“We have gathered 14 House Stouts together to tap throughout the whole short month of February!” says Fort George’s Brian Bovenizer.  The recently expanded brewpub will feature 14 Stouts in 28 Days.  “As always,” says Bovenizer, “We will rotate some of our favorite Guest Stouts from all over the great northwest and beyond.”  

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Charlie Herrin aka The Beer Traveler heads out to Astoria, Oregon, home of The Goonies to check out Fort George Brewery where he meets with founders Jack Harris and Chris Nemlowill and explores the benefits of canned craft beer.

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Astoria, Oregon’s favorite brewery Fort George has announced the release of their fifth mainstay beer in 16-ounce cans. The beer is their popular year round unfiltered Belgian-style wheat brew known as Quick Wit. Quick Wit joins the lineup of popular Fort George perennial flavors including Vortex IPA, 1811 Pre-Prohiibition Lager, Cavatica Stout, and Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale. Here’s more on the Quick Wit release from the brewery: Read More…

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February is here and this means that two of the year’s boldest month-long beer events are happening in Oregon – Fort George Brewery’s Stout Month and Block 15 Brewery’s Bourbon Month.

It is February, the shortest month of the year, but this year it is a little longer thanks to it being leap year. That means every four years an added day is tacked on to the end of the month to synchronize with the astronomical year. What does this mean specifically? Well, for beer lovers here it means one more day to enjoy two of the best month-long celebrations around. Fort George Brewery of Astoria is returning their much anticipated Stout Month. For the full month of February, the artisan brew house will pay homage to rich, roasted barley delight. Each year since 2007, this month-long event sees the brewery’s public house surprisingly more hopping than in some coastal summer months. To the appeasement of beer zealots, this year’s Stout Month at the Fort will be bigger and better than ever thanks to added space and an expanded brewery. There will be at least eight of their own stouts presented, and the pub and taproom will also showcase some regional breweries’ most limited specialty brews.

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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 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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Fort George Brewery co-founder, Chris Nemlowill, and Powered By Yeast‘s Tim Ensign will be on hand at APEX Wednesday July 6th from 5-9PM.  Talk it up with Chris and Tim to find out about some of these one-off seasonal beers, and you might be able to schmooze them out of one of the new slap-wrap coozies, or a t-shirt!   With nine Fort George beers on tap as well as resh cans of 1811 Lager and Vortex IPA, you won’t need swag to be entertained.  Beers for this event include:

• Vortex IPA 1811 Lager
• Roscoe IPA
• Working Girl Porter
• Bourbon Barrel Cavatica Stout
• Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale
• Quick Wit
• Hellcat Smoked Pepper Tripel
• Spruce Budd Ale
• Magnifera Indica Belgae

…and the fabled unnamed Imperial IPA described as “an aromatic faux Imperial Pilsner!”

APEX is located at 1216 SE Division Street in beautiful Portland, Oregon.

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Fort George Brewery co-founder, Chris Nemlowill, and Powered By Yeast‘s Tim Ensign will be on hand at APEX Wednesday July 6th from 5-9PM.  Talk it up with Chris and Tim to find out about some of these one-off seasonal beers, and you might be able to schmooze them out of one of the new slap-wrap coozies, or a t-shirt!   With nine Fort George beers on tap as well as resh cans of 1811 Lager and Vortex IPA, you won’t need swag to be entertained.  Beers for this event include:  Read More…

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Today’s Portland Cheers To Belgian Beers kicks off at noon. From the looks of things at last nights preview dinner, we are feeling pretty confident that this year’s PCTBB will prove to the the best yet. Here’s three key reasons why… Read More…

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