In 2026, Fort George’s Festival of Dark Arts featured a world-class line-up of stouts from 71 breweries. Dark Beer flowed from 91 taps at 9 pouring locations around the festival grounds in Downtown Astoria. Imagined, planned, set up, and executed by over 350 volunteers, employees, artists, musicians, performers, and friends, Festival of Dark Arts 2026…
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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…
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At Fort George, February is Stout Month. Every year new and unique stouts are released throughout the month. In the midst of this quaffable darkness, in the darkest month of the year, in the darkest, uppermost corner of Oregon, The Festival of Dark Arts descends on Fort George, transforming the heart of Astoria into a…
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THE BIGGEST STOUT MONTH EVER The 16th edition of Fort George Stout Month is going to feature the most stout beer that the PNW has ever seen at one time. Throughout the month, Fort George will pour more house stouts than there are days in February. A tradition going back over 25 years, (read more…
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All Stouts. All month long. In the darkest month, on the darkest coast – it is Stout Month. In February, Fort George Brewery celebrates the wonder and complexity of the noble stout with 29 days dedicated exclusively to the darkest beer. Taste twenty unique, one-time stout releases throughout the month. Delight in stout diversions, stout-focused…
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February has been Stout Month ever since Fort George opened its doors in 2007. Every year new stouts are released throughout the month. In the middle of the darkest month of the year, in the darkest, uppermost corner of Oregon, The Festival of Dark Arts descends on the Fort George Block, transforming the heart of…
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FodA, Stout Month & LUPULIN ECSTASY 2022 FODA When we do a thing, we do a thing all the way. Which is why we’ve been wrestling for months with the question of whether or not to hold a full-blown, not-by-halves Festival of Dark Arts. We can see enough of the future to know that we…
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Unfortunately, the darkest stout festival in the world is going dark for 2021. If you have been to a Festival of Dark Arts, you know it must be experienced to be believed. 3000 of the liveliest stout fans packed onto one city block, overflowing with dark art, darker entertainment, and the darkest collection of beers…
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February has been Stout Month ever since Fort George opened its doors in 2007. Every year new stouts are released throughout the month, including the annual release of the Matryoshka series. Aside from being the darkest month of the year, Stout Month is the yearly signal that Festival of Dark Arts will soon descend upon…
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29 Days of Darkness February on the Oregon Coast just got a whole lot darker. Stout Month at Fort George lasts a full 29 days in 2020, thanks to the leap year. Stout lovers will have an extra 24 hours to taste an array of unusual stouts, immerse in dark arts, and revel in the…
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