Hey we get it. You’re busy and you can’t hang with us 24/7. But still, we don’t want you to be missing all the good stuff. So as part of our ongoing commitment to bringing you the best craft beer and lifestyle coverage on the face of the planet – and to keep you plugged into our continuing recklessness – we’ve introduced a weekly compilation of our good, bad and ugly.

So welcome to another edition of our Friday Wrap-Up…

Doobie Brothers Redux

Sean Lawson from Lawson’s Finest Liquids and Mike Gerhart of Otter Creek Brewing are two of New England’s most fun-loving brewers. They recently joined ACB’s Nick Phelps for two days of drinking at a craft beer event in Vermont – and as you can imagine – madness ensued.

ON THE BUS WITH SEAN LAWSON AND MIKE GERHART

Pumpkin Patching

Pumpkin Beers have their fans as well as their detractors. They’re a polarizing style that people tend to love or hate. But if you’re in that camp that thinks drinking pumpkin beers is like drinking liquid pumpkin pie (and you don’t like pumpkin pie to begin with) – you need to rethink things. Because brewers are doing all kinds of things with pumpkin beers nowadays – and some of what they’re doing with the style will blow your mind! 

5 PUMPKIN BEERS YOU CAN’T MISS

5 GABF Winning Beers That You Need To Check Out  

Oregon is one of those states, along with Colorado and California, that usually rakes in the awards at the Great American Beer Festival. They did again this year- and we’ve five of them for you – which you’ll absolutely want to chase down.

TASTING FIVE OF OREGON’S 2014 GABF WINNERS