Harpoon may be a large craft beer name on the national stage, but they've got a couple hyper-local projects going on right now. How local, you ask? Well, the first one's based on honey sourced from bees that live a smidge over one mile away from the brewery.

So many beers, So little time... Who knew that craft beer and cookie mashups would become a thing? Well they have around the mid-Atlantic. Who knew that dessert-themed beers would take on a life of their own? Well that's happened too - and we've some sweet offerings that you'll want to get your sweaty little pre-diabetic hands on.

On the heels of last week's news that Anheuser-Busch had acquired 10 Barrel Brewing comes today's announcement that Green Flash Brewing was joining forces with the Alpine Beer Company. Although these acquisitions differ wildly in rationale, context and scale - they do speak to one undeniable fact - consolidation is gaining momentum in the craft beer industry .and we predict that we're going to see a lot more of this kind of thing going forward.

Alpine and Green Flash refer to this new alliance as a "sharing of resources and wisdom" but we think it's more than just that - and we thought you'd want to see the entirety of press release they sent us.

When you think about Florida, Ormond Beach is not the first city that comes to mind. Located in North East Florida, on its Atlantic Coast, this city of approximately 39,000 sun lovers is a northern neighbor of Daytona Beach and home to Tomoka State Park. It's also home to two of Florida's more exciting new brewing operations - Tomoka Brewery and the Ormond Brewing Company.

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 off enjoying yourselves.

Hey we get it. You're busy and you can't hang with us 24/7. But still, we don't want you to be missing all the good stuff. So as part of our ongoing commitment to bringing you the best craft beer and lifestyle coverage on the face of the planet - and to keep you plugged into our ongoing recklessness - we do a weekly compilation of our good, bad, and ugly.

So welcome to another edition of our Friday Wrap-Up...

Hey it's Friday...Work's wrapping up and you're ready for some fun. Well good, because we're all about it and we've got all kinds of ideas for you. From the nation's coolest beer festivals to movies, music, and cutting-edge TV - we've got your back big-time. Plus we've a weekend beer pick for you too because we know you'll be drinking!

So welcome to our awesome Weekend Picks...

In case you hadn't heard, some big news went down yesterday with Anheuser-Busch purchasing 10 Barrel Brewing based in Bend, Oregon and we couldn't help but notice some serious frustration on the part of craft beer lovers across the country. When the news hit around 9am pacific, there was so much wailing and gnashing of teeth over yet another craft brewer seemly being overrun by the largest brewer in world, we felt it was time for some introspection on what it all means.

So Many Stouts and Just One Day....As some of you may know (and frankly we're concerned if you do), somebody has designated today, November 6, International Stout Day. So we've decided to play along with a special, all-Stout edition of Newbies - because if we don't - who will?

We cover the craft beer world 24/7 here at ACB and would like to think we're as plugged into what's going down out there as anyone....But we were completely blindsided by today's announcement and thought you'd want to see it.