Vortex IPA
Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.19
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Vortex IPA is named in reverence to the tornado that nearly scattered our Sweet Virginia brew system (the original pub system) among the cornfields of Nebraska, while en route from Virginia Beach to Astoria. To this day, Sweet Virginia remains a workhorse in the public house and we continue brewing Vortex IPA as our flagship beer.
India Pale Ales were originally brewed strong to withstand the long voyage to India. Today, breweries concoct IPAs hoppy enough to make the trip back. Vortex IPA is Fort George’s contribution to the IPA arms race. Brewed with generous additions of Simcoe, Apollo, Comet, and Chinook hops throughout the brewing, fermentation, and conditioning phases, and balanced with heaps of pale malt. We designed Vortex IPA not to rip the taste buds off of your tongue, but rather vigorously stimulate your palate with lupulin ecstasy.
Hops: Simcoe, Apollo, Comet, Chinook
Malts: Great Western 2-Row, Grain Millers Flaked Whea
India Pale Ales were originally brewed strong to withstand the long voyage to India. Today, breweries concoct IPAs hoppy enough to make the trip back. Vortex IPA is Fort George’s contribution to the IPA arms race. Brewed with generous additions of Simcoe, Apollo, Comet, and Chinook hops throughout the brewing, fermentation, and conditioning phases, and balanced with heaps of pale malt. We designed Vortex IPA not to rip the taste buds off of your tongue, but rather vigorously stimulate your palate with lupulin ecstasy.
Hops: Simcoe, Apollo, Comet, Chinook
Malts: Great Western 2-Row, Grain Millers Flaked Whea
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. copper color, lacing head. decent hop aroma. hop resin quality, some citrus, grass. Dry and bitter, some malt but the hop character is more prominent. solid ipa.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2017
at 13:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tall can from Elizabeth Station shared with wife. Pours a hazy amber with a slightly tan huge head. Aroma is caramel, biscuit malt, some candied citrus notes. Taste is similar with some slight smokey notes and a little bit dirty piney bitterness aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2017
at 01:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Van Moll Brewpub. Clear orange to light amber color, medium sized white to off-white head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma and flavor both have malts, hops, sort of fruity but not the fruitiness I prefer, it reminds me of orange, orangepeel and apricot. Possibly brett as well. Meh.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2017
at 10:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured golden with white head. Nice hoppy bouquet of floral. Taste was soft drinkable hops.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2016
at 21:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep copper orange with a white head. Tropical fruits, pine, light oak, caramel malt. Medium body. Medium dry finish with a bitter edge. Starts with loads of promise but continually falls off. Nice overal.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2016
at 22:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy copper-orange with middling, lasting head. Aroma is marked by spruce-pine hoppiness and a big helping of tropical fruit. Flavor is very bright and fruity. Nice balance of some sweetness with the citrus and tropical fruit favors. Really good IPA. On tap at Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria, OR.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jun 2016
at 22:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can pours out golden topped with a small head. nose is pine citrus hops caramel sweet malts. taste is more of the nice hop mix and a nice malty backbone.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2016
at 22:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at GBBF 2013, day 4 - London. Pours clear gold with a bubbly white head. The nose has a bit of melon, grapefruit. Medium sweet flavor with notes of booze, pine needles, melon, white bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes sweetly, with moderate alcohol warmth, light dried citrus, pine, more melon. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2015
at 18:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a can dated 04/01/2015. Aroma is fairly hoppy with a strong Northwest hop character. Lots of grapefruit and pine resin. Light, pale malt notes. Some light fruit esters. Pours a slightly cloudy, pale yellow gold with a small, thin, white head that recedes to a thin film where it lingers. Moderate lacing and medium length legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with a moderate, pale malt note. Medium light cracker and biscuit notes. Moderate hop notes of a pine resin and grapefruit. Medium bitterness with a fairly dry finish. Some light stone fruit esters. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer. Lots of classic Northwest hop character with a dry, pale malt character. Rather bitter, but not over the top.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2015
at 00:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16oz can picked up at Bier Thirty
Pours cloudy golden with a lot of floaters, medium sized off-white head, some lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit and bisquity. Taste is fruity, bready, oranges with a bitter lemon finish
Good
Pours cloudy golden with a lot of floaters, medium sized off-white head, some lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit and bisquity. Taste is fruity, bready, oranges with a bitter lemon finish
Good
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2015
at 22:57