THE BIGGEST STOUT MONTH EVER

The 16th edition of Fort George Stout Month is going to feature the most stout beer that the PNW has ever seen at one time. Throughout the month, Fort George will pour more house stouts than there are days in February. A tradition going back over 25 years, (read more about that here), Stout Month will feature the Blind Taster Tray, Special Stout Cuisine, Stout Music, Cask Stout, the Stout Month Lovell Arcade, Stout Month Merch and a little thing called the Festival of Dark Arts. First, let’s meet the Stouts.

THE 2025 STOUT MONTH RELEASE SCHEDULE

February 1st

Churro Cavatica – 9.2%
Vanilla, Cinnamon and over 600 Churros! – 16oz Cans and Draft

Fudge Sickles – 13.15%
GABF Gold Medal Winning Bourbon BA Stout w/ Chocolate, Tanzanian Cacao Nibs, and Vanilla Bean – 12oz Cans and Draft

Fisher Poets – 5.5% 
Dry Irish Stout Astoria Brewing, Salmon Safe, YCH Collab – 16oz Cans and Draft

Barrel Aged Coconut Cavatica – 11.5% 
A Bourbon BA Version of Our Cavatica Stout with Toasted Coconut –  500ml Bottles and Draft

Chocolate Kraftwerk – 7% 
German Chocolate Cake Inspired Stout with Candied Macadamia Nuts, Pecans, Coconut and Chocolate –  Draft Only

Nitro Nog Log – 12.% 
Stout Blended with Imperial Stout Aged in Basil Haden Barrels, Conditioned on Cardamom Pods and Hand Selected, Rum-Soaked Vanilla Beans – Draft Only

Granola Joint – 6.6% 
Nitro Oatmeal Stout –  Draft Only

King Baby – 8% 
King Cake Inspired Stout w/Pecans, Madagascar Vanilla and Cinnamon (and an actual King Cake w/baby removed) – Draft Only

Tuesday’s Lunch – 9% 
PB&J Inspired Stout w/ Concord Grape Puree, Raspberry Puree and Peanut Butter Powder – Draft Only

Dirt Sandwich – 7% 
Taletha’s Family Sandwich Inspired w/ Peanut Butter Extract, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon Sticks, Roasted/Unsalted Peanuts, Cinnamon and Brown Sugar – Draft Only

Lotta Ins, Lotta Outs – 9% 
White Russian Inspired w/Brown Sugar, Tahitian Vanilla Beans, Cocoa Nibs, Arabica Coffee Beans, oak spirals infused with Tia Maria Coffee Liqueur – Draft Only

February 8th

Gilded Tiger – 6% 
Golden Milk Inspired Stout with Coconut, Vanilla, Ginger, Cinnamon, and Turmeric on Nitro – Draft Only 

Roverman’s Stout – 6%
Dry Irish Stout – Draft Only

Murky Pearl – 6%  
Oyster Stout – Draft Only

Dwayne’s World – 6.66%
Not a Stout. Very much an IPA for Bridge & Tunnel’s Anniversary – 16oz Cans and Draft

THE AFTERMATH – FEBRUARY 16th

The Stout Month package releases peak on The Aftermath, 2/16 in the Fort George Lovell Taproom. The 2025 Matryoshka variant bottles will be unleashed on the public along with collaborations with our friends at Structures, de Garde and Brujos (that one’s not a Stout, but still pretty cool).

Every December, we release Matryoshka – The Mother, our quintessential barrel-aged Imperial Stout. From there, we start scheming how we will stack this doll into Matryoshka variants. For 2025, the inspiration was the classic cinnamon babka pastry. A first this year, we paired each variant with specific origins of vanilla beans. Tasting over 30 different combinations of vanilla, cinnomon, pistachio and the full babka, the brewers at Fort George put together the best vertical of Matryoshka ever. Meet the Aftermath offerings:

Matryoshka w/ Vanilla Bean & Cocoa – 14.7% 
Barrel aged imperial stout from 12 month Whiskey barrels with Veracruz & West Papua Vanilla, Cocoa Powder & Cocoa Nibs – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Matryoshka w/ Vanilla Bean & Pistachios – 13.9% 
Barrel aged imperial stout from 12 month Whiskey barrels with New Caledonia & West Papua Vanilla & Roasted Pistachios – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Matryoshka w/ Vanilla Bean & Cinnamon – 14.3% 
Barrel aged imperial stout from 12 month Whiskey barrels with West Papua, Hawaiian & Peruvian Vanilla & Cinnamon – 500ml Bottles and Draft 

Matryoshka w/ Vanilla Bean, Cocoa, Pistachios & Cinnamon (AKA BOBKA) – 14.3% 
Barrel aged imperial stout from 12 month Whiskey barrels with Veracruz, New Caledonia, West Papua, Hawaiian & Peruvian Vanilla, Cocoa Powder, Cacao Nibs, Cinnamon & Roasted Pistachios – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Matryoshka Barrel Select (2025) – 13.5%  
A careful selection of the best barrels in the cellar, imperial stout from 12 month Westward Whiskey barrels, and 24 month Westland Whiskey barrels, hand chosen and expertly blended – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Sometimes Things Take Longer – 14.5%
de Garde Brewing Collaboration Blend of Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout and Barleywine Blend Finished in Ransom Gin Barrels – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Adversarial Patterns – 15.2%
Structures Brewing Collaboration Inspiried by the Fluffernutter Sandwich – Aged for 36 months in Willet Bourbon Barrels and conditioned on Vanilla, Chocolate, Marshmallow, Hazelnuts and Peanuts – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Fantastic Barrel’s and Where to Find Them (2025) – 13.3%  
Carefully selected blend of 23 month Double Barrel Aged stout in Willet and Blanton’s Bourbon Barrels to 10 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels – 500ml Bottles and Draft

Malefice – 6.8%  
Not a Stout. Very much an IPA Collaboration with Brujos Brewing. Double Dry Hopped, West Coast India Pale Ale featuring Strata Goo, Mosaic Cryo, Nelson Sauvin & HBC 586 – 16oz Cans and Draft

Available starting February 16th at 11AM in the Lovell Taproom.

 

THE LOVELL ARCADE

If you’ve been to Fort George, you already know we have everything a brewery could ever want. Big tanks, lab equipment, a cool forklift, lots of barrels, a Beer Pier, a giant cooler full of hops, an annual world-class stout festival, a cozy fireplace in the taproom, a nice sound system, and a room full of lockers and beer to-go. We even have an entire floor dedicated to wood-fired pizza. The ultimate luxury. And now we have games! 

THE LOVELL ARCADE is open for Stout Month only, beginning on February 1st, 2024.

Free play on all arcade games, food & beverages available through the Taproom window.

Wednesday & Thursday: 4pm – 9pm

Friday: 4pm – 10pm

Saturday & Sunday: 12pm – 10pm

 

Free Community Talks in the Showroom every Thursday night at 7PM. 

Live Music every Sunday Night from 6-8PM.

**Saturday, February 15th is the 13th annual Festival of Dark Arts at Fort George. The entire Fort George block will be closed to the public. The festival is Sold Out. You can subscribe to the Fort George Newsletter and be the first to know about future events and festivals here. 

 

STOUT MONTH OFFSITE EVENTS

Saturday, 2/1

• DARK SATELLITE: Barrel Aged Beer Festival – Ravenna Brewing (Seattle, OR)

• Stout Month Launchin’ Luncheon – Loyal Legion (Portland, OR)

Wednesday, 2/5

• Stout Month Stout Melange – Roscoe’s (Portland, OR)
• Dark Days of Stout Month – Treebeards Taphouse (Corvallis, OR)

Thursday, 2/6

• Stout Month on the Road – Final Draft (Vancouver, WA) 

Friday, 2/7

• Imperial’s Fort George Stout Month Lunch Box – Imperial Bottle Shop (Portland, OR)
• First Friday Fiercely Stouting Stout Month – Beer Den (Sandy, OR)

Wednesday, 2/12

• Stout Month Sink or Swim Trivia – Midtown Yacht Club (Bend, OR) 

Thursday, 2/13 

• Dark Days of Stout Month – Imbibe Bottle House (Maple Valley, WA) 

Tuesday, 2/18

• Stout Month On the Road – Growler Guys Seattle (Seattle, WA)

Thursday, 2/20 

• Stout Month Fort Feature – Wildwood Taphouse Cedar Mill (Portland, OR)

Saturday, 2/22 

• Sabbath Stouts n Slayer – Arch Bridge Taphouse (Oregon City, OR)
• Array ‘N Bow in the Dark – Array Bottle Shop (Portland, OR)
• Stout Month on the Road – PLAY (Eugene, OR)

Tuesday, 2/25 

• Stout Little Fingers – Pour Decisions PDX (Portland, OR)

Thursday, 2/27 

• Stomo Finale Event – Peaks and Pints (Tacoma, WA)

Friday, 2/28 

• FODA FOMO – Belmont Station (Portland, OR)

& more to come!