Some of these posts have given me insight to my question, but I'll post it anyway:
I brewed up my first Barleywine. I used a recipe I found, tweaked it a bit, and ended up with 1.115 for my OG. This was higher than anticipated. I did a yeast starter with WLP001. Everything looks great.
If I need...
I keep rotating between Seether, Anberlin, and Mina Caputo. I do not find any of them embarrassing.
(I will also admit to loving to listen to Sarah McLachlan)
I realized I hadn't introduced myself. I am usually a quiet guy, but I'll try to open up a little.
I moved past the normal macro stuff pretty fast. I got to Guinness and stayed there for a bit. I cracked open a coffee porter back in 2009 and have been trying as much as I could get my hands on...