THIS. I have a bunch of Mead aging and brew beer almost every week now. Started so I can have something to drink while I wait for my Meads to age. The best part is when you get the whole all grain brewing process down. It's very inexpensive and you can brew awesome Bracketts. My last 5 gallon batch of beer cost me 15$ total.
Very cool, but must not have been a Barleywine.
Do you reuse beer yeast to keep the cost down?