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Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5582.48/5.02.48/5.0Winter6%14.4Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
During even the coldest of weather, warm up to the smooth, robust taste of our Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale. Full of rich aromas that you find in the winter months, hints of vanilla and flavorful hops, this is a beer that is great for pouring into a large tulip glass and enjoying with friends around a fireplace.
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 CanIHave4Beers (865), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Always a bit too sweet, it has some nice things happening though. The bourbon comes through and so does the vanilla, the latter overpowering the entire flavor. A little too sticky sweet. Smells nice, sort of like bourbon and vanilla. Palate is a little bit watery. A guy at a beer store told me he thought it tasted like when you leave a jack and coke out overnight and the ice melts.... that is not completely off base.


 jimmack34 (560), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear red with a large frothy white head that deminishes quickly. Smells a little spicy and malty sweet. Tastes like aloit of toffee and very sweet. Some hints of cinnamin. Has a little bit of cask aged flavor. Pretty good beer.


 bitbucket (2030), Kirkland, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/510/20
Dec 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear orange amber with a off-white head. Vanilla toffee nose. Body and carbonation tending to light. Vanilla toffee taste. Just a guess from the faint taste hints, but it seems like this beer might have spent the better part of an afternoon in a bourbon barrel. I’m not sure if that qualifies as barrel-aged.


MeanMountnMan (15), Nampa, Idaho, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 15, 2008  
AROMA Not a lot here. Some malt and vanilla and a little oak but all subdued. No hops noticed. APPEARANCE The color was a very nice Golden copper with no cloudiness. The head was offwhite about 1 cm but dissipated quickly with no lacing at all. FLAVOR Candy sugar sweetness noticed first with some of the malt and vanilla following. Some of the woodiness of the cask could be picked out but it did not stand out. No hop flavor or bitterness at all. Overall a bit watery and thin. Almost like it was over-filtered. PALATE Texture was decent and carbonation was good. OVERALL IMPRESSION There was nothing really offensive with this beer but it was just lacking overall. I have no problem drinking another, but Ive had better.


 JaBier (1200), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 15, 2008  
Pours a deep amber, no head. Aroma of a Scottish Ale - very malty with a teeny bit of hop. Vanilla flavor up front with a malty finish. Not bad.


 Sparky27 (1585), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 15, 2008  
Bottle. Never heard of this beer but picked it up in a mixed sixer. Pours a clear amber with a 2 finger fizzy tan head that faded fast. Nose is caramel malt and vanilla. Taste is must the same with a weird fake aftertaste. No bourbon cask qualities at all. Fairly flat mouth feel. Not very good.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1070), New Jersey, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/55/20
Dec 14, 2008  
DECENT AROMA OF BOurbon and paired with a decent body it is fizzy yet a tad slick. tastes like bourbon and some artificial vanilla in saccharin. not beery in any sense and served complimentary by a trio of miserable morons at seaworld orlando.
Earlier Rating: 1/27/2008 Total Score: 2.8
flavor of vanilla. sweet and a bit malty with a very low touch of hops. not bad and the beer was appreciated complementary at seaworld fla. it is a good beer at first sip. slowly that beer enjoyment loosens and it does so with every sip.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Dec 11, 2008  
Pours a clear dark amber with a very short lived white head. Smell is thin sweet and metallic malt with some artificial vanilla flavor. Taste is very vanilla like and otherwise thin and malty with light bitterness and very watery. Thin vanilla soda like and not good. Drinkable, but highly artificial.



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