Get in the last weekend of Stout Month with The New School for a Brewvana Bus Tour from PDX to the Sunset Empire.  Tim from Fort George will be joining in for the bus ride with plenty of Fort George cans as you make your journey to and from the coast.  The perfect designated driver for an in depth look at the brew scene in Astoria.

BREWVANA Brewery Tours and The New School are teaming up to host a VIP tour to Astoria for craft beer enthusiasts, sponsored by Fort George Brewery.  The tour will visit Rogue Ales,  Astoria Brewing, and end at Fort George Brewery. Taking place Saturday, February 25th from 12-8pm, it is ALL inclusive, for $105 per person.

Each February, Fort George celebrate’s the darkest of beers during Stout Month, featuring eight different stouts.  The beer lineup includes Cavatica Stout, Spank Stout, Coffee Girl Stout, Mexican Chocolate Stout, Polish Black Walnuts Stout, Bourbon Barrel Cavatica Stout, Kentucky Girl Stout, and more. A “blind taster tray” will be served with eight stouts in a specific order and accompanied by a stout map with a legend. Fort George will also be providing beer for the bus ride there, as well as dinner.

Appetizers and beer will be served at Rogue, the first stop.  Next will be Astoria Brewing for a beer and a tour with head brewer John Dalgren.  Fort George will be the final destination with a tour of the facility, stout sampler tray, dinner and a tour of their recently expanded facility.

Seating is limited, and reservations must be made in advance.  Register on BREWVANA’s website or give them a call 503-729-6804.  Enter in “NewSchoolBeer” for %25 off!

In our second year as a host of the Fisher Poets Gathering, we have  non-stop poetic fisherman entertaining you all weekend long.  This year we will have the event in our newly remodeled Lovell Brewery Showroom Space with plenty of room and plenty of refreshments.  Check out the schedule:

Friday, February 24th.

MCs: Rob Seitz & Jon Campbell

6 p.m.

Pick & Hammer, Brownsmead OR

Michael McCusker, Astoria OR

7 p.m.

Alan Estes, Gloucester MA

Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA

Jon Branshaw, Westport WA

8 p.m.

Jon Campbell, Narragansett RI

Bob Powell, Tarpon Springs FL

John Copp, Portland OR

9 p.m.

Rob Seitz, Morro Bay CA

Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK

Brownsmead Flats, Brownsmead OR

Saturday, February 25th.

MCs: Dano Quinn & Tom Hilton

6 p.m.

Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR

Tom Hilton, Portland OR

Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR

7 p.m.

Clem Starck, Dallas OR

Sue Sutherland-Hansen, Poulsbo WA

Holly Hughes, Indianola WA

8 p.m.

The Lazy Boys, Astoria OR

Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK

Anna Orr, Port Townsend WA

9 p.m.

John Palmes, Juneau AK

Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA

Dano Quinn, Seattle WA

10 p.m.

Brownsmead Flats, Brownsmead OR

Come hang out at PDX’s longest running Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale tap, the Liberty Glass for a Can Release Party!  Fort George will be hanging out with their go-to OPA cans in hand to celebrate the release of this beer in 16oz pounders just in time for Spring.  Local Astorian Folk mastermind, Michael Hurley, will be hanging out playing music and there will be Fort George specials all night.  If you’ve never been to Liberty Glass, it’s the awesome pink house on the corner of Mississippi, just off of Interstate.  Directions to “Big Pink” below.