Beer Vote 1: Scottish Heavy vs Canadian Blonde
While the title of this article may sound like a the billing for a bad WWE dark match, it's not. My brother Eamon and I were discussing what beer we should make next after we've finished his wheat, my sister's lager and possibly another dark ale which is for my...
Brew news: Bock
As I mentioned in my videos, specifically the Drinkin' with Dave 3rd episode, I mentioned that I've been having problems with this latest brew. I thought I'd elaborate on what I've been doing to try to discern if there's a problem, and what I've been doing to...
Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 3
Welcome to the third episode of Drinkin' with Dave. This week is mostly a discussion of the issues that we're having with the Bock and what I did with the dark ale. I also drink the last dark ale, which is all the sweeter for being the last. Also 3 weeks conditioning...
The Mad Carpenter Brews: Signs of positive fermentation
With this episode I wanted to make the video that I wanted to see when I started brewing. What made me most nervous when I started out was hearing about a "stuck fermentation" which is when the fermentation doesn't kick off properly, and likely will never kick off....
The Mad Carpenter Brews: Brewing Bock
Welcome to another Mad Carpenter Brews video. This episode we're looking at the process of getting all the ingredients together and starting the brew. Like, comment and subscribe if you liked, have something to say, and want more videos. Thank you all for...
The Mad Carpenter Brews: Sanitizing
My home brewing adventures continue as I sanitize my equipment in preparation for brewing a bock, which is a dark lager. This is one of the first beers I wanted to try and make before I ever got into homebrewing, so I'm very happy that I've started it off. Enjoy and...
Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 2
After a great deal of technical difficulties I've finally managed to upload the second episode of Drinkin' with Dave. On the subject of beer we talk about bock brewing difficulties and the taste of my batch of ale. Enjoy and don't forget to rate/comment/subscribe.
New vlog series: Drinkin’ with Dave
The second video from MrMadCarpenter is up today. This episode I give an intro to the channel and I talk about the upcoming brew projects that my brother Eamon and I are going to undertake. I'm really getting into both home brewing and vlogging, so these videos are...
The Mad Carpenter Brews: First Vlog
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first video from the Mr Mad Carpenter youtube channel. I've often thought about vlogging and video work, so I figured there was no time like the present. I am already brewing beer, so I have a subject matter close to my heart that I...
Brewing: Round Two
So as referenced by the previous post, I started brewing my second batch of beer. This beer seems to be more fraught with problems than the previous brew. I am using DME instead of regular brewing sugar so I guess some of the problems are understandable. Well, here's...
A slightly deeper thought on homebrewing
So most of the updates for the homebrewing have been done on the fly, either with a quick picture submit or some hastily slapped together words about how it wasn't bad. However today I'm going to give it a little more depth. The brewing was incredibly easy,...