Zhukov's Final Push
Cigar City Brewing

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From:
Cigar City Brewing
 
Florida, United States
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
11.5%
Score:
100
Avg:
4.59 | pDev: 8.28%
Reviews:
28
Ratings:
149
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 11, 2016
Added:
Mar 15, 2010
Wants:
  365
Gots:
  4
Kopi Luwak coffee aged Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout
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Rated: 5 by DNICE555 from Connecticut

Dec 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by oline73 from Maryland

Oct 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by 22Blue from Kansas

Oct 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4.77 by npachl from Wisconsin

Oct 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by giediprime41 from Florida

Sep 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts

Sep 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.74 by pdonovan16 from Massachusetts

Sep 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.96 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Sep 26, 2016
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Reviewed by Lochnessmonster from Florida

4.43/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Oddly enough, I prefer the regular Marshal Zhukov over this variant. Not saying it's bad, far from it, I just think the standard stout stands on its own. But the coffee flavor is very rich, and maybe I just wasn't feeling coffee when I had this.
Aug 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.9 by Thedrizzle from Florida

Jul 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.08 by rel from Florida

May 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by newbeeraday from Pennsylvania

Apr 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by HaveUSeenMyCellar from California

Apr 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.53 by tedgelee from Pennsylvania

Apr 06, 2016
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Reviewed by mythaeus from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
First of all, HUGE thank you to @JohnParadee for making it happen and sharing his crowler. If you didn't know the story of how this re-make came about, check out his review/story below.

Secondly, this was THE best straight up black, i.e no maple/milk or other adjuncts, coffee beer I've ever had. If you've ever been to your best local gourmet coffee shop, Ultimo Coffee down in South Philly in my case, and had their best hand pour drip coffee and said "wow, I didn't know coffee could taste this good", this was that times 10! Wish I could describe the coffee smell and flavors and why it's so different and amazing. I'd total drop $300 on a pound of this coffee to try it by itself. MZ is a good stout to begin with, but the coffee drowned it nearly completely out. It was hard to tell if there was beer in it....that's how much coffee that was present.

Keep in mind that I had a full pour of this out of a large Spieglau snifter (full size Huna glass) and enjoyed it over a span of 15 minutes+. Nose, taste, feel, look...all amazing. A perfect beer if you truly know and love coffee.
Apr 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by earlholman from Maryland

Mar 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.4 by wingnutter from Florida

Mar 29, 2016
 
Rated: 5 by allisonmichelle from Florida

Mar 29, 2016
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Reviewed by JMFP from Delaware

5/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Given what I went through to get this beer, I have to rate it a 5. So here's the honest to God true story...

After purchasing my ticket to Hunahpu Day 2016, I e-mailed CCB's marketing director, Geiger Powell, to make sure that CCB would be serving Final Push again this year (the last time it had ever been made and served previously was Hunahpu Day 2015...it was never bottled or distributed otherwise). I explained to Geiger that I really needed to try Final Push, as it was the last brew I needed to complete the BA Top 250 (which I had been working toward for 2.5 years). Imagine the horror when Geiger told me that CCB would NEVER brew this beer again, because they could not find a humane source of civet coffee beans! SH*T!!! So I asked Geiger if CCB would either give me the recipe, so I could make it, or would they make it if I could find a humane source of civet coffee beans. Well, Geiger said, we're not gonna give you the recipe, but if you can find a guaranteed humane source of civet coffee beans, then we'll make one keg of Final Push for Hunahpu Day 2016.

I then spent the next 3 weeks scouring the globe for a humane source of civet coffee beans, and ultimately found a communal preserve in SE Asia which provided a sanctuary for the civet cat, with guaranteed humane collection of the expectorated coffee beans! $300 and 2 weeks later, I had 16 ounces of humanely-gathered civet coffee beans shipped from SE Asia to CCB, and the rest is history!

So that is how & why Zhukov's Final Push came to be served at Hunahpu Day 2016!!!
Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by sourdog from California

Mar 26, 2016
Zhukov's Final Push from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 149 ratings