Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Bottle. A hint of vanilla taste. Absolutely no bourbon taste or smell. A nice attempt from AB but definately needs some fine tuning.

Bottle. medium off white head that dissapears quickly. Dark copper color. Aroma of vanilla and wet dog. Vanilla taste throughout with a hint of licorice. At the end of each sip I get a slight alcohol presence, but I wouldn’t say it tastes like bourbon. At least anheuser is trying things like this, but it tastes like they are using typical macro brew thinking to try and get it done. C

pours a dark amber, with a quickly disapearing off-white head. he aroma was of vanilla. the flavor was vanilla. my notes say "too much vanilla!", so that seems to have been the dominating impression.

Oops, I didn’t realize this was A-B until just now. Ah well I’ll give it a fair shake. Bottle, from Duvel tulip @ cellar temp. "Born on" 31 Oct 07 (it’s been sitting at the back of the fridge a while). Crystal clear red-amber, aggrasseive pour produced a big frothy head but it faded to nothingness quickly and left no lacing whatsoever. Smells like boiled cabbage -- hey, I just realized something: ALL A-B products must be this style (sarcasm)! I do detect a *hint* of that caramel and "bourbon" they mention, but it only made me smirk at their audacity. Surprisingly, it’s not as thin and watery as...water. And the carbonation is reasonably soft rather than sharp and fizzy as expected. No notable flavors, really. It reminds me of any other randomly chosen "specialty" beer by any of the big macro brewers -- basically their standard fare with a few squirts of food coloring and artificial flavors. Sort of dry-ish in the finish, but the aftertaste is pretty disgusting. I’d rather drink this than Bud, but what’s that saying, really? Not a whole lot. At least it’s 6% ABV. *yawn*

Ummm, I think thanks for sharing Yaniv! A darker golden clearish color with an offwhite head. GIANT sweet caramel nose. A bit one dimensional, but some toffee and vanilla seem to be thinly disguised. No real maltiness. Thin body, but the carbonation yields some creaminess. Disgustingly sweet flavor. Tastes like it smells, sort of. More like vanilla flavored chemicals. With some sort of vegetal aftertastes... DMS maybe? You’ve got to do a bit better than this Anheuser-Busch!

Our rating seems much higher than most here, but we found this to be a very refreshing and quite tasty brew. It pours from the bottle a nice orange-amber color with the thin head and wateriness you’d expect in an A-B product. It has a very nice, appetizing aroma of spice and vanilla. Agree with others that the "bourbon" is not discernible at all. It was the balance of the flavors worked for us -- we just liked it. Maybe it’s a case, for us at least, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts because, even with the negatives, we really enjoyed this beer and will buy it again next season.

Nice amber color with a head that dissipates too quickly. Sweet malty smell and sweet but watery taste. Not a bad beer, but would probably never buy again.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a nice amber color, and the head dissipates quickly. Flavor: Sweet, but the bourbon flavor barely comes through. I’ve tried other beers that were aged in bourbon barrels, and they were much better.