Hey it's Friday, the weekend's almost here, and you are beyond ready for some serious fun. Well good, because that's where we come in. From the nation's coolest beer festivals to movies, music and cutting edge TV - we've got your back big-time. And we've another of our weekend beer picks for you - so you'll want to check that out. So welcome to this week's edition of our awesome Weekend Picks.

Chalk another one up to "Careers My High School Guidance Counselor Should Have Mentioned Instead of Banker, Lawyer, and Doctor." Naturally, I had to investigate this intriguing job title.

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!  

During the recent GWAR B-Q, I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes with one of metal and craft beer collaboration's greats, Scott Hull of Virginia's grindcore band Pig Destroyer. Their collaboration beer with Three Floyds, Permanent Funeral, is hands-down one of the best DIPAs that this newly converted IPA girl has ever had.

Hey it's Wednesday and that means it's Rumor Mill Time...It appears that Big Beer will be heading back to the Big Ten soon! We'll be bringing you what we know so far. Plus we've some updates from our friends at Smuttynose and billions of good things to share about Boston Beer's Jim Koch. We've also got a special new Rumor Mill release that you'll want to chase down. So fasten your seat belts...THIS WEEK'S RUMOR MILL IS ON!

Office team building doesn't have to mean a long day awkwardly interacting with coworkers, playing theater games, and falling backwards into each other's arms. How about an activity that requires everyone to try something new and work together towards a common goal, like brewing beer at Copper Kettle Brewing Company?

Last week, Beachwood BBQ hosted their second annual week-long Sourfest. Occurring once every two years, Sourfest 2013 featured a massive list of more than 150 sour beers, ranging from Russian River Brewing Company's Supplication American wild ale to Birra del Borgo's Del Borgo Rubus Con Lamponi sour ale.

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 enjoying yourselves.

"Damn Rob," an exhausted Ed Walker gasped at Robert Nowaczyk, "explain some of these craft beers that you plan to brew." Rob began to describe the malty hopped ambrosia to Ed, which later became recipes for Fireman's Brew's three flagship beers.

This summer, Pittsburgh got a real treat when Animal Rescue Partners added the city to its list of Beerfest locales, blew into town, and put on a festival to remember. More than 80 different breweries attended the festival, showing their support for the city of Pittsburgh and all of the animals that the festival was set to benefit.