Howdy one and all and welcome back to my attempt to shed some light on what is worth while in the beer cooler and what isn’t.  Today let’s look at one of the beers that didn’t win Budweiser’s Project Twelve (in case you forgot the new Black Crown “won” the contest).  Today we look at Batch no. 23185 which was a product of Daniel Westmoreland, the Budweiser brewers in Williamsburg, VA and is the result of a lager beer aged with bourbon staves and vanilla beans.  The beer pours a nice amber color with a thin white head of foam, no lacing, and a nose of roasted malts.  The beer’s taste isn’t really worth going into, it’s mainly a mismatch of roasted malts and an undefined sour flavored undertone that really doesn’t fit the definition of being aged with bourbon staves and vanilla beans.  Normally a beer aged with both of these items would have me grinning ear-to-ear and eager to drink the bottle down but, yeah this one ain’t worth the effort to drink this beer.  You’re not missing out with this one, find yourself a good barrel aged IPA instead of drinking this if you come across it.