I have a Braumeister 25 liter. It makes great beer, however, I’ve found that about 18-19 pounds of grain is max. I would recommend DME version over all grain for Braumeister because 21.5 pounds is quite a bit too much for the grain pipe. I couldn’t get to the right gravity due to too much grain. Probably could have divided everything in half and brewed twice. In any event, it looks good, smells good, tastes good, just isn’t really an imperial stout as it isn’t high gravity, so just a nice porter / stout. Looks like it will be in the 6% range since i couldn’t really sparge with the Brewmeister grain pipe.

Having recently trying some Dragons Milk I was excited to brew this. I pretty much stayed true to the recipe with the exception of curbing the Bourbon back just a touch and adding a few ounces of cocoa nibs and vanilla bean tincture when kegging.
My wife who thinks dark beers are awful won’t stay out of it while it’s aging. It’s almost 2 months in the keg right now and boy is it good.

I managed to get close to the reported abv on this one, but less impressed with this as an imperial stout. I was expecting stronger hints of coffee and chocolate. Definitely worth making but the belgian tripel had a much better finish.

Brewed this last year at Christmas. Did primary fermentation and racked it into a 5 gallon glass carboy with the oak cubes and 12 oz of cask strength Makers Mark. Sat it in the corner covered and forgot about it for 6 months. When I racked it to the keg it was crystal clear and had reached an amazing flavor rarely tasted in barrel aged beers. Full on chocolate and mild roasted notes. Heavy bourbon and tobacco comes through loud and clear. Still there is a lingering dark fruit flavor like raisins and dates. Finished at 11% abv.