Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

Six pack from Tom Thumb at Park Row and Bowen. I can’t taste anything in description except the vanilla, and a lot of it.

Not that it’s hard, but this is probably the best A-B seasonal. The vanilla comes through a bit and it’s not terrible.

Kind of surprised by this one. Anheuser-Busch usually pushes out over carbonated crap beer but this was surprisingly better. Tried it at a Christmas party. It poured very light with a light head. Smelled slightly of vanilla. This tasted almost like Bud Light with vanilla extract in it. My big issue with Bud Light is that it is always over carbonated and has no taste. This wasn’t nearly as carbonated and the vanilla gave it some flavor. Guess if my choices were limited (severely limited) I would drink this around Christmas time.

Probably the best A-B beer I’ve had. It poured a 1.25 (I have smallish hands) finger tan head and, oops! Where the hell did it go? At least the beer itself looked alright, with a rich, dark copper colour. All I oculd discern about the aroma was malt, but my nose is not the best for this sort of work. The taste was again malt with perhaps something else going on in the background, but the "it" was too faint to define. The mouthfeel was quite right, likewise the aftertaste. I’ve have this again.

Bottle. Bubbly head that settles as film. Smells of hoppy, wheaty, spicyness. Slimy on palate like alcohol and tastes of vomit. I expected more out of this beer. Looks nice in the glass though.

Dark caramelly brown. Smells fine, actually tastes fine too. The body kind of disappoints though. A little too thin for what this seems to be going for.

Draft. Pours a clear amber color with a small off white head. nose is vegatal with a light grass and coriander. Palate is syrupy with a clean finish. Flavor is syrupy caramel with some light spicy cinnamony almost notes.