Another beer week is in the books! The week’s stories are noted below beginning with two big events taking place this weekend. See below.

Beer Auctions and Events:

1. Hair of the Dog Dave, rare beers highlight FredFest 2008 auction.

2. St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival takes place this weekend.

3. Founders Brewing finally released some non-beer details about Founders Fest 2008.

New beer releases, announcements, and approvals

1. (Partial) Portsmouth Kate the Great release details were announced.

2. Avery Fifteen was released.

3. New Cadillac Mountain Stout 6-packs hit store shelves.

4. Terrapin Roggenrauchbier got label approval; it will be Terrapin Side Project beer #2.

5. Flying Dog Brewing released Flying Dog Kerberos, a Belgian Pale Ale.

6. Baron Brewing released its first beer in the Brothers Grimm Series: Baron Seven Swabians Eisbock.

7. We revealed that Great Divide Brewing will get an image enhancement this year.

General News:

1. The guy who made the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer coffin overtook the beer news spotlight for the week.