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The
Fort George Celebrates 3 years on Sunday, March 14th
 We are proud to celebrate our 3rd
Birthday here at the
Fort
George
Brewery
+ Public House on Sunday, March
14th, 2010. We'll have drawings
for prizes all day with
lots of special prices and we'll be bringing back some old menu favorites. We will have
Dallas playing live from 1-3 PM with
Ma Barley, our
favorite local reggae band that has been with us from the beginning, will kick
the party up a notch from
8-10 pm. It's all ages with no cover. The band will be singing a Fort George jingle and needs
some audience assistance.
We will be recording it for possible use in a future commercial. So put on your
dancing shoes and help us
celebrate because without you none of this would have been possible! For more info please
call or check out our website.
Jack looks
back on the past three years
Three years is not
really all that long, but amazing things can happen. The Fort George
will be celebrating its’ third birthday on March 14th this year.
When Chris and I started putting this together in the Winter of ’05 we
had solid pub and brewing experience, the belief and trust of family
and friends who invested in us and a vision to build the kind of place
we would both like to drink beer in. We didn’t always agree on all the
details, but the overall goal of being people and community centered
always prevailed.
In the late Spring of ’06 it started to become frighteningly real as we
pulled into town after an exhausting 7 day trip to Virginia to fetch
our brewery. Months of demolition and rebuilding with Dana,
Anthony and his crews started to come together when we hosted the Bob
Marley Birthday Party with Ma Barley before we were ready to
open. It seemed like this might actually work, at least as long
as we featured a reggae band and free chicken.
Finally, on March 11 we opened our doors. Most of this time is a blur
to me as a vague 18 hour a day beer fueled frenzy, but what
really stands out are the people. We had a pretty tight-knit
family group develop while we were under construction, but things
really got interesting when we brought in a staff and our public to the
public house. Brigid is still with us from the original opening
day staff. Chris Huff put his mark on the place. Shannon started early
on. Sarah came in to apply and I handed her an apron. Megan, Chandler
and Erin helped us get through our second summer. We now have a staff
of over 20 dedicated people who make this place better every day.
Paul was our first regular, and the first to be cut off. That is better
than hanging a dollar bill on the wall. Folks were very encouraging and
kept supporting us even when they had to wait forever to get a burger.
Now I see people all over the region who I have gotten to know through
the Fort.
Babies have been conceived, born, learned to walk and talk since we
opened our doors. We too, have outgrown our original plans and were
fortunate to have a landlord willing to let us stretch out and take
over his buildings so we can throw bigger and better parking lot
parties, make more beer and generally contribute in our small way to
this amazing area we are all lucky to live in.
Three years isn’t a long time and we have no intention of slacking now.
Our growth plans, while ambitious are all rooted in our overall goal of
giving people an excellent place to enjoy beer and each other. We will
continue to count on our patrons and staff to continuously improve our
standards. I ask you all to do your part in our success by filling out
a comment card, send us an email or just stop one of us and tell us how
we can make this Public House even better.
- Jack Harris, Co-Owner
Attention
all Homebrewers, Beer Lovers, and Fort George Fans!
We
here at Fort George take being a Public House very seriously. It has
been because of our great customers that we have been able to grow and
better our business and for that, we would like to give back. Fort
George Brewery would like your ideas for a new beer that could be made in our
brewery. If you would like to see a
new style of beer, would
like us to try something new with our beers, or have a recipe of your
own that you would
like to see pouring
at Fort George, submit an entry and it
could end up being brewed!
All
beer entries must be able to be made with our American Ale Yeast or our
Belgian yeast. The beer selected will be based on quality,
creativity, availability
of
ingredients,
and
by
how delicious it sounds. You may
submit as many
entries as you like but only one beer will be chosen.
All
entries must be emailed to spencer@fortgeorgebrewery.com by April
10th for
consideration. Please
call Fort George (503)
325- PINT and ask for the brewery for any further inquiries.
The
winner will get to name their beer, be recognized in the upcoming Fort
George Newsletter, and receive a free pitcher of their beer.
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Call out to
Homebrewer's: Bring us your Beer by March 26th!!
 The Fort George
Brewer + Public House will celebrate and honor the art of homebrewing
at a special beer-pairing dinner on Wednesday, April 14th. Homebrewing
provides the passion, creativity and innovation that resurrected and
sustains the craft brewing movement. Homage will be paid to these
pioneers by featuring a five-course dinner designed to compliment each
beer.
Homebrewers interested in featuring their beer should submit a
two-bottle sample to the Fort George Brewery by 5pm, Friday March 26th
for consideration.
Beers will be selected based on quality, variety, creativity and
compatibility with food. Only one beer per brewer will be chosen,
though brewers may submit as many varieties as they wish. The
homebrewer must be able to provide tasting samples for a dinner of 38
guests (approximately 3.5 gallons or 38 12oz bottles) by Monday, April
12th and will have a seat of honor at the dinner. No homebrew will be
bought or sold.
Selected Homebrewers will be notified by April 1st and the full menu
will be released at this time.
This dinner has become a much anticipated grand finale to our annual
series of brewers dinners The brewing talent on display has challenged
the kitchen to create an exceptionally innovative menu and the
atmosphere has been jubilant, as each brewer describes their beer and
passion for homebrewing.
Please call (503) 325-PINT for submission information, reservations to
the dinner or other inquiries. Log onto www.fortgeorgebrewery.com for
all the latest Fort George information.
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