Oregon has always been difficult to summarize. Rivers become forests. Forests give way to orchards, mountain gorges, and coastlines where the Pacific seems to breathe directly into the brewhouse. Fort George Brewery has built its reputation by embracing that same sense of place, brewing everything from straightforward lagers to mixed-culture saisons, spruce ales, hop-saturated IPAs, and just about every fascinating stop in between. The Peaks & Pints Wednesday Fort George Flight follows a trail from the Lower Columbia River through evergreen woods, into a rustic farmhouse where wild microbes and peach pie happily ignore convention, climbs the wind-carved Columbia Gorge, and finally launches beyond the last hop field into a hazy galaxy stitched together with lupulin. Five beers. Five landscapes. One unforgettable trip across the wonderfully untamed imagination of Fort George.
Peaks & Pints Wednesday Fort George Flight
Fort George Lower Columbia Lager
4.2% ABV | American Light Lager | Astoria, Oregon
Some beers arrive wearing capes, antlers, and complicated mythologies. This one simply shows up cold, clear-eyed, and ready to make the afternoon behave. Pale Pilsner malt and torrefied rice weave a light, easygoing body with just enough soft sweetness to keep things human, while Comet and Cascade contribute delicate flashes of citrus blossom and meadow flowers before the finish clicks satisfyingly into place. It’s straightforward without being ordinary, honest without apology, like a breeze rolling down the Lower Columbia with absolutely nothing to prove.
Fort George Spruce Budd
4.5% ABV | Spruce Ale
The forest has been quietly making beer long before anyone thought to cultivate hops. Tender coastal spruce tips steal the spotlight, unfurling notes of evergreen, Meyer lemon, fresh pine needles, and wild herbs across a delicate Pilsner malt backdrop. The experience feels invigorating yet remarkably graceful, its gentle resinous snap suggesting less a glass of beer than an early-morning hike through Oregon woods still wrapped in mist. It’s the Pacific Northwest distilled into liquid form—not by taming the wilderness, but by inviting it to pull up a barstool.
Fort George Life’s a Peach and Then You Pie
5.5% ABV | Mixed-Culture Saison
A farmhouse baker apparently wandered into a wild fermentation cellar and decided recipes were merely polite suggestions. Juicy peach opens the conversation with sun-ripened generosity before cinnamon, vanilla, toasted cracker, and a fleeting suggestion of pie crust drift effortlessly into view, all buoyed by the beautifully untamed character of mixed-culture fermentation. Gentle Brett funk keeps every flavor in motion, while the saison’s bone-dry finish leaves behind only echoes of orchards, weathered wood, and microbes gleefully ignoring convention. It’s less dessert than the memory of one, recalled years later with a smile.
Fort George Glass Daggers
5% ABV | West Coast Pale Ale
Grace can be surprisingly sharp. Delicate Pilsner malt provides a lean runway before Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, and Chinook slice through with white grape, gooseberry, lime zest, grapefruit peel, and fragrant evergreen, each flavor landing with uncanny precision rather than brute force. The body stays nimble, the bitterness purposeful, polishing the palate instead of overwhelming it. It feels like a mountain wind threading its way through the Columbia Gorge while a perfectly timed guitar riff reminds everyone that elegance can still leave a mark.
Fort George 3-Way IPA Hazy Double (2026)
8% ABV | Hazy Double IPA | Astoria, Oregon
Beyond the last hop field, where galaxies are stitched together with lupulin instead of stardust, Fort George joins forces with Shred Beer and Uprise Brewing to chart an interstellar course. Waimea, Citra, Citra Cryo, Superdelic, Motueka Hop Kief, and an almost unreasonable amount of hop optimism unleash torrents of ripe mango, passion fruit, pineapple, white peach, lime zest, and Sauvignon Blanc-like gooseberry atop a luxuriously pillowy body built from wheat and oats. Bitterness wisely remains in the wings, allowing the dazzling fruit symphony to linger well after the taster glass is lowered. It drinks like summer accidentally wandered into deep space and found no compelling reason to return.
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