Firestone Tasting 1/18

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firestone_walker_logo2 "It began innocently enough: a couple of brothers-in-law sitting around debating the subject of good and bad beer. Instead, their search for a decent ale led them to brew their own. Given Mr. Firestone’s winemaking bias and Mr. Walker’s complete lack of fermentation experience, they believed 60-gallon oak barrels were the appropriate vehicle in which to create their perfect elixir.

OK, so initial attempts were forgettable. But like so many great ideas, out of that disaster was born a handy invention – the Firestone Union. Based on classic brewing traditions from Burton-Upon Trent, this bizarre and unlikely system of linked barrels has the ability to produce rich and complex ales. In 1996 the accidental duo shelved their endless discussion on better beers and settled for building a world-class brewery that bore their names on California’s Central Coast……the debate was now over."

 

Tasting 5-8pm

Southern Oregon Brewing 1/24

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"Our beer loving founder and president, Dr. Tom Hammond, developed a passion for microbrewed beer during his medical school days in Seattle, Washington.

In recent years, the Medford anesthesiologist shared with friends some amazing home brews. When a dear friend passed away before launching a long-planned enterprise in 2004, Hammond decided to follow his dream and set the wheels in motion for the launching of the Southern Oregon Brewing Company.

Of course, a great brewery demands a first class head brewer and Tom found the right person in the humble genius, Anders Johansen. With tenures at some of the Northwest’s most well-known breweries, Pyramid and Deschutes, as well as a couple of start-ups, Anders not only brought a wealth of knowledge to S.O.B., he also shares Tom’s passion toward an uncompromised personal approach to brewing.

Southern Oregon Brewing Company is a locally owned craft brewery that produces the region’s premier craft beer with a total commitment to independence, integrity, community and superior customer service. When the brewery was founded in the summer of 2006, after a year of planning and research, we had three things in mind….Make Amazing Beer!  Have Fun, and Take Care of Your People!  The foundation of our corporation will be the production of high quality, flavorful and consistent products without compromise. We will never deviate from that mindset."

-S.O.B.

 

 

Tasting from 4-7pm

Vanberg and DeWulf Tasting 2/8

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Tasting starts at 5pm! saison

 

Vanberg & DeWulf has the most decorated portfolio in the annals of U.S. Belgian beer importing. Always these beers come from independent, family-run breweries.

From the outset, Vanberg & DeWulf has been dedicated to importing the finest example of every indigenous style brewed in Belgium. In our Belgian Classics collection you will find some sixteen distinct styles: Saisons, Abbey Singels, Dobbels and Tripels, Lambics, Strong Golden Ales, Wit beer, Belgian Pils, Bière de Table, fruit beer, Christmas beer, Belgian Stout, Gruit and Spéciale Ale, even a “sour” Tripel blended with Gueuze, and honey beer. Sometimes they are also organic.

These are the creations of five remarkable breweries. The oldest, Dubuisson, was founded in 1769 (before Belgium was a country); the newest, Dilewyns, is less than a year old. As an assemblage they showcase the unrivaled Belgian talent for creating beers of unique flavor, fermentation, aging and ingredients. Respect for tradition and raucous individualism are on display in equal measure. Our love of Belgium, and our desire to have you share our passion, is what drives the curating and editing of the beers we present to you.

The breweries in Tourpes, Pipaix, Dendermonde, Ninove and Gooik are radically different from one to another—reflecting their unique histories and communities, their varied regional brewing traditions and local architecture.Dupont is a farmstead in Hainaut in a sweetly rural setting. Dubuisson is a proud elegant pantile-roofed brewery complex on an ancient Roman road. Slaghmuylder presides like a little commercial fiefdom over the small municipality of Ninove—itself situated on the medieval trade route between Flanders and Brabant in the ancestral grain belt of Belgium. Nearby in East Flanders on the mouth of the River Dender, the Dilewyns Brewery is starkly modern but the emblem on their labels makes reference to Ros Beiard, the heroic horse who saved his masters from capture by Charlemagne. De Cam occupies a barn on the grounds of a museum of folk life in Gooik, “the pearl of Payottenland,” in the heart of Lambic country. It is a setting right out of Breughel. Seeing how different the settings and styles of the breweries are, it is impossible to deny that there is truth to the notion of terroir in beer. The more you know, the better these beers taste. Join us in exploring them all.

Hopworks Urban Brewery 2/6

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Join us for an exciting evening of beer and art! This first Thurday will feature the art of a local artist as well as a tasting with Hupworks Urban Brewery!   5pm to 8pm! HUB-COLOR-4'

 

 

Proudly brewing world-class beer as sustainably as possible in Portland, Oregon since 2007

Hopworks Urban Brewery and Hopworks BikeBar are Portland’s first Eco-Brewpubs. We offer handcrafted organic beers and fresh, local ingredients, all served in sustainably-built and operated buildings with a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere. Hopworks incorporates many aspects of sustainability.  From composting to rain barrels, and from pervious pavers to hand dryers, we have made every effort to protect “our” future with a thoughtful alternative.  Hopworks is 100% renewably powered and “cradle to gate” carbon neutral. Our 20-barrel brewery produces 10,000 barrels a year and provides our restaurants with ten different HUB organic beers on tap at all times. Our wonderful beer, food, and staff are some of the best you will find anywhere. Relax, raise a pint and enjoy living with purpose.

Cheers!

Christian Ettinger Brewmaster & Owner

Ladies Night with Potions Salon 3/5

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On Wednesday March 5th, Uptown Market will host a very special Ladies Night featuring Beaverton's own Potions Salon!  The salon will be here doing discount manicures and mini-services, and we will be serving discounted pints and wine pours.  Ladies Night prices begin at 3pm and manicures start at 5! We'll see you there ladies!potions salon

New Belgium Tasting 1/10

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New Belgium tasting at Uptown on Friday, January 10th from 5pm - 8pm!

New Belgium Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It opened in 1991 after Jeff Lebesch, the brewery's founder, took his homebrewing passion commercially. In 2011, it produced 712,800 barrels of its various labels.

Uptown Market 2nd Anniversary Party! 12/14

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Uptown Market turns two on Saturday, December 14th!  Come celebrate our birthday with us and enjoy some beer, live music, and revelry!  We will be offering deals to our Mug Club members as a thank you for your patronage and continued support!  We would not be where we are today without our customers, so come in and join in the celebration with us!  Music, food, prizes and festivities await you, and of course, the beer will be flowing!

Party will be from open to close at Uptown Market!

 

Speakeasy Tasting 12/5

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  Speakeasy has been making great craft beer in San Francisco since first opening in 1997. Our flagships are Big Daddy IPA, Prohibition Ale, and the seasonal releases Scarlett Red Rye and Tallulah Extra Pale Ale.

With a love for the sinister and the underground, Speakeasy operates out of a corner of this city once known as Butchertown.

Stop on in for a tasting, December 5th 5pm- 8pm

Two Kilts Tasting 11/23

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Two Kilts Brewing Company was founded by two great friends in the summer of 2009.  Chris and Alex had found them selves talking about starting up a brewery many times and finally after who knows really how many times it came up it was decided that a new brewery would be born.

Chris had an extensive background of many many years with home brewing and had been told by many that his beers should be brought to market.  Alex had many years of home brewing experience as well but also had something Chris did not, and that was a vast knowledge of commercial brewing since that was his current line of work.  This made for a very comfortable relationship beyond just being good friends to start a new nano brewery.

Stop by from 3pm to 6pm on Saturday, November 23rd to see just what makes this Sherwood Brewery so dear to our hearts!

Girasole Vineyards 12/12

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Girasole Vineyards (pronounced jeer-uh-so-lay) wines are made from certified organic grapes grown on the rolling benchlands of Redwood Valley in the Mendocino appellation of Northern California. All of the grapes that go into our wines are estate grown, and hand-picked from family owned and operated vineyards that date back to the 1950's.

Charlie likes to say that he’s “been farming organically for 50 years; the first 30 I didn’t know it. There was no organic certification process. Prior to World War II, growing without commercial chemicals and fertilizers was standard procedure." The vineyards have been certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers for the past 20 years.

 

Tasting from 5pm to 8pm!

Lagunitas Tasting! 11/14

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Lagunitas Tasting Thursday November 14th, Lagunitas will be here for a tasting! 5pm-8pm

The Lagunitas Brewing Co. was not so much an act of ordinary ‘foundling’ as it was willed into being by the unspoken desire of supportive beer-lovers in Northern California after which they continued to nurture their creation and urged us forward to fulfill the unifying needs of that same beer-loving diaspora from coast to coast and beyond. It is good to have friends!

Pelican Brewing 11/15

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Join us on November 15th for a tasting featuring the beers of Pelican Brewing!  5pm-8pm Pelican

In 1995, Jeff Schons and Mary Jones purchased an old brick building on the oceanfront in Pacific City.  Over Sunday morning coffee, Jeff and Mary came up with the idea of opening an oceanfront micro-brewery.  As they knew almost nothing about the brewing process, they decided to attend a Craft Brewers conference in Portland.

While at the conference it occurred to Mary that there might be a brewer there that might be interested in joining the Pelican Pub & Brewery.  On a hand-written 3 x 5 notecard tacked to a bulletin board, Mary scribbled the details of what they were looking for.
It was this notecard that caught Darron Welch's attention.  After several eager phone calls to Jeff and Mary, Darron and his fiance moved to Pacific City and Darron began brewing test batches of beer down the street in mini-storage units while the Pelican was under construction.  On May 4, 1996, the Pelican opened its doors and the rest is history.