Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

Bourbon aroma. Notes of oak and vanilla. Murky brown with almost no head. Flavor wasn’t bad -- again notes of oak and vanilla with some caramel maltiness. Not much in the way of hops. Disappointingly medium bodied. Not bad. Not terribly memorable.

Draught at 69 Taps. Dark gold color with small beige head. Very weak aroma and flavors. Spicey and a little malty with some vanilla. Too light and boring though.

Picked up this brew since I didn’t have a wide selection at the store I was at outside of the standard Bud, Coors and Miller...just cracked one open and was immediately overwhelmed by the strong vanilla aroma, which was remarkably pleasant. The bourbon ’hint’ is evident immediately upon hitting the palate, but quickly dissolves into a watery, flavor-lacking brew. Carbonation is high. After a few swigs, I took another gander at the bottle and noticed it was an AB product, which explains just about everything. Would question the ’limited edition’ tag as well...not the best, but would take this over a Bud or Bud Light any day and twice on Sunday...

Pours clear reddish amber. Aroma is very mild with hints of vanilla. Flavor is mostly hops with some vanilla and bourbon in the background. Very light in taste. The additional flavors are welcome, nut the underlying beer is definately sub par

Pours a medium dark amber with a frothy off white head. Aromas of bannana, vanilla, with a hint of spice. Some of the aromas carry over into the flavor here with hints of spice and bananna with the vanilla coming through nicely at the end. My main disapointment was the lack of sweetness here. Average mouthfeel, though a little swooth. Slightly bitter end. Not bad all around.

Bartender at Appleby’s poured me a tumbler to sample with the promise that it was a "pretty good beer". Didn’t know it was A-B and it wouldn’t have mattered. It had a sort of bourbon-like quality, it also had a artificial vanilla and paper-like quality as well. Thin body and a little sticky too. I ended up ordering a Guiness instead. I think I chose wisely.

Dark caramelly brown. Smells fine, actually tastes fine too. The body kind of disappoints though. A little too thin for what this seems to be going for.

Had on tap. Could not taste any bourbon in this, which I expected from the name, although maybe it was just because it was served way to cold and in a frosty mug at a local chain establishment. Best thing to say is at least AB is trying.