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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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 Beerlando (2311), Orlando, Florida, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/101/53/101/56/20
May 24, 2007  
Poured from a tap at a wedding I attended. Uncommonly red in color. Strange mix of vanilla and nut flavors. VERY sweet. TOO sweet. Seems like they just mixed a bunch of sweet junk together without regard to structure or balance.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
May 23, 2007  
4/14/07: Bottle.
Red-brown body and slightly hazy. Sugary malt nose. Bubble gum, caramel and molasses flavors. Finish is sweet, burnt and caramel.


OdinUSMC (7), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
May 22, 2007  
First off, shutup. I love this beer. I only got it at first because we built a snowman and this looked hillarious in its hand. But once I actually drank one with my snowman I found out why he liked it. ITS FANTASTIC! Especially for being made by AB. Notes of burbon and vanilla infused with some other taste that I can only describe as "Snow Nymph Blood". Easy drinking at a good price. Stock up in November for your own snowmen.


superd44688 (49), Canton, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/513/20
May 19, 2007  
Amber body with touch of vanilla aroma(couldn’t really pick up the nutty smell) with a vanilla aftertaste. Overall ok


 turbo (1254), Arizona, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
May 19, 2007  
Bottle poured dark amber with a nice head. Aroma is sweet and nutty with a hint of vamilla. Flavor is sweet malts, caramel, vanilla and fruits. Not bad.


 Bockyhorsey (2511), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
May 12, 2007  
12 oz. bottle. Sweet vanilla and nutty aroma. Amber body with decent head. Had a carbinated sweet vanila cream soda flavor. Had a vanilla sweet aftertaste on palate. A warming effect of the alcohol so could be a winter warmer if on sale.


 BBB63 (4228), La Porte, Indiana, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/52/101/53/20
May 6, 2007  
Bottle and served in my Unibroue glass: Pours a deep reddish brown with a quickly fading head and zero lace. The aroma has notes of vanilla, raisin, prune, caramel malts, liquorice, and heavy yeast esters. Then I took a taste...WTF!...It taste like a bad Coke and whisky mixed drink with no good bourbon character, just booze and sugary sweet syrup. Cloy and a complete mess. Dumped more than half the glass and now attempting to wash to taste out of my mouth. ARGGH, maybe too old, I dunno? The last of my mixer sixer, thank goodness that is over, but u gotta do what u gotta do sometimes.


 Ibrew2or3 (2724), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/102/57/20
May 2, 2007  
12oz bottle from Degarth, thanks again.

How is it this is a cask ale from a bottle? I don’t get it. Copper color with no head. The aroma is sweet and really not too bad. I get some dark fruitiness, some wood planks, vanilla (or cream soda) and faint smoke. The flavor on the other hand starts off tasting like a soda. Then it moves into a bourbon flavor. Seems to taste only vaguely like beer with a hint of dark fruitiness in there somewhere.



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