t Smisje Wostyntje

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Belgian Ale
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Mustard beer. Bitter. Taste of mustard. I will tell you this: the taste was not pleasant.

Location: 11.2 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 6/13/09

Aroma: Nose is totally dominated by the mustard to the point of being way too much
Appearance: Nice amberish color, a large frothy head
Flavor: Taste was also overly mustard with some belgian ale flavors
Palate: Decent palate, an alright mouthfeel
Overall Impression: Just didn’t work for me, too much mustard, if I hadn’t have split this one it probably would have been a drain pour. I wouldn’t suggest it, that is for sure! Give it ye ole pass unless you want to drink some liquid mustard...

bottle, pours hazy orange with a medium off white head. Heavy aroma of dried granny apple, apricot and yeast. Light malt and a sweet and sour fruity element that fades to a nice dry hop and what I think is the mustard seed. Actually quite nice, as most Regenboog beers are. Lots of complexity and enough going on to keep it interesting, yet very easy to drink.

Draught at TDR: Fresh aroma of slight apple and slight mustard. Poured brown in color with a small tan head that lasted throughout. Very hazy. Very sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and slightly sour. Tastes of mustard seed, sour apples, spices, and slight fruit. Medium body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Slightly sour, slight mustard, and sour apple finish. A very strange beer. It grew on me.

On tap @ the Hopleaf. Average beer, worth trying for the novelty factor of a beer brewed w/ mustard, which lends it a most unusual bitterness. From the bar description: 90% pilsner malt, Reut Goldings, Challenger hops, crushed Torhout mustard seeds and dark and light candy sugars.

The beer pouted a clear amber with a huge head, the presentation was the best part of the beer. There was a funky weird spicey aroma that reminded me of a septic wound with a hint of bandaid and citrus. The flavor was just as odd with a slight citrus and mustdard and peppery notes that do not go well with beer. It was light on the palate. Overall, there is just something strange about this beer that is tough to describe, I would rather have any light American lager over this beer, it just did not sit well and ended up down the drain.

Bottle thanks to nearbeer. Pours an amber orange with two fingers of off white head and some ugly looking black yeasty bits. A very distinct spicy mustard aroma, some sweet pear fruit, a light sourness, musty. Taste is mustard, funky cheese. Very weird, cloying but with sour lemons and bitter spiciness. Could not stand much more than a few sips.

I am reliably informed this has aromas of unsweetened echinacea. I pick up on a sweetness underlying some light hops. Bitter immediately with a sourness but has a great cleansing savoury finish with hints of sweetness. Wonderful with the cheese souffle I drank it with.