Please Welcome Costa Rica's Craft Brewing Company.

I like that name. Clunky but sensible.

The news: A microbrewery is planning to launch its first beer the first or second week of November. The new Costa Rica's Craft Brewing Company is in Cartago, the same spot formerly occupied by Cerveceria K & S. Same place, same system, new owners, new brewing team. And plenty of new ideas.

Already fermenting, I'm told, are pilot batches of experimental, sourish farmhouse beers using cas, passion fruit, mango and guava.

Brandon Nappy, who owns Costa Rica's Craft Brewing along with business partner Peter Gilman, said a hoppy American-style pale ale is coming in the near future. However, "the first beer will be a very light golden ale, because we know that most people down here aren't really ready for that punch in the face."

See? I told you. Sensible.

The brewmaster is C.S. Derrick, who co-founded Crested Butte and has brewed for Flying Dog. Derrick also launched and ran a brewub in Venezeula for about five years, so he should be familiar with Latin American culture and the challenges of selling craft beer here.

Nappy said the team aims to properly introduce Costa Rica to American craft beer -- beer dinners, tastings and other special events included. "We want to bring not just the beer but the culture as well."

So there's a tease for you. Plenty more coming soon.

Photo courtesy of Brandon Nappy. I haven't met these guys in person yet, so I'm not sure who's who, but I reckon the guy with long pants and heavy shoes would be the brewer. In my limited experience, the guys who wear flip-flops inside breweries are the owners. Nobody else would be allowed.