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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THE ORIGINS of VORTEX IPA Back in 2006, our two co-founders were midway through a cross-country trek, headed back to the North Coast in the cab of a rented truck pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with tanks and brewing equipment they’d picked up from a shuttered Virginia brewery. A call came in on the CB…
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Topaz Farm and Fort George come together for the second year to improve our communities and our beer. Humans probably lost something fundamental to our physical and emotional well-being when we abandoned our relationship with agriculture and started buying all our produce from box stores. The void that our supposed progress away from the land…
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The third and final iteration of Fort George’s biggest Summer Seasonal, 3-Way IPA, releases on Friday, July 1st at the Beer Pier on the scenic Astoria Waterfront, just east of the Megler Bridge. For 11 years, Fort George and two of our closest friends have marked the beginning of summer with a 3-Way IPA: a…
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Earlier this fall we made Farmers Annuary – a seasonal IPA brewed in collaboration with one of our purveyors. This year, we partnered with the passionate and knowledgeable folks at Roy Farms of Moxee, WA to brew an IPA with Azacca, Chinook, Columbus, and Bravo Hops straight from their farm. Roy Farms’ multi-generational commitment to…
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A Fort George, Varietal, and Moonraker Collaboration Birds of a Feather It’s been a tough year. At times we’ve felt like caged birds with clipped wings yearning for the open sky. But thankfully summer is almost here, the brewery is packing the tanks at the Astoria waterfront, and nothing will stop 3-Way IPA from soaring…
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The Goat: According to Norse mythology, Thor rides in a chariot pulled by goats, bringing the thunder. One of the oldest domesticated animals, the legend of the goat runs deep, is vital to humankind, and yet at times turns dark and foreboding. Goats are also amazing mountain climbers, especially holy mountains. The Elk: Native to…
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Fort George is bringing back the 4th of July 3-Day 3-Way in Astoria, but this year they’re adding a beer party on the block. It’s a courtyard celebration with hand-picked beers on tap from every 3-Way IPA collaborator: Lompoc, Gigantic, Block 15, Boneyard, Georgetown, and Pfriem. And you’ll be able to enjoy fresh batches of…
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THE COLLABORATION Preparations for a 3-Way IPA can be intricate, as you may imagine. Where do you begin? How does one approach a 3-Way IPA with a collaborator? With all of the amazing brewers out there, how do you choose? Well, it turns out the first step is to invite them out to dinner. This…
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the sound of Overdub IPA A good beer is like a good sound recording, balanced and pristine. Soft and subdued when it needs to be – In your face and crankin’ when it must. Done right, there’s nothing better than critical listening with a cold pint in your hand. Fort George invites you to put…
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