(Portland, OR) – Here’s an Upright Brewing update…

From an email just received…

Oyster Stout
Just released in bottles is our 2nd annual release of Oyster Stout. This years edition has even more oyster character due to the addition of extra Oyster juice. This batch is tasting noticeably saltier than the previous and stands out as being more of a true oyster stout. In fact, the higher salt and mineral level actually slowed the entire fermentation down but luckily it finished just fine. The bulk of the batch will be bottled with only a few kegs being filled for the brewery tasting room and special events.

Sole Composition Series
Starting right now the tasting room will have a new series of extra-small batch hand bottled beers available. They will all be barrel-aged and using unique processes and/or ingredients, most often appropriate for cellaring although they’ll always be ready for immediate enjoyment upon their release. Bottles will be hand numbered and detailed information on each can be found in the tasting room or on the brewery blog.

Current Sole Composition releases are:

Noel: Pinot Barrel-Aged Belgian winter ale brewed with 3 kinds of Cherry juice and spices

Barrel-Aged Seven Blend: Our Seven strong golden Saison aged for over a year in barrels with wild yeast. Blended to create a tropical fruity sour and funky brew.

Special Herbs: Our summer Reggae Junkie Gruit ale aged in Old Tom Gin barrels has an incredible fruity sourness and complex herbal flavors both from the gruit spices and the Old Tom Gin. Truly unique.

Upcoming Draft Beers
Now that we’ve finally hooked up our three new tanks you can expect more one-off and seasonal beers from us, including an addition to our year-round line up. Engelberg Pilsener, brewed in the German-style using 100% tettnanger hops from Mt. Angel will be available on draft beginning around mid-March. A couple one-off draft beers are in the works too, including a coffee stout and our own take on a Kopstootje incorporating a lightly spiced Biere De Garde base and employing a warm lager fermentation in our new 10 barrel open tank.