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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Draft@CCB.. Warming bourbon and oak nose with touches of vanilla. Rich chocolate and roast finish, warming and full bodied. Dark black as can get, dark brown head.

Bottled (Four Roses barrel). Pitch black coloured. Dense dark brown head. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, light roast, cocoa, chocolate, some liqourice and coffee. Flavour of vanilla, roast, liqourice, bourbon, chocolate, coffee. Medium to full bodied. Has a roasted and spiced bitterness in the end.

Tap at Rattle N Hum. Black with loads of vanilla and a little bit of bourbon… both on the nose and on the palate. The heavy roast is really smoothed out in this one. Lingering vanilla/caramel character that integrates really nicely with the base. A sticky toastiness and a long lingering roast finish. I prefer the Humidor, but this is lovely.

Courtesy of Dave

Growler: The aroma consists of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and espresso. It pours a dark brown, virtually black, with almost no head and lots of legs on yje sides of the glass. The flavor starts with lots of chocolate and caramel. The finish has moderate bourvon, coffee, and vanilla. Full bodied with minimal carbonation and a somewhat oily mouthfeelm

Draft at gand opening of Cigar city tasting room. Poured near black with a tall, dense dark brown head. Nose is big in bourbon notes, also roasted malts, chocolate, toffee, and wood. Full body with a creamy, slightly oily or viscous mouth feel and a good amount of carbonation. Flavor is rich with roasted malt notes, lots of chocolate, and molasses, vanilla, wood, light coffee and a nice amount of Bourbon. Bourbon is pretty well balanced with the roasty malt flavors not overpowering at all. Finishes roasted with lingering bourbon and a touch of warming alcohol.

On draft at the Hunahpus release. A: Pours uber black and full of evil like all CCB stouts. Nice deep dark head that exhibits pretty good retention and awesome lace. S: Very roasted lots of chocolate, espresso, and of course the barrel. T: Deep deep roasted malt, espresso, and hints of oak. Hints of bourbon and light vanilla in the finish. M: Rather full in body, bitter roast, dry finish. D: Not the most drinkable but a solid stout for sure.

(growler shared by OSLO, thanks a ton Al!!) Pours jet black with a very dark brown head. Aroma smells exactly like bourbon-soaked fudge. Very rich and decadent. Also some coconut, vanilla, and oddly enough some dark fruit and vinous scents. Also some Sumatran coffee. Very nice aroma. Taste is a little disappointing compared to the aroma, and it’s somewhat ashy which dominates the other flavors. Taste of fudge, plenty of vanilla, coconut, heavily roasted malt, and some oak as well. Booze is present, but not really intrusive. Mouthfeel is very thick and full, and carbonation is fairly low. Overall this is a quality barrel-aged beer, as it does a superb job of integrating the barrel with the base beer. Thanks again for sharing Al!

This is another of CCB’s Zhukov’s that doesn’t let me down. I didn’t get any tart from the wine barrel, just zhukov’s +wood, bit sharper than it’s unaltered cousin. Yummy.

On tap at Rattle N Hum for their Cigar City event. This and the BA Hunahpu’s were first on my list to try and both were great. Pours black, viscous, thick dense dark tan head. Faint wood, bourbon on the nose, rich deep chocolate and roast. Smooth chocolate mousse. Long crisp bitterness, lingering roast on the finish. Another delicious one.

Poured jet black with no head smelled of bourbon and chocolate with burnt malts slightly in there tasted bourbon up front with chocolate aftertaste very good beer