 11am to 3pm Monday through Friday right here at Uptown Market!
Enjoy Art, Music, and Beer at Uptown! 10/3
Enjoy art, music, and beer at our First Thursday Party! This Thursady, 10/3 from 5 to 8pm, featuring the totally rad artwork of Jeff Oswald!
Oktoberfest 2013 at Uptown Market w/ Occidental TODAY!
Join us this Saturday, September 21st for our annual Oktoberfest celebration!
This years festivities will include three live bands, two food carts, cornhole games and more, while our friends at Occidental Brewing will be doing a tap takeover to show off their German inspired brews!
Rest assured, everything that's great about Uptown Market every other day of the year will still be in full effect, but with the added awesomeness of OKTOBERFEST! See you there!
Bro Dogs at Uptown Market!
The Dreaming Tree Chardonnay
Our next "fall" in love with wine is The Dreaming Tree Chardonnay! 10% off regular price, making this great bottle only $10.13!
Sasquatch Tasting Thursday!
Join us on Thursday, September 12th from 5pm-8pm for a tasting featuring Sasquatch Brewing Company!
Every community needs a focal point – a place where neighbors can relax and indulge in basic creature comforts: warmth, togetherness, and hearty food. Sasquatch Brewery believes in strengthening our community by creating the opportunity for spontaneous meetings, serendipitous connections and celebrations.
New Belgium Tasting
Fort George 9.19
Join us for a free tasting of Fort George beer on September 19, 2013.
