In a business park in downtown Kent, WA sits Airways Brewing Company, a small, passionate group that has as much desire for crafting great beer as they do a witty retort. An unassuming location, Airways has quickly made a name for themselves, bringing fans from all over. Need to go to IKEA? Stop at Airways.

It's Wednesday and its Rumor Mill Time! Hurricane Sandy has been wreaking havoc out East and there are massive outages everywhere. Its economic toll has yet to be quantified, but is expected to be enormous and the craft brewing community is not expected to escape it. We'll be giving you everything that we know so far, plus on a lighter note, we've some "arty" craft beer news from our friends at Harmon Brewery and DC Brau......We also have some hot new releases that you'll want to look out for, so fasten your seatbelt because ....IT IS ON!

Happy Halloween! And Welcome to whatever this segment is going to be called about cooking with beer! Here is the recipe I promised you so that you too can make the deliciousness!

Sweet Water Brewing in Atlanta releases its Winter Seasonal in the near future but we here at ACB got our hands on a bottle before they hit the shelves. With a promotional bottle at my house it felt like as good of a time as any to break open the 2011 bottle that I had been cellaring for the past year. Since it was a weeknight and both beers were over 8% (2011 - Bomber, 2012 - 12 oz) I decided to call a couple of friends over for the impromptu tasting.

In the history of Dallas breweries, only one has claimed a coveted medal from the Great American Beer Festival - and that brewery has been in operation for less than a year.

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 hitting the streets...So welcome to this week's edition of Newbies - your guide to great new releases!