First post to the Q! Spot

I always figured that my life is too mundane to be posting a blog about it and nothing has changed. This observation is not stopping me from starting a blog though. As my wife has frequently told me, "You're not happy unless your bothering somebody", I realized that by doing a blog, I could bother a lot more people than just through one on one contact on the street or in the line at Tim Hortons or Superstore.

We were out celebrating my wife's uncle's 50th Birthday the other night and lo and behold the bar served up bottles of that perennial domestic favorite of mine, Standard Lager. This is a Winnipeg beer for sure and what has always bothered me about Budweiser beer, that is aside from the fact that it's a lawnmower beer (for my tastes), is that it's label is very similar to Standard's:

I'll need to do some research to find out who brewed first. You'd think that I would have done that. I guess I was just too busy drinking the beer.

Another great beer development in Winnipeg is the fact that the MLCC has finally decided to bring in Bitburger Pils. Over the past decade they've brought in many poor Pilsners from the Czech Republic or Poland, with all due respect to the Czechs and the Poles, that I've tried that just don't cut it with my taste buds. I've had to go out east to Kenora, Ontario or south to Grand Forks or Fargo, North Dakota to satisfy my "Bitte ein Bit" lifestyle. In case you're not familiar with this tall boy:

  

I'm looking forward to our upcoming trip to Minneapolis and the Wisconsin Dells for many reasons. The getting away from the job and the city, the quality time spent with my wife and kids (don't laugh Tobey), the sights, the sounds and of course the beer. I've researched quite a bit and I've sent out feelers to the two beer stores that I'll be visiting. I need to make the best use of my time so that I'm not taking away from quality family time and so that I bring away some quality beer. I'll keep you posted.