Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

12oz bottle: Pours a brownish red color, somewhat bubbly. Small brown/tan head, very quickly diminishing. Very malty, metallic aroma, not balanced. Malty, a little vanilla on the end. Bourbony. Smooth finish. Bland.

Pint draft. Pours red, with thin quickly dissipating off white head. Aroma is bitter oak and bourbon. Flavor is dominated by bourbon, but it is not overpowering. I would have this again in the abscence of better choices. However, one is enough - not a session beer IMO. Judging by the other reviews, I would say that A-B is still fiddling with the recipe. 1/30/07; tried again in same restaurant. No bourbon, all very strong vanilla aroma and flavor. Will not try again.

Nice amber color. Small, tight head. Sweet and malty with hints of bourbon and vanilla in the nose and the flavor. Liek several raters have mentioned, it’s like an alcoholic cream soda. Not bad, I guess. I’d drink it in a bar if there were no real beers.

Let me start by saying that this is most likely the sweetest beer I’ve ever had in my life. It’s pure sugar. But for some reason, I love it. Perhaps it’s my ability to look past the Anheuser-Busch label and just enjoy the candy goodness. Maybe I’m alone, but I can’t get enough of this beer, much like Jack’s Pumpkin Spice.

Amber/copper, with a tan head. Aroma is malt, vanilla, and sugar. Flavor is sugar and vanilla. Almost more like soda than beer. Just not very good.

copper with a medium sized off-white head. lager aroma with hints of vanilla. smells like cream soda. flavor is a artificial vanilla flavor with a grainy lager. no woody oaky notes. no thanks.

Pours a bright transparent copper ruby with a thin, short-lived off-white head. Aroma of slightly sweet malt and some sugary vanilla. Body starts with a touch of malt, butterscotch and some mild oak (without much bourbon) and a drier, earthier finish with vanilla and toasty, nutty flavors. I know it’s made by Anheuser-Busch, but it’s not really that bad.

I had this on-tap while waiting for a flight at the Cincinatti airport. Appearance is a light coffee color, with a head that could have come off a can of Sprite. It was very fizzy, but with virtually no head. This beer smelled like a Boston Creme doughnut to me...sweet with a creamy odor. Mild, but actually kind of pleasant. The taste was of very strong vanilla notes, but they didn’t feel like they belonged. The taste was very chemical in nature, as if this beer was brewed to be bland, and then caramel color and vanilla flavoring were added. Mouthfeel was very thin, a bit like a diet pop. This beer was drinkable because it was so thin, but I didn’t really have much desire to have another one.