Everyone likes a good drinking game, but most can agree that craft brews are not necessarily the smartest choice for hours of beer pong, flip cup, and waterfall. However, before you sigh heavily and reach for that can of carbonated swill, stop and read this article! Christmas is here, craft beer aficionados, and it comes in the form of Pint Craft. This craft beer card game, the brainchild of Ann Arbor entrepreneur Nick Helmholdt, will revolutionize the way you and your fellow craft beer fanatics compete.

With the holidays just around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some of this season's more interesting gift ideas for the craft beer lover on your list. So we turned to our American Craft Beer correspondents for suggestions, and we got so many great ideas back that we are adding one final gift guide! If you missed our first two installments, you should check them out: Holiday Guide Part 1 & Holiday Guide Part 2

It's Wednesday and it's Rumor Mill Time! HBO is set to make a very big announcement involving their popular fantasy series "Game of Thrones" and Brewery Ommegang. We'll be giving you everything that we know so far, plus we've got some fast-breaking craft beer news from White Birch Brewing and the 4 Hands crew.......We also have a hot new release that you'll want to look out for. So fasten your seatbelt because...... THIS WEEK'S RUMOR MILL IS ON!

Something unique happened in Louisiana recently. No, another cliché reality show did not start taping, but rather a local brewery released a special bottle that created a mad rush to the store during lunch breaks across the southern part of the state. Broussard, LA's Parish Brewing finally sent its long-awaited Grand Reserve to stores in the last week of November.

So many craft beers, so little time! With so many craft breweries, releasing so many beers, we thought it might help to provide a weekly update on all the new beers that are hitting the streets .....So welcome to this week's edition of Newbies - your guide to great new craft beer releases!

As a foodie, I'll admit, one of the first things that enticed me to check out Jack Mac's Swill & Grill in Plano (a suburb of Dallas) was the Ron Swanson pizza - what's not to love about a meat-overloaded pie!? But what keeps me, and many others, coming back is the fact that the American pub and pizza joint consistently has one of the best selections of Texas beer on draft. When I hear about a new beer out in the market, it's not long before I see a tweet of a tap handle from the pub with that brew's name on it.

With the holidays just around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some of this season's more interesting gift ideas for the craft beer lover on your list. So we turned to our American Craft Beer correspondents for suggestions and we got so many great ideas back that we were forced to divide our guide into two parts this year. If you missed our first installment, you should check it out; it's got lots of fun ideas - Holiday Guide Part 1

Now on to Part 2 of this year's Holiday Shopping Guide .....And, oh yeah, HO, HO, HO!

On December 6, Brouwer's Café in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood kicked off its annual wood-aged beer festival Big Wood. This suggestively named weekend featured 62 barrel-aged beers on tap, from American Brewing Company's Stupid Sexy Flankers with Raspberry to Upright Brewing's Apricot/Brett Seven. Of special note this year were five beers from local breweries that were aged in Wheat Whiskey barrels from Dryfly, a craft distillery in Spokane, WA. Brouwer's distributed the Dryfly barrels to the breweries specifically for the Big Wood fest, and these beers were served at Big Wood for the first time. These included the Big Time Old Sol Wheatwine, Black Raven "Mr. Kitty" Blueberry Pale Ale on Nitro, Elliott Bay Lake City No Doubt Stout, Elysian Split Shot Espresso Milk Stout, and the Fremont B-Bomb.

Hey it's Friday and we're heading into the weekend. With the holidays just around the corner (not to mention the End of Times as predicted by the Mayan calendar), you've never been busier, and you, no doubt, need a break! So if you're up for some ideas, we've got them. We're all about the fun and we've got you covered. Plus we've got some special "End of the World" weekend beer picks for you too! So welcome to our Weekend Picks!

When someone tells you that it rains all the time in Seattle, it's because of winter. So, last weekend it was great to get out of the elements and into the Hale's Ales Palladium for the Washington Beer Commission's Winter Beer Fest.