You’ll find brief updates on ten breweries below…

[1/19 Update: According to Twitter user, Greg Norton, Allagash Avance is now on sale at the brewery with a two bottle limit per person at $10/each.]

…Bell’s Hopslam continues to take over the craft beer world. Nearly 250 threads about the beer have been started on Beer Advocate this month. Drinkers are buzzing about it on Twitter as well.

…Fossil Fuels Brewing has managed to make a beer using 45 million year-old yeast.

…Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine returns this week. It’s already on tap and bottles are expected to be released any day now.

…Drake’s Brewing confirmed that 22 oz. bottles of Hopocalypse are on the way.

…Half Acre Chocolate Camaro will be released in growlers this Friday.

…Flossmoor Station has Iron Horse Stout, Dark Matter Imperial Stout and some others coming up on tap.

…Hoppin’ Frog Brewery released DORIS Imperial Stout this past weekend.

…As shown above, Blue Frog Brewery is moving to silk-screened bottles as a way to keep costs down. Will other breweries go this route?

…Deschutes Brewery will start distributing in South Dakota in March according to Sodakbeer’s blog.

…Abita Beer reports on its Facebook page that Strawberry Lager has just started making its way out into the market.

…Finally, on a different note, the owner of a craft beer-centric bar and restaurant in Chicago called Sheffield’s died of a heart attack there on Monday night. Rick Hess was 48.