From Cigar City Brewing in Tampa Bay Florida comes their "Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout" 2017 Vingate. The beer pours a jet black colour with a brown head. The aroma consists of roasted malts, molasses, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, chocolate and some alcohol. The flavour is of roasted malts, burnt coffee, ash, molasses, caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, anise, dark fruit, maybe some umami, alcohol and a bitterness in the finish. The alcohol content comes in at 11.2% with an IBU of 70. This is a seriously big beer and right up my alley. I wish I could have brought more of this beer back or visited the brewery while in Florida but there is only so much room in your luggage and we had to leave Florida in a hurry to avoid Hurricane Irma.
Commercial Description: This Russian Imperial Stout is dedicated to Georgy Zhukov, arguably one of the finest generals of World War II. Opaque black in color, with notes of espresso, chocolate, dark toffee and hints of blackstrap molasses. The English hop varietals provide a subtle herbal dryness, and the beer finishes with a hearty slap of roasty espresso. Pair Marshal Zhukov's with mushroom solyanka, dark chocolate, cherries and ground wars in Russia.
