Cigar City Marshal Zhukov's Penultimate Push
IMPERIAL STOUT WITH COFFEE, CACAO NIBS AND VANILLA
4.1
195 reviews
Tampa, United States
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MBCC 2017, Red session. Black body with a small tanned head. Aroma of vanilla, coffee, dark fruit. Taste of chocolate, espresso, vanilla fudge. Very pleasant.
Great one indeed but very strong. Mot too much foam but absolutely well brewed and sweet.
Bottle from Kyle. Black, oily, silky pour. Sweet aroma, chocolate, cinnamon. Taste is more sweetness, breakfast flavors
Silky, smooth.
Bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big bourbon barrel roast malts vanilla and coffee. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts ash bourbon barrel notes vanilla coffee.
Sampled at Perennial. It poured a dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma was of roasted malts, coffee, spices, vanilla and booze. The taste was similar to the aroma with more roasted malts, coffee, spices, vanilla, booze with medium carbonation and a nice chewy aftertaste. Good stuff
Bottle at Matt's
Black color, thick, with no head. Aroma of spicy roasted malts. Good body strength; heavily roasted malts, modertely sweet, coffee, spices, and then booze.
Massive beer, nothing impressive.
Thick brown, rich sticky tan head. Nose is soft wood, coconut dust and tacky caramel. Initial taste is tobacco, tar and Werthers. Soft carbonation, thick and oily rich. Finishes long woody earthy, not too sweet or cacao party and lingers long and roasty.
Bottle, Koentessence Tasting
@MBCC2017S03
Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of coffee and cocoa. Tastes of coffee, cocoa and wood. Medium body
Really good. Very dark and smooth. Thin tan head. Great nose. Coffee, vanilla, roasted and slightly bitter. Fantastic sipper.
Draught. Pitch black coloured. Dense brown head. Loads of roast coffee liqourice chocolate herbs some vanilla and molasses. Dense roasted bitterness. Fantastic
(Tap sample @ MBCC 2017 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours black with a medium brown head. Notes blend some sweet dark caramel malt and chocolate with piles of rich roasty malt, earthy coffee, cacao, toast, fudge, dried fruit, soft vanilla, the sweet body fades into big punchy drying roast on the finish, quite dry bitter aftertaste with burnt grain, coffee grounds and cacao. Medium-full body with soft carbonation and light alcohol. A nice change, in a world of pastry stouts this is a dry, roasty and bitter beast in comparison. Great brew.
Bottle from Homer321 (thanks!), shared at my imperial ales and dexterity games birthday party. Deep and fudgey with thick coffee, vanilla and creme brûlée notes, spicy wood, on and on and on awesome.
Side by side with Zhukov Cognac and Vanilla Hazelnut. Subtle vanilla and coffee. Cherries. Some kind of berry.
Bottle:Poured a dark black brown with tan. Aroma boozy, vanilla, coffee. Taste is malty sweet boozy coffee.
big is. big thick rich appearance. thick head. much coffee and cocoa. very bitter finish.but a sipper.
650ml bottle at Matt's. Pours like on oil very dark brown with a dark brown head. Aroma is fruity and concentrated roasted malt. Similar taste. Really nice imperial stout. I am impressed the same like with regular Маршал Жуков.
650ml bottle @ Matt's. Pours an opaque black with a small tan head. Nose is a little green pepper and coffee. Flavour is bitter coffee and bitter cocoa, somewhat oily.
22 oz. bottle, pours a jet motor oil black with a tiny beige head. Aroma is very intense, with heaps of cocoa, vanilla and coffee in cohesion. Flavour is intense as hell, with loads of vanilla, coffee and cocoa. Silky, oily mouthfeel, with light carbonation. A bit of harsh, boozy astringency on the finish. Very nice stuff.
Thick, black. The aroma is rich, with a touch of vanilla, and a lot of chocolate. Rich, with a lot of hops, lots of chocolate, The richness, and the bitterness is assertive. The vanilla and coffee show through nicely...cacao maybe not as much. Still, a rich, solid, clinic of the style.
Draft - Nice Barrel and chocolate notes. Jet brown with a rich light brown head. Chocolate, roast and toast and bitter with a nice finish.
Marshal Zhukov is an exceptional Imperial Stout from brewery that seems to unfailingly brew Imperial Stouts that are nothing short of amazing. It pours about as dark as you can possibly get on the color spectrum. Marshal Zhukov has absolutely everything you expect a Russian Imperial Stout to offer. Full-bodied strength, ample bitterness, and plenty of dark chocolate, coffee, blackened cream, and burnt grain notes. Given the blackness and viscosity of this beer, it ought to darken the color of your bones after you drink it.
Draft at One Mile House, NYC. Pours almost black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate. Taste follows nose, with caramel, vanilla, molasses. Excellent.
Bottle.
A- Roasty, earthy, coffee, vanilla.
A- Black color, black liquid, brown head.
T- Coffee, earthy, roasty, mild bitterness, vanilla, tobacco.
P- Full body, creamy texture, average carbonation, rich finish.
O- Pours as black as oil in the night. A very robust and serious brew. Not sure the vintage but at least 1.5 years old. Loads of coffee with the perfect touch of vanilla. Great stuff.
On tap at Haymaker Bar and Kitchen, NYC. Black with creamy medium brown head. Cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee, roasted, malty, vanilla. Sweet. Soft carbonation. Oily. Full bodied.
Bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Huge strong coffee aroma with chocolate and vanilla. Coffee dominates the flavor with dark chocolate, vanilla, roasted malts and had a touch of molasses.
Brewery Tap visited 01/05/17. Poured jet black with deep beige head. Thick creamy dark delicious Impy stout. What I came for ! Dark fruit, malts, chocolate, vanilla and coffee and cocoa all present. Luxurious stuff.
Oh dear, oh dear, what a dangerously delectable imperial stout. A mountain of chocolate, a tower of coffee, a high hill of vanilla, an...um...extremely large rockpile of licorice, dark fruits, and caramel, all resting languorously atop a bitter hop base strafed by black pepper, pine, and floral notes. Pours as black as your ex’s soul, with a giant dark brown head and voluminous lacing. Incredible chocolate and roasted malt nose with hints of alcohol and pepper. Thick as a milkshake and just as easy to sip. Incredible beer.
Wonderful smooth stout for 11% nice back note of coffee as well
Bottle from my brother in Flo Rida. This was a heavy chug, but I managed to finish it in one go. Tasted like coffe with doughnuts. Low carb, suprisngly. Not fucken bad. Wood repete if given the chance, but sadly I probably won't. Watch the fucken vid of me drinking it if you want.
https://youtu.be/861zrPN2ZwA
Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Red Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.
[ As Cigar City Marshal Zhukov's Penultimate Push ].
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, roasted - coffee, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, light nutty - peanut. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, malt - nutty bitter, peanut - nutty, dark malt, roasted - coffee, chocolate - vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170513]
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