September’s waning and October will soon be here…It’s GABF time already and it doesn’t appear that things will be slowing down any time soon. But no worries – Rumor Mill is always on the case, keeping you plugged in to all the craft beer news that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you absolutely don’t want to miss that.

ACB Does The GABF (Denver, CO) – This is a huge week for craft beer – The 2015 GABF is ON and the industry is rocking the Mile High City! Be sure to stay plugged in to all the madness with us via our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. And if you’re not starting your day with us at ACB – we’re pissed at you.

Border Crossing (Winston-Salem, NC) – Ray Goodrich is friend of ours. He’s also the marketing and communications guy for Foothills Brewing and few people know the North Carolina craft beer scene like he does. He checked in with us yesterday on his way to the GABF, and while we were shooting the shit, he mentioned that the brewery will be making a border crossing soon and that they are planning to begin distributing in Georgia (here’s looking at you Atlanta!) in 2016.

 Words To Drink By (Los Angeles, CA) – “We’ve all got to start somewhere, just don’t delude yourself that because you’ve started you deserve to be successful.”

                                                                                                            – Bob Lefsetz – the Lefsetz Letter

Handsome Is What Handsome Does (Washington, DC) – Graham MacDonald has long been a fixture in DC’s craft beer scene. He and his partner Matt Humbard have been building the city’s newest brewing venture, the Handsome Beer Company and they are celebrating their launch and debuting their beers all over town this week. Tonight (9/23) you’ll find them at Meridian Pint and tomorrow we’ll be joining them for Happy Hour at Pizzeria Paradiso – Dupont Circle. For a complete listing of the “where and the when” check out: Release Week Events

Craft Beer Becoming An Economic Powerhouse in LA (Los Angeles, CA) – The National University System Institute for Policy Research recently released a study on “The Economic Impact of Craft Breweries in Los Angeles” and to the surprise of hardly no one the news was good. They surveyed 54 breweries, brewpubs and contract brewing businesses and found that their direct economic impact on the region is projected to reach an amazing impact $66-million by the end of the year.

What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Washington, DC) – We’d like to thank all the breweries who ship us beer from time to time. It’s always great to sample the brews that we write about and helps to give us a better feel for what’s happening out there. And last night we hit up a great early-fall seasonal that Starr Hill is returning to the marketplace.First introduced in 2011, Starr Hill Boxcarr Pumpkin Porter is a lightly-spiced 4.7% ABV English-style Brown Porter with pumpkin added to the mash.

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