yes, i meant flaked barley, (which happens to be rolled, that's why i was thinking that). Mash temp hovered around 160ish; it's difficult to maintain in the dead of winter in MD.
Yeah it's definitely an imperial milk stout, which was my intention. It would be sweet w/o the lactose, but nothing like this, you can definitely tell there's an eff-load of lactose in it.
call me a dummy/novice/whatever, i don't care, but i haven't ever really paid too much attention to the IBUs, i just add the hops and forget about it (not really a hoppy guy). don't get me wrong, i know the specs, but i just say, ok whatever, lets makes some damn beer. The AA on horizon is like 16%, so i figured it would be a good counterblend for all this intense malty/lactose sweetness. it kinda gave it a bitter-sweet taste (well, not kinda, that's exactly how i would describe it. it's at the end of both spectrums)