As many Bostonians may recall, Memorial Day weekend was cold, rainy - and the setting for the city's first proper rock festival, Boston Calling. Two days of live bands, good eats, and huddling in unseasonably chilly weather brought a lot of music fans together.

Lance is not your typical man and his journey is not your average brew tour. Lance is an extraordinary individual who has autism and a photographic memory. His documentary not only shows his passion for life as a beer expert with 40 years of memorized beer history, but also documents his personal growth of overcoming obstacles to be an inspiration to the autism community.

Our friends at the Brewers Association just sent us an urgent communiqué with the results of their annual "Great American Beer Bar" contest. This year's competition, which they ran on CraftBeer.com, resulted in more than 5,000 nominations and 37,000 votes and we're rushing you 2013's results because we're assuming that many of you will be out drinking tonight - as usual.

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.

Many in Portland think that we live at the center of the beer universe and while most of us have suffered enough beer damage to actually believe this, we actually aren't. What many here don't understand is just how much the craft beer scene has exploded all over the country. With this in mind, while vacationing this summer, I decided to indulge in whatever I could get my hands on in the hopes of proving that this brave new wave of artisanal brewing is in fact producing amazing results nationwide.

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!