Budweiser Project 12 Vanilla Bourbon Cask

If this was the first bourbon barrel aged beer that I ever had, I might say that it was pretty good, and taken on its own terms, it is pretty good. Solid lager, vanilla cream soda taste, kind of fun. But here's the kicker: it's not bourbon barrel aged, it's aged on "bourbon staves" and vanilla beans. Sounds like a training wheel version of the good stuff. As I get closer to the bottom of the glass I'm picking up a whiff, a hint of the bourbon, but no more. If trying this gets you to try to really good stuff, the fine, but otherwise fairly unremarkable. They missed an opportunity.