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Pours a hazy dirty yellow beer with a light brown shine. It has a spicy aroma with hints of malts,sugar some vegetal hops and touch of Colman’s mustard powder. the taste is on the sweet side with some spicyness and a little bitterness of the hops. the afthertaste is kind a thin with an uniteresting finish.

Cloudy yellow-tan with a sizable, big-bubbled head. The aroma is fairly weak, a bit of bandaids and an odd aroma that must be the mustard seed, but doesn’t really smell like mustard. The flavor is very dry and short with a bit of bitterness up front, more of that odd bit and not a whole lot else. Really a bit of a let down. I think I would have been happier if it had a lot of flavor and I just didn’t like it. This was just kind of bland and bubbly.

Saw this in the cooler of a store I’d visited for the first time, intriqued by a beer I’d never seen, never heard of, from Belgium, and it’s a...what’s that? Mustard ale?...MUSTARD...ale? Oh, good golly, I never dreamed of such a thing! What’s next, pickle pilsener? So...appearance: a hazy, opaque, yet bright orange hue, with a slim, short, fizzy head. Aroma, deep and delirious, ancient, yet vital, bursting with citrus and spice and utterly unfelt before. Nice stuff, reminding me of the work of this land’s monasteries, full of that mystery and legend... Very spicy on the palate at first, then mellow, the mustardy flavor is felt, then slips away, yet returns with further sips, and the mustardy taste lingers just a bit. Flavor continues, shows slightly citric, just a little sour, but overall pretty pleasant...don’t know if I’ll likely thirst for more of this stuff, but it was an interesting experience, one I regretted not for one second. Mustard. Ale. Gee Whiz, is there nothing those nutty Belgians can’t do?

Mustard seed, eh? I must admit I avoided this for some time for just this reason but really the mustard flavor is exceedingly mild and I think my perception of it might be imagined. It pours a hazy yellow with a big, diminishing head. The nose is more sourdough than it is mustard--if anything, I smell coriander or black pepper or something. Lightly tart, light bodied with a soft, watery mouthfeel. A bit low on carbonation. I detect a hint of chlorine in there--maybe that’s the mustard, I don’t know. Somewhat bland but it’s a decent beer.

Sweet. Belgiany aroma with lots of candy and yeast tones. Hazy, mustardy, yellow in color. Some maltiness, styrian hops, and al little bit of the mustard is perceptiple. This brew lingers in the mouth with a tart dryness ... even some chalkiness. Not a great beer, but drinkable.

This one is inerstin’. Pours an amber/orange color with lots of light bubbles -- slightly murky. A nice white head with fair retention and sticky lace. Aroma is earthy, astringent, sour and bready with some aroma hops. Flavor is tart but smooth - some detectable sweetness, but it is balanced by the tartness. Mouthfeel is effervescent with a tart middle and a hop bite. An interesting experience, but not a beer that I would crave very often. Might just hit the spot on a summer day. Better than one would assume on the mustard level.

08.03.04 330ml bottle. Orange amber color; small head. Pungent aromas of something fruity, ripe grains, maybe a hint of dry mustard seed. Flavors have the sourness of whole grain dijon but without the spice or dryness. Apple and grape. Taste is appealing, but I’m not sure what I like about it...then it gets tedious by the end of the glass. Decent stuff, but not as exciting as I’d hoped.

Flowery citrus aroma, great! Nice dark orange color. Sweet and sour tasting. Mustard only hardly noticeable. Hops on the finish. Surprisingly nice drink.