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, at the top of the charts from our taproom to the shelves of your local bottleshop. It’s an ever-changing IPA – evolving in response to the tastes of people looking for a new and innovative beer, while maintaining its distinctive, unifying, familiar flavor across all of its many iterations. Vortex was one of the first beers we brewed on our 8.5 barrel brewhouse, though the recipe, color and flavor has changed a lot since 2007. At Fort George, we believe a beer is never finished. We’re always on the lookout for new and better hops, always open to changing our processes to increase efficiency, to improve our beer, and to hand our customers (and our employees, let’s be honest) the best pint of beer they’ve had today.
We celebrated the first Vortex Month five years ago, in April 2021. On April 1st, 2026 we celebrate Vortex with 30 days dedicated to our favorite IPA. This Vortex Month, we’re throwing parties all over the Northwest and releasing five new, limited Vortex Variants throughout the month, including tropical, West Coast Vor Tai (Vortex + Alvarado Street’s Mai Tai PA) and Fuzztex, the first ever Hazy Vortex Variant, a collaboration with masters of Fuzz, Structures Brewing.
SPECIAL LIMITED RELEASES FOR VORTEX MONTH V
OUT NOW! Vortex + Mai Tai PA = VOR TAI
A tropical, fruity, powerful, assuredly crushable IPA.
From two of the best in the west: Fort George and Alvarado St.
OUT NOW! The Last Letter in Beer = OMEGATEX
A ripe, refreshing Double IPA double dry hopped with loads of Simcoe, Mosaic, Comet and Chinook hops.
Omega. The end. The last. The final word. A staff and customer favorite from back in the day of the Double IPA.
ON APRIL 1st! Vortex + a lot more hops = DDH VORTEX
Vortex with more Vortex in it. All the hops of a regular Vortex IPA, plus twice as many hops in the dry hop.
Fiercer, wilder, bolder.
ON APRIL 1st! Vortex + Fuzz = FUZZTEX
A peachy, piney, soft and creamy Hazy IPA collaboration with Structures Brewing in Bellingham.
Structures’ Fuzz + Fort George’s Vortex = the first-ever Hazy Vortex IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Chinook hops.
ON APRIL 14th! Vortex + Lucille = VORCILLE
A polite and polished West Coast IPA with the power of two Georges: Fort George and Georgetown.
Part Lucille, part Vortex, Vorcille is a bright, peachy, balanced West Coast IPA from your friends at Fort George and Georgetown Brewing in Seattle.
LONG LIVE VORTEX
You can find Vortex year round wherever you get good beer.
OFF SITE EVENTS
4/1 – Vortex Month Kickoff at Saraveza, Portland
4/3 – Vortex Month at Steel Pail, Eugene
4/3 – Vortex Month Kickoff at Chuck’s Hop Shop, Central District, Seattle
4/10 – Vorcille Release Party at Ridgewood Bottle & Tap, Seattle
4/14 – Vortex Flight Night at Rivers Place, Bend
4/16 – Vortex Month at Crosscut Warming Hut, Bend
4/18 – Vortex Magic Night at Beer Junction, Seattle
4/25 – Vortex Month at Wine & Beer Haus, Seaside
4/29 – Vortex Island at Cease and Desist, Friday Harbor
