It’s Fresh Hop season at Fort George. We live in a land of plenty. Few are so lucky. Plenty of water, plenty of trees, plenty of renewable energy, plenty of small farms and, most importantly, plenty of hops. There are tens of thousands of acres of hops growing within a day’s drive of Astoria, Oregon.…
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Astoria is a magical place with more bookstores, arcades, ice cream shops, breweries, historic theaters and bridges than make logical sense based on the population size. We have a 100 year old column on top of a hill that serves no practical purpose except to delight people. We have many mysterious hidden pathways and a…
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Employees of the Fort are well-known for their extra-curricular activities. Bartenders, brewers, accountants, managers, and drivers are also artists, woodworkers, designers, writers and farmers. When we’re not creating useful things for Fort George and for ourselves, we’re sometimes doing useful things around Astoria and the North Coast. Fort employees regularly volunteer for local nonprofits and they…
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FIVE VORTEX VARIANTS FOR FIVE YEARS OF VORTEX MONTH Over 19 years of making beer, Fort George has worked on a lot of IPAs. At least a few thousand. But by far the IPA we’ve worked on the most is our beloved, bestselling Vortex IPA. Vortex has been a Northwest favorite for nearly two decades,…
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In 2026, Fort George’s Festival of Dark Arts featured a world-class line-up of stouts from 71 breweries. Dark Beer flowed from 91 taps at 9 pouring locations around the festival grounds in Downtown Astoria. Imagined, planned, set up, and executed by over 350 volunteers, employees, artists, musicians, performers, and friends, Festival of Dark Arts 2026…
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On February 1st, we ring in our 17th annual Stout Month. Every year as February winds its cold, wet tendrils around the North Coast of Oregon, bringing with it the usual seasonal overcast skies, a decline in tourism and general habits of hibernation among the residents, we fight back with as many different Stouts as…
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In Astoria, we’re less than an hour from some of the best fishing rivers in the country. Native and hatchery runs of Chinook begin in the spring, with late summer and fall runs of Coho and Chum salmon. Fish counts begin to dwindle by late fall. At this time anglers still braving the blown-out rivers…
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Inaugural Beer Tree Fest – A Fort George Winter Beer Festival Winter is the season of the tree. Reverence for trees predates recorded history. Ancient Romans decorated trees. Vikings worshipped trees. A tree bridges the space between the land of the living and the land of the dead. Humans were made from trees. Here at…
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At Fort George, we use what we’ve got around us to make good beer. Because we’re on the very top edge of Oregon State – we have hundreds of hop farms and grain growers just miles away in every direction. And we’ve also got Pumpkins. Pumpkins are one of the oldest cultivated crops in the…
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The sky may be clear and blue but it is well and truly Fall in Astoria. Every season is the best season on the North Coast but if you’re like us, the marginally slower pace, less predictable weather, superior outerwear options and gradual shift in outdoor activities makes this season the standout. You might fish…
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