diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02d5ab8..1b9005b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "postinstall": "npm run build",
     "start": "node server.js",
     "test": "mocha test",
-    "test:dev": "nodemon -x mocha test || exit 0"
+    "test:dev": "nodemon -x mocha test || exit 0",
+    "test:markdown": "nodemon -x mocha test/markdown.test.js || exit 0"
   },
   "author": "stolksdorf",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/shared/homebrewery/markdown.new.js b/shared/homebrewery/markdown.new.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcb8d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/homebrewery/markdown.new.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+var _ = require('lodash');
+var Markdown = require('marked');
+var renderer = new Markdown.Renderer();
+
+//Processes the markdown within an HTML block if it's just a class-wrapper
+renderer.html = function (html) {
+	if(_.startsWith(_.trim(html), '<div') && _.endsWith(_.trim(html), '</div>')){
+		var openTag = html.substring(0, html.indexOf('>')+1);
+		html = html.substring(html.indexOf('>')+1);
+		html = html.substring(0, html.lastIndexOf('</div>'));
+		return `${openTag} ${Markdown(html)} </div>`;
+	}
+	return html;
+};
+
+
+const tagTypes = ['div', 'span', 'a'];
+const tagRegex = new RegExp('(' +
+	_.map(tagTypes, (type)=>{
+		return `\\<${type}|\\</${type}>`;
+	}).join('|') + ')', 'g');
+
+
+module.exports = {
+	marked : Markdown,
+	render : (rawBrewText)=>{
+		return Markdown(rawBrewText, {renderer : renderer})
+	},
+
+	validate : (rawBrewText) => {
+		var errors = [];
+		var leftovers = _.reduce(rawBrewText.split('\n'), (acc, line, _lineNumber) => {
+			var lineNumber = _lineNumber + 1;
+			var matches = line.match(tagRegex);
+			if(!matches || !matches.length) return acc;
+
+			_.each(matches, (match)=>{
+				_.each(tagTypes, (type)=>{
+					if(match == `<${type}`){
+						acc.push({
+							type : type,
+							line : lineNumber
+						});
+					}
+					if(match === `</${type}>`){
+						if(!acc.length){
+							errors.push({
+								line : lineNumber,
+								type : type,
+								text : 'Unmatched closing tag',
+								id : 'CLOSE'
+							});
+						}else if(_.last(acc).type == type){
+							acc.pop();
+						}else{
+							errors.push({
+								line : _.last(acc).line + ' to ' + lineNumber,
+								type : type,
+								text : 'Type mismatch on closing tag',
+								id : 'MISMATCH'
+							});
+							acc.pop();
+						}
+					}
+				});
+			});
+			return acc;
+		}, []);
+
+		_.each(leftovers, (unmatched)=>{
+			errors.push({
+				line : unmatched.line,
+				type : unmatched.type,
+				text : "Unmatched opening tag",
+				id : 'OPEN'
+			})
+		});
+
+		return errors;
+	},
+};
+
diff --git a/test/markdown.test.js b/test/markdown.test.js
index e69de29..7ab0f8d 100644
--- a/test/markdown.test.js
+++ b/test/markdown.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const testing = require('./test.init.js');
+
+const Markdown = require('../shared/homebrewery/markdown.new.js');
+
+describe('Markdown', ()=>{
+
+	it('should do a thing', ()=>{
+
+		const res = Markdown.render(`
+			test
+			<div> cool stuff </div>
+			test2
+		`)
+		console.log(res);
+
+
+
+	});
+
+});
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