Winters Bourbon Cask Ale

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

Medium malt aroma with some sort of veggy/herb adjunct. Nice amber color with a decent light tan head. Tastes like warm malt and there’s vanilla. Not so sure about the bourbon - it might be 1 flattened cask per million gallons - or not. Nice though. For the price it does not stand up to the majority of artisanal ales, but it’s good stuff. A tiny bit of similarity to AVB Winter Solstice.

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.

Clear copper, thin white head. Surprisingly faint aroma of Pepsi Cola. Flavor is vanilla and okra, with a touch of bourbon and cucumber. Surpring that this is an AB product, but questionable execution. On draft at Barley’s, Knoxville.

They had this on clearance at the Athens Mellow Mushroom for $1 a pint. I couldn’t pass up trying it. It pours a clear brown with a nitro head. Weak aroma. Thin body. There’s not much flavor, although there’s a good bit of vanilla, sugar cookie. Really not all that bad. A bit of wood. Really more of a vanilla blonde ale with a hint of whiskey than what you usually expect from a whiskey barrel beer.

Had this on tap at the local Buffalo Wild Wings. Served too cold, so I let it warm up for a while. The body was medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma was light and corny with bourbon and vanilla. Actually, this was a pleasant smelling beer. There is also a nice oak note. The taste is vanilla and peaches. There is also some white Karo syrup. This is way too sweet for my taste.

Draught at the 4th St. Station; Downtown St. Paul. I didn’t know this was an Anheuser Busch product. The aroma has a lot of vanilla. Strange flavor; light bourbon and loads of cream soda, or, "pop" as it is correctly called in Minnesota. Light amber color with no head, and on the thin side for palate; but overall not bad.

Nice looking ale, amber.clear with a lovelly thick, tight bubbly tan head. The aroma is however decidely on the weak side, smells like a maltier Bud with a touch of wood. Definatlly strong vanilla flavours and again a touch of woodiness, maybe just a barest hint of bourbon. Kinda thin for the style. Its drinkable but this could have been so much better had they filled up the malts to give a more robust frame for the vanilla. OK try for A-B.

A different beer. Pours a clear copper color with no head. Definite bourbon and vanilla notes in the nose. A light creamy taste. Hint of vanilla, but you can sense the bourbon as well. Probably not the best bourbon, but it’s there. Not bad for AB, but man, i was hoping for better.