Homebrew Contest: Fruit Beer

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Homebrew contest on July 1st!

Fruit Beer is the Category for the contest leading into summer.

 

This contest will be judged with feedback provided.

Rules: You must use either some food or fruit in the beer.  Must be a home brew.  We must receive your $5 and entry form at least 3 days prior (June 28th).  You may store your beer here or bring it with you to the contest, 3 12oz, 2 22oz bottles or 1 growler.

Examples of Food/Fruit Beers: Jasmine IPA, Apricot Amber, Rose Hipped IPA, Blueberry Stout

Entry: Uptown Market, 6620 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.

When: July 1st, 2012 at 2 pm

 

Event: First Thursday with John Foyston & Powered by Yeast

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Herb Apon Artist  

 

 

 

John Foyston, who you know and have come to love through the Oregonian is going to be our featured artist in the upcoming first thursday, April 5th, 2012.  We will have his art up on consignment for the month of April so come and support your local beer writer and artist.  John Foyston has been writing for the oregonian for more than 20 years.  He has a local beer blog called The Beer Here that is widely popular in the beer community.  Below are some of his paintings for your viewing pleasure, but be sure to come in April 5th to meet the artist and check out the rest of his work!

 

 

 

 

Powered by yeast will be here to serve beer, wine and mead.  They rep Ft George Beer and many other great labels.  If you missed the last first thursday be sure to come down and check this one out.

 

This Thursday, April 5th from 6pm to 9pm.  Come one come all and enjoy some local art!

Boulevard Brewing Tasting!

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Boulevard Brewing is here Friday, come try some of the great beers that they make.  Many Farmhouse ales and Belgian Style.  Some great deals while they are in.  Come join us in welcoming them to the northwest all the way from Missouri.  Bring your friends for some great craft beer!

Pelican Brewery is HERE!

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Pelican Brewery is at Uptown Market this Friday from 5 pm to 7 pm.  We are excited to have this great brewery share some of their wonderful beer with us.  We are going to have their Doryman's Dark Ale on tap.  Come out and bring your friends, and mostly of all have a great time enjoying craft beer.

Event: Pyramid and Mactarnahans brewing!

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We are going to have Pyramid Breweries in Thursday from 5pm to 7pm to taste some of their great beers.  We are going to have their black lager on tap for tasting along with other samples they bring as usual.  So if you haven't been to one of our events before this is a good one to come and see the store and what we are all about.  

 

 

 

First Thursday Art Show and Stock your Wine Cellar

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Herb Apon Artist Thursday March 1st, 2012 will be the inaugural first Thursday at Uptown Market.  We are going to strive to provide artists a venue to display their art each first Thursday of the month to mirror the event that happens in the pearl district downtown.  This particular event is going to showcase the art of Todd Herman, a comic artist in the local Portland community.  Todd's art is normally featured in comic books but has a portfolio that will be revealed and available for sale on March 1st.

Along with the Art we are also going to be doing a Stock your Cellar event.  This is a special event in which our wine distributor, Young's Market, is going to come out and taste some exceptional wines.  As part of the promotion we are going to offer case sales at 10% markup on cost to be delivered to Uptown Market.

Dion Winery has also elected to participate in this event and will be here to taste their Pinot Noir selection.  Dion Winery is a local winery that is self distributed locally and made locally.

David HIll Winery will also be present to taste some of their great wines.

This event is going to be a great chance to see some wonderful exciting art as well as taste some great wine.  Join us Thursday, March 1, 2012 for this event.  Scheduled to start at 6:00 pm.

 

 

Our featured artist, Todd Herman is a cartoonist/storyboard artist/designer based in Portland Oregon, whose graphic novel credits include 'The Fog' and 'Cut' for Dark Horse Comics, 'Galveston' and 'Fall Of Cthulhu: Nemesis' for Boom! Studios, 'The Warriors: Jailbreak' for Dynamite Entertainment, as well as a three year stint storyboarding the Eddie Murphy stop action animated television series 'The PJ's'.  A film version of his 2007 graphic novel, 'Cut', written by Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson, is currently in preproduction at Peter Jackson's Weta Digital.  His favorite genres are horror and comedy.

 

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Logsdon Farmhouse Ales comes to Uptown Market

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Logsdon Farmhouse Ales will be at Uptown Market this Friday from 5 to 7 pm.  We are excited to have their brewer here to answer any questions that you might have regarding their wonderful beers!  They will be tasting some of their great beers starting at 5pm.  Most of their beers are USDA approved organic and a great opportunity to taste some new Belgian style ales made right here in Oregon.  Bring yourself, bring your friends, but most importantly bring your taste buds cause they are going to be blown away!

 

 

Cascade Lakes Brewing on Wednesday!

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Scott from Cascade lakes will be in to do a tasting this Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm.  We are excited to have these guys back to our place as they were one of the initial breweries that came for our Grand Opening.  Come celebrate with us and have some of their great beers!

Firestone Walker

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That's right, Gold Medal winner, Firestone Walker is going to be in the house this Friday night! They are going to be serving some of their award winning craft beers from 5pm to 7pm.  We will have their Double Jack on tap for your tasting pleasure and of course for pint sales and growler fills.  Bring your friends, this event is going to be one that should not be missed.