Have you considered developing any Alexa skills that would sync to a BrewersFriend account? I recently got an Amazon Echo, and with a little development, the brewing applications seem limitless. I can already ask Alexa to set timers and reminders for things like mash, boil, and additions, but it...

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What was your gravity reading when you started? 1.100 is a really big beer, and it sounds like you are getting the results I would expect if you just threw a vial or packet of yeast in a wort that size... Did you make a yeast starter? How big? What type of yeast? Did you aerate first? How...

Agreed. I'd try again, pitching at a cooler temp and hit your water with some campden. At the doses recommended for removing chloramine, it can't hurt anything even if that wasn't the problem.

So, I've got a pretty big barleywine in the works, and I am planning to do my best to age it as long as possible. I would, however, like to start sampling occasionally at around the 3-month mark so I can taste the beer change over time. I'm working with a 5 gallon batch, and I thought, "hey...