Helloooo. And Goodbye...

Some good pics from the Focus on the Beer fellas from 2013 and beer world. Take a look here. Craft beer and new breweries popping all over our turf this past year: Red Leg and Great Storm completing the Beermuda triangle anchored by Trinity, Nano 108 opened their doors to the public and Lofty Brewing should have beers on tap in town, although I don't know where yet, with tap room plans pending, Kevin Beity passed the reins over to Smiling Toad, and a newish kinda concept for this part of the world, the Wild Goose Meeting house opened its doors around Thanksgiving, serving craft beer, wine and lots of fancy pants coffee and tea. Whew! Manitou is finally getting a brewery, due to open February-ish, with Fossil Brewing in Old Colorado City area close on its heels and a brewery that I know nothing about ~ Fieldhouse Brewing, setting up shop on the south end of Tejon and the GreenMan Tap Room, now occupying the old Church at the corners of Weber and Costilla, due to open Spring of 2014. All this as we say good-bye to Kinfolks, a Manitou 'tradition' for some of us. After being closed for a week, word leaked out that they would open their doors for one final night last night. The place was packed, and the beer was aflowin'. They will be terribly missed, and not just because they were the ONLY place in Manitou where you could take your pooch to drink with you. Always good beer on tap and we'll all miss the thrill of playing the pbr cap game and the chance of getting a free one. A bunch of us had some really good times in that tiny little place. Here's hoping that it's back very soon.