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 we can possibly brew. This year it’s 28 straight days of Stout Beer beginning on February 1st. We’ll have Stouts of every shape, size, flavor and ABV.
For months the brewers have been hard at work dreaming, designing, brewing and packaging stout after stout and they are ready at last to meet nature’s darkness with the darkness of Stout. The Stouts are as diverse as they are plentiful, from old favorites like 1,000 Years of Silence, a spiced Mexican chocolate Stout with Guajillo, Puya, Ancho and Arbol Chilis to brand new, small-batch experiments like Black Lake, a Salted Licorice Chocolate Stout, from a Nutty Buddy Wafer Stout to a clean and simple English-style Stout, from a Nitro Underberg Stout to Tropical Tomb, a barrel aged Imperial Stout collaboration with Ruse Brewing conditioned on freeze dried pineapple and toasted coconut – there’s a stout for every palate.
Stout Month festivities culminate on Saturday, February 14th, at the Festival of Dark Arts with more than 90 unique Stouts on tap, over two dozen live music acts on 3 stages across the festival grounds led by The Sword, Steel Beans, Built to Spill, Blitzen Trapper, and Damien Jurado. Festival attendees will sip and savor multitudinous stouts alongside ice sculpting, tarot readings, live tattooing, taxidermy, magic, art and fire dancing. On the day of the festival, the entire Fort George block is closed to the public. This year’s festival is sold out. Luckily, you can subscribe to Greetings from Astoria (Fort George’s Newsletter) and be the first to know about future events and festivals here (LINK) or on Substack here (LINK).
At The Aftermath on Sunday, 2/15, we open back up for regular service at 11am and the release of 2026’s Matryoshka Variants, as well as the release of special barrel aged stout collaborations with Ruse Brewing and Holy Mountain.
Stout will continue to flow from the taps at the Fort through the end of the month.
Stout Month 2026 art by the legendary Skinner.
The Lovell Arcade returns to Fort George:
From January 30th through March 3rd the Lovell Arcade is open during Taproom Hours. Food specials, drink specials, popcorn and endless stouts will be available through the Showroom Window. Free play classic arcade games and pinball machines to your heart’s delight.
Also in February at THE Fort:
Free Community Talks in the Showroom every Thursday Night at 7PM. Live Music Every Sunday Night in the Lovell Taproom from 6-8PM. More information on bands and presenters is available at FortGeorgeBrewery.com/events.
If you’re interested in banishing the gloominess of February and reading more about the history of Stout Month and the Festival of Dark Arts, there’s more information here (LINK). You can also find recaps of past festivals on their blog (2025, 2023, 2020).
STOUT RELEASES
Big Debbie – Imperial Nutty Buddy Wafer Stout – 9.9%
A big, peanut-y imperial stout made with Little Debbie Nutty Buddy wafers in the mash, conditioned on cacao nibs, peanut butter powder, cocoa powder, sea salt and toasted peanuts for an even more classic Nutty Buddy flavor
DRAFT ONLY
Horchata This Way – Stout with Cinnamon & Vanilla – 8%
A blast of warm cinnamon and a little hint of sweet vanilla in a rich stout brewed with flaked rice, roasted barley then conditioned on vegan vanilla soft serve mix, cinnamon sticks and Madagascar vanilla beans
You may have had horchata with rice milk, or horchata made from tiger nuts on the Spanish Coast, but you probably haven’t had Horchata This Way
DRAFT ONLY
Black Lake – Salted Licorice & Chocolate Stout – 9.9%
A savory, salty licorice and chocolate stout with brown sugar, sea salt, Finnish black licorice, milk chocolate wafers and cacao powder (extra brute cacao berry)
A stout with soundless depth and a salty, anise-y savour
DRAFT ONLY
Chocolate Cottage – Stout – 6.8%
A smooth, dark and roasty stout
An English-style stout with an impressively chocolate-y malt bill. No fuss. No barrels. Just a pure and simple stout
DRAFT ONLY
Pudding Caravan – Dirt Cake Stout – 9.5%
A dirt cake stout with Oreo wafers, Tahitian vanilla and gummy worms
There’s just something magical about eating a dessert that looks like dirt. But no one wants to drink a stout that looks like dirt. So this stout just looks like a stout. Feel free to garnish with gummy worms and licorice spiders, though
DRAFT ONLY
Sisterhood of the Traveling Stouts – Barrel aged Imperial Stout inspired by the Pirouette cookie – 14.3%
A Pirouette cookie-inspired imperial stout aged for 24 months in Basil Hayden whiskey and Heaven Hill whiskey barrels and then conditioned on cacao nibs, waffle cones and hazelnuts
Instead of a magic pair of pants that connects a group of friends on their summer travels – it’s a magic barrel of stout and whatever we pair with it, it tastes amazing
DRAFT ONLY
Sparkwood & 21 – Stout with Coffee & Cherries – 7.5%
A dark and inscrutable stout with cold brew coffee, frozen tart cherries and frozen sweet cherries
“That is, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee.”
DRAFT ONLY
Over/Underberg – Nitro Stout with Underberg-inspired Botanicals – 6%
A smooth, aromatic stout with Underberg digestif-inspired botanicals: mint leaves, grapefruit and orange peel, cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon sticks, star anise, angelica root and gentian root
“SEMPER IDEM”
DRAFT ONLY
Salted Caramel Cavatica – collaboration with Jacobsen Salt Co – 8.8%
Our beloved, best-selling, award-winning Cavatica Stout infused with Jacobsen Kosher Salt and over 300 pounds of vegan caramel
It’s the undisputed champion of American Stouts – the salted caramel version
16oz Can & Draft
1,000 Years of Silence – Mexican Chocolate Stout – 10%
A rich, spiced chocolate stout with Guajillo, Puya, Ancho and Arbol Chilis
“There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful. The human soul is a well on the earth’s surface that’s never used.”
16oz Can & Draft
Tropical Tomb – Barrel aged Imperial Stout collab w/ Ruse Brewing. Coconut, Pineapple, Lime Leaf & Thai Chili – 14.7%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-26 months in Basil Hayden, Bernheim, Heaven Hill, Knob Creek, Westland, and Westward Whiskey barrels conditioned on a calamitous quantity of tropical fruit flavor from over 300 pounds of toasted coconut and freeze-dried pineapple
“Hello, nice boy! Nice dinosaur. I thought you were one of your big brothers. You’re not so bad.”
12oz Can & Draft
Save My Soul – Barrel aged Imperial Stout collab w/Holy Mountain Brewing – 14.4%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-28 months in Basil Hayden, Bernheim, Heaven Hill, Westland Whiskey barrels
12oz Can & Draft
Bananaza – Barrel aged Imperial Stout with Thai banana, Cacao & Coconut – 13.6%
A bonanza of bananas in a barrel aged imperial stout? We call it a… Bananaza.
Aged for two years in Russell’s Reserve and Willett Whiskey barrels
“Hold tight and let ‘er buck.”
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Premium 2026 – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 13.7%
A blend of Basil Hayden Whiskey Barrels, Bernheim Wheated Whiskey Barrels, Freeland Bourbon Pinot Noir Conditioned Barrels, Russell’s Reserve Whiskey Barrels, Westland Whiskey Barrels and Westward Whiskey Barrels conditioned for 12 to 48 months
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Barrel Select 2026 – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 15.1%
A careful selection of the best barrels in the cellar, imperial stout from 4 barrels, hand chosen and expertly blended: Barrel 1: 24 months in Westward Whiskey, 12 months in Russell’s Reserve barrels; Barrel 2: 24 months in Westward Whiskey, 12 months in Willett Whiskey barrels; Barrel 3: 24 months in Westward Whiskey barrels; Barrel 4: 24 months in Westland Whiskey barrels
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Vanilla – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 13.6%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-48 months in Bernheim Whiskey, Westland Whiskey and Westward Whiskey barrels conditioned on Comoros, Vanuatu, Madagascar and Thai vanilla
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Cookies & Cream – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 13.6%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-48 months in Bernheim Whiskey, Westland Whiskey and Westward Whiskey barrels conditioned on Comoros, Vanuatu, Madagascar and Thai vanilla, cocoa powder, vegan marshmallow fluff and chocolate wafers
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Peanut Butter Cup – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 13.6%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-48 months in Bernheim Whiskey, Westland Whiskey and Westward Whiskey barrels conditioned on Comoros, Vanuatu, Madagascar and Thai vanilla, cacao nibs, roasted peanuts and peanut butter powder
500ML Bottle & Draft
Matryoshka Cookies & Cream x Peanut Butter Cup – Barrel aged Imperial Stout – 13.6%
A blend of single and double barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-48 months in Bernheim Whiskey, Westland Whiskey and Westward Whiskey barrels conditioned on Comoros, Vanuatu, Madagascar and Thai vanilla, cocoa powder, vegan marshmallow fluff, chocolate wafers, cacao nibs, roasted peanuts and peanut butter powder
500ML Bottle & Draft
**Look for additional cellared Stout Month favorites on draft from past years throughout the month**
IMPORTANT DATES
1/30 – 3/1 – The Lovell Arcade. Free Play Classic Arcade Games and Pinball Machines all month long during Taproom Hours. Food Specials! Popcorn!
2/1 – Stout Month Begins
- Salted Caramel Cavatica in 16oz cans & on draft
- Bananaza in 500ML bottles & on draft
- 7 All New Small Batch Stouts on draft only
2/7 – More Stout Releases
- 1000 Years of Silence in 16oz cans & on draft
- Pudding Caravan Dirt Cake Stout on draft only
2/14 – Festival of Dark Arts. Darkness descends on Fort George for the world’s best and biggest Stout Festival. All areas of the Fort are closed to the Public. The Festival is SOLD OUT
2/15 – The Aftermath. Matryoshka bottle release, Stout Month can and bottle collaborations with Ruse Brewing and Holy Mountain release. Open to the Public.
- Tropical Tomb in 12oz cans & on draft
- Save My Soul in 12oz cans & on draft
- Matryoshka Variants in 500ML bottles & on draft
2/28 – The Last Day of Stout Month
OFFSITE STOUT MONTH EVENTS
2/4 –
Stout Month Bingo at ON TAP, Bend, OR
Stout Month Launchin’ Lunch at LOYAL LEGION, Portland,OR
2/5 –
Stout Month Kick-Off at BEER STEIN, Eugene, OR
Stout Month Vancouver at FINAL DRAFT, Vancouver, WA
2/7 –
Dark Satellite at RAVENNA BREWING, Seattle, WA
2/11 –
Stout Month at ROSCOE’S, Portland, OR
2/14 –
Dark Brews at JOHN’S MARKETPLACE (SE Powell), Portland, OR
2/19 –
Stout Month at IMBIBE, Maple Valley, WA
2/20 –
Stout Month Smash at A BEER CLUB, Eugene, OR
2/21 –
Sabbath, Stouts & Slayer at ARCH BRIDGE TAPHOUSE, Oregon City, OR
**More events to come. Check this page or social media for details.**
