A ton of notes from various breweries to run through today. Here’s Part I of III:

O’Fallon Brewery: Evan Benn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, “Wheach, 5-Day IPA and other O’Fallon Brewery beers will soon be back in bars and on store shelves now that a former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive has bought the craft brewery. Jim Gorczyca, a 20-year A-B marketing veteran, purchased O’Fallon Brewery for an undisclosed amount in a deal that closed Friday. Gorczyca left his post as A-B’s director of trade marketing last week; today, he’ll step into his new role as leader of O’Fallon Brewery.”

New Glarus Brewing: The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Brewery President, Deb Carey, was “named first runner-up in the 2011 National Small Business Person of the Year contest sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. She was named Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year in March.” Here is the write-up on WhiteHouse.gov.

Hoppin’ Frog Brewery: Will release Barrel-Aged Boris ROYALE on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Bell’s Brewery: Construction photos recently posted on Facebook.

Short’s Brewing: Announced the upcoming release of Nicie Spicie.

Flossmoor Station: A big update on upcoming projects including Le Chein Blanc and the “summer of sours.”

Karbach Brewing: The Houston Chronicle has a piece on this new Texas brewery. Ownership has ties that extend back to the beer industry spanning multiple decades and former Flying Dog Brewmaster, Eric Warner, is also on board.

(512) Brewing: Is releasing its Alt on draft…in addition, “gearing up for our third anniversary beer, (512) THREE (still a secret creation- but a new style), and in anticipation, we’re planning to re-release (512) ONE and (512) TWO in sequence first.”

Joseph James Brewing: Will start canning its beers according to Craft Cans.

Bonus I: The Michigan Liquor Control Commission likens the word, “bitch,” to the n-word according to legal documents in the Flying Dog Raging Bitch case.

Bonus II: Imbibe Magazine has a feature on Gose this month.