OK, I am hooked. A bottle of Dark Lord 2013 made its way to the TOOOL meeting, and I had a chance to sample some. Oh my....
I've rinsed the empty bottle and placed it on the fermenter. I figure, as Eastern Orthodox Beer Pope, we need a religious icon for veneration. ;-)
I've researched recipes. You either need a lot of grain (like 35+ lbs!), or do a partial mash and use malt extract. I have a second 10 gallon mash tun that I can bring in. We'd probably need to run both at once for this. Or convert one of the brewery kegs with a false bottom.
I'm not sure what to do for yeast. It seems Wyeast had some super high gravity beer yeasts, but these appear to be limited edition and are gone. I'd considered talking to Bioguy about culturing from a bottle of Dark Lord, but it is hit or miss on whether the yeast, if any, in the bottle is the same yeast originally used to ferment.
I'd like to get back into brewing, but I think we first need to figure out what we are doing with the kegerator and bar. We need a proper Beer Altar to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.