Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

I was surprised by this. It was actually fairly decent. What makes it is the nice vanilla aftertaste. the initial taste is a sweet the followed by the vanilla. Body is a too thin, but overall okay.

Small tan head that settles out quickly, lacing is spotty. Clear, deep amber color. Surprisingly attractive! Nose of vanilla and cherry cough medicine. Body is med/light somewhat creamy. Vanilla extract flavor dominates. No bourbon flavor or oak to really speak of. Maybe a hint of caramel malt. Lightly sweet, candyish flavors of vanilla and cherry. Finish is almost dry, thin and vanilla-y. Luckily i did,nt have to drop a $1.75 on this as a friend from work turned me on to one. Thanks Tommy!

A-B, are you serious?
The beer looks nice in the glass, kudos! The aroma is ridiculously contrived and the flavor is an over the top fabrication! Smells and taste like “bananas foster” vanilla extract garbage. The palate is thin and the finish tastes like a cheap McDonalds dessert.

Don’t ask me why, but I poured this at about 55-60 degrees. I know, I know. Stupid mistake. This was absolute shit. An aroma of vanilla extract and soap. Appearance was a crystal clear dark mahogany brown, with a nice head with zero lacing. Mouthfeel was average, nothing bad there. Flavor was like drinking watery vanilla extract WITH the alcohol finish. I will rerate when I try this again nearly ice cold, which is the way ANY AB product should be served. RE-RATE: Well, I let this one nearly get to freezing temps and gave it a go. The finish is much better and the vanilla isn’t so fake in the aroma and taste but of course the cold convers everything up. What it really reminded me of was some sort of amalgamation of a cream soda and a beer.

Born on 10Nov06 - Clear red amber body topped by a quickly vanishing light tan head. The aroma is first vanilla then cherry and some light caramel. The cherry aroma gets stronger as it warms. The flavor is sickly vanilla, no real wood character just vanilla. The sweetness is all vanilla. Drinks like a vanilla soda. Not very good.

amber with a disappearing off white head.......hmmm basically budweiser and cream soda had a love child. it smells like the making of the child. it tastes like what was left of the sheets after the making of the child..... i guess the bourbon barrel and the vanilla bean were trying to watch tv in the next room over and somehow there good names got mixed up in this imitation vanilla crap beer train wreck. light and fizzy. not worth your time.

A nice clear amber pour with an off-white head that held up pretty well. It looked good! It was smooth, almost mellow. The first impression was a slight tingling on the tongue. The hint of vanilla was about the same as the hint of bourbon. Together they made a light, pleasant drink. The aftertaste was non-existent. It seemed light for a 6% ABV. I anticipated a lip-smacking, belly warmer and got a refr4eshing drink, nowhere near robust.

Ugghhhh. This taste like that vanilla flavoring my aun uses for cooking. There is a slight cappucino-type flavor melded in here and the body lacks any sort of sophistication I’d expect with an ale or a cask for that matter. I found this pretty undrinkable. I bought it out of curiosity-it was selling well at a bottle shop.