Well, hit my first snag. My on-line supplier is out of 2-row and will be getting some in a few weeks but I want to get started so I'm taking the advice of people on here and making a direct substitution of Maris Otter for the 2-row. I bought a 55 lb bag so I can do a few batches with this instead of the plain 2-row. Hope I don't screw up the mashing process too much but since the cost difference is about $20 more for the bag and if I get 4 batches out of it, then if I screw it up I'm only out 5 bucks extra a batch. That's a relatively low percentage when you look at how much I've invested in cooler/grain mill/kegs etc. Hope someday that the cost per batch averages out to a reasonable amount...