Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

A pretty sweet and malty aroma. Pours a clear deep red in the glass with little-to-no head. Flavor is sweet with vanilla, the slightly higher alcohol content is barely recognizable and there is a little bit of spice from the bourbon. A little cherry flavor, too. Nothing really stands out though, it’s all just mashed together. Better than Beach Bum, not as good as Jack’s Pumpkin Spice. 12 oz. bottle.

Ok,you get a quick whiff of vanilla,a molecule of bourbon, then nothing,taste is a strange mix of weak vanilla,pale malt and again a seed of whiskey,and sweetness,taste like a bunch of weak clashing flavors that don’t complement each other. Name of brew is downright deceptive.

Bottle. Dark amber body with a thick ring of bubbles and a thin film of bubbles. Nose-dusty, vanilla, light wood and bourbon. Taste-cherry, light vanilla, marshmallow, nutmeg, macroness, very light bourbon, slightly corny sweet. Not as bad as I was anticipating.

Bottle: Pours clear amber with small white head. Malty and vanilla aroma. Flavor is malty and caramelly with kind of a toasted vanilla bean flavor. No trace of bourbon or oak in the flavor. How its aged on cask and bottled i dont know. This beer is absurd. By itself it is a bland amber ale with vanilla.

Pours a clear dark copper color with a very fine head. Nose is rather one dimensional sweet malt. Taste is malty and mellow but has a cloying sweetness that is really overpowering. the vanilla bourbon flavor tastes rather forced. Body is a bit thin and fizzy.

I love this beer. However, it has to be from the right place. I got it from a local pub and it was magnificent. Its a sweeter beer or at least it is after one or two pints. I also ordered this beer at a chain restraunt (smoky bones) and hated it. It seemed to have been overly carbonated so much so as to be undrinkable. In bottled format this beer was great. Unfortunately I can’t find a release date for 07 and wonder if it will be put out again this season.

Its been a while since Ive had this, and I really hate rating beers more than a day or two after trying them, but I didnt know this beer was on the site. I thought it was very interesting and very tastey. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, rootbeer. Had a distint oak taste, with hints of vanilla, hops, bourbon and sweet malt. I really enjoyed this beer.

10/7/07 From the bottle. Aroma is vanilla and low roast bready malt forward with a light alcoholic note. Appearance is a very nice light copper with a very low off-white head. Flavor is a slightly sour vanilla note forward fallowed by some slightly grainy sweet malt and no hop character. Mouthfeel is medium/high bodied with low carb texture and moderate creaminess. Overall, this is just not easy drinking, but might get better with time.