NORTH OF THE BORDER: In Manitoba, we take our beer very seriously

There are some things Manitobans take very seriously - the weather, for one; road construction, obviously; and whether a pothole is still a pothole or has reached the size where it should be given a name, a street sign and its own snow-clearing budget.

There’s another Manitoba tradition that deserves its place alongside all of those great institutions: craft beer. This month, the Winnipeg Beer Fest…