Upright Brewing & Bol’s Genever Ambassador Jacob Grier have done it again. Kopstootje is a Biére de Garde that has been made with the same herbs & botanicals as Bol’s Genever & we will be pairing the bier & Genever together Friday the 13th for an Awesome deal of 8 bucks! Alex Ganum of Upright Brewing & Jacob will be on hand for some conversation & toasting.
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This post was written by admin on January 3, 2012
This holiday season welcome back Brewing up Cocktails for a special winter warmer/holiday themed evening of Beer Cocktails at The Hop & Vine. Last winter’s edition was perhaps the most popular installment of Brewing Up Cocktails ever, featuring acclaimed drinks like the Hot Scotchy, Wassail, and the Furburger, all three of which will make their return on December 10th. There will also be four brand new beer cocktails to set your head right and warm the cockles of your heart as the holidays near.
The new beer cocktails run the gamut of styles: Three varieties will be served hot to fend off the winter cold, an effervescent and citrusy take on the French 75, a fruity and hoppy punch made with IPA, and a silky smooth beer flip. There will be something for everyone at this event, even an ugly Christmas sweater contest! Drink list…
Hot Drinks Wassail
Returning from last year’s hit Brewing up Cocktails is the hot mulled classic Wassail made with a base of Deschutes Jubelale slowly heated in a crockpot with brandy, sherry, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and orange. Served warm in a mug with a lemon slice.
Hot Scotchy
Beervana described the Hot Scotchy as “The Greatest Beverage in the World.” Perhaps the most popular beer cocktail to date, made with hot unfermented beer and Scotch. It may be the perfect winter brewers beverage.
Hot Choklat
A new creation served steaming hot, it is one boozy treat. Starting with a base of dark rum, a little Galliano Ristretto is added and then topped off with steamed 9% abv Choklat Imperial Stout and a float of whipped cream. Served with or without a dash of chili powder.
Cold Drinks
Trade Winds Punch: Rum, gin, vanilla Beans, grapefruit zest, ripe guavas, Chinese five spice powder, and a stalk of lemongrass are infused over night and then built into a tasty beer punch the next day with fresh lime juice, citrusy IPA, and sugar. This is our recreation of punch originated by Washington, DC bartender Jon Harris. You have never had anything like it, we promise you.
Euclidean 75
The lightest and most refreshing of the bunch, the Euclidean 75 is made with gin, lemon, and sugar, then topped off with an effervescent and refreshingly tart Berliner-Weisse. A creation from Denver bartender and beer cocktail afficionado Ryan Conklin of Euclid Hall. FurburgerThe lovingly named Furburger returns from the very first Brewing up Cocktails. Black and thick as night with chocolate and roasty creaminess from Great Divide’s Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, balanced with herbal Chartreuse and bourbon.
Smoked Vanilla Bean Flip
This creamy dessert of a beer cocktail has an incredible melange of flavors, from the anise-tinged aquavit to cream sherry, rhubarb and chocolate bitters, one whole egg, and Stone Brewing’s Smoked Porter.
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This post was written by admin on November 29, 2011
This holiday season welcome back Brewing up Cocktails for a special winter warmer/holiday themed evening of Beer Cocktails at The Hop & Vine. Last winter’s edition was perhaps the most popular installment of Brewing Up Cocktails ever, featuring acclaimed drinks like the Hot Scotchy, Wassail, and the Furburger, all three of which will make their return on December 10th. There will also be four brand new beer cocktails to set your head right and warm the cockles of your heart as the holidays near.
The new beer cocktails run the gamut of styles: Three varieties will be served hot to fend off the winter cold, an effervescent and citrusy take on the French 75, a fruity and hoppy punch made with IPA, and a silky smooth beer flip. There will be something for everyone at this event, even an ugly Christmas sweater contest! Drink list… Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on November 29, 2011
Inventive cocktails made with beer are what you can always find at Brewing Up Cocktails events. Test out new flavors that will open doors into what you might never have imagined. All this is going down at the Hop & Vine (1914 N. Killingsworth Street, Portland, Oregon). Join the crew including Ezra, Jacob, and Yetta for some back yard sun soaked fun and even a frozen margarita machine. Here’s the details: Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on July 29, 2011
The second annual Cocktail Camp Portland is taking place on April 10, 2011, at Gerding Theater at the Armory in NW Portland. Our goal is to make sure our attendees have a good time, learn a few things, and meet some interesting people.
This day-long event will consist of presentations by various people in the cocktail world, including some of Portland’s best bartenders, local craft distillers, and creative hobbyists, a discussion panel, and plenty of opportunities to meet and talk with people who share your interests.
Beer Cocktail Presentation:
Purists might scoff at mixing spirits and beer, yet they have been a classic combination since the Middle Ages. European cultures celebrated with wassail, a combination of ale, mead, and spices. During colonial times sailors would make a mixture of rum, ale, sugar, spice, and eggs to create the Flip. And in modern times brewers enjoy a Hot Scotchy, a drink made with the hot sticky sweet and bready cereal-like unfermented liquid called the “wort.” This hot liquid is mixed with whiskey or another grain based spirit to create a hot potable cocktail that is incredibly simple but nearly impossible for the non-brewer to make. Ezra Johnson-Greenough will be presenting on hot classic beer cocktails and a method he has developed for the non-brewer to make Hot Scotchies easily at home or behind a bar.
Beer is also an underrated ingredient in refreshing cold cocktails. Its wide range of flavors make it perfect for mixing. Beers can be bitter, hoppy, roasty, sweet, and even sour, and their carbonation can lift and extend a drink. Whether as the star ingredient simply laced with spirits or as a supporting component in a more spirit-forward drink, beer earns its place on a cocktail menu. Jacob Grier will discuss several ways to use beer behind the bar.
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This post was written by admin on April 5, 2011
Upright Brewery has created a special beer in conjunction with Lucas Bols, makers of Bols Genever. This recent partnership was formed to create the complementary beer to drink alongside Bols Genever straight from the original Dutch tulip glass–a combo known as Kopstootje (pronounced kop-stow-che) and a common Dutch tradition found in most bars in The Netherlands.
Literally translated as a “little head butt,” a Kopstootje is the Dutch take on a “beer and a shot,” famously enjoyed by sipping from a tulip glass filled with Bols Genever and paired with a beer. Bols Genever is a tradition sweeter recipe of gin from the 1820. The ritual of the bartenders is to fill up the tulip glass to the very rim before the drinker bends forward to slurp off the top of the genever and then take the first sip of beer. It’s a ritual that is becoming very popular in the United States with the recent reintroduction of Bols Genever.
The Upright brew created is called “Kopstootje Biere” and will be a traditional biere de garde with a unique twist: the addition of some of the same botanicals used in Bols Genever. The end result will be a dry beer with a hint of malt and botanicals–a pleasing combination to match Bols Genever, a very popular spirit in Holland.
Join Upright Brewing and Bols Genever at Circa 33 for this special pairing on April 1, 2011 from 5-8 PM. Circa 33 is located at 3348 SE Belmont Street in Portland, Oregon. For details, call (503) 477-7682.
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This post was written by admin on March 30, 2011
Upright Brewery has created a special beer in conjunction with Lucas Bols, makers of Bols Genever. This recent partnership was formed to create the complementary beer to drink alongside Bols Genever straight from the original Dutch tulip glass–a combo known as Kopstootje (pronounced kop-stow-che) and a common Dutch tradition found in most bars in The Netherlands.
Literally translated as a “little head butt,” a Kopstootje is the Dutch take on a “beer and a shot,” famously enjoyed by sipping from a tulip glass filled with Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on March 30, 2011
The trio behind Brewing Up Cocktails is excited to announce the release of a series of collaboration beers that it has brewed with Breakside Brewery, a recently opened Portland brewpub that has released numerous experimental and avant-garde 
beers. For this year’s Portland Cheers to Belgian Beers (PCTBB) festival, mixologists Jacob Grier, Yetta Vorobik (also the owner of Portland’s The Hop & Vine bar), and Ezra Johnson-Greenough teamed up with Breakside brewer Ben Edmunds to create three ‘cocktail beers.’ Each of these barrel-aged creations attempts to mimic a classic or contemporary cocktail using the same base beer, brewed with the Wyeast Trappist High Gravity yeast strain. Much barrel-aging focuses on taking regular beers and simply adding an additional layer of flavor from the barrel. These beers are different in that the beer functions as one component in the finished beverage, much like the way a spirit functions as the base of a classic cocktail.
The three cocktail beers are as follows: Read More…
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This post was written by admin on March 21, 2011
North Portland’s The Hop & Vine will be celebrating the Grand Opening of the long awaited Bottleshop in the space adjacent to the bar previously used for art shows and parties.The new space houses an extensive and expanded selection of Craft Beer, Wine, Sake and Mead.
Keeping with The H&V’s spirit of bringing together Beer, Wine and Spirits they will be hosting makers of each with free Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on February 4, 2011
Last month when we visited Corvallis, Oregon (Thanks to Visit Corvallis) to tour the breweries in town, we found brewtopia in a place that wasn’t on our itinerary. After a wonderfully festive and inspiring night kicking it at Block 15 tasting a plethora of unique and satisfying beers, our next morn was a bit groggy. During the celebration of Block 15′s second anniversary, we met so many friendly folks, many who loved beer as much as we do.
One particular gentleman we met who we really liked was Drew Salmi of Corvallis Home Brewing Supply. On our last day in Corvallis, Drew invited us to check out the store where he and founder/mentor Joel Rea have been providing supplies and educating the region in the ways of beer, soda, cheese, vinegar and wine making since 1997.
Thanks to Drew, we were fortunate to get a tour of the shop on Sunday, when the it is normally closed to the general public. The front of the Corvallis Home Brew Supply also houses an impressive selection of beer and wine as well as some cider and sake. In the shop you’ll find the proprietor’s own wines and brews. Upon our visit, we discovered a popular Oyster Stout on tap as well. In the understory of the shop, a surplus of bottles and supplies were kept in cool dark storage alongside and miscellany of wine barrels and beer carboys filled with maturing tipples. Here we found Drew’s hidden stash of Pelican’s Perfect Storm barleywine aged in bourbon casks (This beer is now going to be called “the Mother of All Storms” due to name confusion with Oakshire’s Perfect Storm Imperial IPA). Though we didn’ t have much of a stomach for drinking so early, we sucked it up and enjoyed our first pour of this strong, bourbonous beast.
Great conversation and great beer at a great shop in Corvallis…the rest is history. We strongly recommend paying a visit next time you’re near Corvallis. You’ll be happy you did.
Thanks to Drew Salmi, Joel Rea, The Corvallis Home Brew Supply for their hospitality. Check ‘em out online at BrewBeer.cc
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This post was written by Angelo on March 16, 2010
