Vortex Month V – 19 Years of Vortex

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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April is Vortex Month

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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Fort George Lovell Store

In July 2023, Fort George unveiled a new space on the Fort George Block in Downtown Astoria dedicated to Merch and Beer To Go: THE LOVELL STORE – the newly renovated space adjacent to the Lovell Taproom also houses a row of 200 blue steel combination lockers, each with a silver plaque bearing the name…
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