{"id":108979,"date":"2015-10-08T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T02:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/brewery-turns-1\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T02:10:46","slug":"brewery-turns-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/brewery-turns-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewery turns 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Sunny Williams pours a beer as the Mancos Brewing Co. celebrated its first year in business.<\/span>Tobie Baker\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The eight stools at its long wooden bar were filled by 5 p.m. last Friday as the Mancos Brewing Co. kicked off its one-year anniversary party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love this brewpup,\u201d said loyal customer Trina Lindig. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best things to happen in Mancos in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

An atypical beer consumer, Lindig said the charming atmosphere welcomed the entire community. She and her husband, Nicky, patron the watering hole nearly weekly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s refreshing,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a breath of fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mancos Brewing Company celebrated its first year in business with a two-day celebration on Oct. 2nd and 3rd. The party included live music from Wake Up Laughing, Kevin Frazier and Last Nickel as well as two commemorative brews, a fresh-hopped mild red and an oak-aged dark ale.<\/p>\n

Whole fresh hops from a farm on County Road G were used to add subtle lemony zing to the Mancos Valley Mild Red. With an alcohol content of 5.2 percent, the beer was easy on the taste buds.<\/p>\n

Aged with a hefty addition of bourbon-soaked oak chips, the Mancos Sh\u2019Ale Dark Ale was a bit dryer with an earthy aroma and smoky flavor. Weighing in at 6 percent alcohol by volume, the beer was equally easy to drink despite a more robust, darker color.<\/p>\n

Community: \u2018We have your back\u2019<\/p>\n

Owner and brew master DeWayne Jackson said opening a brewpup, like any business, has been a scary adventure. He reflected on various production interruptions in his first year, but he believes the hiccups associated with a start-up nanobrewery \u2013 which typically produces less than 3 barrels of beer, about 90 gallons, per batch \u2013 have been relieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re set to double our production in year two,\u201d said Jackson.<\/p>\n

Increasing from a 15-gallon operation to a 50-gallon production scale, Jackson is currently double batching recipes into a single 70 gallon fermenter to keep up with customer demand. It\u2019s a problem he\u2019s happy to undertake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community support cannot be understated,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cThe community at every level has been so generous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community has told us, \u2018We have your back. We want you here. If you need anything, let us know,\u2019\u201d Jackson continued.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the bar, Jackson\u2019s commitment and hard work to provide a refreshing product keeps Nicky Lindig and his wife returning to the public house. And they too grow hops along their front porch for Jackson to utilize in his recipes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful atmosphere that DeWayne has created here,\u201d said Nicky Lindig. \u201cWe\u2019d be here tonight even if it wasn\u2019t the anniversary party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to talk with people from other places and find out how we all live,\u201d added Trina Lindig. \u201cThe brew pub helps to make the world a smaller place.\u201d<\/p>\n

tbaker@the-journal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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