Yikes, It's June already... 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.

"Local" and "craft" are two words that are no longer relevant in beer vocabulary. Just my opinion...but I'm sticking with it.

Too often people support particular breweries on the basis of those two words rather than on the actual quality of the beer produced. Consumers often say the beer wasn't very good at a certain brewery but they'll give it a second, third or fourth chance simply because it's down the street or the atmosphere was "fun".

So many beers- So little time... June has arrived and we've all the right beers for this season! Plus we've some interesting new "exotics" from Beachwood Blendery and Baranof Island Brewing that you'll want to get your sweaty little hands on.

American Craft Beer was recently invited up to Alaska for an "in-depth" tour of their fast-growing craft beer and distilling scene. Having never ventured up into "The Last Frontier" we found it all pretty amazing and here are just some of the things that we learned while we were up there.

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

                                                                         Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016)

Seems like so many of our pop cultural touchstones having been dying of late... and over the weekend we lost another. 

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.

ACB covers craft beer news, entertainment and lifestyle 24/7, and we'd like to think we do a decent job. But there's a lot of great craft beer journalism out there - and were constantly running into articles that we wished that we'd written.

So welcome to another ACB Newswire - recent articles that we've enjoyed - and thought you might as well.

One of the things that we enjoy about SAVOR, in addition to the beers themselves and the wonderful foods offered to pair with them, are the unique Salon opportunities occurring nightly. These carefully curated Salons allow attendees a quiet respite from the Grand Tasting in the National Building Museum's Great Hall and a private space where they can learn more about brewing techniques and sample "special reserve" beers with some of the industry's masters.

Hey it's the Weekend... 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 another weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you'll be drinking!

One of the good things about the hate mail that we sometimes get - is that it lets us know that you're out there and invested in what we do daily. Otherwise you wouldn't bother - you'd just blow us off and go someplace else. We're passionate about what we do here at ACB and we don't mind a little passion being thrown back our way. 

We approach craft beer differently in a whole lot of ways here at American Craft Beer and here some things that we "do" and "don't do."