Fresh IPA, Fort George Brewery (4pk)

Fresh IPA was the first Fresh Hop beer FGB ever packaged. Each year they look for the newest, tastiest hops on the planet, then they take them – fresh off the bine – and dump them into a beer. This year, they loaded up the hop back with 500 pounds of Fresh Strata Hops from Coleman Agriculture.

Full of bright, zesty fresh Strata, Fresh IPA (2024) has been finely tuned and perfectly calibrated to go well with the end of summer, the beginning of the hop harvest, shorter days, longer nights, an increase in spiders and a decrease in sunburns.

From the bine, to the can, to your taste buds in just a matter of days, Fresh IPA is best consumed FRESH.

Brewer's Notes
Hops: Indie Strata, Fresh Coleman Strata
Malts: GW Premium 2Row, GW Pure Idaho, Weyermann Acidulated, Carafoam
Yeast: WLP001

About the Brewery (from the Fort George website)

A bit of History
Founded in March 1811 by Captain Jonathan Thorn, Astoria was the Pacific Fur Company’s primary trading post in the Pacific Northwest. Astoria was renamed Fort George after King George III while under temporary British Authority during the war of 1812. At over 200 years, Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies.

Since its inception, Astoria has been battered with a series of fires and industry collapses. In 2007 Fort George Brewery + Public house was established. Even though Sweet Virginia (our small batch brewery) was just a wee lady, she helped bring some of the thrum of hard work back to this pocket of the city.

A WHILE AGO (1921)
The Lovell Building was originally built in 1921 to house the expanding Lovell Auto Co. As fire devastated the downtown core in 1922, drastic measures were taken to save this new building. Many Astoria businesses lost their storefronts to the fire, and the Lovell Building transformed itself into a cultural hub for the city, housing the Lovell Arcade and the Blue Mouse Theater. The building remained an automotive dealership and repair facility until the late 1990’s.

In 1924 the Fort George Building was erected on the original settlement site of Fort Astoria, operating as an automotive repair shop through the early 1990’s. Briefly abandoned and sadly neglected, the Fort George Building has been revitalized and is now home to the Blue Scorcher Bakery and Fort George Brewery + Public House.