It appears that Anheuser-Busch InBev's ongoing effort to acquire some of craft beer's most valuable properties is far from over - and now they may be close to securing one of its most vital voices. Although lawyers on both sides are still finalizing terms, it appears that unless something unforeseen comes up, AmericanCraftBeer.com may soon be flacking for the world's biggest beer company.

Yikes it's April already. So much has happened and it doesn't appear that things are going to slow 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.

With our headquarters in Washington DC and the bulk of our correspondents found near America's top producing craft beer regions on the coasts, it only makes sense for us to start a new series giving all the states their due, featuring breweries large and small, plus the histories behind them.

For the sake of clarity and with an eye toward avoiding any bias, we're doing this thing alphabetically. So the first state to take the plunge is sweet home Alabama which stands 23rd in total population (around 4.8 million) and sustains a state brewers guild of 27 brewers.

So many beers, So little time... Green Flash is kicking off a series of corked- and caged-finished ales (that's a new one for us) from the brewery's Cellar 3 barrel-aging facility - and you need to know about this. Plus we've also got new releases from Flying Dog and Half AcreBeer that sound pretty awesome as well.

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 yourselves.

Hey we get it.  You're busy and you can't possibly 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 ongoing recklessness - we do a weekly compilation of our recent good, bad and ugly.

So welcome to another Friday Wrap-Up...

Hey the work week is almost a wrap... And it's time for some weekend fun. Well good, because we're all about it and we've got all kinds of ideas for you. From the nation's coolest beer festivals, movies and music to cutting edge TV - we've got your back big-time.  Plus we've a special weekend beer pick for you too, because we know you'll be drinking!

So welcome to our awesome Weekend Picks...

Hey, no one's perfect...And we here at ACB know that better than most, having enthusiastically acted on more bad ideas than we care to think about. That said, there are some ideas out there that are so monumentally bad and so misguided as to boggle the mind - allowing us to declare "at least we didn't come up with that!"

Welcome to the latest in our ongoing series of Bad Ideas in Brewing... and this one defies reason!

So many beers- So little time...New spring releases already are rolling to retail almost daily now. And we've a number of exciting seasonals for you to check out.  We've also new releases from 21st Amendment and Ommegang that sound pretty awesome as well.

Sometimes the best things in life are hard to come by. Such an adage has never been more appropriate than with the growth of craft beer to every corner of the country. While we now have larger craft brewers distributing and/or setting up shop cross- country, we also have hundreds of new beers being born every year, often with limited or even no distribution, nor the resulting ballyhoo.