Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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.

Reddish brown color with a nice head that fades fast. Not much aroma, some sourness and a little mellow malt sweetness. Taste a little blanc, not much flavor let alone bourbon. A little vanilla and oak.

This is one of my favorites, I can’t wait until it come around again. I love the dark copper amber color, wonderful vanilla flavor and the clean finish.

Date: 02/09/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

dark amber, whispy beige head, sweet carmel malt aroma, big sweet vanilla flavor, lots of sweet carmel, light bitterness, good for a $2 pint

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

Smokey chocolate nose, copper, pours a small tan head. Taste is treacle, sweet, average. A big Thank You to my dear Friend Helen.

A thin head that is tan, it quickly dissipates. The color is dark amber with carbonation bubbles. The aroma is toasted malt, a slight hint of bourbon and vanilla. The taste is malt and vanilla with hints of bourbon. The mouth feel is watery and thin. There is hardly a finish on it.