So many 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!

Hey it's Wednesday and it's Rumor Mill Time...There's fantastic news coming out of Westeros and we'll be bringing you everything we know so far. Plus we've got some fast-breaking news from Dogfish Head at the Firefly Festival and from New Belgium up at Telluride! We've also got an awesome new release that you'll want to chase down. So fasten your seatbelts everybody...THIS WEEK'S RUMOR MILL IS ON!

Some people love sweet swirls of flavor like PB&J or chocolate and strawberries, but for my money, savory will always reign supreme. Since college, I've considered pizza and beer to be the ultimate combination - a cold, bubbly lager and a hot, bubbly pie are logically delicious. But my faith in the ultimate pairing has been shaken lately by a force greater than delivery: beer dinners.

US Beer lovers won't be the only ones beating the heat with craft offerings this summer. Through the efforts of the Brewers Association and the Export Development Program, American craft brewers will have a significant presence at a number of international beer events. Included in the summer schedule are festivals and conventions in Brazil, Germany and Great Britain. The BA will also be represented at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. 

"It's shoulder-to-shoulder, standing-room only in the middle of winter at Lincoln, Nebraska's newest brewery. I can hardly believe my eyes, but I know this marks the beginning of a beautiful cultural expansion for not only Lincoln, but also for the state of Nebraska in terms of craft beer." ACB's newest correspondent, Sara Simonsen, talks about the Nebraska craft beer scene.

There are a number of changes taking place at ACB and we thought it best that you heard about everything from us before it breaks nationally...

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Amber Medin to the position of Co-Editor and Director of Social Media at American Craft Beer LLC. In spite of serious concerns from friends and family, Amber chose to join us last year as our Dallas-based correspondent and went on to making an immediate name for herself as a writer and a member of the Dallas craft beer community. In addition to writing and repping for us, Amber also took on our social media arm with a vengeance and made everyone here look better in the process.

And in what may well be one of the worst mistakes that they've ever made, two new regional correspondents are joining the American Craft Beer crew...

Michelle Young is replacing Amber as our new Dallas-based correspondent.

Sara Simonsen will now be covering the heartland for us as our new Nebraska Correspondent.

Also say hello to Warren Wills who recently joined us as our Portland correspondent as did Mark Slattery who now covers Denver for us.

Tom Bobak - Founder & Editor-in-Chief / American Craft Beer LLC

When you're paying for SERIOUS beer, the last thing you want when you're hanging outside with your crew is a wam, sweaty, buggy beer. What if we told you that there was a way to avoid all these summertime annoyances  with one simple, stylish, and totally awesome product? The Product Farm has done just that with the 16 oz. Brew2Go cup!

Lurking in the back reaches of one of Portland's prominent producers of hopped up beers, I found a motley collection of craft and homebrew freaks, not discussing the Northwest methods of brewing but rather the art of brewing with fungus.

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 out enjoying yourselves.

Texas is the new star of craft beer and the variety of beer festivals held throughout spring and summer prove that Texans are quickly gaining enthusiasm for craft beer. This past weekend, the local craft brew chain Flying Saucer held its 4^th annual BEERFEäST, where 500 of the craziest beerknurds battled 100° temperatures for samples of delicious craft brew from more than 50 breweries across the world.