Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

This beer is anything but disappointing. I was very satisfied with it and it left no bad after taste or syrupy feeling in my mouth. It reminded me of an ole fashion root beer float. And yes I understand that beer is not suppose to taste like that but it is nice to experience a change every once in a while. I think AB did a great job with this seasonal beer.

Flavor hits you up front with vanilla and oak, with the vanilla having an especially sweet characteristic that can get to be a little bit much about halfway through the drink. Also a little bit of spice in the background, but just a hint. Not a bad beer, but the flavors sort of fall apart at the end.

had this in the past and liked it, but basically mooched off of my friend MIke at our poker game last night and just stole the bottle out of his hand. (I know it wasn’t cool but hey...) first impression - creamy mouthfeel, well carbonated, tiniest bit fizzy. softly refreshing. smells a lot like earthy woods, vanilla and alcohol. taste of vanilla is even stronger as well as the alcohol. its a bit like cream soda with intense sugary flavoring stirred in. woodsy, earthy, smokiness. middle to finish permeates with strong, caramel and sweet malts. subtle hints of hops. this beer has gotten really low ratings overall which surprises me. is it the best beer I’ve ever had? certainly not. but its really quite tasty. I would’ve had more than one if it’d been my beer to drink.

Pours amber with tan head. Looks nice in a glass. Flavor is mostly vanilla and bourbon, but not in a good way, finish is slightly spicy. The finish is slightly odd, like artificial wood. The flavors just don’t seem to work together with this one. Even though this was from AB I had high hopes and this disappointed.

This is one of the worst beers I’ve ever had. If it wasn’t for the fact that it has a reasonably nice color and the body isn’t too bad it would have gotten an even lower score from me. This beer is sweet (sickeningly so). It tastes as if someone took an ale and added ice cream, vanilla extract, and crappy bourbon. If the first taste isn’t bad enough, it leaves a syrupy taste in your mouth long after you have finished you last gulp. I wouldn’t rocommend this beer to anyone unless you like very sweet, syrupy beers.

A christmas gift from the little lady,so the rating has a built in bump because of the thought behind it. Over all this beer has a really different smell and after taste. I would recommend this only for the rating if you are fishing for ratings.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of DarkElf. If I didn’t know it was an AB product, I wouldn’t have recognized it as such. Pours dark copper color with a large white head. Aroma is heavy with the spices, caramel malts and barrel notes, a little grassy and grainy as well. Flavor is initially sweet, with lots of spice, some vanilla and an occasional odd bitter floral note. Medium body and gentle carbonation. Not bad.

Poured a just slightly hazed deep amber color with a large off-white head. Malty aroma of toffee and caramel with light vanilla and I guess you can say bourbon. Mostly just malt and vanilla. The flavor was malty with toffee notes and an artificial vanilla taste. Crisp finish with some warmth at the end.