Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 11 – Blonde Beaver
This week on Drinkin’ with Dave we taste the home brewed Canadian Blonde, we talk about siphoning and discuss the schism in attitudes towards secondary fermentation.
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Secondary fermenters
Today Eamon and I decided to go ahead and rack our Coopers Dark Ale into our demijohns.
While siphoning is stressful, it goes a lot quicker than you’d think and it’s pretty easy when you get the hang of it.
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New brewing show: The Guinness Guys Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of a new beer drinking show [What other kind do I make?] The Guinness Guys.
Recently my brother Eamon and I have been on a quest to find the best pint of black and tan in Donegal Town. We were talking to a barman in Donegal town recently who pulled up the Wikipedia page for Black and Tan and we became aware of several other half-Guinness-draught cocktails. The “Black and _________ ” phenomenon seems to run the gamut from dark ale through to wheat beer and even cider.
A few days later Eamon and I made this, the first episode of The Guinness Guys.
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Drinkin’ with Dave Episde 10 – Guinness Extra Stout
This week on Drinkin with Dave I drink a stout for Arthur’s day, I answer a viewers question, and I look at my new brewing calender.
Happy Arthur’s Day.
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Apparently the B-52 bomber is still in service
Much in the style of the Rick Perry article last week, I found myself musing on something.
This week, I was wondering if the B-52, the flying fortress not the band, was still in service. With a little research I found out that it is. I dug deeper, and ended up writing this. Enjoy.
I thought the B-52 was out of service, but apparently it’s still going.
I think it’s a beautiful machine, but as a technical feat not as a weapon of war.
As a weapon of war it’s been devastating to human life, and I guess in that way it’s been very effective in living up to it’s design function.
However, I was thinking about money, and spending, and all that.
The reason I thought the B-52 was out of service is because I didn’t think that something that large and unwieldy would still be effective.
The B-52 [and I’m not military historian] was used to bomb large tracts of land with stupid bombs, or toe popper mines or what have you. Or it was used to carry around a couple of nukes a few miles from Soviet airspace just in case.
It’s a long range, high altitude, bomb platform. We don’t conduct that kind of warfare anymore, so you’d assume that the B-52 would be mothballed, and it largely has.
The rest of this piece [and my point] after the jump, feel free to click through. read more…
Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 8 – Heinecan’t and fermentable sugars
This week we taste the Heinecan’t, we talk about differences in fermentable sugars and we puzzle out which is the right type of sugar for what you’re interested in making.
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Rick Perry: The Anti-Science Candidate
I don’t usually post political stuff to this blog, so I may need for you all to indulge me. I’m pretty vocal on my Twitter, Google Plus and Facebook accounts when it comes to politics, especially American politics. The main reason behind my fascination is not just the circus act aspect of the whole thing, but because it’s at least partially true that if America sneezes the rest of the world can catch a cold. American internal policy is not divorced from foreign policy.
So I thought I’d talk about Rick Perry. Rick Perry is the current governor of Texas and is currently running in the republican primaries for the presidential nomination. If Perry wins the nomination from the republican party then he will, most likely, face Barack Obama in the presidential election in November of 2012. What stuck in my craw regarding Rick Perry is his blatant discrediting, and often complete ignoring of scientific evidence, so I felt compelled to write the following.
Now that you’re all caught up on the context, on to my observations on Rick Perry.
The crucial problem with Rick Perry is not his abhorrent policies, his hypocrisy, or his rich donors, although those are problems.
The problem with Rick Perry is that he claims there is great debate over evolution, climate change, abstinence and the death penalty. Now while there may be merits to each of these arguments, no matter how slim, Perry does not argue those merits, and he doesn’t particularly debate his own positions.
The problem with Rick Perry is that he disagrees with evidence that is plainly presented to him.
On abstinence: Rick Perry Has a George Bush Moment
Now he could be arguing that abstinence is 100% effective when applied correctly [Unless you’re the virgin mary] but he’s arguing that it’s the best method of contraception to be taught in schools. He doesn’t argue the evidence, he argues his faith, or his belief or whatever.
Rick Perry – 0, Evidence – 1
For the other points on the death penalty, evolution and global climate change see after the jump.
The Mad Carpenter Brews: Canadian Blonde
So the results of the beer poll are in and we’re making the Canadian Blonde. In part one of this short series we demonstrate a new technique in sanitizing and take a different approach to mixing the ingredients.
In part two where we demonstrate the use of hydrometer, we pitch yeast, and we see what your beer should look like after 24 hours. Click through for that video after the jump.
Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 7 – Soulstorm Brew
This week on Drinkin’ with Dave we talk about home made wheat beer, we taste the soulstorm brew, and we have a quick talk about the notebook and next week’s episode.
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Drinkin’ with Dave Episode 6 – Momma said Bock you out
This week on Drinkin’ with Dave we taste the home made Bock. Like if you liked, subscribe for more and spread the link around if you love it.