Hey it's Friday... and if you're like us, you're ready for some fun. Well good, because we've got all kinds of ideas for you. From the nation's coolest beer festivals to movies, music and cutting edge TV - we've got your back big-time.  Plus we've a weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you'll be drinking!

There are beer facts that we know...And there are beer facts that we know we don't know. But there are also beer facts that didn't even cross our minds ....at least, not until now. And a lot of what we've recently learned came from Mark Patterson and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, who go as The Beer Doctors on Facebook and Twitter, and are geographers from Kennesaw State University in Georgia in real life.

Forbes recently reported on the craft beer explosion in Shanghai and it was fascinating. Seems China which already consumes more beer than any other country has developed a taste for "serious" beer. According to Forbes "Craft beer is gaining a following in China--Beijing has two breweries, and the smaller Nanjing has one, but Shanghai is where craft brewing has really taken off."

I started drinking beer back in high school and I drank it back then basically out of bottles or cans. Glasses were just more evidence of my under-age lawbreaking and yet another thing that need to be discarded in an unwelcome situation. Plus a bottle in hand added a little "outlaw" swagger to a night on the town and at eighteen, that's what I was desperately going for.

So many beers- So little time... Spring has sprung and we've the right beers for this season! Plus we've some great new exotics from Deschutes and Wicked Weed that you'll want to get your sweaty little hands on.

Good News! You can still reach your fitness goals while keeping your daily regimen of consuming your favorite brews by changing what and how you eat and finding ways to exercise. Like most readers on this site, I enjoy drinking some sort of craft beer everyday, and like most Americans, I don't exercise as much as I should. I have, though, found ways to keep a healthy physique while doing the minimal amount of work. I am no dietician or fitness expert, but here are some tips that have helped me stay fit while enjoying amazing crafts day in and day out.

Yikes, April is flying by... and clearly nothing is slowing down anytime 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.

With the explosion of new craft breweries opening, the pool of skilled and trained brewers has diminished - and this seemingly easy to solve issue is crippling the entire beer industry...

So many beers- So little time... Spring has sprung and we've the right beers for this season! Plus we've some great new exotics from Deschutes and Boulevard that you'll want to get your sweaty little hands on.

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. There was little need to check in for updates - things were pretty much done. 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.