Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout

12 Nov

Name – Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout

Appearance – Poured an inky black with a bit bubbly brown head.

Smell – Sweet chocolate, some roasted malts and a bit of coffee.  A little bit boozy as well.

Taste – The sweet chocolate taste is up front followed by a slight coffee tasted that turns roasted.  A slight alcohol bite at the end that also has the chocolate taste come back for the finish.

This is my first review of a Cigar City brew.  Based out of Tampa, Florida but not distributed down here in the south of the state I picked this up while in Orlando over the weekend.  CCB has been quickly gaining a reputation in the craft brewing world for their brews and their barrel aged variants of them.  Zhukov’s is a brilliantly well rounded RIS.  All the flavors come together nicely and one does not over power the other.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it’s the best Russian Imperial Stout I’ve had to this point.  There I said it.  And with that statement I am going to give it the ever elusive grade.

Overall Grade – A+

11 Responses to “Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout”

  1. nate November 12, 2009 at 8:30 am #

    Hmmm…I’d really be interested in trying this, seeing as I have a fierce Belgian Imperial Stout about to be bottled. How much did it cost?

  2. Mike November 12, 2009 at 9:03 am #

    Honestly Nate I don’t remember. I was so excited to see things that I can’t get down my way I was just grabbing bottles and putting them into a box. But if you can get your hands on one I say DO IT!

  3. Ed Roberts November 12, 2009 at 9:38 am #

    It was probably around $15. Cigar City was supposed to be here next month but there was an issue getting bottles down here. Hopefully we see them early next year!

  4. nate November 12, 2009 at 9:49 am #

    That’s not a bad price for a higher gravity, 750ml bottle.

  5. Scott November 12, 2009 at 10:11 am #

    Sounds like a great beer. The head is almost as dark as the beer!

  6. Simply Beer November 12, 2009 at 11:15 pm #

    Damn Dude, A+. I gotta try some. Lets trade!

  7. Mike November 13, 2009 at 8:10 am #

    Cigar City is turning out to be in high demand. Multiple people want me to trade this with them. I definitely will once they start getting regularly distributed down my way.

  8. Michael Reinhardt November 13, 2009 at 4:33 pm #

    I’m really wanting to try this. When I interviewed the Bruery on the site Patrick told me they were going to do a collaboration brew. Keep your eyes peeled for another one of these.

  9. Mike November 13, 2009 at 4:35 pm #

    Yeah I just read on CCB’s blog that their brewmaster headed out to Cali to work on that. http://blog.cigarcitybeer.com/2009/11/10/160-wayne-is-in-california-working-on-the-ccbbruery-collaboration.aspx

  10. Michael Reinhardt November 16, 2009 at 11:28 pm #

    I’m excited for the brew they are doing together. I really want to get the collaboration and that Stout you drank.

  11. Mike November 17, 2009 at 9:16 am #

    Someone brought a bottle of the Humidor Series of this one to a beer meeting last night. It was excellent. Adds a cigar like taste to it.

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