Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

The aroma was banana and caramel with an extremely strong vanilla influence. The vanilla presence was sickly sweet in the nasal passaged. Caramel malt was present as was a strong fruity and estery presence. The beer poured crystal clear amber with an off-white head that rose well and fell slowly to lace the glass. The flavor was caramel and toffee with an odd presence of vanilla and perhaps a hint of oak. The flavor had some chocolate and reminded me of Cocoa Puffs in character. The body was medium light and a bit watery. The finish was even with lasting impressions of vanilla and chocolate with caramel. Not a bad beer, but nothing to try to find. 12 ounce bottle.

Draft at Applebee’s. Actually not a bad beer considering the manufactuerer. Sweet and smooth. Very drinkable, but not in large qtys.

Bottle 12 Fl.oz
Ruby red with amber, small creamy ring on top.
Aroma of laboratory vanilla, baking soda mixed with winter spices and pale raw dough.4,5/10
Chewy body, dough like in character with more of that artificial vanilla charcter. Confused formula. It seemed that brew master placed wrong things is wrong places that made poor example of winter holiday ale. Back to drawing table.

Bottle from Greenwood liquors in Bowling Green, KY. The curiosity go tthe best of me. Pours deep translucent cherry brown, with dissapating off white head. Faint aroma of vanilla. Do you like vanilla ice cream? Do you like a cheap macro ale? Then you will like this beer. There is no oak or hop balance.

Bottle: Vanilla is present in aroma, with an alcohol and apple quality that builds as the beer warms. Some maltyness in the aroma as well. When one focuses on the good, one can say that this beer featured a nice sweet maltyness with a slight bourbon like bite to it before the swallow, and a nice combonation of coffee, cream, vanilla, metalic and apple flavors after the swallow. If one wants to focus on the bad, one can note the astringent bite right before the swallow that is a mix of too tart apples and bad tobacco. Also, as the beer warms, the apple quality takes over all other flavors in this beer. This beer showed promise, and was actually better than I expected, but still a miss...

A suprising brew. I didnt know it was Michelob so that kept my biases away. I loved the mouthfeel and the flavor. Its very unique and worth a try. I dont know if I could try it again but this was a unique brew that I liked.

Cranberry and cedar red hue. Empty nose, with barely noticeable hints of nuts, fruitbread and spices. Up front it’s common maple and light wood flavors, weak on the palate, light without being thin, and the whole oak/bourbon/vanilla thing is only noticed right at the finish. Not terrible by any means, but mediocre and plain.

bottle from World of Beer in Clearwater - I don’t know - I really coudnt taste the Bourbon Cask - little vanilla but typically a pretty week beer - then again refreshing after working on the desk outside!