For the past month or so, I have been toying with the idea of creating a beer blog. I don’t really want to come across as an outright alcoholic - but I enjoy good great beers! Now that hockey season is winding down, Islesblogger will not be occupying as much time as it normally would - but I would like to keep the creative juices flowing in the interim. No, it’s not like I will stop posting during the summer - there just won’t be things I can post daily, or just about daily as I can during the season.

The idea for a beer blog (I already purchased a really great domain name) came during one of my recent trips to a craft beer festival. These craft beer festivals are much akin to wine tastings, you walk around a big convention center with a small beer stein and go booth to booth tasting different breweries beers. It makes for a pretty interesting day and a great chance to try out some of the lesser known breweries out there. It’s not really a secret that I enjoy writing, so this is yet another chance to incorporate some of my favorite activities and give tasting beer either at a restaurant, microbrewery or a beer festival a more work-like feel to it.

I have another project for my friend Jeremy that I need to start first - it’s something that needs to be done ASAP, so I will start the beer site in the next few weeks. I am excited about it - it should be a fun experience and a great website.