Twas the Night Before Stout Month. . . .

A STOUT MONTH 2023 POEM: Twas the night before Stout Month, when all through the pubs Not a pale malt was boiling, not even the trubs; The tap slats were hung by the art boards with care, In hopes that stout beer drinkers soon would be there; The brewers were nestled all snug in their…
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Pizza Pals: A New Winter Seasonal IPA

Pizza Pals is a new winter seasonal IPA brewed in collaboration with Ruse’s Crust Collective on the Vancouver Waterfront. Come with us, celebrate the world’s most logical food and beverage pairing all winter long, November to February. Grab a pint of Pizza Pals with your pizza pals at Fort George and all over the Pacific Northwest…
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A Fort George 4th of July 2021

Fort George Opens Up The Waterfront Rockin’ 4th of July on the Riverwalk If there’s one thing Fort George loves to do, it’s to throw a good party. So much has happened in this last year – with the addition of the new brewery space at The Waterfront and, of course, that whole pandemic thing…
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Journey to a Land of Lupulin Ecstasy

It’s a mystical realm, where the skies are filled with wonder and fields burst in a glorious green. Tour the grand history of Astoria as you wander the halls of the Flavel Mansion. Expand your hop-perception sipping lupulin delights in the Flavel Garden, with an assortment of fanciful creations from all of the 3-Way IPA…
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Festival of Dark Arts: A Dark & Stout History

Stout Month has been a yearly event in February since Fort George opened in 2007. A new logo is commissioned each year. Festival of Dark Arts is the main event of Fort George’s Stout Month, a 10 hour festival of stout beer, music, art and new releases to celebrate the darkness and help us revive…
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Stout Month Descends on Astoria

Embrace the Darkness. To some the second month of the year is simply February, the shortest and at times dreariest month along the Oregon Coast. But at Fort George, February is twenty-eight delightful days of dark and delicious ales, more commonly known as Stout Month. Created over twenty years ago by Fort George co-owner Jack…
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Tickets to 2018 Festival of Darks Arts On Sale November 29th

 ***UPDATE – Tickets to FoDA18 have SOLD OUT*** But now the good news, there are 28 days in Stout Month 2018. Come any day that month and you’ll find Fort George tap lists overflowing with dark and delicious beers. And look forward to the largest ever Matryoshka bottle release on Sunday, February 18th in the…
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Stout Month 2017

It started with a simple enough idea: take a versatile, yet underappreciated style like stout, brew as many as your boss will allow, and put them on tap all at once. This was the idea Jack Harris, co-founder of Fort George, had over twenty years ago as a young brewer working for McMenamin’s Cornelius Pass…
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Get Tickets to the Festival of Dark Arts starting November 29th

Dark times mean dark beers. And there is no darker place than Fort George Brewery during Stout Month (AKA February). Every year the taps in Astoria pour black with new stout releases each week, anchored by the largest single-day stout fest in the world – the Festival of Dark Arts. Tickets to the Festival of…
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Fort George Stout Month

February is forever Stout Month at Fort George Brewery. The shortest and darkest month is the perfect time to showcase the immense variety within this style. For lovers of rich, dark beer there is no better place than Fort George in February, pint glass in hand.   The Stouts Every Monday starting February 1st, new…
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