Ok so technically speaking it may have been possible to base58 the passphrase get a result then sha256 that result with a password (or am I missing something).

Love to know where the guide I followed to get this done in the first place. Whoever wrote the guide factored in a "salt" which makes cracking a brainwallet alot more difficult.

If this wasn't possible on a classic wallet website then some program must have been used. Nothing epse makes much sense.