Lets Create A Beer Blog Community !!!

Hey everyone, so its 2013 and today I have taken inspiration from my girlfriends blog post, I thought it would be a great idea to try and get you all involved a little more in the blog, but more importantly to introduce a way for you all to share your blogs and get a community going. So in order to do this all you need to do is follow the instructions below, its very simple:

1) Click on the Button ("Add Your Link")
2) Add in your Blogs Details
3) Then Click on OK

Once you have filled in the details required, it will add your blog onto the post, allowing other people to come along and click on your blog and check it out. You can also become a follower of the Genuine Beer Blog by clicking the Button on the right hand sidebar.

It would be really good if we could get as many Beer Bloggers or any bloggers that would like to be apart of this on here adding their blogs and then if we get a good showing I will integrate these onto the blog permanently. I think this would be a great way to get a community going, but also to keep up to date with each others blogs.

Please feel free to get involved and leave any feedback or comments in the comments box below,

Happy New Year Everyone !!!

Shane

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Barefoot Bohemian !!!

Hey Everyone, so today is the first post of 2013, This will be the first of many this year and hope that the genuine beer blog continues to provide all of the readers with an interesting, interactive blog, with a view to continue to blossom over 2013. Thanks again to all of the readers of the Genuine Beer Blog :) !!!

Beer Name:
Barefoot Bohemian 

Brewery:

Eight Degrees Brewery

Brewed and Bottled:
Eight Degrees Brewing
Company LTD,
Dublin Road,
Mitchelstown,
Ireland




Alcoholic Percentage:

4.0% Vol

Measure:

330ml

Taste:

Light, Refreshing, Hops, Slight Bitterness, Sweetness

Colour:

Light Orange / Amber, Slight Cloudiness

Odour:

Very Slight Hops, Slight Sweetness

General Thoughts:

Barefoot Bohemian is a very interesting beer, with is really light characteristics. This is a really refreshing, smooth beer that is really delicate in flavour. There is little carbonation to this beer, but an overall well balanced flavour. There is a slight bitterness to this beer from the hops, however not very strong compared to more hop heavy beers, there is also a slight sweetness to this beer, which really helps to balance out the beer and also to balance that bitterness from the hops, creating a nice flavour, delicate beer. Barefoot Bohemian also has a citrus quality to it, there is a underlying flavour of lemon which I find makes the beer really refreshing. This is a beer that you could keep going back to for more and more as it is so light and refreshing. This beer was really different to what I was expecting, I wasn't expecting this beer to really stand out in any way, however I should have known better coming from the Eight Degrees Brewery. On the whole this is a really nice beer, light in flavour, with a real refreshing, citrus feel to it. I would definitely recommend this beer. Another great beer from the Eight Degrees Brewery. 

Price:

€2.00 - €3.00 (Based on Average Price)

Shane

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My Christmas Experience !!!!

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and hope Santa was good to you all. I am really interested how people all over the world spent their Christmas day, So today's post is my experience of Christmas Day and I would love to hear from you all as to how you spent yours. I hope you all enjoy and get involved sharing your experiences : ) !!!

Christmas Day

I am a huge fan of Christmas and love everything about it, especially getting together with all the family and sharing stories, laughter and most of all some good beer. There is nothing better in my eyes than spending the day in the company of your closest family and friends, enjoying a nice cold beer and watching some TV as well as other activities. I am also a huge fan of everything that comes with Christmas, the Tree, sharing presents, watching the ones you love receive your gifts and the joy that this brings them, this is for me the most rewarding part of Christmas. I do think that we are in an age now where the material aspect of Christmas has taken over from the key message of Christmas, sharing the day with your family, however it is still a great feeling watching people opening their gifts and the happiness that these gifts can bring people.

This Christmas I was privileged to wake up to a wonderful view, grabbed myself a nice hot cup of coffee and jump under the duvet in front of a nice open fire. An open fire is a rare treat for someone who spends most of their year in a city, where there is no fire at all, so being in the country with the warming, close and cozy feeling that comes with the fire was a great treat. After a while we sat around and opened our gifts, which was great, not necessarily just because we were receiving gifts but to see the faces and gratitude from those closest, making you feel great about the gifts that you have put thought into buying. After the presents were opened and shared between us, the main event needed to get underway, of course i'm referring to Christmas Dinner. This is something that takes a long time to prepare and get ready, with the Ham, Turkey and all the trimmings but is something that we all seem to look forward to most all year round. I have to say it never disappoints and this year was no exception, a really great meal shared and some great beer to go with it. Once dinner was done, everyone stuffed and unable to move, we all retreat back to the living room, open fire and just chill out. This for me was just the perfect day and perfect way to spend Christmas Day.

I have shared with you how I spent my day and would love to hear from you all, from all over the world, how you spent yours. I am really interested in how different parts of the world celebrated this day, but most of all I want to know what beer people enjoyed over the festive period.

I look forward to hearing from you all and the more of you that get involved in this the better. Just leave your experiences in the comment box below, don't be shy, share all.

I also want to thank everyone for the support we have received on the blog over the last couple of months that we have been around and would like to keep this going for the new year also. We aim to continue the blog as it is, with some added extras along the way of course : ) !!!!

Shane

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