Fort George Brewery and Public House

Kites and Crows

2009-11-13T14:36:00.000-08:00

Sunday, November 14th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria

Kites and Crows return to the Fort George Brewery and Public House on Sunday, November 14th at 8pm. Ashland, OR is home to the country's largest repertory theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Within the large company's wealth of members, emerges an indie folk band called Kites & Crows. The name KITES & CROWS, actually, is inspired from the Oregon Shakepseare Festival's 2008 production of Coriolanus, where the recently banished battle hero is hiding out "...under the canopy...in the city of kites and crows..." He was joined by multi - instrumentalist ( accordion, banjo, mandolin, lapsteel) Jesse Baldwin in July 2008. The two musicians met at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where Mysha is a stagehand and Jesse is a lighting technician.

Kites and Crows toured the NW in the Fall of 2008 and upon returning to Ashland, they were joined by Bryan Helfrich ( from ONE HORSE SHY) on drums and Kabir Stanton on Bass. The troupe recently released a debut ep album called Passenger. With the image of a Columbia river sternwheeler on the cover, the songs display a sense of navigation, vintage images and a longing to be vividly sincere. Tour dates, music and more information can be found online at www.myspace.com/kitescrows

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Bruce Smith and Boda Boys

2009-11-05T00:33:00.001-08:00

Sunday, Nov 8th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.
www.brucesmithmusic.com

Southwest meets Northwest: Texas native Bruce Thomas Smith plays Original “Transplant Rock” (TM), You know, Guitar in the driver seat and a story teller in the back, top down, cruisin’ just below the speed-limit, open highway, and tons of fresh scenery. Bruce Smith brings his trio to the Fort George Brewery and Public House on Sunday, November 8th at 8pm.

Holiday Ale Brewer's Dinner

2009-11-02T04:11:00.000-08:00

The Holiday Ale Brewer's Dinner will be on Wed. Nov. 11th. Below you can view the menu. All brewer's dinners will be held on the second Wednesday of every month and start at 6:00 P.M. $55.00 will buy you five courses of food with beer to match each course; this price includes gratuity. A $5.00 per person discount will apply for anyone who purchases two or more tickets and reservations are required. Call 503-325-PINT for reservations and more info.

Holiday Ale Dinner
Wednesday, November 11th 2009

Intro
Ham and Prawn Croquette
Alaskan Brewing Co. – Winter Spruce Tip Ale

Salad
Roasted Delicota Squash and Bell Peppers on a Bed of Spinach with a Balsamic Vinaigrette and Parmesan Cheese
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Celebration Ale

Soup
Yukon Gold and Parsnip Bisque with Creamed Leaks and a Blue Schorcher Crostini
Oakshire Brewing Co. – Ill Tempered Gnome

MAIN COURSE
Horseradish Encrusted Maple Leaf Duck Breast with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Creamed Spinach and Reduction of Duck Stock with Cherries
Fort George Brewery – North III Tripple

DESSERT
Ginger, Pumpkin and Molasses Cheesecake
Bison Brewing Co. – Gingerbread Ale

North III Trippel

2009-11-01T18:24:00.001-08:00

Belgian Style Trippel
Brewed strong, bold and sweet with honey malt and maple syrup, then fermented with our jolliest Belgian yeast this beer then rests in the bright tank with 60 pounds of finely chopped sugar plumbs until the elves can wait no more. The resulting elixir arrives onyx in hue with hints of oak and spice and a rich, complex cornucopia of cheer for your palate. This is a fruitcake that won't get tossed.
OG 1.084. TG 1.018. abv 8.8%.
I.H.U's (international holiday units) 99

The Blair Street Mugwumps

2009-11-01T02:51:00.000-08:00

Sunday, Nov 1st
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria
www/myspace.com/theeblairstmugwumps

From Eugene, Oregon, The Blair St. Mugwumps are bringing their back porch stompin hokum jug band blues to Astoria.
They are self-described as “ruckussy, raunchy and rooted in the Southern dirt” musicians. On uke, banjo uke, banjo, jug-a-phone, duck call, harmonica, kazoo is Reverend Jazzbo Pappy Hamhock, on washboard, kazoo, whistlin is Jobydiah Grizwald "5 Ball" Hudson III, on musical saw and ukulele is Darlin Clementine, on resoponic guitar is Hollywood "Creamy" Sanchez and introducing on washtub bass, Imelda "Cookie" Lamour. The Blair Street Mugwumps are folding their tents after almost four years, lot's of hangovers and several changes in personnel, they are preparing for their final curtain call and the Fort George Brewery is second to last on their tour. Don't miss their playful stage presence and good old time blues this Sunday, Novemebr 1st. The show is at 8pm and there will be no cover.

Come Celebrate Halloween at the Fort George Hellorium!!!

2009-10-27T08:30:00.000-07:00

The Blair Street Mugwumps

2009-10-27T08:23:00.000-07:00

The Blair Street Mugwumps
Sunday, Nov 1st
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria
www/myspace.com/theeblairstmugwumps

From Eugene, Oregon, The Blair St. Mugwumps are bringing their back porch stompin hokum jug band blues to Astoria.
They are self-described as “ruckussy, raunchy and rooted in the Southern dirt” musicians. On uke, banjo uke, banjo, jug-a-phone, duck call, harmonica, kazoo is Reverend Jazzbo Pappy Hamhock, on washboard, kazoo, whistlin is Jobydiah Grizwald "5 Ball" Hudson III, on musical saw and ukulele is Darlin Clementine, on resoponic guitar is Hollywood "Creamy" Sanchez and introducing on washtub bass, Imelda "Cookie" Lamour. The Blair Street Mugwumps are folding their tents after almost four years, lot's of hangovers and several changes in personnel, they are preparing for their final curtain call and the Fort George Brewery is second to last on their tour. Don't miss their playful stage presence and good old time blues this Sunday, Novemebr 1st. The show is at 8pm and there will be no cover.

Lumberyard Grill Brewers Dinner Nov. 12th

2009-10-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

Here is the Menu for the Brewers Dinner featuring Fort George on Nov 12th at the Lumberyard Grill in Cannon Beach, OR. For more information visit their website at http://www.lumberyardgrill.com

Hillfolk Noir

2009-10-25T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hillfolk Noir
Sunday, October 25th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria
http://www.myspace.com/hillfolknoir

"Whether its the tolling bells of deathbed fevers, the loping swagger of a stranger in town walking down mainstreet as every gunslinger in town stops and stares, or the wagon trains of woe rolling past desolate, arid, landscapes on a breeze of radiation, Ward and his Hillfolkers flow through the last wisps of a world gone very wrong for the protagonist with crooked, receding grins at reapers grim and eager as they transcend the alt.country hokum with a full-tilt-off-kilter medicine show of captivating enchantment that should diffuse beyond the canyons, badlands and sad-swaying hillsides of Idaho."

-Medicine Stu, Maverick Magazine

Hillfolk Noir of Boise, Idaho returns to the Fort George Brewery and Public House on Sunday, October 25th. Travis Ward formed the band in the late 90's playing shows and selling low budget recordings under the name Travis Ward and Junkyard Bandstand. Soon a full time band was formed that toured the North West several times and sold a couple thousand self produced albums. After the Junkyard Bandstand rhythm section moved from Boise to Oregon in search of cheaper groceries, Travis formed a new group.

Hillfolk Noir still plays the old songs, but has a much more reckless sound and more new material than they know what to do with. They've played shows with James McMurtry, Built to Spill, Bonnie Prince Billy, Gerald Collier, Heroes and Villains, Train, Jesse Dayton, the Dusty 45's, Neva Denova, Neko Case, and tons of other great acts that you may or may not have heard of.

Hillfolk Noir recorded the foundation of their new album Diggin' Songs live in a generous friend's tiny North End house. With their amps in closets, drums next to the woodstove, singers in bathrooms, and microphones in every unoccupied corner, the four piece band breathed life into the songs and the characters that meander through them. The production continued in an even tinier garden shack, complete with egg crate soundproofing and a large spider population. With the dark theme of "Digging," these recordings wander out of the sage covered hills through beatnik juke joints, Appalachian swamp shacks, and psychedelic deltas. Exhausted and proud of the finished product, Hillfolk Noir humbly invites you to come into the fog and let your eyes roll back.

Hillfolk Noir's song "Johhny's Last Run" is available on the Flying M's "Coffee Garage Rock" comp. A great compilation of bands including; the Invasion, the Very Most, Paleo, Universal, and tons of others. Hillfolk Noir's song "The Great Grizzly Bear Scare" is available on Tender Loving Empire Records comp-"Friends and Friends of Friends. Another great compilation featuring lots of NW bands.

Marta live at 8 pm

2009-10-18T20:09:00.001-07:00

Sunday, October 18th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St. -Astoria
www.fortgeorgebrewery.com
www.musicbymarta.com

Originally from Lublin, Poland, singer songwriter Marta Pacek tours to the Northwest and stops at the Fort George Brewery and Public House on Sunday, October 18th. She was born in Poland during the period of Soviet communist dominance in the early 80's. Her mother, a singer in a rock band and her father an engineer straight out of the Polish army immigrated to Australia where they dreamt of a better life in a counrty where their children could have the opportunity for a brilliant and free life.

Growing up in the 90's in the capitol of Australia Canberra, in a moderately poor household lead Marta to rummage through her parents old vinyl records when half the world was already listening to cd's.

As a restless teen, who struggled with her identity as an Australian immigrant and various religious and cultural confliicts with her catholic parents, Marta found comfort in folk singer songwriters who expressed similair themes of loneliness, sorrow and disenchantment. Artists such as Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Tim Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan were of high interest. Her obsession with narrative songwriters extended into bands Fleetwood Mack, Traveling Wilburys and The Pretenders who melded pop sensibility nto their folksy tales.

By the time Marta had reached her late teens she had been affected by Australian bands INXS, Crowded House The Divynals and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Marta has said, "I admired all types of artists: wordsmiths, writers poets, painters, sculpters, screenwriters and of course songwriters., any one who had the courage to say something in a unique way..."

Marta's sound is reminiscent of the 60's San Francisco scene when poetry was rampant. Her music is narrative and thought provoking, sometimes lucid and at other times cryptic. Her tales can be anything from hauntlingly reflective to highly infectious folk/pop songs. They are distinct stories of fear, betrayal, discovery, love found and love thrown away. Don't miss her performance at 8pm. There is no cover charge.

--
AstoriaHideouts.com
FortGeorgeBrewery.com

Fort George beer dinner at Venti's Cafe, Salem this Sunday

2009-10-17T22:57:00.000-07:00

By John Foyston, The Oregonian

October 15, 2009, 12:55PM

Jack Harris and Chris Nemlowill in front of the Fort George chalk board, the best in the bizz...

Chris Nemlowill says there are still a few tickets left, so give the cafe a call...this menu certainly sounds worth the drive to Salem, and we know the beer will be sublime.

6-9pm October 18th from Venti's Cafe, 325 Court St NE, Salem;$40, call first, 503-399-8733.

Appetizer: Braised tornado of lamb and grilled salmon mousseline, paired with Vortex IPA

Salad: Frisee, radicchio, watercress, & arugula, tomato with salt pork lardons and fresh croutons with a Divinity Ale vinagrette, paired with Divinity Ale

Entree: Duck Fat braised short ribs with a lamb and stout beer demi & celery root puree, paired with Cavatica Stout

Dessert: Chocolate Torte paired with Coffee Girl Espresso Stout.

More information here.

Beer Descriptions:

Vortex IPA

India Pale Ales’s were designed to withstand the long voyage to India. Today, it seems one has to design the IPA strong and hoppy enough to make the trip back as well. Vortex IPA is Fort George’s first foray into this strong beer category. With generous additions of Cascade, Simcoe and Palisade hops throughout the brewing, fermentation and conditioning phases, balanced with heaps of organic pale malt, we designed this to not rip your tastebuds off your tongue, but rather vigorously stimulate them and your palate into a lupulinecstacy of pleasure.

During the cross-country truck trip our brewery made to find it’s home in Astoria it was nearly scattered to the cornfields of Nebraska by a tornado. We try to capture some of nature’s intensity in every pint.

If that doesn’t give you some idea of what this beer is about, here are the numbers.

ABV 7.7% IBU 97

Ingredients:

Cascade Hops

Simcoe Hops

Palisade Hops

Organic Gambrinus Pale Malt

Victory Malt

40L Crystal Malt

NW Ale Yeast

Divinity

Brewers use raspberries in fruit beer because they work so well. Tart and crisp, the essence easily moves into the beer without cloying sweetness. The brewers at Fort George were seeking something unique so delved into the O.S.U. Ag department's archives to discover the Olallieberry - a hybrid of Logan and Youngberry, each of which is a cross between blackberry, raspberry and dewberry. Huge and sweet with blood-red juice, yet fragile and easily bruised, these berries never found a commercial market in their whole form, but as a jam, wine and now for the first time a beer they have found Divinity.

5.2% abv, IBU's = (international berry units) off the scale.

ingredients:

Organic Gambrinus Pale Malt

Organic Gambrinus Malted Wheat

40lbs Olallieberry

Hoegaarden Wit Yeast

Cavatica Stout

An immense, bold, black as night, American stout beauty; Cavatica is no dry Irish anything. Made in the tradition of terminator, except stronger, one sip and you will surely take notice to what you’re drinking.

The name honors this brewer’s affinity with Arachnia. Be forewarned, this beer will stain your clothes.

SG @ 1078

TG @ 1012

ABV 8.8%

Ingredients:

8 Different Malts.

Palisade Hops

Mt. Rainer Hops

Coffee Girl Imperial Stout

Russian Imperial Stout conditioned on ten pounds of freshly roasted then french press ground espresso beans from Coffee Girl Cafe in Astoria, Oregon.

This beer was featured on the cover of the living section in the Oregonian on Valentines day 2008

ABV 9.6%

Ingredients:

9 different Malts.

lots of Oatmeal

Tons of Malasses.

10IBLS CG Espresso

These suds aren't duds

2009-10-17T03:47:00.000-07:00

Fort George brewers buy Lovell Building, reveal expansion plans

<>By JOE GAMM
The Daily Astorian

Beer is business and business is good.

It doesn't hurt to have really good beer either.

The success that the Fort George Brewery has experienced over the past 2 1⁄2 years has inspired its owners Chris Nemlowill and Jack Harris to take a chance and try to grow.

The business partners (under the business name Big Beams LLC) completed the deal Wednesday to purchase the Fort George Building, the Lovell Building, the old Ocean Crest Chevrolet alignment shop and the Hertz lot all from Robert Stricklin. The properties make up almost a city block.

The brewery owners hope their expansion will help them extend their business into neighboring states and nearly double their workforce.

In its brief time at the Duane Street location, the brewery has enjoyed tremendous success.

"We've had some pretty rapid growth. Locals have really accepted Fort George Brewery as a place they want to come to, hang out and have a beer at," Nemlowill said.

Large groups had inquired about renting out the entire pub, but the business owners didn't want to close the pub to locals and regular customers. They have 150 members in their Mug Club, who they didn't want to ever have to turn away. They knew they needed a bigger space to rent out for large groups or events.

Harris said the obvious next step was to buy more room, "because it's expensive to rent." Though he praised Stricklin as a generous (former) landlord.

Harris said they never considered purchasing all the buildings until Stricklin told them it was package deal.

"It just opened our minds to new possibilities and new opportunities," he said.

They are purchasing enough equipment to triple in size, and want to increase their production capacity. They employ 23 people now, and anticipate the number to grow rapidly with expansion.

Fort George has 26 accounts in Clatsop County. Its beer is enjoyed as far away as Portland.

"We really haven't worked on pushing beer up to Portland," Nemlowill said. But 60 kegs head that far east every month. The brewery has reached its capacity. As the brewery expands, Nemlowill and Harris would like to package some of their products in pints.

The men intend to distribute their best-loved beers throughout Oregon and into Washington, Idaho and California. To reach their goals they need lots of room to expand.

Big beams indeed. And also very big buildings. The second floor of the Fort George Building is nearly 6,000 square feet. Large windows face out of the space on three sides. The brewers hope to open part of the space for customers and to use part to "barrel age" some of their beers in wine barrels. Last year they produced a Bourbon Barrel Stout, and a beer they called South. South was a Belgian-style beer aged on raspberries and "conditioned" in pinot noir barrels.

"Stuff like that is a lot of fun to produce," Nemlowill said.

As big as it is, the Fort George building is dwarfed by the Lovell Building.

In all, the Lovell Building is a massive 30,000 square feet. Its huge old-growth beams are similar to the 400-year-old Douglas Fir beams in Fort George.

The old buildings represent history. Perhaps none more than the Lovell Building, which survived the Great Astoria Fire.

The Lovell Building, built in 1921, was like a second home for Astoria resident Martha Dahl. Dahl's grandfather, Sherman Lovell, had the building constructed for Lovell auto Co., his automotive dealership.

Dahl believes the building was the first in Astoria to be built for the express purpose of housing an automotive dealership.

"This was a state-of-the-art dealership," she said.

But the year following completion of the building, tragedy struck when the Great Astoria Fire destroyed many of the wood buildings that once occupied downtown.

Legend has it that when the fire reached as far east as 14th Street firefighters wanted to blow up Lovell's building so there would be a fire break. Sherman Lovell refused, and stood on top of the building firing warning shots at them.

Dahl said her family has its own lore about the building. She said Lovell had ordered a number of fire extinguishers for the new building. But when the shipment arrived there had been a mixup and instead of a number of individual fire extinguishers, he received that number of cases. Lovell hadn't had a chance to send the extras back.

"His employees got up on the roof. Every time an ember flew, they snuffed it," Dahl said. "The mistake of ordering too many saved the building."

Regardless of how the structure was preserved, after the fire, with so many businesses burned out of their buildings, Lovell moved his dealership to its previous location and opened his new building to other retail businesses, and called it the Lovell Arcade.

"Several of the displaced businesses in town moved in there," Dahl said.

Like her father, Dahl and her siblings worked in the dealership. She eventually managed it until the family sold the business in 1994.

Chris Nemlowill, co-owner of the Fort George Brewery and Public House, plans to have his kegs flowing inside the newly purchased Lovell Building, on 14th and Duane Street in Astoria Oct. 31 when the brewery hosts Halloween Hellorium. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian

Jack Harris, co-owner of the Fort George Brewery and Public House, will have more room to roam and stairs to conquer as the Astoria brewery expands its production and distribution beyond the Fort George Building. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian

• Brewery customers are going to have a chance to get a first-hand look at the Lovell Building starting at 9 p.m. Oct. 31, when Fort George hosts Halloween Hellorium. The event is intended to coincide with the Gallagher concert and the annual Halloween cyclocross held at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.

Drunkin Pumpkin just released!

2009-10-16T21:08:00.001-07:00

As we celebrate the fall of summer and the rewards of harvest, a pumpkin beer seems necessary. Fort George Brewers cut up and baked 120 pounds of pie pumpkins and threw them in with the mash. The resulting beer captures Autumn in a glass. A rich Amber, silky-smooth on the tongue with an essence of earth and all it's potential, this version forgoes the traditional use of pie spices so the palate can enjoy the subtlety of the garden, intoxicated with its' bounty.

6.5% abv 99 IPU's (international pumpkin units)

Jack Harris
Fort George Brewery
(503) 325-PINT
jack@fortgeorgebrewery.com

2009-10-15T01:24:00.000-07:00

October Newsletter

2009-10-14T01:51:00.000-07:00

Our Co-Hoperative is making an apperance at the Eugene Fresh Hop Beer Tastival

2009-10-13T03:21:00.000-07:00

10/17/2009
Oregon Bounty
Fresh Hop Beer Tastival
Produced by the
Oregon Brewers Guild
948 Olive St.
Eugene
Admission is free
21+ Only
$5 for a tasting glass-Required to taste.
It’s your once-a-year chance to taste what Oregon’s finest brewmasters can do with just-picked hops. Sample more than 20 fresh hop beers from Oregon’s top craft brewers, large and small. Admission is free; glasses $5 and are required to taste, individual tastes are $1.

Wild Mushroom Harvest Brewer's Dinner Wednesday Oct. 14th

2009-10-08T15:27:00.000-07:00

The shorter days and increase in precipitation bring a smile to my face every October…Mushrooms! October 14 will be the first of six Brewer’s Dinners at the Fort George Brewery. Below you can view the menu. All dinners will be held on the second Wednesday of the month and start at 6:00 P.M. $55.00 will buy you five courses of food with beer to match each course; this price includes gratuity. A $5.00 per person discount will apply for anyone who purchases two or more tickets and reservations are required. We will take a short break in the month of March to prepare for our 3rd birthday party, Sunday, March 14th. Call 503-325-PINT for reservations and more info.
See you there!
- Dana, Head Chef

Wild Mushroom Harvest Dinner

Wednesday, October 14^th²⁰⁰⁹

^Intro

^{King Oyster Mushroom Duxelle with Blue S}^{corcher Cro}^stini

^{Fort George Brewery – Golden Goose}

^Appetizer

^{King Boletus and Cavatica}^Stout^Sausages

^{Served on a Bed of Caramelized Onions}

^{Buckbean Brewing Company -}^{Black Noddy Lager}

^Salad

^{Butter Leaf Greens with Toasted Pecan}^{Chèvre Chaud}^{and Quick Wit - Peach Vinaigrette}

^{Dogfish Head Craft Brewery -}^{Festina Pêche}

^Soup

^{Smoked Lobster Mushroom Bisque with a Rosemary Gremolata}

^{Stone Brewing Company – Stone Smoked Porter}

^{MAIN COURSE}

^{Morel and Rabbit Pot Pie}

^{Fort George Brewery}^{– Illuminator Dopplebock}

^DESSERT

^Chanterell^e^{and Apricot Ice Cream Sandwich}

^{Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH}^-^{Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock}

Matt Zeltzer

2009-10-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Ocotber 4th
8pm No cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria

Matt Zeltzer tours to Astoria'a Fort George brewery and Public House this Sunday night October 4th. Zeltzer is a blues/roots slide guitar musician from Portland, Oregon. He brings a driving mixture of fierce, bone-shaking slide guitar and subtle finger-picked folk. The stirring texture of his guitar is tied with highly poetic lyrics and a soulful, seemingly timeless voice: reminiscent of an earlier generation of folk music, yet standing alone as a unique and contemporary expression. While Zeltzer's talent is bordering on masterful, it is the intense energy, vibrancy, and unusual honesty that transform Zeltzer's music into compelling and profound art.

Raised in the smoggy settlements outside Los Angeles, half way through his life, Matthew’s family relocated further North, where endless cities give way to suburbs, farms, and finally the Pacific Ocean. Just shy of 14, Matthew took up surfing and electric guitar, thus extending a lifelong relationship with music (and the sea). Matthew now lives in Portland, Oregon, between traveling off of the map, in search of a world hidden beneath the Formica veneer of the disposable age.

Zeltzer has been traveling backwards for as long as he can remember. “ I grew up listening to The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley out of the tape deck in my parents Camery wagon.” Eventually, his interests led him to the blues, and later folk music, from Buddy Guy, Howling Wolf, and the Band, and back to the likes of Son House, John Lee Hooker, and Lightnin’ Hopkins. Zeltzer has been playing music for nearly his entire life- after fiddling with the family piano and a guitar he received “around age four”, he began taking piano lessons at age eight, shifting his focus to guitar later. In the age of throwaway college degrees and text messaging, it is rare to find a young, well-developed artist such as Zeltzer. Already, at the age of 22, Zeltzer has released an EP, two demo CDs, played guitar on The Flying H’s EP “Shake It Out Loud,” and performed at numerous festivals, such as “One Family Gathering,” venues, benefit concerts, house shows up and down the west coast and in Hawaii— Music starts at 8pm and there is no cover charge.
www.myspace.com/mattzeltzer

Carrie Clark w/ opener Camille Bloom

2009-09-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

Sunday, October 11th
8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St. -Astoria

Two female solo singer/songwriters will perform at the Fort George Brewery and Public House on Sunday, October 11th. Carrie Clark is an Oregon native brought up on Willie Nelson, Crystal Gayle, and Johnny Cash, Carrie immersed herself in music at an early age, teaching herself piano and guitar. Describing her song writing tendencies, Carrie says "I'm a generally happy person, but song writing seems to bring out the dark side of my emotions. You have to have both, so in order to stay happy, the darker side of me is given to the songs I write." Carrie's liberal use of diverse musical sounds from country twang to vaudeville swing is unsurprising coming from a singer whose wide-ranging background includes membership in a Belle-and-Sebastian-esque pop duo, a reggae band, and a big-band jazz ensemble.

Opening the evening will be Camille Bloom. Known for her incredibly dynamic voice and edgy acoustic rock, Camille has played the most premiere venues on the East and West Coasts - ranging from New York City's Bitter End, Boston's Club Passim, Seattle's Triple Door, Tractor, and Crocodile, Los Angeles' The Mint and over 150 other rooms spanning the nation. She has had the chance to share the stage with such acts as Smashmouth, SUGARCULT, Brandi Carlile, Sarah Bettens, and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) and many more. Though modest about her achievements, in the last five years, she has been featured in Performing Songwriter Magazine, created the soundtrack for an HBO sponsored documentary "Not Straight Forward", was picked to be on a compilation CD with Michelle Malone and Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), completed over 25 national / international tours and has been added to several major and college radio stations throughout the nation: including Seattle's 103.7 The Mountain and KEXP. The show starts at 8pm and there is no cover.
www.carrieclark.com
www.camillebloom.com

Jon Davidson

2009-09-21T19:45:00.000-07:00

Sunday, September 27th

8pm No Cover
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St.-Astoria

“Jon’s songs are thoughtful and melodic. His voice is amazing and is the draw to his music that will keep you listening.”
--Lisa Wood, KUFO 101.1

Jon Davidson is a solo artist as well as the frontman for the hard rock band Silversafe. The singles "Beautifully Bittersweet" and "Going Home," from his latest album, Perfect Cliche, have garnered airplay on 200 FM stations in 45 states, and will be included in several upcoming films and MTV shows. His single, "What Can I Say?" has been selected for inclusion in the 2010 film, "Twisted Redemption." He has toured in 5 countries and played with artists such as Powerman 5000, Puddle of Mudd, The Exies, and Hurt.

Davidson is currently working on a new album at Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, BC. The songs are being produced by Jeff Johnson (Jet Black Stare, Adelitas Way), engineered by Chris Holmes (Korn, The Veer Union, Katy Perry), and mixed by Randy Staub (Metallica, U2, Nickelback, Our Lady Peace).

Jon has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and on E! Television, FOX, and ABC. His music is published by Dummy Boy Publishing, LLC. Jon's song "What Can I Say" has been chosen for inclusion in the upcoming feature film Twisted Redemption. He was the runner-up for the Best Male Artist Of The Year award at the 2009 Portland Music Awards.

Davidson is committed to using his music to make a tangible difference. He frequently performs benefit shows and other events for such organizations as the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the March of Dimes.

He is currently touring in support of his new solo album and performs emotive, eclectic, acoustic rock shows.
www.jondavidsonmusic.com

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2009-09-15T07:23:00.000-07:00

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Northwest Brew Cup is Coming Up

2009-09-15T07:11:00.000-07:00

Press Release September 6, 2009

Many of the best beers the region has to offer will be flowing at an Oktoberfest-type celebration in downtown Astoria this month—the 8th annual Pacific Northwest Brewcup.

“It’s exciting to have the opportunity to try beers that are not normally available in our area,” said organizer Chris Nemlowill of the Fort George Brewery + Public House.

Nemlowill adds, it’s a great weekend to come to Astoria, as the tourism season has mellowed, but the fall colors are coming out and the weather is still nice.

The Fort George will be releasing its fresh-hopped Co-Hoperative Ale, made with locally grown hops. This will be one of more than 36 beers from northwest craft breweries available for festival-goers to taste.

Root beers and ginger ales will also be available, making this a family-friendly event. There will also be food and live music all three days.

After last year’s success, organizers from the Baked Alaska Restaurant have joined up with the Fort George Brewery + Public House again. Together, they hope to make this a brewer-friendly event, with a focus on promoting handcrafted artisan brews.

Proceeds from the festival will go to the Clatsop County Food Bank.

Details:

September 25th, 26th, and 27th

Noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-4p.m. Sunday

Astoria Public Square: Duane Street, between 11th and 12th streets

$6 entrance fee includes a sampling glass and taste tokens are $1 each

For more information log onto www.fortgeorgebrewery.com or call (503) 325-PINT and ask for Jack or Chris.

We will be closed on Labor Day and will re-open on Tuesday at 4:00 PM

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We will be closed on Labor day in honor of our employees. We will re-open on Tuesday at 4:00 pm. So when you want some Fort George Beer on Labor Day please visit other local establishments that serve our beer on tap or come in the day before and get a growler to go!

* American Legion Hall - Cannon Beach
* Astor St. Opry Co.
* Astoria Coffeehouse Cafe
* Baked Alaska
* Bridgewater Bistro
* Cannery Cafe
* Clemente's
* Goose Hollow @ the Cove
* McKeown's
* Pizza Schmizza
* Rogue Pub
* Sam's Seaside Cafe
* San Dune Tavern
* Ship Inn
* Silver Salmon
* T. Paul's Supper Club
* The Lumberyard
* The Shipyard
* Triangle Tavern
* Voodoo Lounge

Iron Chef Goes Coastal

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Thursday, September 17, 2009
5:00 pm
Seaside Convention Center
415 First Ave.
Seaside, OR 97138

Chefs competing in the 2009 Iron Chef Goes Coastal event include John Newman of Newman’s 988, Lynn “Red” Pelletier of Bridgewater Bistro, Alex Kurrus of Astoria Golf and Country Club and William Leroux of Wayfarer Restaurant. The timed culinary competition will be decided by a panel of judges, while guests will have the opportunity to name a “People’s Choice” winner. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $40 for reserved seating. Iron Chef Goes Coastal is one of three major fundraising events hosted throughout the year by United Way of Clatsop County.

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