Richard's Homebrew

I was looking for something that I could make 10 gallons of and split into 2 different 5 gallon batches. It is a little more work and a tigh...

Yay! My first chocolate stout is finally ready. This is the little brother of the end of the world stout . Pours almost pitch black with ...

 EWS - Secondary    After three weeks of slowly feeding this monster , it is a relief to have it in secondary. As planned, I split ...

Belgian Strong Dark - I brewed this back in May 2011 - ABV 10% The goal with this beer was something like Chimay Blue or KoningsHoeven Quad...

I is finally time to bottle my barleywine! 3 months ago, I used almost 1/2 bag of maris otter to brew up almost 5 gallons of barleywine and ...

To end 2011 with 6 beers fermenting Left to right:  Chocolate Stout, End of the World Stout, Barleywine, Apfelwien III, Brett Pale, Lambic 1...

I decided on this brew for a few reasons. I have been slowly upping my abv in big brews - 10% belgian strong dark, 12% barleywine - and thou...