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Bottle at The Rake, Borough. Mustard beer? According to Richard from Utobeer, they sell tons of the stuff. Spicey aroma. Very good malt and then mustard hop finish. Unbelievably drinkable. So I will be having another.

On Tap, Belgian Room. This was one wacky beer! The mustard was anything but soft-spoken, imparting a pure mustard seed flavor and intruiging complexity of flavors/aromas not normally found in beer. The pour was a very "mustardy" dark yellow with small white cap hhead. Aroma contained beets, mustard, cabbage, tomato, slight flowers. In the mouth I got a strong mustard presence up front, that faded into onions, ethanol, turpentine (hehe), and a strong candi sugar finish. Palate is wet and thinnish though still full-bodied. I don’t know if I would drink it again, but this was certainly worth a try!

Wow, mustard seed in a beer! What a novel concept. Bottle from Supar Saver. The pour is hazy, young pumpkin orange with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma of tart fruit, lime, orange, and hopcitrus. The flavor is citrusy, with notes of lime, orange, tangerine, and lemon, plus finishing hops and some funky malt. This one is very unique, and I think very good.

On tap in the Belgian Room. Deep dark golden in color with a little off white head. Malty sweet and spicey aroma. Candi sugar notes. Malty and fruity spicey flavor. Orange and clove. Yeasty. Citrusy hoppy. Mild mustard taste. Tart. Finish is bitter. Nicely balanced. Enjoyable.

Bottle. Dark golden colour with a nice off white mostly lasting head. Aroma and taste of malt, fruits and spices. The Torhouts mustard must be very mild, because it doesnt show up in the beer in anyway, but still the beer is good.

A mustard beer, what an interesting thought, I haven’t heard of such a great idea since the fire alarm with a snooze button. Very cloudy orange-brown. Dry mustard aroma. Fortunately the mustard didn’t show-up in the taste. To be honest, not much showed-up in the taste. Rather bland and that’s fortunate sine the little it tasted wasn’t good at all. A-bit-too-ripe fruity notes in a watery body. That’s it and that was enough.

Originality: 10. Reality: 5. Poured a rather cloudy orange-yellow color with a small head that remained as a thin layer. Minimal lacing (short lived after each sip). The aroma was belgian-esque, no mustard: some yeastiness and even sweet and wheatiness in there. Flavor was citrus-like, rather sour-bitterish, with a bit of dryiness in the finish. Mouthfeel was thin and slightly acidic. Where is the mustard? Only slightly in the aftertaste. Maybe I’d have rated this higher if I was ready for the sour aspects of the beer. Certainly wasn’t in the mood for it this evening.

A nice, pale amber color with a lacing, white head. Aroma is mostly yeast fruit not unlike a Steenberge Triple and honey malt. The spice is not very expressive but I want to smell it and I do not know if I am just imaginig it or if the mustard seed is actually there. Very nice flavor with a great, spicy body, ale yeast fruit, and a good, appetizing residual sweetness.