Fort George Brewery celebrates 2026 Vortex Month w/ five Vortex IPA variants
FIVE VORTEX VARIANTS FOR FIVE YEARS OF VORTEX MONTH
Fort George Brewery out of Astoria, Oregon has announced their 2026 Vortex Month celebrating their flagship IPA with five special variants and a series of events.
More from a press release:
Over 19 years of making beer, Fort George has worked on a lot of IPAs. At least a few thousand. But by far the IPA they've worked on the most is their bestselling Vortex IPA.
Vortex has been a Northwest favorite for nearly two decades, at the top of the charts from the Fort George taproom in Astoria to the shelves of your local bottle shop. Vortex was one of the first beers brewed on the Fort's 8.5 barrel brewhouse which still stands at the back of their Pub in Astoria, cranking out small batch experimental beers. It’s an ever-changing IPA - evolving in response to the tastes of people looking for a new and innovative beer, while maintaining its distinctive, unifying, familiar flavor across all of its many iterations. Like the brewery, which has grown from a small team and an 8.5 barrel system to one of the largest independent breweries in Oregon, the recipe, color and flavor of Vortex has changed a lot since 2007. At Fort George, a beer is never finished. The Fort's brewers are always on the lookout for new and better hops, always open to changing processes to increase efficiency, to improve the beer, and to hand their customers the best pint they've had today.
Fort George first celebrated Vortex Month five years ago, in April 2021. On April 1st, 2026, Fort George launches into 30 days dedicated to their favorite IPA. This Vortex Month, the Fort is throwing parties all over the Northwest, selling special Vortex Month Merch, and releasing five new, limited Vortex Variants throughout the month including Tropical, West Coast Vor TaiP.A.(Vortex + Alvarado Street'sMai Tai PA) and Fuzztex, the first ever Hazy Vortex Variant, a collaboration with masters of Fuzz, Structures Brewing.
SPECIAL LIMITED RELEASES FOR VORTEX MONTH V
OUT NOW! Vortex + Mai Tai P.A. = VOR TAI P.A.
A tropical, fruity, powerful, assuredly crushable IPA.
From two of the best in the west: Fort George and Alvarado St.
OUT NOW! The Last Letter in Beer = OMEGATEX
A ripe, refreshing Double IPA double dry hopped with loads of Simcoe, Mosaic, Comet and Chinook hops.
Omega. The end. The last. The final word. A staff and customer favorite from back in the day of the Double IPA.
ON APRIL 1st! Vortex + a lot more hops = DDH VORTEX
Vortex with more Vortex in it. All the hops of a regular Vortex IPA, plus twice as many hops in the dry hop.
Fiercer, wilder, bolder.
ON APRIL 1st! Vortex + Fuzz = FUZZTEX
A peachy, piney, soft and creamy Hazy IPA collaboration with Structures Brewing in Bellingham.
Structures’ Fuzz + Fort George’s Vortex = the first-ever Hazy Vortex IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Chinook hops.
ON APRIL 14th! Vortex + Lucille = VORCILLE
A polite and polished West Coast IPA with the power of two Georges: Fort George and Georgetown.
Part Lucille, part Vortex, Vorcille is a bright, peachy, balanced West Coast IPA from your friends at Fort George and Georgetown Brewing in Seattle.
LONG LIVE VORTEX
Vortex Variants are available for a limited time. You can find all five special Vortex Variants as well as the original Vortex IPA in the Fort George Pub on draft and in cans, as well as throughout the Northwest. Vortex Month is the perfect time to revisit one of the original and best IPAs on the West Coast.
Find Vortex IPA year round wherever you get good beer.
OFF SITE EVENTS
4/1 - Vortex Month Kickoff at Saraveza, Portland
4/3 - Vortex Month at Steel Pail, Eugene
4/3 - Vortex Month Kickoff at Chuck's Hop Shop, Central District, Seattle
4/10 - Vorcille Release Party at Ridgewood Bottle & Tap, Seattle
4/14 - Vortex Flight Night at Rivers Place, Bend
4/16 - Vortex Month at Crosscut Warming Hut, Bend
4/18 - Vortex Magic Night at Beer Junction, Seattle
4/25 - Vortex Month at Wine & Beer Haus, Seaside
4/29 - Vortex Island at Cease and Desist, Friday Harbor