Fort George Brewery of Astoria, Oregon continues its impressive expansion efforts. A year ago, we reported about their initial growth from an 8-barrel brewery to a 30-barrel one that involved adding more than 40,000 square feet to their  downtown property.

Now with more space to grow into and a bottling and packaging line, Fort George has begun putting forth more brands to not only Clatsop County and the Portland area, but they have pushed into the Washington market as well. In recent weeks they’ve added two 120-barrel fermentors and one 120-barrel brite tank from Metalcraft Fabrication in Portland, tripling capacity in their production facility.

Thanks to all of their hard work, Fort George will be adding two new flavors to their canned beer lineup that already includes Vortex IPA, 1811 Pre-Prohibition Lager, and Cavatica Stout. In February Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale will become available in 16-ounce tallboys, and later in April, their popular Quick Wit will also become commercially available in cans.

Fort George has also begun construction for expansion of their restaurant, although this is about a year out. Fort George’s Tim Ensign says “We have started construction on the second story above the current Fort George restaurant; the new space will more than double the current space.”

Stout Month and other Events

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Fort George of Astoria, Oregon will be infiltrating the taps at Bottles in NE Portland with an assortment of Black and Bitter beers (hence this event’s name). Look for these mouthwatering selections to pour for you:

Black:
-Makers Mark Bourbon Bbl Cavatica Stout
-Coffee Girl Stout
-Coal Miners Black Lager
-Polish’s Black Walnut Stout

Bitter:
-Roscoes Wild Rice IPA
-Bad Juju Imperial IPA
-Red Tide Imperial Red
-Double Dry Hopped Vortex IPA with Zythos Hops

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Fort George Brewery‘s Cavatica Stout will release their first round of 16-ounce cans at The BeerMongers on Thursday afternoon for immediate release.  BeerMonger co-founder Sean Campbell says “We will have some Fort George beer on draft and a few bits of swag to give away.  Thursday we will also be hosting a benefit for the Bridge City Guild, a local group that raises money for children’s charities.  Bridgeport Brewing has donated a keg of Ebenezer that we will pour for $4 a pint and all the money will go to Bridge City Guild.”

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Fort George Brewery‘s Cavatica Stout will release their first round of 16-ounce cans at The BeerMongers on Thursday afternoon for immediate release.  BeerMonger co-founder Sean Campbell says “We will have some Fort George beer on draft and a few bits of swag to give away.  Thursday we will also be hosting a benefit for the Bridge City Guild, a local group that raises money for children’s charities.  Bridgeport Brewing has donated a Read More…

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Check out (the attached pic) for the Brewers Dinner we are doing at Kenton Station!!
$25 bucks gets you 5-10 oz pours & 5 courses….

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Thursday night, October 27th our friends from Ft. George Brewing in Astoria will be in town for our own little Astoria Cans Film Fest.  We’ll have $2 cans of their 1811 Lager and $3 cans of their awesome Vortex IPA.

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Fort George Brewery and Public House of Astoria, Oregon is pleased to announce the 22-ounce bottle release of their North V Strong Ale. This everchanging seasonal will embody the character of a fruit cake this year. Here’s the description of this year’s North:

A holiday tradition continues at Fort George Brewery with our Fifth rendition of the North series. Originally brewed to attend the Great American Beer and Barleywine Festival in Alaska we change this beer every year, but keep the Strong Ale base as a constant. Last year we imagined a Christmas tree being thrown into the beer and devised a recipe that included spruce buds, cranberries, and a giant candy-cane. This year we took another holiday icon, the fruitcake, and designed our holiday seasonal in its’ honor. A mash of barley, oats, wheat, rye, rich caramel and honey malts are mildly spiced with Cascade and Saaz hops, fermented with Fort George house yeast then allowed to condition on hand-splintered, rum inspired oak. A Glase Fruit concoction that includes cherries, pineapple, orange and lemon peel is dissolved into the finished beer to add the final touches. Designed and bottled to age, we are sure this version of the Fruit Cake will not be passed down for generations, but opened and imbibed at many a cheerful gathering.

Belmont Station will host a special release party for North V on Friday October 28, 2011 from 5-8PM. They will have 22oz bottles for sale (2 per customer limit 1 to enjoy and 1 to cellar).   North V will also flow on tap along with Fort George’s Drunkin Pumpkin.

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Fort George Brewery and Public House of Astoria, Oregon is pleased to announce the 22-ounce bottle release of their North V Strong Ale. This everchanging seasonal will embody the character of a fruit cake this year. Here’s the description of this year’s North:

A holiday tradition continues at Fort George Brewery with our Fifth rendition of the North series. Originally brewed to attend the Great American Beer and Barleywine Festival in Alaska we change this beer every year, but keep the Strong Ale base as a constant. Last year we imagined a Christmas tree being thrown into the beer and devised a recipe that included spruce buds, cranberries, and a giant candy-cane. This year we took another holiday icon, the fruitcake, and designed our holiday seasonal in its’ honor. A mash of barley, oats, wheat, rye, rich caramel and honey malts are mildly spiced with Cascade and Saaz hops, fermented with Fort George house yeast then allowed to condition on hand-splintered, rum inspired oak. A Glase Fruit concoction that includes cherries, pineapple, orange and lemon peel is dissolved into the finished beer to add the final touches. Designed and bottled to age, we are sure this version of the Fruit Cake will not be passed down for generations, but opened and imbibed at many a cheerful gathering.

65 cases coming of North V will find their way to Portland with a suggested retail of $8.99. Look for it to should start hitting the shelves on Thursday October 27, 2011. Belmont Station will host a special release party for North V on Friday October 28, 2011 from 5-8PM. They will have 22oz bottles for sale (2 per customer limit 1 to enjoy and 1 to cellar).   North V will also flow on tap along with Fort George’s Drunkin Pumpkin.

More tanks and more cans

Look out for more canned goodness coming soon from Fort George. According to Read More…

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When the Fort George has been in the Oregonian newspaper, the writer has been John Foyston. Best known for being one of the top beer journalists in the Northwest–John has been writing about Oregon craft beer for 20 years–he’ll be at Fort George this month, not reporting, but showing off one of his more obscure talents, oil painting.

John’s art will be on display in our tap room during the 2nd Saturday Art Walk October 8th. John will be in Astoria for an artist’s reception on October 15th in the tap room, where you can meet him and talk art and beer (that will immediately follow the Barley’s Angels event) 4-7 p.m.

In the photo on the left, the late legendary Portland publican, Don Younger, admires his portrait that John painted. In recent years, John has begun painting “plein air” landscapes, with easel set up onsite.

You can see his writing regularly in his print column in the A & E section of the Oregonian as well as his blog, The Beer Here.

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