No-Li Tasting 4/23

 

Back in the 1980s, when craft beer was still called microbrew or that weird hippy beer, Mark Irvin fell in love.  First, as a military brat living with his family and getting a taste of the rich beer culture of Germany, then as a homebrewer, and then on to brewing for Coeur d’Alene Brewing and Hale’s Ales, Mark fell head over heels for the art and science of brewing beer with character.

In 1993, after years of invaluable brewhouse experience, Mark decided to crack the top on his own small venture, Northern Lights Brewing Company, in his native Spokane.  “I could have brewed in Seattle, but I never could have passed up the chance to brew in my hometown and create my own independent style,” says Irvin.

Whether you’ve been drinking Northern Lights since 1993 or you’re imbibing in your first ever No-Li ale, Mark, John and the crew hope the pride they have in their craft and in their hometown shines through.

Payette Brewing Tasting 4/24

Mike Francis left the corporate life as an industrial engineer for Boeing Company in Seattle to engineer some industry of his own. After receiving an associate's degree in Brewing Technology from Chicago's Siebel Institute of Technology, followed by a stint at Schooner Exact Brewing in Seattle, Mike headed to his home turf of Boise in 2010 to establish Payette Brewing Company.

We chose the name Payette because it fits the way we live and work. Francois Payette was a French Canadian trapper whose name and memory is enshrined among numerous Idaho landmarks. The name has since become synonymous with an adventurous spirit that pervades Idaho's year-round outdoor lifestyle.

Tasting at Uptown Market from 5pm-8pm

Gresser Wine Tasting 4/25

 

Gresser Vineyard was founded in 1998 when the first grapes were planted.  It was established by Paul Gates and his wife.

Paul grew up in California wine country, and started his lifetime's preoccupation with wine by helping to prune his fathers small vineyard at an early age.  He worked various wine jobs in California including sales, field hand, wine store clerk and assistant winemaker.  After receiving his enology degree from California State University Fresno, Paul moved to northwest Oregon and over the years worked as winemaker at several wineries in the region.  He began looking for the ideal place to grow Pinot Noir, and found it in the rolling foothills southwest of Portland.  He named it Gresser Vineyard after his maternal great-grandmother, of German descent.

Paul and his 2 oldest sons do the majority of the vineyard work, except during harvest, when hired workers often assist.  Even the youngest family member can help in the fall by making loud noises to scare birds away from the ripening grapes.

Tasting at Uptown from 3pm tp 6pm

Golden Valley Tasting 4/30

Our in-house craft brewery revives a brewing tradition in McMinnville started in 1878 by Anton Ahrens and W.R. Bachman of Ahrens Brewing Company. We strive to produce handcrafted beers of exceptional balance and complexity for your enjoyment. In 1998 we announced the release of our flagship beer – Red Thistle Ale – in bottles, so our craftsman beers can be enjoyed at home.

American Pale Ale, Geist Bock and a holiday favorite, Tannen Bomb, were also added to our bottled lineup. You can purchase these finely crafted beers year round in local grocery and specialty stores in Yamhill County and the Portland metro area. As the daylight hours and weather change, so do Golden Valley’s great seasonal beers.

You can look forward to fresh and varied offerings like Red Hills Pils, Fresh Hop Harvest Pale, Tannen Bomb, Black Panther Imperial Stout and Geist Bock, to name a few. Many ask us to make these beers year round, but we just don’t have enough room, so relish them while you can! Six packs, 22-ounce bottles and cases are available at the pub and brewery, so please ask your server. Brewery tours are available by appointment or upon request when our schedule allows.

Tasting at Uptown Market from 5pm-8pm

Basecamp Brewing 5/15

 

Base Camp Brewing Company is the result of brewmaster Justin Fay’s determined vision and years of hard work.  His and brewer Paul Thurston’s combined decades of professional brewing experience are evident in each of Base Camp’s recipes.  Each of our beers have been crafted with an eye toward innovation and creativity as well as consistency and balance, making for awesome brewskies that are at once approachable for any beer drinker and satisfying for the most adventure-minded palate.

Tasting at Uptown on Friday, May 15th from 5pm-8pm

Stone Tasting! 7/23

Tasting at Uptown this Thursday from 5pm-8pm

CBC WEEK AT UPTOWN!

Uptown Market welcomes the Craft Brewers' Conference to Portland!  This will be an awesome week for beer as there will be brewers from all over the country (& the rest of the world) in town, bringing with them special new release brews and hard to find one-offs. There will be beer events happening all over town, and we were lucky enough to be able to host 4 awesome breweries for CBC events here at Uptown!  We will start out on Wednesday with a Stone Brewing tap takeover, followed by a tasting with Uinta on Thursday, a Lagunitas tasting on Friday, a special Logsdon "meet the brewer" event, and a Paulaner Import Showcase on Saturday afternoon.  Everyday will feature a new limited beer, so you won't want to miss these!

Wednesday 2pm-6pm: Stone

Thursday 5pm-8pm: Uinta

Friday 5pm-8pm: Lagunitas

Saturday Noon-4pm: Logsdon

& 4pm-7pm: Paulaner

Uinta 4/16

Uinta Brewing is named after an east-west mountain range located in northeastern Utah. Many of Uinta's beer names are inspired by Utah's diverse landscapes or have historical significance. Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta's flagship beer, is named after Utah's state fish. Subsequent beer names followed suit, such as King's Peak Porter, named after Utah's highest peak, Golden Spike Hefeweizen, named after the spike used to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Utah, and Dubhe, named after the Utah Centennial star.

Uinta is committed to brewing world-class beer using the best practices and ingredients. Uinta Brewing Company is also proud to be an OU Kosher certified company producing kosher certified products.

Uinta Brewing is a proud Utah company serving world class beers to good people in better ways.

Tasting at Uptown this Thursday from 5pm-8pm!

Lagunitas 4/17

From points distant and beyond we all converged on Petaluma in 1993 and ’94 with an unenunciated desire to be more than we were before. The core of Lagunitas came from Chicago, St Louis, Memphis, Walker Creek, and the highlands of Quincy.

The Chicago contingent initiated the brewing and the gravitational effect of its suchness did the rest. We all loved the beer but the mission was larger than the ordinary joy of a hoppy-sweet quaff. It was driven unseen by an urge to communicate with people, to find our diasporidic tribe, and to connect with other souls adrift on a culture that had lost its center and spun its inhabitants to the four winds to wander lost and bereft with a longing to re-enter the light. Beer, we have learned, has always been a good lubricant for social intercourse!

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!

Logsdon 4/18

Though once literally brewed in farmhouses, many examples of this yeasty, Belgian style of beer left the farm long ago in favor of more commercial 
brewing facilities. 

But Oregon's Dave Logsdon with brewer Charles Porter, has put the farm back into farmhouse beers with Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales.

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The Belgian-inspired brewery is housed on his family's bucolic 10 acre estate in Hood River (county) complete with a big red barn where the 
​brewing takes place.

Tasting at Uptown this Saturday from Noon to 4 pm

New Belgium Tasting 4/9

 

We'll set the scene.

1989. Belgium. Boy on bike. (Ok, make that a young man of 32.)

As our aspiring young homebrewer rides his mountain bike with "fat tires" through European villages famous for beer, New Belgium Brewing Company was but a glimmer in his eye. Or basement. For Jeff Lebesch would return to Fort Collins with an imagination full of recipes and a handful of ingredients ready to embark on a whole new journey.

And then there was beer.

Jeff's first two basement-brewed creations? A brown dubbel with earthy undertones named Abbey and a remarkably well-balanced amber he named Fat Tire. To say the rest was history would be to overlook his wife's involvement. Kim Jordan was New Belgium's first bottler, sales rep, distributor, marketer and financial planner.

And now, she's our CEO.

Electrical engineer meets social worker; ideals flourish

The other side of the New Belgium story might not seem as romantic as bicycling through Europe; but it gives testament to our dedication, hard work and continuous push for invention. It goes like this:

Jeff’s Belgian inspired brews garnered enough praise from friends and neighbors that Jeff and Kim took their basement brewery commercial in 1991. Kim, social worker by day and mother to two always, began the marketing process by knocking on their neighbor's door. Artist Anne Fitch was that neighbor, whose watercolors came to help craft the New Belgium brand for 23 years, including the original Fat Tire label. Our new Fat Tire cruiser is still handcrafted by a painter, Leah Giberson, but this time it's photorealism instead of a watercolor.

Bringing on Peter Bouckaert, a Belgian Brewmaster previously working at Rodenbach, in 1996 helped influence our love of sour beers. Moving forward, Peter would take the brewing reins as Jeff began pursuing other interests. In 2009, Jeff moved on completely and we have continued to flourish with Kim, Peter, and a team of dedicated employee-owners at the helm.

What else continues today?

The Core Values and Beliefs on which Kim and Jeff built New Belgium Brewing Company. Before they ever sold a bottle of beer, they hiked into Rocky Mountain National Park with a jug of home brew in one hand and a pen and pad in the other. Together, they wrote down what they wanted to instill into this business dream of theirs.

Tasting this Thursday at Uptown form 5pm - 8pm

Wandering Angus Cider Tasting 4/10

 

At Wandering Aengus Ciderworks we press and blend over 20 cider apple varietals to craft our ciders. Our cider specific apples originate from France, England, and pre-prohibition America, but are grown now in Oregon. These heirloom varieties are essential for the depth of flavor, excellent body, and delightnful aromatics of our distinctive ciders. All our ciders are always GLUTEN FREE.

Tasting this Friday from 5pm-8pm

Paulaner Tasting! 4/18

 

Join us for a showcase of European imports hosted by Paulaner!  The tasting will feature beers from Belgium, Germany, England and Ireland.

"Nobody is more important to a brewhouse than the brewmaster. The Paulaner brewmaster is an ambassador for the beer he provides, guaranteeing a high-quality, authentic beverage. Not only does he ensure the quality and freshness of his self-brewed beers, he is also glad to answer his guests' questions. He is always in good humour and likes to socialise. His expert guided tours of the brewery are especially popular.

All Paulaner beers offered in the brewhouse are brewed on site in unadulterated form according to the German purity law of 1516. Whether light or dark: all Paulaner beers are always tapped fresh and with lots of fizz. The special beers offered twice to three times a year on a seasonal basis are also brewed internally for guests to see."  -Paulaner

Fruli is a high quality Strawberry Belgian fruit beer, produced at a craft brewery near Ghent. It is a unique blend of white beer and strawberry juice. The juice complements the zestiness of the wheat beer and the result is a balanced and refreshing beer that is packed with strawberry fruit flavour.

It is simply delicious.

Stop in for the tasting this Saturday, try something new!  Tasting from 4 pm to 7pm

Spring Homebrew Contest! March 29th

Homebrew Contest! Its almost Springtime! And you know what that means... Spring beers are on their way.  Easy drinking sessionables, citrus-y IPAs, kolsch, cream ales and fruit beers are all in season, but don't let that list limit you!  What's your favorite beer to sip on in the spring?  You can show us by brewing up a batch and entering it in our Spring Homebrew Contest!

 

Uptown Market is having a spring beer homebrew contest! it will be held on Sunday March 29th at 1pm (beers must be entered by noon, day of contest) Any beer or cider style can be entered. Two 22oz bottles clearly labeled with Name and style are the preferred entry. Awards and prizes for all winners in each category, as well as a grand prize or brewing with our head brewer on our system. Get Brewing!

Everybody's Brewing 3/19

We are a small to medium sized brewpub, located in White Salmon, Washington. Our pub has a warm, cozy inviting feel to it. We are a family friendly environment. Our food is affordable, large portions, and made with the highest quality local ingredients.

We focus on session beers with all the flavor. Our location is right in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge. We feel that this is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Our outside deck seats 50 people and has a stunning view of Mt. Hood. You gotta check it out for yourself!

Tasting at Uptown on Thursday, March 19th from 5pm - 8pm.

Firestone & Nectar Creek Mead 3/27

Double tasting at Uptown! Nectar Creek Mead and Firestone Walker Brewing Company! Nectar Creek handcrafts session meads and barrel-aged meads using the bounty of quality ingredients the Pacific Northwest provides. We combine pure Oregon honey, water and yeast to create a refreshing and one-of-a-kind experience.

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.

Join us for this special double-whammy tasting on Friday, March 27th from 5pm-8pm

Reverend Nat's 4/2

 

"As a die-hard craft beer revolutionary, I experimented with beer yeasts, wild fermentations, Belgian ale spices, aromatic west coast hops and local fruit juices. As an historian of cidermaking (I have the largest cider book library in Portland), I recreated forgotten cider styles and practiced juicing and fermenting techniques long out of fashion. Permeating all these experiments was an obsession with flavor. I would cook a dish, eat at a restaurant, drink a beer or a cocktail, or peruse the farmer’s market, and be unable to contain my excitement for flavors. After making cider for nearly a decade, I concluded that, while apple-only ciders define cider for most of my fellow countrymen, my passion was in creative flavor combinations.

I started Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider in my basement, quickly grew into the garage, and in May 2013, moved into an abandoned warehouse in inner Northeast Portland near the Rose Quarter. Now I sell my ciders in five states (if you call British Columbia a state) and have a Public Taproom where I can join locals and visitors alike in enjoying one of my creations."

- Reverend Nat

Check out some awesome cider at this special tasting!

Tasting at Uptown Market on Thursday, April 2nd from 5pm - 8pm

Mazama Tasting 4/3

 

Mazama Brewing is a packaging brewery in Corvallis Oregon own and operated by Jeff and Kathy Tobin. They started home brewing in 1984 and knew they had found a passion in their new hobby. Their brewing pursuits included making beer styles that were once very difficult to find in the United States. This finally led to a long delay trip the Belgium in 2011, which provided the inspiration to start Mazama brewing.

After spending nearly 30 years as an electrical engineer, Jeff left the high-tech world to pursue brewing full-time in 2013. He has found that his project management, engineering and science background serves him well as head brewer at Mazama.

Kathy as recently retired as an executive leading a high-tech printing and computing business unit. Her years of experience have helped create a solid foundation for Mazama Brewing's success.

Tasting at Uptown on Friday, April 3rd from 5pm-8pm.

Dumas Station Wine Tasting 3/4

 

"Dumas Station Wines was started in 2003 by two Walla Walla natives, Jay DeWitt and Doug Harvey, after a few years of making wine in a garage.  Winemaker Jay DeWitt calls himself a "recovering wheat farmer," while his partner Doug Harvey is a "recovering attorney."

Jay & Doug took a humble approach to building a winery and fixed up an old apple-packing shed known as Dumas Station--the site of one of the oldest apple orchards in Washington, started by James Dumas in the late 1800s.

This isn't known as a fancy winery with lots of high-tech equipment; Jay & Doug rely on friends & family for help with the harvest. They spend the rest of the year racking the wine--one oak barrel at a time.

We invite you to visit our humble tasting room at the winery to enjoy our age-worthy red wines and experience the history of Dumas Station."

Come out and enjoy this very special Ladies Night tasting featuring the wines of Dumas Station!  Tasting on Wednesday, March 4th from 4pm-7pm.

Full Sail Tasting 3/5

 

For years, we’d been thinking and talking and dreaming about the idea of becoming an employee-owned company. So many people had put so much work and love and dedication into Full Sail, and we wanted them to share the same pride of ownership we did. But that’s not the whole story. The reason we started Full Sail in the first place was to build a company that was completely different from the ones where we’d previously worked. It wasn’t about business as usual. It was about finding our calling in life -- about truly appreciating our “human resources,” and balancing work, life, family and friends in a way that makes life truly worth living. It was in that spirit that we became an independent, employee-owned company in 1999, divvying up the company between the 47 of us. Of all our accomplishments, this is the one that makes us most proud.

Tasting at Uptown Market on Thursday, March 5th from 5pm to 8pm