Upland Brewing Company Reviews

bb	3.9 Upland Blackberry Draft. Reddish beer with a purple head. Sour and light blackberry aroma. Sour and light acetic flavor with blackberry and light oak. Medium bodied. Sour and light acetic notes linger with blackberry and light oak. Nice balance. Monday, April 8, 2024
shrubber85	3.6 Upland Courtside Indiana Pale Ale Rating #15,000 - an Indiana beer and the official beer of the Pacers (although I preferred the ABA Pacers). Lemon, barley malt, and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet orange, lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Good body. Not bad - standard. Saturday, March 30, 2024
theisti	3.4 Upland Dragonfly India Pale Ale 16 oz draft at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. This was my celebratory beer following Marquette’s win and advancement to the Sweet Sixteen. The pour is a clear orange, golden copper with a small off white head. The aroma is caramel malt, floral and a soft pineapple orange fruit. The taste is a nice blend between malt backbone and the floral and fruit sweetness, very much old school IPA flavors. The palate is medium to light bodies, softer carbonation and a malt fruit softly sweet finish. Monday, March 25, 2024
DiarmaidBHK	2.3 Upland Teddy Bear Kisses Can from Donwer Wine. Pours black with a thin khaki head. leaves trace lacing in the glass. not much on the nose or tongue. finished kind of bitter. feels like drinking motor oil. Not feeling this one at all Maybe it will get better as it warms up. Nope! still tastes like ass. Monday, March 25, 2024
DWestrick	3 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager can - random have with friends during March Madness. Okay - basic american lager - cool branding though Sunday, March 24, 2024
DWestrick	3.6 Upland Courtside Indiana Pale Ale 16oz can at Gainbridge Fieldhouse - home of the Indiana Pacers. Solid Pale Ale - good zest, perfect for a bball game Monday, February 19, 2024
DWestrick	3.1 Upland Champagne Velvet can - throwback to an old timer beer. Was decent - probably better than the OG if i had to guess - solid sipper Sunday, February 11, 2024
Dogbrick	3.9 Upland Teddy Bear Kisses Bourbon Barrel Russian Imperial Stout Can Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Micah_M	3.5 Upland Campside Pale Ale 12-27-23 Upland C’bus, IN Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Micah_M	3.5 Upland Little Dragonfly IPA 12-27-23 Upland C’bus, IN Wednesday, December 27, 2023
djfreeart	3 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager Couleur dorée transparente, faible mousse. Classique, légèrement amer. Saturday, December 23, 2023
tjslim	3.5 Upland Juiced In Time Friday, December 15, 2023
tmoreau	3.5 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager On tap at The Beer Cellar-Glen Ellyn, IL. as a 9 oz. serving to a house snifter, showing a clear & bright, golden hue, with a bubbly layer of soft white froth, and ribbons & spray as lacing. The nose was mild malt/grain, touches of yeast & breadiness, some dried fruit that presented hints of skins & ripeness, and just a tad of caramel sweetness. Medium bodied, with decent carbonation, the taste was similar, with a bit less expression that was dominated by some earthiness to a lingering bitterness. Tuesday, November 21, 2023
patrick767	2.9 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager Pours clear gold with a two finger white head. It has a mild, grainy malt aroma. It tastes of grainy, bready malt and a little hops for balance. Light bodied and easy drinking, it’s fine for what it is, though it’s not really my thing. Wednesday, November 8, 2023
WingmanWillis	3.2 Upland Razz Cherry Beret Friday, November 3, 2023
ChrisOfstad	3.4 Upland Wheat Ale From backlog. Can, from Binny’s, Lake Zurich, Il. Cloudy pale yellow with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, Wheat, banana, orange, corriander, sweetness. Sunday, October 29, 2023
jcr	3.4 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager Saturday, October 28, 2023
fombe89	4 Upland Oak & White Botella de @Big Bear Wine & Liquor, Inc. 18/10/2023. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores ácidos, cuerpo medio. Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Ratman197	3.3 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager Can poured a clear gold with a small lasting white head. Aromas of bread, corn and a hint of yeast. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of bread and light corn with a crisp dry finish. Monday, September 25, 2023
tmoreau	3.7 Upland Two Of Tarts 12 oz. can poured to a tulip at Lunar Brewing Co., showing a hazed, orangey/gold color, a fluffy layer of white froth, with a thin ring with bubbly persistence, and spots of lacing. The nose was big tropical esters as passionfruit, with lesser mango, slight orange, lemony tartness & tanginess, and complementary sweetness. Medium bodied, the taste was similar but a bit less expressive notes, with lively carbonation, continued tartness & tanginess, modest if any salinity, and light rind & skins astringency. Friday, September 22, 2023
shrubber85	3.7 Upland Hoosier Gameday Lager Caramel mmalt and hay aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet caramel malt and moderately bitter hay flavor. Nice body. Very nice. Saturday, September 16, 2023
shrubber85	3.9 Upland / (Others) SentinAle Floral peach, apple, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet floral peach, apple, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body. Saturday, September 16, 2023
shrubber85	4.2 Upland Hazy Harvest Tangerine, mango, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet tangerine, mango, peach, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Nice body and balance. Saturday, September 16, 2023
willisread	3.7 Upland Blackberry 8/31/2020 - 2016 bottle shared at our Fury for a Feast share. Thanks Jon! Pours a clearish plum color with a finger of off-white foam that dissipates. Lots of blackberry and currant aromas with oak. Still quite tart on the palate but still some nice fruit notes underneath. Lingering acidity with some faint mineral, dark berry and oak. Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Ratman197	3.7 Upland Campside Pale Ale Can poured a clear gold with a small lasting white head. Aromas of straw, citrus and a hint of pine. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of bread, pine and light citrus with a crisp dry lingering bitter finish. Saturday, August 26, 2023
geeklimit	3.7 Upland Breaking Away Mostly clear with a champagne head and carbonation. Primary lemon with a notable ginger aroma. Taste to match with a clean, refreshing mouthfeel and aftertaste. Friday, August 4, 2023
BlackBeerPG	3.4 Upland Patio Cat Summer Ale Taste: Snappy citrus, grapefruit, guava, light fresh finish. mild wheat, fruit nose. Light golden hue, unfiltered, white head, some lace. A citrus tart note. Monday, July 10, 2023
tmoreau	3.7 Upland Bad Elmer's Porter On tap at 206 Brewing in Carol Stream, IL. as a 5 oz. serving, showing a black/brown hue, with amber highlighting, a presentable layer of tan froth to a thick ring, and doily-like cling to the lacing. The nose was malty, roasted, slight smoke & wood, and balanced cocoa & coffee/mocha notes. Medium bodied, the taste was as the aroma notes, with okay carbonation, light creaminess, roasted, woody, & earthy bitterness, and a clean finish. Saturday, July 8, 2023
tmoreau	3.5 Upland Razz Cherry Beret On tap at 206 Brewing in Carol Stream, IL. as a 10 oz. serving to a tulip, showing light haze to a reddish orange/amber color, a decent layer of soft white froth to a thin ring, with spots of lacing. The nose was light fruit sweetness, cherry, skins, and moderate red berry. A little less than medium bodied, the taste was similar notes, with good spritz to the effervescence, modest tartness & tanginess that was most likely subdued by the lactose, and a bit of fruity, almost citrusy astringency to the finish. Saturday, July 8, 2023
zgaier	3.7 Upland Teddy Bear Kisses Can. Pours black with a brown head and roasted malt aroma. Taste is full of roasted malt and chocolate notes, into the cocoa, long finish. Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Susie33	3.3 Upland Two Of Tarts Orange pour with some pulpy pieces. Sour fruit flavor. No or little carbonation Sunday, June 25, 2023
obguthr	2.9 Upland Two Of Tarts Persimmon nose. Shimmering yellow, grernish hue, headless. Tart prickly pear, but mild. Light body, easy carbonation. Saturday, June 24, 2023
tiong	3.5 Upland A Barrel Named Phyllis - Batch 1 Sour earthy, tart and funky with some coffee, espresso and berries, hints of sourness. Intense. Friday, June 23, 2023
solidfunk	3.7 Upland Raspberry Lots of raspberry--pretty rich initial dose of fruit. Lots of lime. Pours a rich ruby colour with pink head. Tart finish. A little better than the peach. Tap at Upland in Bloomington. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	2.8 Upland Razz Cherry Beret More cherry than raspberry--sweet cherry. Almost like cocktail cherries. Pours light pink without head. Light tangy sweet finish. Tap at Upland in Bloomington. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	3.2 Upland / (Others) SentinAle Florals and a little bubble gum. Pours golden with ok head. Light tangy finish, some cloying lemon mash. Tap at Bloomington brewpub. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	3 Upland Zest in Show Plenty of grapefruit. Murky yellow pour with decent head. Light sour finish. OK, but not something I'd want to drink a lot of. Taster from flight at Bloomington brewpub. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	2.9 Upland Dragonfly India Pale Ale Lemon peel mostly, some peach skin. Pours dark golden with ok head. Light bitter end. Not a lot to this. Tap at Bloomington brewery. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	3.3 Upland Little Dragonfly IPA Grapefruit and some peel. Pours clear golden with decent head and lacing. Bitter finish. Tap at Bloomington brewery. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	3.4 Upland Campside Session Ale Grapefruit and a little pine. Pours clear golden with ok head and pretty good lacing. Light bitter finish. Easy drinking. Tap at Bloomington brewpub. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
solidfunk	3.6 Upland Peach Unripe peach and plenty of grapefruit. Murky orange pour without much head. Very tart finish--a little mouth puckering. Some orange seltzer. Tap at brewery. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
chucklemation	3.7 Upland Patio Cat Summer Ale Sunday, May 21, 2023
ClarkVV	4 Upland Blueberry 750mL bottled 11/13/2019, drunk 5/5/23. Clear, blueberry pulp-tinted with a pinkish color and a small, pinkish head. Quite acidic in the nose with a good mix of fruit acidity, strong lactic acidity, moderate brett and minimal acetic. Some oak, with tons of lush blueberry fruit character and nutty and lightly white bread/honey-like malts. Clean, no alcohol. In the mouth it's full of blueberry. Pretty cool, as blueberry has been the most difficult fruit to get great expression from, in my experience. And this is four years old and still shows a ton of it? Wow. Noticeable oak, much more than in traditional lambics, though it's not unpleasant. Big lactic acidity as well as the blueberry fruit. It's missing any sense of funk/barnyard, but other than that is clean, well-attenuated, soft and malty with excellent fruit. Saturday, May 6, 2023
dflb	4.8 Upland Darken Dark Wild Ale Procured at La Bodega from Riverside, California for $14.99, Darken is a Flanders Oud Bruin crafted with ginger, coriander, grains of paradise, star anise, and black pepper, and aged in oak barrels brewed by Upland Brewing Company from Bloomington, Indiana. The smell of cherries, caramel, chocolate, coriander, a fair musty Brettanomyces yeast funk, and spice are felt upon the nose. The appearance is dark brown that pours a low beige head that dissipates gradually with a decent circular retention remaining and similar lacing. When held up to light, the color shifts to a dark carmine red. Dark mahogany shows when light reflects off the beer. The alcohol content is 9.1%. Cherries slightly tarts the take, sweetens the beverage, and blends with caramel malt. Roasted barley melds with the cherry and caramel malt tandem, which is darkened by a fairly rich chocolate malt. Munich malt gives off a toasted bread taste that broadens the cherry, caramel, and roasted barley combination. Rye lightly spices the malty comprehension along with a candi sugar tinge. Black pepper broadens the malt and roasted barley body, and renders a pine note to the finish. Brettanomyces yeast smoothens the drink, imparts a fair musty funk to the cherry and malt composition, and dries the finish, where plums are easily sensed. Coriander colors the funk, toasted bread, and plum mixture, and accompanied with a gentle ginger spice. Oak imprints a vanilla tint upon the yeast and coriander pair. Grains of paradise applies a nutmeg hue to the caramel, roasted barley, chocolate, and toasted bread body, and gives off a hint of minty cardamom and juniper to the funky yeast, coriander, and vanilla blend. Star anise is distinguished with the funky, toasted bread, ginger, plum, pine, and juniper finish. Darken is a glamorous Flanders Oud Bruin. Caramel, chocolate, and Munich malts, cherries, roasted barley, rye, candi sugar, black pepper, Brettanomyces yeast, plums, coriander, ginger, American oak, grains of paradise, and star anise combines into a beautiful craft beer. Brettanomyces yeast eases the drink as cherries tarts the take. Cherries, caramel, roasted barley, chocolate, toasted bread like Munich malt, rye, the nutmeg aspect of grains of paradise, and candi sugar colors the complexion, followed by the musty funk yeast, plums, piney black pepper, coriander, vanilla like oak, and the minty and juniper elements of the grains of paradise. The malty, roasted barley, and yeasty composition slightly weighs the body, which is accented by rye, black pepper, ginger, and candi sugar. Cherries, toasted bread, funky yeast, plums, ginger, pine, and star anise persists into the relatively dry finish, ensued by coriander, vanilla, mint, and juniper as the finish wanes. The tart is easy to experience, even for a newcomer to sour beer. I treasured each drink, and impressed with the complexity and depth ginger, coriander, grains of paradise, star anise, and black pepper imparts to this barrel aged brew. Cheers. Prost. Drink for the love of beer. For more beer reviews, visit and like my blog “Drink For the Love of Beer.” Monday, May 1, 2023
JorisPPattyn	4.4 Upland Crimson Small cream head over brown-orange beer, veiled. Vinous, fruity, deep spirit aroma's, maybe Bourbon, but also brandy, fortified wine. Sweet-sour and really portwine-like. Finish has a fine, nice fruity acidity, discreet, but perfect for balancing. Here the Bourbon is slightly more plausible. Feels as slightly diluted portwine. Backthroat serious alcoholheat. Not very carbonated. Superb beer, amazing. I agree with "I sour red /I", NOT with "I Flanders-style /I". Monday, May 1, 2023
shrubber85	3.5 Upland Razz Cherry Beret Cherry, milk, biscuit malt, and hay aroma. Cloudy reddish amber with large light pink head. Lightly sweet cherry, creamy biscuit malt, lightly sour citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Saturday, April 22, 2023
jjsint	3.7 Upland / Blackberry Farm Found 500ml bottle purchased from Hoptimism and drunk at home. Light rose gold and clear with a small white head. Gentle funk on the aroma, mothball, sweet fruit, Chardonnay. Taste has a light almost wine gummy sweetness with a gentle sourness rounding out the edges of the finish. Oily body, mild carbonation. This is pretty simple stuff, but a lovely light sour. Friday, April 21, 2023
rennat42	4.1 Upland Prim Bottle. A- Plum, cardamom, herbal, tart. A- Dull purple color, cloudy liquid, off white head. T- Plum, herbal, cardamom, faint grape, slightly tart. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Definitely the bets plum beer I've had and I love cardamom. Nicely balanced with a blend of sweet, tart, and savory. Good stuff and refreshing. Friday, April 21, 2023
ads135	3.3 Upland Campside Session Ale A pleasant, but nondescript beer. Gold with a thick white head. Citrus and grapefruit aroma, and a thin grapefruit flavor. Tried in 2023. Sunday, March 19, 2023
ads135	2.6 Upland Free Time Lager A middling amber ale. Pours clear gold with soapy white head. Very sharp bitterness, mostly grassy hops. Touch of malty caramel backbone. Gift from parents courtesy of Ike in 2023. Wednesday, March 8, 2023