We blame the industry for this… It used to be that when we wrapped up our Weekend Picks on Friday, we could coast through the weekend. But clearly all that’s changed. So here’s some of what’s happened in the world of craft beer while you were off enjoying yourself.

Destihl’s New Brewery To Open This Spring (Normal, IL) – Illinois-based Destihl Brewery will reportedly be opening their new $14 million facility this spring. The 47,000-square-foot production facility which will also include 6,300-square-foot taproom and event space was originally planned to be up-and-running this fall but unseasonably wet weather delayed the construction scheduled for the end of the year.

Kim Jordan A Good Citizen (Ft Collins, CO) New Belgium’s Kim Jordan was recently awarded the 2016 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal for Growth and Innovation. The award is given to an entrepreneur or business leader who has “led with exceptional ingenuity and growth while inspiring and creating new possibilities for others. Congratulations Kim…You Da Bomb!

Words To Drink By (San Diego, CA) – “Pros don’t panic”

Kim Jordan – New Belgium

Seasonal Changes At Great Lakes (Cleveland, OH) – Great Lakes a will be adding four new seasonals to their portfolio in 2017, all of them available in the first quarter. In March they will debut Grande Lagos Lager a 5.4% ABV Mexican-style lager brewed with hibiscus flowers, the 6.6% ABV Lightkeeper Blonde, and Oats MacDonald 5.7% Pale Ale. In April they will release Hop Madness IPA an 8% ABV Double India Pale Ale that the brewery suggests could lead to hysteria.

Things You Can Do With Big Money And Clydesdale Horses (NYC) – Last Friday Anheuser-Busch celebrated the opening of their new Commercial Strategy Office in New York City by reenacting an historic 1933 delivery of Budweiser to the then Governor Al Smith. This time around a case of replica 1933 Budweiser bottles were delivered via a full hitch of eight Budweiser Clydesdale to the state’s current Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul who we’re assuming was totally psyched.

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