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Fort George Brewery + Public House

 

a collaboration with de garde, way cool, dont see them involved with many clean beers, so i was stoked to try this. even cooler is that we got to try a couple of different batches side by side, or at least from a couple of different canning runs, one super fresh, one apparently a few months old, procured and shared by my homie. they are pretty similar really, the newer one maybe slightly green, the old one with some diesel character to the hops, but both are lovely, good bitterness, flavorful and distinctive on the hop side, fuller feeling but dry in terms of malt, off from full yeast neutrality but in a way that adds unique character, and overall cohesive and well refined and super drinkable, although with de garde involved i think i was hoping for some bretty funk or something. pretty clear, frothy white headed from the pint cans, and holding great carbonation the whole time its in the glass. the nose on both is weedy and dank with some cooked citrus, canned pineapple, and southern hemisphere melon type character, a little candied with some grain running sweet, catty mosaic abounds to me, but there is green grape and pear too, and i get all of this in the flavor as well, some oats in support is cool, i can taste and feel them, a toasted thing too but short of caramelized, tropical fruit candy, white wine, thiol forward, a little bit of fuel. its pleasant and unique, its well made, and i like it, but its also a little overly mosaic forward if i am being critical, seems like you cant find an ipa in the west these days that doesnt use it, cool that its still as original as it is even with that, but that note sticks out. frothy feeling and satisfying, lemony as it warms, a neat collaboration, id love to try the one they made together at de garde!

 

 

16oz can purchased as a 4 pack from Westside Taphouse in West Salem Oregon.
$17 a 4 pack.
Pours a slightly murky yellow body with a large white head. Gorgeous lace.
Aroma is mainly tropical style hops, mango , green grapes, papaya and peach. Really nice.
Taste similar but with a little more piney hop and an underlying "wild" taste. I assume from DeGarde yeast?
Mouthfeel is very very fucking good, smooth yet well carbonated. Like a dream.
An excellent weird IPA. Loved it.

Canned Jan 4th, '23
Pours an unfiltered amber with an especially frothy head, near to overflowing our glass. Very nice citrus aroma wafts up from the head, but holds on as the head fades to lacing. Taste carries forward the citrus theme, with a hoppy first and foremost, with well-tempered bitterness. Finish is clean and fades to a hint of lemon peel. Any malt base keeps to itself. ABV rolls in at 6.4%, just about right for an IPA. it's slightly dry with good carbonation throughout. As it warms slightly, you can pick up a little more of the malt.

All around, this IPA is as good as any from the deep bench of IPAs from Ft. George and we'd put it in the leader-of-the-pack class. We are not sure on how the collaboration with De Garde Brewing plays in to this, as they are totally in another class of brewing with Wild Ales and related kinds for their entire lineup -- not a single conventional ale in their BA list of 150+ beers. Whatever, it's a fine result.

 

Can from Mongers.

A clear light orange with a dense white head with excellent retention. The nose is super dank with diesel Mosaic notes paired with an intense Strata character that borders on fresh hop like intensity. Minimal malt. The palate opens bitter, dank, herbaceous with weed, diesel, and pure Strata juice. Dripping with hop oils with intense flavor. A hair watery on the palate, holding this back. All told, lovely veer.