Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

Terrible terrible beer. This was almost a drain pour. I bought this not knowing it was made by AB- tastes like it tho. Terrible alcohol taste with a SLIGHTLY vanilla flavor. I would drink a Bud over this.

Had at a bar in Rockaway, NJ on tap. 11.18.06. Was wondering what the heck this was. Interesting that AB is behind it. Fairly interesting and drinkable. I’m not entirely against it, I drank the whole thing. But be wary of the big macros trying to siphon off microbrewery fans.

Very different beer deffinatly a vanilla taste with a hint of burbon. cool drink for some thing out of the ordinary.

One of Anheuser’s best attempts at making a drinkable brew. The vanila taste is a bit overstated and artificial but it’s still a pretty decent brew from a major. Have not seen this on tap locally, but I’m keeping my eyes peeled.

Dark copper color with a thin head. Slight bourbon aroma with a bit of chocolate. It tastes like water with vanilla extract. Not that it’s entirely terrible, just not decent beer.

There’s something sickly sweet - like over-ripe vanilla beans or mashed strawberries - in the taste of this beer. It looks fine and smells appealing, but what could have been roasted, peated maltiness is ruined by some very obvious non-beer-related flavors. Another one of those efforts by AB here in the US to pull the wool over the eyes of real beer drinkers and steal market share from Sam Adams amongst the less beer inclined.

From bottle. Pours a golden orange with tan head. Nose is sweet fruits and vanilla. Lots of vanilla in the flavor, smooth palate with lingering vanilla in the finish. Nice to see one of the big ones trying something like this.

Bottle poured a clear dark amber with a small diminishing amber head. Aromas of carmel, vanilla and a hint of cocoa. Palate was light bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, vanilla and a faint hint of bourbon with a smooth sweet finish.