Cigar City Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter

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Handbottle @ UK-SCO Tasting in Ulfborg.

[ Courtesy of cgarvieuk ]. Clear dark black color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige to light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, light coffee, cedar - wood, alcohol - bourbon, licorice notes. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20110409]

Bottled . A pitch black beer with a thin dark brown head. The aroma has notes of soy sauce, bourbon, and wood. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, wood, and bourbon, leading to a dry roasted, woody finish.

Handbottle 33 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Comes as "Cigar City Four Roses Barrel Aged Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout". Pours pitch, pitch black with a tiny brown head. Hard roast in the nose but the sweet vanilla notes dominate - brown licorice allsorts. Very solid body, hardly any carbonation, pours thick and syrupy - motormoil almost. Again sweet Bourbon notes, vanilla and dark fruits. Some alcohol heat in the finish. 270411

Handbottle. Pours pitch black and dark brown head. Aroma is dark malty, liqourice and whisky. Dark malty and whisky. Smooth malty and dark roasted malty. Smooth and dark malty into the far finish.

Handbottled from tap. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel, dark chocolate, bourbon and vanilla. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, dark chocolate, bourbon and vanilla. Dry roasted finish.

UPDATED: JUN 26, 2011
Name: Marshal Zhukovs, Bourbon Barrel
Date: March 12, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Appearance: black, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet roasted malt aroma, touch of bourbon and vanilla
Flavor: rich roasted malt flavor, dark chocolate bitterness, touch of bourbon brings in a vanilla sweetness, oak melds well with the roasted malts

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Marshal Zhukovs, Four Roses
Date: March 12, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Appearance: black, fine brown head, drippy lace
Aroma: big roasted aroma, hot bourbon, touch of oak
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, bitter dark chocolate, touch of caramel, oak blends well with the heavy roast

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Handbottle. Thanks Craig. Pours black with a few bubbles on top. Sweet and vinous nose. Quite complex. Roast, oak, soy and bourbon. Oily and slick. A sipper . . Nice

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a medium tan head. Aroma of bourbon, wood, roasted malt, toffee, chocolate, and coffee. Flavor of bourbon, baking cocoa, roasted malt, and coffee with a bitter, dry wood finish.

Draft. Small brown head atop brown-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, bittersweet chocolate, some Bourbon, vanilla. Taste is moderately sweet, alcohol/Bourbon, some chocolate, light roast. Smooth medium-full body.

Handbottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Pitch balck - brown bubbles. Chocolate, fruity, berries, cocoa, bourbon, wooden, lakridskonfekt, whiskey, oiley, acid notes, high malty, high sweetness, dark chocolate. Lovely.